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Only fools let themselves end up in the soft-prison of the in-law ordeal.

Farang's with their heads on right don't allow it to happen, but their partners may insist and basically hen-peck their husbands into complying.

if I replied to your comment with my true feelings It would only end with me getting a warning from the Mod.

But I will say that I hope you "Wife" sees through that Cloak your wearing and moves on to a "Real" Man that is not such a Arse.

Please read before you comment I am not married anymore. This is from a old relationship.

How common is this in Thailand?

For awhile I lived with my wifes parents but it just became just to much to bear.

I have since moved on and am not in that relationship anymore. But what I am asking is living with the inlaws something that other farang do here?

I understand this is something that Thai's do but I feel like it is too much to expect a farang to live like this.

I would like some feedback on if this is a reasonable request by your Thai spouse to live with her parents.

Here are some problems I had with living with my inlaws.

1. They never worked just sat around.

2. Being in my room moving my things ( I have no space to myself)

3. Never having any alone time with my wife.

4. Butting into issues related to money that only my wife and I should discuss.

Hi there,

I am just interested if there are some really rare coins or banknotes to look for in Thailand.

Also on the banknote does it say when it was produced?

I was reading that apparently there are some very rare Thai 10 baht coins?

What else would classify the money as being rare besides the age?

Thanks

Be a bit more selective and find a girl who likes to save, scolds you for being wasteful and doesn't have a leeching family. Plenty of them out there.

YOU are so right. When I meet my wife, I was making big money and had been making it for years, and didn't have a thing to show for it. After we meet and married, that all changed DUE TO HER, not me. My salary was deposited into an account and she held the ATM and bank book, I was put on a budget, which i was not a happy camper being treated like a child, but she had a 3 year plan. This plan was to buy land, build a home, buy a car and truck, and pay cash for all of it, and have at least 3-4 million in the bank, all this in 3 years.

I'm very proud to say, my wife turned my life around, and we have a beautiful home, on 3rai, a Ford Focus, and a Toyota 4 door truck, and a very nice sum in the bank. She gives ma and pa 4,000 bhat a month, and nothing more., she is so TIGHT she SQUEAKS. But damn nice to her her squeak when its my money she is holding. She did loan a neighbor 50,000 bhat but she had a paper drawn up where the lady signed over the land she owned until the debt was repaid with interest, and if 3 payments in a row were missed, she would lose all claim to her land. I married a village gal with a brain, and a fantastic wife.

Having your wife control all your money your crazy dude.

It seems like to me that some of the most attractive Thai women just have the worst personalities.

The ones that are a little flawed in the looks department seem to be so much nicer and friendly.

I think women are deluding themselves if they think they can survive on looks alone.

A guy might pick her up for a night but forget her being your girlfriend if she can't hold a conversation.

There is nothing more unattractive then a girl that is as dumb as a box of rocks.

This of course applies to all women not just Thai woman but I happen to live in Thailand so I am commenting on Thai women.

@OP

Mandarin Chinese is the most popular language in the world (2B speakers)

Spanish is next (400k)

English third (350k)

SO by your thinking we should all be learning Chinese!

Only because China has the largest population it is confined mostly to China and not spread out like English. So you can't go off of just that.

More countries use English then mandarin.

I have heard it so many times from my ex girlfriend. I want shop but they have no idea how to make it profitable it seems like it is all for show.

I wish you luck but don't throw to much money at it because most new businesses fail.

They shouldn't until they learn to speak Thai or English so they can communicate with someone

Amazing. A tourist hopes that in a supposedly top quality establishment someone should be able to serve them.

Its tough out there in business......

people working in shopping malls are now expected to know Russian?

What are you on about?

That it is ridiculous to expect Thai people to speak Russian. Russian people should speak Thai its Thailand

wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!!

Well ok how can you do anything if no one understands you?

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Exactly translate it into Thai or English but did they have that no. All they were doing is getting mad that a Thai couldn't understand Russian.

wow! so youre suggesting that folks that cant speak thai or english should stay home? lol. the tourism ministry would take issue with that idea!!

Well ok how can you do anything if no one understands you?

I was in Central Plaza Pattaya last night and saw a Russian woman talking to a Thai man getting annoyed that he didn't understand what she wanted.

She was trying to buy some seafood in the Grocery Store they have in the mall. (she was speaking Russian)

Here is my big thing about this. We all should learn to speak Thai as best as we can we are in there country it only makes sense.

But if you don't speak Thai I am sorry your next best bet is speaking English.

Why? Because English is the most commonly used language throughout the world.

It is the closest thing we have to a universal language.

I am not saying that my native language is better than yours its just more common for people to know it than Russian.

How can you travel to a place like Thailand and not speak Thai or English it seems crazy?

