johnnycthedog

@ Electronicweld

1. Forget this girl - she has forgotten you. Full stop.

2. Arrive Bangkok as planned then catch a taxi to Pattaya. You'll find it less overpowering then the busy streets of Bangkok. There are dozens of nice mid range hotels with swimming pools to chose from. Prices should be lower in April. There you will have several thousand girls willing to mend you broken heart. The main advantage in Pattaya is that it's all relatively close at hand.

Places in Bangkok like Nana, Patpong and Soi Cowboy are IMHO tacky and expensive.

@ Soalbundy

"I am British. I also thought that criticise was correct but since it was red underlined i checked with "Cambridge free English dictionary online"

Criticism ....correct but........Criticize. Ball is in your court"

Yes you are correct. Sure looks American English to me. Ball's in my court? Then let's leave it at one set all. TV readers aren't interested in our continuing spelling discussions.

To SOALBUNDY...........

You wrote "You obviously don't show of in writing...........fysically?????? please a little more effort, there are online dictionaries"

When you criticise someone for their bad spelling you leave yourself open to the same criticism.

So you should have replied "You obviously don't show off in writing..........."

A common error by many, even when their first language is English. Posters often misspell through typing fast or with intention to do so. Just saying.

My keys "bounce" sometimes they repeat a letter,sometimes they don't write a letter. after writing a post i have to go back to correct which is usually easy as a misspelt word is red underlined. "Of" would not show as incorrect (you are right it it should be "off,which i undoubtedly keyed). American English correction will show a mistake even if it is correctly written in British English. BTW criticize is written with a Z not an S. At least i make an effort. One can excuse false syntax if the writer doesn't have English as his first language but if a word is shown to be wrongly spelt (red underlined) why not make an effort and look it up?.........The word fysically was not just glaring it was painful to look at.

Hey, hey, hey - steady on. What do YOU mean "at least make an effort"

The word criticise is spelt with an "s" in ENGLISH. Just ask the residents of the UK and it's many former colonies including Australia, New Zealand, India etc It's spelt with a "z" in American English.

You even drive on the wrong side of the road to us just to be different.

I am not bashing the Yanks but remember your interpretation of the spelling of the English language is not the ONLY spelling of the English language that the rest of us ENGLISH speakers write and speak.

There are so many other examples I could give but they are not relevant to this topic.

To SOALBUNDY...........

You wrote "You obviously don't show of in writing...........fysically?????? please a little more effort, there are online dictionaries"

When you criticise someone for their bad spelling you leave yourself open to the same criticism.

So you should have replied "You obviously don't show off in writing..........."

A common error by many, even when their first language is English. Posters often misspell through typing fast or with intention to do so. Just saying.

There was a topic covering the same thing in the same town a few months ago. It transpires that the are 256 karaoke bars in Chachoengsao. Only for Thai men. I'd guess that many of the girls in Thai run karaoke bars are forced into prostitution but I don't really know. Do the police chiefs get first dip on the virgins? Who knows.

Suffice to say that if there are this many karaoke bars in this one horse town can you image how many karaoke bars, exclusively for Thai men, there are in the whole of Thailand. Ten thousand? Twenty thousand? Maybe more? But us foreigners will never know or taste their fruits.

I'd suggest it would make Pattaya look like small change. And I'd also suggest most of the working girls are in places like Pattaya of their own free will. Maybe not what they really want in life, and for most it would be tough going, but not the worst place to be.

Cheaper to hire your own self drive car and pick up at the airport.

Whenever I am in Phuket visiting friends who live there full time I always hire a car from the airport. At around 1,000 baht per day it's super value even if you do minimum kms. Just to get from Kathu to Patong or Karon to Rawai etc etc - is impossible without a car. So much more convenient and cheaper in the long run. Driving to beaches or bars away from the tourist hub of Patong is impossible without transport. Drop the car off at the airport. Wonderful.

I recently returned from a trip to Vietnam and let me say this, I thought that that Phuket had become an annex of mother Russia. From what I observed in places like Nha Trang and other coastal locations. I have changed my way of thinking. The beaches are overcrowded with Russians, the shopping centers have Russian speakers working in the department stores. Everywhere you look there are Russians. Every second tour bus is Pegas Touristk. So in reality there aren't that many Russians in Phuket. They are all in Vietnam.

Some months ago on another thread someone posted the figures - in 2005 - 100,000 Russian tourists to Thailand. In 2012 there were 1,200,000 Russian tourists in Thailand. The graph is heading up at a rapid rate.

