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Thailand is decades away from being disabled friendly.

SAme goes for old people. Ever see old people in shopping malls? i think they forbide old people from leaving their homes.

Hey OP, its a great formula, but what happens if the gf is older? does he pay the guy?

YES she does. And i think they do......................lol.

girls all over choose mates. Finances are a big factor.

But in thailand it really is different. The girls are at the end of their ROPE. They really have NO choice. Its the fat smelly bald farang or nothing. i do see their point.

Why is it i dont see many surburban couples.........................lol?

Be rrrealistic. YOU are doomed if you want a middle class and higher gf...................lol.

ASK yourself why are the majority of hook-ups with issan type girls?

On the flip side. There arent that many good farang to marry either.....................lol.

dont lie if caught. just say they are for your favorite bargirls. customs heard it all be4............lol.

From all the answers on here, it would depend on what the OP means by a village.. I lived for about 3 years in what I could a village in Lopburi.. 2 main roads, one being the highway, the other leading to a large well known temple and about 8 residential streets.. maybe 200 people, maybe. A small elementary school, a small govt. medical clinic, a small mom and pop gas station. Approx. 14 kilometers from a larger city.

The OP uses the word "average" in the title. But yes you are right to some degree in that it's difficult to classify the average. Remote rural is likely to have a very different income profile to a similar sized and similarly equipped village located on the outskirts of say Bangkok.

not hard at all. avg income in village is VERY little.

One way or another, the woman always gets paid. It's only a question of the terms.

Whether it's 3000 THB in Bangkok for two hours, 15,000 per month in Chiang Mai, or a diamond engagement ring, house, and rights to half (or more) of the assets for a multi-year contract in the US, she always gets paid.

Personally i dont think they get paid enuff.....................lol. Do you realize what these girls have to put up with.......................lol.

testicle-spoken like a true thai girl.

Your age minus your gf's age times 1000.

ex you are 80 your gf is 30. Salary is 50 times 1000 or 50,000 baht a month.

ex. if you are 80 and your gf is 80 salary is ZERO........................lol.

works every time.

I can't believe how sensitive op and some others are.

First of all the $6000 au was way under what a lot of people make. Hells bells I pay my painters $45 plus plus and hour. Plumbers and sparks more. 6k a month is only 72 k a year net.

I am retired, that makes big difference. My first gf was an office manager 6 days a week for 25k baht.

I give my gf a salary per week. And pay for everything.

We are off shortly to koh shamed...do I want her working at pantip market for thin air. So the op would have his wife work for what $180aud a month. Hells bells

your ages please.............lol. you guys are funny.

A gf should want to spend time with you wo making it sound like a business arrangement. I bet apple doesnt pay like you do. Salary and all living expenses................lol.

This might sound rude but I can't understand how expats here esp if they are retired can have their wife/gf working for that sort of money per day.

Means you can't go and travel etc etc.

My gf doesn't work for that very reason. If we were in AU sure she could work and get at least 600/hour.

I could go home for a month and make 180000bath.

How could I have her work in Thailand

these girls are from issan. Need i say more........................lol.

ITS a myth guys are marrying hi=so thai chineese...............lol.

Is it possible this thai girl drove the guy to see prostitutes?

Having a thai grandpa masquerading as a luk kruengs father? its like telling a baby chimp poppa is a orange u tan................lol.

Having a mother make her kids HATE their father only makes momma look like a Bi..H.

This family is doomed!

You dont need a lawyer. You need psychological counseling for your whole family! Your kids are going to be one big screwed up in the head if you keep going the way you going.

Im not a politically correct person. You need to take some responsibility for all this.

I dont think having your parents kill him is the answer...............................lol.

Did you know your man frequents prostitutes? and if your answer is YES- why did you marry him and then have kids.

Something is wrong with this whole thread...........................

Go and see a lawyer. They are the only ones who will give you the correct advice. Be prepared for some comments that aren't kind from this forum. It's a shame but like anything there are always two sides to a story.

Any comments from the people whos known or known some or didnt know anything it doesnt matter.

As long as i can get some ideas.

I decided to share the story that mean i need some feed back too. Thank you.

Not many answers to help you out.

But thai girls can learn from your experience. Dont marry BAD BAD farang.

Where did you meet this guy? Were there red flags you chose to ignore? Bad man usually bad from the get go!

Still amazed at how bad some looking bargirls are- and they get gentlemen callers...........................lol.

Just curious but what are the management fees for each fund - especially as the Thai fund will be mainly hitching a ride on the coat tails of the Global select Euro fund?

I found out management fees are 1% front end.

Also, there is a minimum investment of 510,000 THB.

No ongoing charges - IE annual management fee?

No back end charge - IE when you sell? No bid to offer spread?

If not then that would not appear unreasonable.

Only 1% cant be right. I bet more like 2-3%.

this one is sustainable and targets the small farmers leaving out the big ones. So it really targets the right people.

The purpose of a business is to make a profit, not to become a burden to the tax payer. A farmer trying to raise a family on 8 rai rice plot is quite obviously a recipe for failure. In other countries a single family may have 1000 rai for tiny farm. Thailand must one day embrace economy of scale. This type of government program hurts the country and prevents it from developing which will create a longer and deeper level of poverty than it should have to bear.

There are 20mn farmers and no social system in Thailand.

They can dress it up whichever way they like. In the developed world families receive than 15k in benefits for all sorts of things.

So call it a farmers benefit. Problem solved. Moaning that subsidies are somehow immoral when the option is that people starve and live in complete poverty isn't very constructive.

Like with the 1000 baht they still wont be in poverty.........................lol.

I thought Thailand was a third-world country which had great potential to become something much better.

My big surprise has been to learn it is going absolutely nowhere. Corruption and greed destroy anything good before it has chance to take root.

This is a good thing.................lol.

We surely dont want thai to morph into singapore.

Sick and pathetic and she is extremely ugly to boot. They should be eviscerated, don't waste money on bullets.

My fisrt thought. Usually asians go for better looking girls....................lol.

Thaniya plaza is where all the hookers for Japs hang out. He did it there for a reason so it seems.

Maybe he was unhappy with his new nickname: 2-2-2??

Many girls are wise now. They charge by the inch......................lol.

Do you love her?

Do you trust her?

Why do you look on the worst case scenario?

I trust her but she does not trust me very much

Please read my previous post.

Mutual trust is earned!

There are many Farang who are sweet talking ....... And she is right to let you earn her trust.

However, by the same token, she must earn your trust.

Trust is not free, to be given away as it has no value!

There are also many sweet talking Thai ladies out there.

Sometimes, trust has to be tested, by both of you!

Stay calm at all times.

I always wonder what the girl is doing while overSEASman is contemplating marriage..................lol. Is she looking for the next best thing or WHAT? OP doesnt sound like that good of a catch. 1....op has an elderly sick mother.

Does Thailand attract the unstable or does it make them unstable ?.

I've been next to a few people on the aeroplane over the years who seemed to be hanging on by a thread. They are usually alcoholics and proceed to get smashed during the flight. The fun and games starts later : one guy was punching the seat in front going "why, why why ..."

Are you for REAL?

YOU do realize what thailand is famous for? it aint rock and roll! You dont see Steve JObs and his kind in any of thais naughty boy bars...................lol. Unless they are incognito...................lol.