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14 minutes ago, AustinRacing said:
They’ll be the laughing stock of the neighborhood and for that reason they’ll make your life miserable. And if you think your wife will back you against her family you’re dreaming😂😂😂
My partner backed me against them, and we are still together after 27 years, and I am not dreaming.
So how does that fit alongside your reasoning.
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Hi,
I previously had a good business and my other half assisted my in Pattaya and worked hard for me in the business. We sent home, way back when, 5,000 baht a month to the mother for over 22 years.
She comes from eight siblings and the mother now is widowed.
We never married. I didn't want it, and she didn't care about it. I didn't want children, I have two grown up sons in the UK who are hard-working and decent jobs.
We sold the businesses and built a compound of three houses and a store in Kalasin as I had ill health.
When everything was set up and completed, we had the usual suspects and spongers over for the opening of the house etc.
At this point, I wish to make clear, the brothers and one sister have never contributed one baht. I, in fact, educated the two daughters of the sister, from kindergarten to finishing high school and one is at university now in Khonkaen, and I never one word of thanks, so be it.
The eldest daughter ignores her mother, even though she lives 60 metres up the road, and hasn't spoken to her in years.
Once we moved here permanently, a good few years ago now, (I have told members this before), we were inundated with people attempting to borrow money although unemployed. Then there were people constantly trying to sell land they had already mortgaged, to the bank or lenders, and every other scam you can imagine.
I'll bring in now, the lazy drug addicted brother. He's now in his 40s and still lives with the mother and his fat good for nothing lazy girlfriend (whose actual husband is in prison). Neither work.
The 5,000 a month was always being handed over to the Yaa Baa addict by the mother. He's the youngest. The mother then came, asking for more.
I offered to employ the son on the land. I said he could do painting, garden work etc. He refused. I now employ outsiders to paint, cut the trees and grass etc.
He wants to sit in his room all day, talking to friends, drinking, disappears to the fields for obvious reasons, (it isn't to look after the rice)
There were various excuses for asking money, rice planting, etc I pointed out I had built her a house, she had 9 children in total, and it was their duty to help. She was their mother, not mine. I got the old 'look of despair, whilst looking away from me '.
I told her sometimes when I visit the UK, my youngest son falls asleep at the table after completing fourteen-hour shifts on rotation. Her son doesn't do fourteen minutes work!
I got the usual blank stare from her.
The mother only crosses the driveway to our house when she is sick or skint. She never comes to say thank you for anything.
I stopped the 5,000 baht after 22 years. The mother went racing to the village for sympathy. She got it from a few quarters.
However, a number of them stated she had waltzed around the village doing nothing for 20 odd years, whilst they had been up out of bed daily, selling rice, fruit, BBQ etc to make ends meet.
They pointed out that she had a nice house and a spoilt son, who had hands, eyes, and feet but wouldn't work.
Case closed buddy. If you give in, you are viewed as weak or a fool and on a slippery slope.
They will be disrespectful to your lady, it's bullying to get what they want from you and to make her feel she isn't trying hard enough for them.
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14 hours ago, Neeranam said:
You are in Thailand, do as the Thais do. The Sinsod is just for show and should be returned after the wedding. If they refuse, it is a bessing in disguies - they didn't stick to the rules, so stop the 2,000 a month to grannie.
It's simply not true that this is a tradition. It's a custom only in some families, not in many. Furthermore, it is also down to personal circumstances of the two getting married.
If they refuse after the wedding, What planet are you on? They have non intention of handing any monies back.
13 hours ago, thefarangteacher said:I’m in my mid-30. I’m not a retiree; I don’t have the kind of money those guys do due to their station in life. So from me, 2,000 baht a month is generous, especially since it’s 2,000 baht more than I give my sick parents. That’s a large part of the problem here: the family’s perception that just because I am a “farang” that I’m loaded. I’m not. The kind of sinsod someone with this attitude would ask for is something I could not afford (as written previously they’re already implying 50,000 baht would be a pittance so I’m assuming they would ask for at least double that).
Do not do it and I'll explain in another post here. Do NOT give it.
They don't give a damn about Thai weddings and blessings, only eating free, getting sloshed and getting free money.
14 hours ago, Neeranam said:2,000 baht a month is not generous, esp from a farang.
It's 2000 baht they don't normally get, and it's a lot more than the Thai pension gives them.
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2 hours ago, brianthainess said:
I think we can trust the Japanese to take care of everybody, as is humanly possible, without any Thai interference. Hospitals if necessary won't be ripping Thais off as they do with Falang here.
I agree with you,
But making at least a token gesture would have been polite.
Thailand is quick enough off the mark requesting aid for projects from Japan.
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36 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:
Most recent execution in Thailand was in 2018.
Murder/ Robbery it was, but he maybe pleaded 'not guilty 'or the crime was particularly heinous, they usually commute these sentences to life imprisonment (20 years) if the defendant pleads guilty.
He was only 26 years old, so it's a weird one to me.
There are hundreds that are in there for years and get their sentences commuted at Amnesty times.
However, the previous King died in 2016 and there was a substantial 'mourning period', so quite possible there were no amnesties.
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7 hours ago, JensenZ said:
This is an absurd overreaction to an isolated incident that won't happen again. A 14-year-old kills 3 in a tragic shooting, so now they want to start executing 12-year-olds. Why stop at 12 and make all children criminally responsible, of any age?
The problem is these are not isolated incidents, kids killing here is becoming more and more frequent.
Too much time on their phones and TVs, and not enough education at home or in school.
Overreaction? I think that is you making one, as nobody has suggested executing twelve-year-olds.