In every city in the uk there is a red light district, explain to your kids (when you feel they are mature enough) what the deal is, don't mask your kids eyes of life, deal with it.

They can know about it it's just not a place they should go into.

30 years? Its already taking place son. I think in 5 years the transformation will be complete. My girlfriend who is Thai has that attitude. Don't talk to her when she's on the phone. She won't talk to you because she thinks she is better.

Etc...

Maybe your right I see it happening fast

I guess I'm a horrible parent.

I'm bringing my son (13 years old) to Pattaya in January. We'll be living there for at least a year while my husband works in another part of that hemisphere. Will we be traipsing down Walking Street? No. We'll be up in Naklua or down in Jomtien for the most part. But I do have a good friend that owns a bar on Soi 6 and I'll make sure that my son knows how to find a motorcycle taxi that will take him there should he ever be separated from me.

I can't hide every seedy aspect of Pattaya from him and he's old enough to know what a girl in a short, short skirt and stripper heels probably is, but that doesn't mean we'll be hanging out in that end of town.

Contrary to popular belief, that's not all there is to see in Pattaya.

Why can't he go to someones house if he has a problem? Does everyone you know live in a dodgy street like that? Seems crazy to me.

Obviously he can, and Soi 6 is certainly is not my first choice, but if we're out on Beach Road and get separated, I'd want him to have somewhere closer than Naklua to go to. He has a cell phone and I can't imagine that we'll ever be separated, so chances are he'll never be in a situation where he has to go there. But if it was your kid, wouldn't you want him to know some safe spots throughout the city to go to if there was an emergency?

It just feels wrong to expose a child to that environment. Especially that street it is probably the worst in all of Pattaya.

I guess I'm a horrible parent.

I'm bringing my son (13 years old) to Pattaya in January. We'll be living there for at least a year while my husband works in another part of that hemisphere. Will we be traipsing down Walking Street? No. We'll be up in Naklua or down in Jomtien for the most part. But I do have a good friend that owns a bar on Soi 6 and I'll make sure that my son knows how to find a motorcycle taxi that will take him there should he ever be separated from me.

I can't hide every seedy aspect of Pattaya from him and he's old enough to know what a girl in a short, short skirt and stripper heels probably is, but that doesn't mean we'll be hanging out in that end of town.

Contrary to popular belief, that's not all there is to see in Pattaya.

Why can't he go to someones house if he has a problem? Does everyone you know live in a dodgy street like that? Seems crazy to me.

I see the changes already happening women are glued to there phones waiting for the next message on facebook.

Girls are getting more rude and less friendly with each passing year.

There is more of a entitlement attitude the feeling that I shouldn't have to work and things they should just be given to me.

I feel that the way the world is coming together with technology Thai woman are copying the ways of western women.

They all are obsessed with looking white.

They all want the newest latest phone.

They have a I'm better than you attitude.

I am just worried that the bad traits of western woman will be adopted by Thai woman in the future.

I see this all the time tourists with the wife and kids walking down walking street.

Walking down soi 6,7,8 or down massage streets with girls yelling hey sexy man, or you want massage.

What kind of horrible parents bring there kids to Pattaya especially in these areas?

What are some of the things Thai people find annoying about Farangs?

I hear a lot of complaining about Thai people on this forum so here's your chance tell us what you don't like about us.

If we know maybe this can prevent future problems and help someone out.

How realistic is it that you can have a girlfriend in Thailand that doesn't expect you to give her money all the time?

Where are these girls?

Is it all about finding girls with high end jobs and a good education?

Is having a girlfriend from a poor background doom you to be a "sponsor" to the entire family.

Thanks

Moderator please delete this got double posted by mistake

The new rule now is you cant stay more then 1 year on an ED visa, you have to leave the country every year and reset it if u want to stay in the Land of Smiles,

the days of stay up to 10 years without leaving Thailand are gone, at least under the current rules,

I understand that but how many times can you get a 1 year ED Visa back to back if you leave to say Laos and apply again.

This question has probably been asked already but how many years can you be on a ED Visa consecutive without returning to your home country?

Is it 10 years? Is there a limit?

Just curious

Thanks

Yes amazing isn't it

As we all know

People from Christian countries follow their religion without fail

People from Jewish countries follow their religion without fail

People from Muslim countries follow their religion without fail

etc

etc

Why can't Thais be as perfect as the rest of us ?

I think all religion is a joke

I am not a expert on Buddhism and don't claim to be but I find it very strange that so many Thai people are Buddhist but then have a money driven attitude.

My understanding of Buddhism is that the Buddha gave up all material things in his search for enlightenment.

If this is the case why are so many Thai people concerned with wealth and status? Isn't this in direct conflict with there religion?

Thanks