KatieCat

Definitely NOT! She is not aware... It would not be a problem if she's cool about it...

As Boo said already.

You obviously are enjoying your own fantasy take of this, rather than the reality version, which is basically having no consideration or respect for your long term partner.

To be perfectly honest I have no sympathy for you if you end up getting stung.

I totally agree with Boo and eek about this. It's not fair at all for your gf, even though she knows nothing about it.

It's just not fair for us to be prejudiced like that only by being 'Thai girls' Believe it or not, some of us had to lie about our true nationality sometimes when we were abroad.

Thats very sad.

Katie, if its any consolation, I certainly dont think all Thai women come under the same bracket as bar girls. Or think that women of any nationality are all the same as each other. Many MANY people do think the same way, and have a love and appreciation for Thailand and its people.

Dont worry about the prejudiced ones, stand up and be proud about who you are and where you are from.

Thank you very much na kha

P' Katiecat. Inded it is true. But there are BGs. All foreigners go to pubs/clubs and get to know them. Working as BGs, they do for "money" and when they get to know foreigners [do not have to be white] they may think it is the best and easiest way to have family, get married and yes earn some money. They have been doing that since before we were born. That makes them to be such an image of Thai girls. Then most of foreigners think of all Thai girls that way.

I do think bad with girls who have got much older partners. I would think Grandpa is taking niece dressing like Paris Hilton on secret vid. for ice-cream and buying Barbie dolls or something.

Thank you very much for the comment na kha :-). Actually, I am aware of this and have seen it quite often. However, it's just that BGs are such a small group compared to the rest of the girls in Thailand. Not all of us are like that. When foreigners use the word 'Thai girls' to critisize these girls, I feel like it goes straight to me too and slap me on the face. It's just not fair for us to be prejudiced like that only by being 'Thai girls' Believe it or not, some of us had to lie about our true nationality sometimes when we were abroad. It's just sad to realize that no matter how good we try to behave ourselves, people out there still think of us as bimbos who always thirst for money.

Come to think of it, if those bar girls really had a choice, maybe they would not 'sell' themselves like that. I am in no position to critisize them. Maybe I am lucky and have more opportunity. Although I hate to see these girls continue destroying Thai girls' 'image' by behaving like this, I feel sorry for them also. If we were uneducated, illiterate, but had parents or brothers&sisters to take care of, we probably would throw away our dignity, like they did.

Thank you very much na kha for your understanding. Indeed appreciated. Also, sorry again if I offended someone here, that was never my intention.

Ps. I do like your comparison na kha :-) It gave such a vivid image. (Paris Hilton and Grandpa hmmm...)

According to my Thai cook, she thinks "dirty old man" if the man looks considerably older than the woman.

Sorry, but you did say you wanted a Thai woman's opinion, so I asked her.

NO NO NO,you lie...LOL They are thinking mmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,i want him too!!I have never heard a Thai lady say bad things about an older farang/young girl couple,except in spite.Most are just jealous,and certainly feel they are "over the hill"as such.(I would like to clarify,i DON'T feel older woman are over the hill,or past it,and you can stop punching me now,honey..)

Hmmm..., as a Thai lady myself, I would like to say I've never been 'jealous' in the way that 'I want that FARANG too!' when seeing a couple (Farang and Thai girl, regardless of their age) hand in hand na kha. Trust me, not all Thai girls WANT 'farang' guys (Please don't be offended na kha

I don't know much about other group of girls, but as for me and my friends (we are around 25-30 years old), farang guys are just 'guys'. We may like you, or hate you, or simply just feel so-so about you, the same way we feel about Thai, or other Asian guys. You are not at all 'special' or 'preferable' or anything as such. Some girls even think they don't want to have farang boyfriends at all because they don't feel comfortable around them due to the cultural differences or different attitude towards things.

When seeing older farang man with younger Thai woman, some Thai people (I said 'people' na kha, not girls ) might look at them in a bad way because of the false belief and Thai social values (not jealousy). It is believed that normally around 80% of such couples are not because of love. Men may look for girls to hang out with, and girls may just see these men as 'walking ATM'. It maybe true, or maybe not, we don't know, but this is the way we look at this kind of couple. That's why sometimes you might feel people looking at you in a really bad way when you walk with a much younger Thai girl.

And oh, some of my friends also think of that older farang with young lady as 'dirty old man' na kha

No doubt, clearly seen that lots of Thai girls want to have farang boyfriends, but it's absolutely not like if you are Farang, we will run after you crying 'oh prince charming, please rescue us and take us to your castle!' na kha. As for me, I tend to build my own castle rather than asking a man who has the same age as my grandfather

Sorry na kha if I am rude or say things that might offend someone here. It's just that I am tired and sick of the idea that you guys keep saying Thai girls is chasing after Farang guys. It is insulting and hurting in many many ways....when you seriously come to think of it.

I spent two weeks in a meditation class at Wat Luang Por Sodh Dhammakaya in Rajburi in 2007. It was pretty strange. They were very adamant about Luang Por Sodh's meditation techniques. They claimed this style was the only way to reach nirvana. It was way too detailed for me.

Hmmm...I have been to their meditation programme before but they didn't tell me this meditation technique is the only way to reach nirvana. They told me taking meditation is like choosing a road to travel. Meditation technique is like a road. Every road goes to the same place, some road may has shorter path, some road maybe easier. It's up to us to choose, and Dhammakaya is just one of the roads that lead us to nirvana, and it's a shorter, more comfortable road. Personally I kindna like the teaching. However, I am Thai and all the instructions were in Thai, so maybe English version was different?

Hello everybody I am a chinese girl who would like to study Thai and take the elementary 6 examination. But I don't know where to find the information for this exams. I have visited many websites, even use the google but couldnt' find the information that I want. If anybody know anything about this, or know the website that I can find the information, please help me. Thank you very much.

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The word "ติงต๊อง" doesn't have to be rude all the time. Lots of times Thai people just say it in order to tease their friends. For example, suppose that a father wants to play with his 2 years old child so he pretends to be a dog and makes a sound like a dog, his friend who visits him sees what he does (which is very funny) may laugh and may say "ting tong jing jing leoy". It's not rude at all in this case. However, it can be rude too. For example, if you are waiting for a bus. When the bus arrives you are about to get on but suddenly somebody jumps and hits you. If you are very angry and shout "ai ting tong" Well, in this case it's rude.