Here and on other threads posters have said that Pattaya & Phuket would go broke if not for Russian tourists. My counter to that is maybe tourists from the European countries and other parts of the Western culture may come back to these places if they weren't so crowded out with Russians.

I haven't seen any of the American sitcoms so I can't comment on those and to be truthful I haven't heard of most of them.

My enjoyment lies in the English series -

All Creatures Great and Small

South Riding

To serve them all my days

New Tricks

Dad's Army

Foyle's War

The Sweeney

Minder

Inspector Morse

Some mother's do have 'em

The Good Life

Steptoe and Son

Black Adder........ to name just a few - there are just so many quality shows, could easily name 20. Quality PLUS.

And as an Aussie contribution - Mother & Son. Such a laugh.

@ Simple1 post #33

"Estimates projected 10,853 new HIV infections in Thailand in 2010, a substantial number, but a decline from 150,015 infections in 1990

Just read this post - this reinforces what I have just posted about a very large HIV positive base number being created early in the 80's and 90's..

Symptomless carriers are always the most dangerous factor in any disease outbreak. 1.2 million is a very alarming number which is probably less then the actual number so the next time you hook up with a girl and you base her health status on how "clean" and "good" she looks and want to have fun without protection, think again. HIV doesn't only ruin your own life but that of everyone who comes into contact with you intimately, especially loved ones.

Just think of the stats and realise that 1.2mn is a virtually impossibly high number.

On the basis the many die, and youths aren't infected, to have 1.2mn in the age groups of middle age is very very high.

Also at 10k per year, 1.2mn would mean 100 years of infections. Not many live to 100 if they are HIV positive.

There's another way of looking at these stats.

Perhaps the 10,000 per annum new HIV infection figure is actually a dramatic improvement / decrease on what has been going on in the past 20 years.

Nowhere does it say 10,000 per year for the last 20 or 30 years.

I suspect that when HIV first established itself in Asia the number of infections went ballistic for many years. Hence a very large base number was created very quickly.

Most tourist falangs would have used condoms but the tens of thousands of Thai men who indulge in a bit of P4P probably never used condoms. Then they probably took it home to their partners. Their P4P girls are likely to have a large number of customers every day, every week - so it spread like a wildfire in the early days.

Then of course you can add in all the unprotected gay sex in the early days as well. Plus shared needles etc.

I really do believe that a very large base number of HIV infections was created over a relatively short time before the message about AIDS and condoms got public exposure in Thailand. So if you are talking 100,000 or more infections per year over a decade the number of 1,2 million is nothing. In fact I suspect it's higher.

So whats the deal with the kids now then ?

They could become a bitter element in future dealings.

Good point. And also what about her name on legal documents, ownership of property, shareholder in company etc. She may still have a legal entitlement to future profits once the business gets running properly again. You need to see a good lawyer for advice.

Poor girls!! No more 3-3-3 Japanese customers!

What's 3-3-3 ?

And another thing, what's all this 55555?

I can't keep up with all this.

Spending too much time in Makro by the sounds of it. Forget home decorating. Catch up with all the posters on TV (5555)

333 = 3 inches, 3 minutes and 3,000 Baht.

5555 = ha ha ha ha (as in Thai word for 5 sounds like ha - as in laughing)

@ petercarr3 ...............

"Tell me how stupid I am, By the way I am a branch manager for a multi national company and I didn't get here because I'm stupid"

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Sorry to have a go at you PC but so many Thais girls with no education, dirt poor upbringing, no qualifations, no nothing ....would run rings around you before you know it. Mess with you head, heart and pocket whilst you were trying to work out what day it was.

You may have got to where you are by hard work, social skills and a great work ethic. But here in Thailand so many girls have "street cunning." You can't buy it. It's learned and honed into a true skill that visiting foreigners and ex-pats will never possess. Just that the ex-pats are more likely to be aware of it and sense a "shake down" when they encounter it.

@ petercarr3 - Don't take it to heart too much - most TV posters aren't as cynical as it appears.

I wish you and you Thai gf all the happiness for your wedding in May. If it's a good match it will be a terrific marriage. Thai girls just have that "something".

You could put a post on here in 5 years about how happy you are but everybody would have forgotten the reason for your original comment.

Hi guys,

I'm new to this forum and I have a major dilemma which I'm hoping you maybe able to assist me with.. In a nut shell, here is my problem:

- Thai gf stops talking to me in December.

