It's good you finally got a girlfriend but she will expect money one way or another eventually, buying a house, car, motorbike, marriage.
but i agree that there are plenty of people around that need avoiding, i do it all the time, but there's also a lot of people i don't avoid.
It's just something I've observed and I'm good at it, those people who spend more time with Thais than farang are a bit strange as are those that like cats and dogs more than people