muythai2013

My best guess is the bulb burned out and they are too cheap to replace it. I've given up all thought why Thai people do the things they do and it no longer concerns me. I just accept it and deal with how they treat me... which has mostly been very good. In fact I can't really remember a bad experience directed towards me in 6 months. I've heard all the bad stories but so far it hasn't happened to me. I just survive by expecting the unexpected.

They should take the bulbs out of there fridge, They only keep water in there anyway.

Never seen much other then water in a Thai fridge.

Mahidol is not easy to get into.

cannot just rock up and say I want in.

I'm thinking Aussies are more misunderstood here then Thai's after reading 2 posts here.

I thought you'd be so exhausted from all that training you would simply lie on the floor moaning when you got home, muaythai ?

my last opponent left me moaning on the ring floor, my first loss.

Didn't we have a superstition thread just recently? It was pretty well concluded that the west and east both have their own strange superstitions. Not unexpected. I would think a farang marrying a Thai would accept this and understand that he has strange superstitions (to her) as well. And surely a westerner living in Asia has heard of the concept of Feng Shui.

another one, I had no Idea they were different, despite living there for a long time and living in a temple for a year and in a camp, I had no idea.

You would think I would have known as you said, Thankyou.

You would think you would have known some of us like to joke about it but we still respect it.

She says it's something to do with the direction you point a coffin at a funeral or something, can't sleep in that direction for that reason.

I'm not dead yet.

Have to humour them.

I was a monk In my younger days, I try to explain to her this has nothing to do with Buddhism, but I'm fully aware to you will never change their thinking and as it does not bother me and is quite entertaining I will let her be.

Not that we can really control them anyway.

How long have you been married?

And how long have you lived here?

Where, in Thailand, is your wife from?

The odd melding of ancient and newer religious beliefs, along with native and imported superstitions, varies a lot by region here.

Maybe best to try to expand your understanding of your wife's beliefs, rather than watching TV and expressing your negative thoughts by shaking your head, and then lamenting about your wife's beliefs on a public forum?

And here we go, I'm not against her beliefs, never have been and I am not disrespecting her on a public forum.

I respect her beliefs hence the reason I leave her to It, What we can't laugh, you got it all wrong.

We live In Australia, and we joke with each other about each others beliefs although we are Buddhist, I have been since I was very young.

I don't see anything negative here, these are part of the things I love about her.

You have issues I think.

No that coffee one does my head in.

That sort of superstitious crap has nothing to do with background, standing or education i'm afraid.

I am afraid you are wrong.

Not sure, my friend just got his Masters in International relations today from Macquarie university, He is exactly the same.

Very predictable they are, soon she will come out and watch a Thai drama or Ghost story, Mirror and tweezers in hand to pic at her face, covered in powder.

Then cook something as They need to eat on an hourly basis.

She actually has taught our 11 month old Daughter to Wai to the kings picture already.

Not a full wai, she will put her hands together and head for the pic when my wife says the kings name.

She says it's something to do with the direction you point a coffin at a funeral or something, can't sleep in that direction for that reason.

I'm not dead yet.

Have to humour them.

I was a monk In my younger days, I try to explain to her this has nothing to do with Buddhism, but I'm fully aware to you will never change their thinking and as it does not bother me and is quite entertaining I will let her be.

Not that we can really control them anyway.

That sort of superstitious crap has nothing to do with background, standing or education i'm afraid.

Absolutely, It's ingrained in all.

She is so full on into the old ways in everyway, will not even stand in an open doorway.

one Brother is a Monk and she was in the wat for a long time in her youth so they are really full on.

I find it interesting though, never boring.

C'mon dude give her a hand. You need to have the feng shui correct in the bed room at least:

http://fengshui.about.com/od/love/qt/perfectbedroom.htm

"A good feng shui bedroom is a bedroom that promotes a harmonious flow of nourishing and sensual energy."

Correct, however she will move it in 30 minutes.

sometimes I get halfway through a thread and forget what it's about.

maybe that's why they never wear helmets, the added weight burns fuel.

maybe they should turn the lights on and take 4 people off the bike to even it out.

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From above ...

Sadly now this is down to page 5 and few people will be reading by now and I wish I had posted this earlier ... but like starting a family, you do that when you think the time is right for you.

Kids don't need many material things to make them happy.

I stay at the gf's Farm and there is a collection of relatives who have houses on the Farm land or own adjoining Farms, so there is always kids around. Sure you lose a little privacy, but you more then make up for that with the joy of family.

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No shoes, no shirts but a bike and no cares ... the joys of childhood

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This boy is being raised by all who live at the Farm.

His Mum works away, Grandma feeds him. The Farm has lent him a bike which they don't need.

I discipline him when he does wrong.

The gf gives him a hug when the boy crys because nasty Farang takes his bike away for a day when he's naughty.

Is he happy ... hell yes.

This is a game, the name in Thai sounds something like Toy lee en.

They are simply rolling a coin off a wooden board.

The music is not a soundtrack, it's being played at the Farm.

The boy has the base of a small boat, we found that as discarded rubbish.

Do you need money to have fun ... not really. Just an active imagination and a safe place to play.

So, the OP asked the question ... "So, I believe a lot of the 50+ guys with younger GF/Wives who are happy with their relationships also have babies."

So, is age an influencing factor when deciding to start or extend your Family ... sure.

Is it a determining factor? For some couples maybe ... for others in a committed loving relationship ... hell no.

Thanks for getting this far ...

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I'm not saying it will, but do you think the absents of his Mother will affect him in the future, surely It will in some way.

welcometo Thaivisa

Dont listen to the rose tinted glass brigade, there is no negativity or nastyness on here, only FACTS but some just can't handle the truth

so when some idiot say's all men met their woman in a Bar is that a fact, when they say all Thai people are stupid is that a fact.

Wife worked for SCB and later KB however not in customer service.

She believes KB.

I'm sure the Thai prisons are overcrowded like ours for a reason.

We are taught in Muay Thai to counter instantly after every strike, and to never back up with throwing a jab to stop an attack.

This has served me just as well on Thai visa as it has in The ring, Keep your guard up here you will be on the defensive often.

well i'm screwed, I'm not an expat although My wifes thai and I spend more then half my time there.

I cannot partake in expat banter.

yes, Education and common sense are very far apart.