- Finally get in contact just a few days ago and find out she is pregnant with my child.

I met her on Thai love links website around April 2012. I went to Thailand to meet her for 1 week in February 2013, I buy her an ipad and help her with some little money and pay for her monthly internet so we can talk every night.

I went back for around 4 weeks in August 2013 which we travel together and I met her family in Khon Kaen. There was 2 occasions where I didn't use a condom but pulled out well before. Now she is saying she is pregnant and has known since December.

Her mother doesn't want her family to know (I think it will bring shame).

I don't know what to do.... I have asked her many times if the baby is mine and she said she is 1000% certain it is and is willing to do a DNA test to prove this. I'm planning on going to Thailand asap to take her to the hospital and get the ultrasound done. I think the doctor will also be able to tell me when the baby was conceived and when it's due which will also give me an idea its my child.

She is 20 and lives in Pattaya and I am 30 and live in Australia.

I'm thinking when I go to Thailand,

- get ultrasound done

- see if I can get her tourist visa to Australia (not sure how or if this is possible) and bring her back with me to Australia.

- convince her to have the baby in Australia for Australian citizenship.

- get a DNA test done to confirm it's mine.

Sorry if this doesn't make any sense, but the last 5 - 6 weeks for me has been extremely stressful and I'm just not thinking clearly. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

Thank you

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Advice

Digest this STRONGLY -

Resist whatever pressure she is bringing upon you.

Do not bring her to Australia repeat do not bring her to Australia.

If it's your baby you're screwed for child maintenance for 18 years.

Let her have the baby in Thailand. Help her a LITTLE financially if you wish. Return after it's born and have get the child DNA tested. Not your child - walk away wiser for the experience. If it is your child then you have to determine your level of involvement and financial commitment.

Were you the victim of a scam? Surely in such a short time you cannot have fallen in love with the lady. Other posters are correct to bring her involvement in a dating agency as a reason for suspicion. She would have been dating other foreigners - this is a fact! Just that you weren't there to witness this. Remember a great many working girls are on these Internet Dating sites. It's just another avenue for finding financial sponsors.

Even if it is your baby do not get confused between doing the right thing financially by the baby and marrying the mother out of some MISGUIDED sense of obligation to her after such a short term relationship.

Perhaps she's looking for a ticket out of Thailand. Why ruin your whole life for a little mistake. Do the right thing but do the SENSIBLE thing.

^ "Laying down the law" in a relationship because you were the one born with a penis, just makes a guy a dick.

LaraC - in the later part of this thread you've written articulate and meaningful comments and made some great points which shows you are the educated person you claim to be. However in response to the JOKE by Thailiketoo you again show your scornful side against what was only meant to be a joke. Your reply only loses you respect by your cheap comments.

Yes some of the TV posts by males are definitely worthy of your derision but learn to pick which are the joke comments and the ones "stirring the pot" versus those which are really driven by true male chauvinism.

I know this is tongue in cheek, but as an honest answer:

I met my 1 ex (half Chinese/Thai) at work. She was a school teacher with an MA in TESOL. Her family was well off and educated.

My other ex was full chinese and got her MA in fashion design from Sweden. I met her through a friend at work.

I have always preferred the Chinese/Thai complexion and I want to be with a girl who is educated and does well by herself. So I was picky and those relationships lasted multiple years.

Now I am dating a Thai girl from Phayao who isn't a white princess and has a BA in tourism, because she is who I click with, Beauty is nice, but it's not the end all be all and if you adhere to a specific "spec" you're whole life you are essentially wearing blinders and will miss out on a lot of good things you might have missed otherwise.

tl;dr They're out there, and many are willing to date foreigners But holding out for a specific type of girl is foolish.

Come on guys the OP was just joking, being whimsical, shooting the breeze... whatever. Just a conversation starter on possibly a quiet day. He certainly isn't looking for any hiso Thai girl'

BlackArtmemis has the best answer. Just stay with the girl you click with. It doesn't matter her class level or background as long as you and her are happy as a couple.

As running water will find it's own level so too will most foreigners in Thailand. For the most part foreigners will find a lady that meets their own moral, educational, cleanliness, honesty and loyalty standards - give or take a bit. It helps if you live full time in Thailand.

If heavy drinking and sex are your only past times then you will meet a girl that fits the bill. If you want something more long term and meaningful then you will search for such a girl. If you're super athlete then the type of girl you want will share the same interests and not be lazy and slothful. Etc etc etc.

