OneMoreFarang

1 hour ago, jayceenik said:

At the time it was favored by a group of American teachers.

I guess that is a reason to avoid that place. 😉 

11 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

I don't think negative reviews are allowed on TA ... 

 

I prefer Gmaps for my research.  A couple more believable (besides the OMG reviews), and repeat visitors, and gets 'just OK'.  Scroll down to the 3* reviews.

 

Still gets an overall 4.2 though, so not all bad, depending what one orders.  I wouldn't expect anything at normal spicy level, as caters to tourist, hence the lack of Thais reviewing.

I was the other day in one of the Thai restaurants in Terminal 21, 5th floor. My Thai gf wasn't impressed, and I wasn't impressed. And it was relative expensive - to be expected in Terminal 21.

I think in general it is a bad idea to go to any Thai restaurant in that area - and I live in that area.

It seems they cater mostly to tourists (with too much money) and farangs who are not used to spicy Thai food.

It is definitely a better idea to eat Thai food in Thai areas where not many tourists run around. It's also a lot cheaper in those areas because Thais don't pay those crazy tourist prices.

24 minutes ago, Sydebolle said:

Good luck to him, irrespective of consent or not. 

Always the same script:
- he has the money, she has the experience and during their relationship that changes to:
- he has the experience and she has the money
As a bonus; if an offspring is the result, then the life insurance bells go off and congrats are in order for the young enterpreneur lady. 

Do your mate a favour and try and talk some common sense to him; he might hate you at the beginning but will love you for the rest of his life! 

BS

Young girls are (relatively) innocent - that's part of the attraction.

Maybe they want an expensive phone or something like that, but they are a lot less likely to have a masterplan how to get all his money compared to older Thai women and also western women.

Life with a cute innocent girl can be wonderful. 

Obviously, you should not make any stupid decision - just like with any life- or business-partner.

47 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Really ... it was years ago, so hopefully much better now, but some of the blandest food I've ever had in Th.

I have to admit I wasn't there for some time. But in the last 20 years or so I was there several times, and I always liked the food and sitting in the garden. 

I just checked on TripAdvisor it has mostly "very good" reviews.

If anybody here has personal recent experience, please post it.

Cabbages and Condoms, Soi 12

2 minutes ago, advancebooking said:

So is my mate safe if he consummates the friendship with the 18 yr old when he is aged more than double? No legal issues possible? 

I would never say something like "No legal issues possible"

Some women claim 20 years later that 20 years ago they didn't really agree... 

10 minutes ago, Neeranam said:

No, he can't but he should see a psychologist as there is something wrong. I assume the girl is a peasant, forced to sell her body to old foreigners. Thai 18 year olds do not like having sex with 40+ y/o foreigners. 

How many 18 year old girls told you they didn't like it?

Where does your insider knowledge come from?

14 minutes ago, scottiejohn said:

What a sad and obnoxious topic!

I assume you are all mature adults and yet you are arguing over sex with people under the age of 20!

You should all be disgusted with yourselves!

Now, tell us, which one would you prefer?

18 minutes ago, digbeth said:

Consent for sex is one thing

there's also the 'taking away a minor away from their parent' or abducton which in this case minor is 15-18, doesn't matter if she consents to having sex or not

 

 

So if she decide to not live with her parents and she decides to live with a guy. And she can walk out any time she wants, how is that abduction? 

21 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

There's just this weird resistance when it comes to older guys being able to sleep with younger women. Western women have these guys really well trained. They'd probably be more angry at and older guy marrying a girl than they would a young guy dating her and treating her badly.

I remember when I was maybe 30, back "home", I wasn't interested in 30 year old women. I was attracted to "girls", maybe 20 to 25, or something like that. And I had a little bit of a bad conscience that I was not interested in women of my own age.

I read many psychology books at that time and one day I saw a book with a title like "the history of desire". I read it. It described in detail why almost all men want young and pretty girls and that is just nature. I think it also described why the not so young and not so pretty women didn't like that fact.

After reading this I didn't have a bad conscience anymore. 

1 hour ago, Sandboxer said:

So far we have 4 pages of the typical AN retard archetype dropping brainfarts.

 

Simple answer: 18

That reminds me of: There is a simple answer for every complex question. And most of the time it's wrong. 

