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I got lucky! :-):-):-)

Me too.

Oh, what a night and day. Sadly she had to go back today for the celebrations.

Okay, not exactly a Fathers day gift, but .....

It is hard on people to lose that trust. Even harder to get it back. It tends to lead to even more distrust in the future.

In this case, though it may be hard on the OP, at least he knows it is not his child and he now knows (sadly) she has been cheating on him. After a year and all that time spent building a relationship it can come as a blow to you. Better to know now than later on when it could have cost a lot more than heartache.

Good luck for the future, OP.

Thanks for the helpful information.

From what you say it seems she is not so hard done by financially than other Filipino teachers.

I find it hard to believe she (and they) get this amount of money, especially for a genuine degree.

I will pass on the information. From there she can look at her other options that I understand she has.

It is good to have people here with knowledge and willing to pass it on :-)

Those saying about others poor comprehension also need to understand as some have said, that the bars are public.

It is the authorities who need to clarify what they mean and not us.

We do know how crazily a badly worded order from above can be interpreted by the authorities ergo anything could happen.

A Filipino friend of mine is a post grad with a masters degree and she gets 25K Baht a month. The money is paid to an agency who then giver her 18K per month after their fees.

This sounds to me to be not a lot of money, but I know very little about this subject and am hoping some of you more experienced people can help out with some answers.

She is based in Chonburi.

Previous experience is 2 years teaching English in China and 1 year now in Thailand.

What would she be expected to earn with her qualifications?

What would be her best course of action to get a better wage than she is currently getting.

Is there a best time to be applying for jobs?

Any other helpful information / advice would be appreciated.

Thanks

Better that than for it to be raining in your heart

Anyway, some cleansing rain is good to wash away some of the dirt and dust. Clears the air and cools it down too.

They mean ban drinking on the street?

That should be the case all the year round.

Yes. And then if the police saw you drinking a bottle of water or swigging a Pepsi on the street they could give you piss test to check for alcohol. And they could ban eating on the street.

It should be against the law in any country, for anyone to drink alcohol in the street. Your last sentence is just nonsense.

That is a crazy notion.

Italy, France, Greece to name but a few have drinking on the streets. They have tables outside restaurants on the street where many people can be found having a glass of wine or a beer.

Why should this be banned? Violence, disorder, drunkenness? Seems to me the greatest majority of these people are simply out for a pleasant evening.

Here in Pattaya we drink in a small place with 6 double tables or so. 2 of those tables are on the street. Never have I seen a disagreement, a fight or any disorder. Should this small place lose 1/3 of her decent paying customers?

Or it is also known as 'Getting it off your chest'.

Sometimes we nee to moan a bit to feel better about it.

It is bad enough seeing them driving a m/c never mind a car. Certainly not aware enough of her surroundings and the dangers.

No celebrations for me either. As others have said, it is simply another day here in Thailand.

This is nonsensical. So you have to sign up your girlfriend to the site, and then

her other sponsors have to sign her up too so you can see them ? What the

bleep are the odds of that ?? Instead, buy a iphone. Put in tracking software,

and then give it to her with a big smile. Problem solved....

This was also my immediate thought.

There are other ways to keep track too. A lot depends if she is a long term g/f.

Yet, if you met her in a bar, would you really expect her to go home and stay with her parents while you are away?

I wonder if the Thai families ever consider that groom may also have family back home and he might need to help them out? Or do they assume we are all orphans, and why else would we come here?

^^^

Not only sin sot related but related to a Thai woman and her family in general.

I have always told them I have financial responsibilities back home. I have grandchildren. A house to take care of. They soon get the message I am not an general ATM fund.

On the other hand, as I have pointed out in the past here on tv I am not such a tight-ass that I will not help out in genuine cases, like a death or genuine sickness.

I would be more than happy to do things the Thai on Thai way that I have seen friends do and that is to share the costs of life.

Back home, getting married to a British or European woman I would not pay for the wedding or pay her parents.

Yes, it is a different culture here. But when it is Farang on Thai the Thai should also understand and respect our ways of doing things.

My Thai Partner and I are happy to pay a Sin Sot.

We will save up for it together ... $ for $.

I don't give a rats ass what others think. I am my own man.

This is my promise to her .. I don't break my promises.

She gave up her job as a manager with an International Company of 12 years to come stay in my country.

Real Love is in play now.

We have kids together.

It is is what is it is.

Start hurling stones on us about now ... frankly, I don't give a <deleted>.

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Saving together $ for $. That is how I have heard many Thai on Thai do it. Seems far more sensible.

Age old topic.

But, if I am paying the bills for food, accommodation, electric, water and such, I would never ever pay sin sot for any woman.

If she is working she can pretty much keep what she gets and do with it as she pleases.

Thailand or not. Up to them to see what side of their bread is buttered. If they do not like it, tough. There are plenty of women out there you can live with as common law wife for a couple of years at a time. And a change is often as good as a rest, so they say.

Two Samsung phones, two different numbers.....one for boyfriend in Denmark, and one for boyfriend in Germany.....

2 sim cards per phone and an extra two gullible fools, boyfriends, mugs on the end of the line.

Without Motive. Ross Kemp starring. Made in 2000 & 2001. Quite old but I never saw these first time around. Now on episode 6 of series 2. A more gritty police drama.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0247055/?ref_=ttep_ep_tt

RATED 8 ON imdb

^^ Sadly that test wasn't on TV, nor the Barbarians game.

Caught the highlights this morning.

There are some of wee Aussies who still grind their teeth when they hear the name Jonny Wilkinson mentioned ...

If he ever joins the Forum ... he'll get nary a like from me!

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I really liked watching that game last night in the local pub nearby. Shame you did not get to see it live because I think you would have liked it too.

please do not delete this. I have kept the topic part alive with the bold bits

Maybe those dogs were after Jingthing's thing?

Snack time until they could get a proper mouthful of nosh?

It is good to give a 'like' especially if you do like the post.

It is good to receive a like too because it shows other like your post.

When certain members are being humourus - like a certain members ring of fire, I like to give a like if it makes me smile or laugh.

There is a lot of negativity in some topics and a like can negate the negativity.

one of my all time favorite...

We certainly could do with more humour like this - even if it was at David48's expense. I feel he enjoyed the humour as much as many of us did and being an Aussie, well, you need to have a sense of humour

I'd better not mention the Aus / Eng test in case David is reading this

Yes, I liked the topic too. It was well worth all the likes handed out.

And that is what the OP should understand with some people. Plus the 'like' idea is a good idea as far as I am concerned.

It is good to give a 'like' especially if you do like the post.

It is good to receive a like too because it shows other like your post.

When certain members are being humourus - like a certain members ring of fire, I like to give a like if it makes me smile or laugh.

There is a lot of negativity in some topics and a like can negate the negativity.

In the places with plenty of foreigners, I'd say the attitude of the natives has changed for the worse in many cases. Not so much in the villages or smaller towns.