OneMoreFarang

Sure, good advice is good advice. But is nobody cares, then it doesn't matter. And that is unfortunately mostly the situation in Thailand.

I am sure there are happy children with gay couples and also unhappy children with heterosexual couples. But in general children who grew up with only one parent have a lot more problems. Children need a father and a mother to learn from both - at least that is the best-case scenario. I am not advertising to take away children from parents who have them already. I just don't want that children will be adopted into situations where it is obvious from the start that the conditions are not the way they should be.

Sure, you can pick the right grandma and fall in love with her. But in general, we all collect more and more baggage when we get older. We are more stubborn and don't want to change. Two old people who are stubborn in their own ways are a real challenge. If one of them is still malleable that makes the situation a lot easier.

And does this have any relationship with reality in Thailand?

I was the first boyfriend of my girlfriend. She didn't have any baggage. In the unlikely case that she wouldn't be around anymore I would look again for young and innocent without baggage. In Thailand this is possible. Why get an old woman when you can have a pretty cute girl?

You could go to the police and complain...

I worked once on such a piece of s$#$ together with a friend who was a car mechanic. We both had several moments when we didn't really know if we should laugh or cry.

There is an easy solution. Don't marry! That has lot of advantages. You can obviously still have a longtime girlfriend.

Really? Since when it is tradition to return the money? I know it happens, but it sure is no tradition.

What a great choice, a wife with two grandchildren...

IMHO that should be the only comment here. I find it amazing that this kind of project is discussed in a Thai farang forum. Obviously, it's good that we have a specialist like Crossy on this board. But I thought this forum is more for questions how to wire a washing machine or something like that. Above is about a lot of power. It's deadly when done wrong. This is why I think the only answer should be: Find a competent sparky.

.com doesn't look Thai. Thai companies use .co.th and only Thai companies are able to use that.

I also don't know. But I am also used to lots of crazy riders who ignore any safety margins. They just squeeze in any gap which they see. What would happen? Would there be enough evidence to find out what happened? Would the police investigate? I have my doubts. It seems what often happens is to look who has an insurance and/or more money. That's the one who will pay. I also would like to know the experience of others.

Correct, you don't know. So please don't pretend you know. It is best for kids to have a mother and a father who take care of them. That is just a fact. Obviously in some cases that doesn't happen. That is sad, but impossible to prevent. It is preventable to let same sex couples adopting children. If they can't adopt children, then those adopted children don't have to suffer under that condition. One problem less to solve.

Who wants lab-grown meat? Anybody?

I hope those same sex people accept the fact that a same sex couple can't have children. Do what you want to do with each other but please leave kids out of it. They deserve to have a female mother and a male father.

Is that a problem for her or for you? If it is a problem for her then I am sure she will be motivated to try to avoid that. If it is a problem for you then the only thing you can try to do is motivate her.

Just that ugly "car" in front of the door is a reason not to buy it.

That's easy: Just confiscate all the money from those unusually rich politicians, police, administration, etc. It should be easy to find more than enough money.

Maybe one of the burger specialists here wants to explain this to me. How to eat a burger? A long time ago, in a country far away, the only burgers were McDonald burgers. I learned that to eat a burger you hold it with your left and right hands and eat it bite by bite. But then, years later in Thailand, I ordered from time-to-time burgers in restaurants. And it seems many like to make their burgers in a size which is impossible to hold and eat with two hands. So ok, let's eat it on a plate. But how? Layer by layer? Or cut it to 1/4 pieces or 1/8 pieces or how to do it? What's the point of getting 5 layers if we have to separate the layers from each other to eat them?

Looking at the picture above I find it amazing that you think that is the best burger in town. But then, maybe that is American taste... This one is much better, and only 5min away from Nana. But I won't tell you where it is. 😉

Maybe it was mentioned here already: Toilet paper only becomes toilet paper if it is used in toilets. Otherwise, it's tissue on a role. I find it always funny when I buy something is a Thai supermarket and they would never every put plastic wrapped toilet paper or sanitary products in the same bag together with food. Will the new and clean toilet paper somehow contaminate the food?

Corrupt politicians Corrupt police Corrupt administration Corrupt judges Where do we start to make it better? Is it possible to make a 99% corrupt institution honest? I don't think so. So, let's make a new one. And who should build the new honest version? And who will check if they are honest? And who will put the corrupt in jail? I think the best we can hope for in the moment is that more and more corrupt people will be exposed. That is at least one good thing about everybody having a smartphone and social media. And it's time to scrap that stupid defamation law which doesn't allow people to tell the truth. Will anything important change in the next decades? I hope so, but I don't think it will happen. Too many rich and influential people want to keep it just the way it is.

The big difference is that the Germans thought long and hard what they wanted and possible consequences. And then they allowed it - with attached rules, to make sure there are mostly benefits and not more problems. But obviously that way of doing things is not Thai style.

It's always fascinating when people announce that now, or within 30 days, they will do what they should have done since many years.