bermannor

Quite an interesting topic. Obviously Thais are reluctant to eat but seem to prefer for beauty treatment.

But might it be of interest, to discuss this with farang chefs of restaurants with international/french cuisine to put escargots in chili garlic on their menu? I could imagine quite a few tourists would love to order them for a starter.

There are 2 booklets in the FAO "Better Farming" series about snail farming. Google and you can download them.

For export, it would take quite a long time, so top restaurants in the big Thai tourist centres may be an option.

8 minutes ago, KhaoYai said:

There's a lot more than that too.

Yes, a couple of ice cold Chang for breakfast!

But joke by side, there are quite a few very successful expat farmers in Isaan and where the mia luang is very proud of her husband.

The only problem might be envy in the village.

4 hours ago, whaleboneman said:

I had a wonderful relationship for four years with this lady. And I really enjoyed building the house and furnishing it. I even painted it myself. It was an incredible adventure and we also traveled all over SEA together. But in the end I realized that our relationship wasn't going anywhere and left.

Now I've met a Pinay lady so I guess I'm going to learn about house building in the Philippines next. Life can always be an adventure if you want.

I hope, it's your pocket money!

On ‎8‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 4:46 PM, swissie said:

OP is not married. That's the crucial point.
If OP can prove that HE paid for the house, legally the house belongs to the OP, 100%.
If necessary, the house can be sold by court-order. The court proceedings are not overly complicated, but it will still take 2 to 3 years.
Ahhhhh......if only those houses were on wheels!
Cheers.

2 -3 years hell on earth! Good luck!

On ‎8‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 7:22 AM, jenny2017 said:

Once he's gone, without telling her where to, she'll soon realize what she had

That is typical western thinking. She might give a damn if he is around or not.

On ‎8‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 7:03 AM, BritManToo said:

Agreed, a Thai guy would either give her a good hiding or leave if she badmouthed him in public (maybe both).

It's a sad fact that women don't love or respect nice guys AWALT. 

No sex for you = no money for her.

 

Carrot and stick

Women all over the world are basically shagging men for a house.

Once you buy them the house outright, the sex will stop. (a big mortgage will usually keep the sex coming)

The equation sex = money or house or medicine for sick waterbuffalo is 100% correct for expats living in Bangkok and Pattaya. But how does it come that so many of these sales ladies have Thai boyfriends and finance their lazy life ??

On ‎8‎/‎5‎/‎2018 at 5:42 AM, Peterw42 said:

OP, considering the GF sees it as a normal relationship, that probably includes the normal practice of you having a mia noi (second wife). For a lot of Thais thats the way the relationship goes, and is considered pretty normal, almost expected.  I have met some friends and family of my wife and seen Thai relationships were the mia noi is openly accepted and discussed, almost like having a cleaning lady.

"why you want to cause trouble", let me translate, it would probably be considered normal and almost expected that, at this stage of the relationship, you get intimacy and sex elsewhere. If your GF stopped cooking, you would probably think nothing of getting take-away, its the same with sex for many Thai relationships.

Sorry, but he is not Thai, he has no kids, he is too old for a mia noi and may not afford one or more mia nois. Don't forget, he lives in a village.

I am also not sure if expats who have mia nois, are really accepted in Thai society, specially in rural areas.

And most imported: Does he have the character to have a mia noi?

In my opinion a totally stupid recommendation.

OP, there are different aspects to consider 

1. Do you belief in rebirth, so stay on and tell yourself, I'll do better in my next life. If not, better leave as long as you can (financially and health wise). The rest of your life might be hell on earth. She has no respect now for you and she will not have in the future, she has her family, relatives and village community. There is no mutual understanding.

2. You have no kids, so what keeps you staying. See the house you built as a good deed for somebody, as a present and good karma for you.

3. You may ask yourself, what should I do when I leave her? You don't like staying in a village, you will always be unhappy with your situation and become bitter.

4. I am not sure if it is good to stay on in Thailand. Move to another country if your finances allow, motivate yourself for a new start, may be do some social work, keep yourself busy, not hang around with expats, killing time in pubs.