1 hour ago, Liverpool Lou said:

I have read the PREVENTION AND SUPPRESSION OF PROSTITUTION ACT B.E. 2539 (1996) many times and some daft article's inaccurate assessment  that states that "Yes, it is illegal", then goes on to say "Thailand’s Penal Code does not explicitly state that prostitution is illegal" has no credibility and certainly doesn't override the Act.    Certain aspects are such as soliciting, working in/operating a brothel, pimping, living off the earnings of a prostitute, amongst others are illegal.  The act of paying someone for sex is not illegal on its own.

I heard that some girls got stopped by Thai police officers outside of short time hotels. Then the officers asked them to open their bag and when they found a condom or two that was then evidence enough for the officers to conclude that they were prostitutes and that they better pay a bribe to the officers.

Is that story true? I don't know. Maybe cops just make up whatever "law" they want to make some extra money. 

1 hour ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Young Thai women are not averse to trading sex for money to buy mobile phones and suchlike. I doubt the farang in question knows her well enough to know why she is interested in him. Has he met her parents?

Who cares about the parents?

From how many girlfriends which you ever had in your life did you want to meet her parents?

I met some parents, because the girl wanted that I meet them, it was never my initiative.

And about the why: Who really knows? When I got together with my girlfriend, I asked her if she wants to stay with me. She said yes. She didn't tell me why. And even if she would have told me that I am handsome and yai-dee and whatever, that doesn't mean that was the reason. She doesn't even have to know herself why.

2 minutes ago, john donson said:

she is indeed interested in him, a part that is... his wallet

It's always interesting how many guys are sure about statements like that.

How many relationships did you have with girls? Did they all only want your money?

Or do you think that because someone told you? Or did you read an article which was written by an old feminist? 

And do only young girls want money? Or do almost all females independent of their age and his age like money?

59 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

My wife is the same, and great that Sheryl's post gives the technical explanation and a mitigation.

 

What makes my case worse is that she cooks me a wonderful 'English' breakfast every morning, but does not eat herself until we go out to her chosen restaurant of the day.  She actually wakes up having dreamt of a particular restaurant for the day 😀

 

So I'm happy having eaten a huge breakfast, but she's now desperate to go out and eat, and getting moodier by the second. 

 

There should be a simple solution here, but she feels it's her duty to feed me three meals a day - and some of the restaurants we visit sell food that only a Thai person could eat.  One is even called "Som Tam Sadist"!

Only in Thailand... 

11 minutes ago, AustinRacing said:

Don’t confuse age of consent with consent. If, well actually when, it goes pear shaped who knows what will happen. The girl, if twisted, can file a complaint that he raped her (not giving consent). He will be behind the 8 ball at the start and will be better off paying her and the police to make it go away. Tell him to think with the other head. Other than sex what else can a 40 year old get out of an 18 year old uneducated Thai girl? Dumb guy. 

How often does that happen?

I.e. if she visits him in his home, and then walks out the next morning and visits him again, or maybe she stays with him for weeks of months, can she later claim she didn't give consent?

I guess a NYC judge might interpret it that way, but we are in Thailand in the real world. If he would have raped her then she would not have returned.

Many of us know Thai/farang couples who split up with lots of shouting and screaming and maybe physical fights. How often did you hear that a girl accused her ex that she didn't consent when they previously had sex? Anybody? Ever? If that would be something that really happens, then I am pretty sure some of us would have heard those stories. 

28 minutes ago, george said:

It's a different age in a "prostitution establishment", e g if you pay for sex. 15-18 yo is the confusion.

 

Section 8: Anyone who has sexual intercourse with or acts otherwise against a person over the age of 15 but under 18 in a prostitution establishment, with or without their consent, will be imprisoned for up to 3 years and fined between 20,000 to 60,000 THB.

As far as I know all those Cowboy and Nana bars are not classified as prostitution establishment. They are bars with dancers.

Are prostitution establishments not illegal in Thailand?

5 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Is air visible now?!

Bubbles are visible.

I have something like this in mind. If there is water mixed with air, then I guess you should see bubbles. 

2 minutes ago, Tropicalevo said:

Our water supplier is struggling to provide water for everyone in the development where I live. (> 100 houses)

Many houses are buying water trucks yet the bills from the supplier show that usage is higher than normal.

I suspect that the main water pump is pushing air to the properties, when the main water tank level is low.

Is there a meter that I can install near the water meter that will tell me if there is air?

Disconnecting the feeder pipe would be a hit and miss affair.

How about a transparent pipe or looking glass or whatever that is called?