So forget Hiso and go for the one that sits comfortably within your moral compass and one that you click with. Your money will last longer ha ha.

Of course none of this applies if you're just a two week tourist looking to get laid and drunk as often as possible. No time for relationships in this case.

A thread full of classy guys about their classy choice of gf.

..and so it goes on...and on. ...and on.

Dear Lara your picture is amazing.

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Interesting comment from you LaraC. I take it from your post name that you are a female. No problem with that other than I believe your picture would rate as the most sexist picture of all TV posters on this forum. All these "classy guys" as you refer to them don't have a cheap fleshpot picture like you use.

The "cheap fleshpot" avatar is there for a specific reason.

Ironic that you should call it the most sexist picture, when its merely a guy in his underwear.

He isnt bent over, or crouched on all fours, or posed proactively. Its simply an underwear model passively standing there.

Then again, understandable that as a man you would see it as offensive, whereas avatars of women, no matter how degrading, are met with zero reaction (at least zero negative reaction).

Make a thread about it if it bugs you, but keep on topic here eh.

LaraC - I think you were off topic when you posted "A thread full of classy guys about their classy choice of gf." You are definitely having a shot at the TV posters standards of gf. It's plain enough for anyone to understand..

My comment was merely observing your avatar given your comment. Feel free to bring to our attention any avatar on this or other threads that shows a cheap sexist degrading picture of a girl that offends you. I've yet to see one.

I find that sexist commentary tends to be a one way street coming from the female point of view. My response was merely an observation of your avatar versus your derogatory comment against the male TV members who have posted in response to the original OP

A thread full of classy guys about their classy choice of gf.

..and so it goes on...and on. ...and on.

Dear Lara your picture is amazing.

Interesting comment from you LaraC. I take it from your post name that you are a female. No problem with that other than I believe your picture would rate as the most sexist picture of all TV posters on this forum. All these "classy guys" as you refer to them don't have a cheap fleshpot picture like you use.

A thread full of classy guys about their classy choice of gf.

..and so it goes on...and on. ...and on.

Dear Lara your picture is amazing.

Maybe Pattaya will implode before the Rest of the country.completely lawless.Then again it has always been so Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app

Perhaps.... PATTAYA, the Murder Hub of Thailand!!!!

Still say that if God gives The World an Enema, He/She will stick the tube into Pattaya.

No, no, no the beach is already shitty enough.

Actually for the type of place Pattaya is supposed to be - I don't find it that bad. You cut your odds of getting into trouble by staying half sober, coming home before 2:00am and not bad mouthing people, especially LB's and avoid any pick ups on Beach Rd. During the daytime I've never seen any trouble.

I really think a lot of Australians have been completely turned off the brand "Qantas" by the actions and behaviour of the CEO Alan Joyce.

I believe so many people dislike this man that the bookings are down due in large part to his "persona." Lower bookings = lower revenue.

All he talks about is shifting jobs offshore and cutting thousands of jobs in Australia.

Yes there may be a need to rationalise and reduce expenditures but all we get from him is in-your-face statements that really do turn people off. When I see him on television I really feel a "stuff you Joyce!" type of feeling.

Here is the little one...

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She love me long time...

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Got a tad angry...

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You're a braver man than me Gunga Din. That's for sure. It's a monster size.

This reminds me of my experience with Jeab in Udonthani. We spent 4 days together, but never alone. I returned home and we communicated on YM. When I returned, I wanted to take her to Phuket for a week to bang her and get to know her better. She said "cannot - must marry first - then go anywhere." I thought, how much can it cost for a marriage party - $400 maybe? So I agreed. She said, "don't forget about the wedding portion." I replied, "you mean dowry?" She said, Yes!" I'm already thinking NO WAY, but I ask her, "how much?" She says, "300,000 Baht." Hmmmm. So you want me to pay for a wedding party, a trip to Phuket, your visa and travel expenses to join me in the USA AND $10,000 for your parents?? You are ting tong, bitch - bye.

Good decision dude, only wish I had red this thread before I married, lost most of my money and when the money goes, so do the wife :-(

@ Bander - well I hope you are living the good single life in Pattaya and paying by the night only. Most times it's cheaper that way.

Uptheos

I'm not a troll.

Sdshaman is back already! Incredible.

Haha I was just thing the same

If he is he's got me biting hard and often!