5. Don't slide into another financial commitment.

Good luck!

23 hours ago, jenny2017 said:

 A rhetorical question?

 

  Boy scouts at primary schools often don't even know the right greeting, called the Wittayahaht.

 

   The kids from P. 1 to 3 have to use two fingers, the upper primary level 4 to 6 three fingers.

 

   I went to a boy scout camp at the end of the P 6 school year and it was a nice adventure, even when I had to look after them. It's great to get to know them privately when you only know them from the classroom.

 

   Foreign teachers should be more involved in such camps because it's a great chance to develop a good relationship which is important in the classroom. 

 

  In P.5 and 6, they a sort of learn how to tie some knots, but not really.

At the high school, it seems that they're just wearing that uniform because it's Wednesday. When almost adults have to learn right and left in the heat, I don't see any useful outcome.

 

  Boy scout seems to be one of the most hated subjects at Thai schools. Unfortunately, do the teachers not teach them what would be useful for their lives and marching in the boiling sun alone doesn't make them to scouts who can read maps and do things with wood that could be life-saving.  

Isn't it that 3 fingers are the official greeting and 2 finger with V the posing sign? And woh, how they hate being scounts!

On ‎7‎/‎30‎/‎2018 at 10:03 AM, peterb17 said:

Actually I rather like the fact that Thais have a sense of identity and some pride in their country- and through the rules on land ownership have not been taken over by the Chinese. As always looking in from a Western point of view . 

Hitler Youth - a bit much

A bit of an idiot who thinks to be funny!

Nine months at the same place? Do you want to write a book? I assume you need some entertainment, preferably with tourists. So, only known beaches are of interest, especially frequented by backpackers which are not TV forum members best friends. A beach hut on some of the islands might suit you and if you don't like it any longer, move on. You will get a lot of tips.

I wonder, nobody mention Ban Saen because plenty of Thai wives might drag their farang husbands there, no hookers, few farangs, nearly empty during the week, cheap Thai food, always shadow because Thai ladies are shy of sun.

8 hours ago, Grusa said:

If we tell everyone where to find that which you seek, it will very quickly cease to be such!

Secrets here, that's the joke of the year!

Think about to do both, Gulf coast and Andaman Sea, depending on the season.

7 hours ago, Knocker33 said:

Thung Wua Laen beach Chumphon . Beautiful stretch of clean beach. Good for wind surfing and  khoTao, Samui  only a short ferry ride away

Yes, Kho Tao, only hundreds of backpackers and want to be divers.

14 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

One of the caddies at my golf club blows me!

Another myth!

50 minutes ago, Ks45672 said:

Borderline retarded would be a challenge for you

No, when he himself is retarded.

3 minutes ago, pgrahmm said:

That "myth" has been drawing men from around the world for 5+ centuries....

If it weren't so it would have ceased 4+ centuries ago....

Even now with instant media access Thailand is still touted as offering the world's most beautiful women.....

Possibly this is a declining "crown" given the advent of western food but they are still there in an extremely higher ratio than most of their world wide sisters.....

5+ centuries ago ?? I think this is the only myth in this thread.

It were Uncle Sams brothers during Vietnam war.

2 hours ago, wgdanson said:

Why the lol please?

It's The LoL posters turn now in This thread!

7 hours ago, Ulysses G. said:

Certainly doesn't bother me - not a prude. Ian and I had a lot to talk about when we met.  

Of course not.. The girls must not have been choosy when they went with a bald (old) one also.

44 minutes ago, AlexRich said:

 

Let's see if we can get it lower. When bermannor goes high, we go lower!

 

I don't take drugs.

This thread reached now an intellectual low deeper than the Kimberly open pit gold mine

1 hour ago, Ulysses G. said:

Can't remember his last name, but a bald guy named Ian from Canada used to post pictures of his tilacs on TV. I knew ever single one - intimately.  ?

Are you proud of that?

1 hour ago, JLCrab said:

Final scene to Billy Wilder's The Apartment Oscar winner Best Picture 1960:

 

Too high for my IQ!

7 minutes ago, JLCrab said:

So her parents wouldn't think she is gay?

Shut up and deal.