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3 hours ago, brianthainess said:
And you know it won't happen again, just how is that, no one is talking about executing 12 yr-olds.
12 yr olds are knocking about with their brothers who have guns and also just pick up a gun that their parents, have left laying around it could happen again today. Kids ain't what they used to be.
No, kids aren't what they used to be because disciple in the home and educating the kids in how to behave outside the home is non-existent.
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I agree with the Police Chief on this for what it's worth.
And how about taking a leaf out of the USA law books and trying these kids as adults.
Instead, under current laws, they are safe in the knowledge that they will be treated with kid gloves.
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5 hours ago, hotchilli said:
As long as Thais are fine that's okay... How about instructing their relevant agencies to help anyone?
Not even a mention of condolences or a donation, offering assistance however small, to help the poor air crew on board the coastguard vessel.
The Thais are OK, well that's great then.
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2 hours ago, brianthainess said:
Until they introduce mandatory jail terms for having a gun in public ,and the suppliers, having to have registered guns locked in a gun cabinet, nothing will change
And they won't, it will just become another statistic.
Just like drink drivers who kill people.
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On 12/29/2023 at 9:09 AM, 5davidhen1 said:
I can't abide all these new-fangled razors which "blend with the contours of your face."
Year's ago, Tesco (UK) made/sold a cheap 2 or 3 blade razor with a rigid head, but unfortunately it seems to have been discontinued. Whilst I suffer from shaky hands, I am a man, and am perfectly capable of holding the razor in a way which suits my shaving fashion.
Unfortunately, all razors, with varying numbers of extra heads, are packaged in such a manner as to be unable to determine whether their heads are indeed rigid, or "swivel." Back in the UK, most supermarket staff wouldn't have a clue as to whether a razor has, or doesn't have a rigid head. I would imagine that here in Thailand, with the "lost-in-translation" language problem, that getting an accurate answer to the question in point would be nigh on impossible.
So, to the question: Does anyone know where I can buy a man's razor with a rigid head, either here, or in the UK? The manufacture's name of said razor would be a help, even better, a picture of one.
TIA.
David.
N.B. I am only interested in the above --- NOT the old-fashioned razors with removable/replaceable blades.
Aye,
You can't beat a 'rigid head '
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2 minutes ago, Will B Good said:
You're not pressing hard enough.
I've just checked, they do swivel slightly, I was wrong!
First and only time I'll be wrong, in 2024!............
But they don't swivel much, anyway, they work well for me!
Happy New Year 2024, ASEAN NOW moaners!
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On 12/29/2023 at 10:32 AM, VocalNeal said:
No <deleted> sherlock they've got Flexi written on them.
My BIC have Flex written on, they are rigid with a slight swivel.
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On 12/29/2023 at 9:09 AM, 5davidhen1 said:
I can't abide all these new-fangled razors which "blend with the contours of your face."
Year's ago, Tesco (UK) made/sold a cheap 2 or 3 blade razor with a rigid head, but unfortunately it seems to have been discontinued. Whilst I suffer from shaky hands, I am a man, and am perfectly capable of holding the razor in a way which suits my shaving fashion.
Unfortunately, all razors, with varying numbers of extra heads, are packaged in such a manner as to be unable to determine whether their heads are indeed rigid, or "swivel." Back in the UK, most supermarket staff wouldn't have a clue as to whether a razor has, or doesn't have a rigid head. I would imagine that here in Thailand, with the "lost-in-translation" language problem, that getting an accurate answer to the question in point would be nigh on impossible.
So, to the question: Does anyone know where I can buy a man's razor with a rigid head, either here, or in the UK? The manufacture's name of said razor would be a help, even better, a picture of one.
TIA.
David.
N.B. I am only interested in the above --- NOT the old-fashioned razors with removable/replaceable blades.
B and Ms in the UK sell them in packs of three or four with fixed heads.
They are cheap at about 1.99 GBP a pack.
They are made by BIC and are called Flex four or Flex three.
Both have rigid heads.
I buy them all the time when in the UK and keep a stock in Thailand of them.
I've just been in the bathroom and checked, they do have a slight swivel.
Sorry!
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It doesn't get much worse than this, regarding Predator/Paedophiles in senior positions of trust near the kids.
Also, to give them bail, and then they try to contact one of the victims, they should be held without bail given the gravity of the offence, but they won't, ex military officer and a teacher.
Kids haven't a chance.
Even many of their parents baulk at the responsibility of taking it to the Police.
If I was a Thai parent, my first port of call would be Radio, TV and newspapers as that soon spurs the authorities into action.
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On 12/30/2023 at 9:16 AM, gargamon said:
You try and equate what a government does and how children treat their parents? What you describe is the children handing off their responsibility to the government.
If they tried palming off parents on the government in Singapore, they would get a short, sharp shock.
Singapore makes it very clear that the children are responsible for their parents.
You can say it's a complete different society, but Singapore pulled itself up by itself.
It wasn't always as you see it now.
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On 12/30/2023 at 10:33 AM, NONG CHOK said:
How can Thais expect to receive a pension when they did go to work none of them paid tax.
I have said this to them loads of times and the Cambodians, but it falls on deaf ears as that is not what they want to hear.
They have convinced themselves amongst the lower ranks, farmers, labourers, and such like, that our governments give out free money enabling us to settle here.
Back to the thread in hand, there must be more to this for all four of her children to want nothing to do with her, it can happen, but it seems a bit: Un-Thai in my view.
I had a brother who died of COVID-19 during the outbreak. There were eight of us in our family, and the remaining seven of us had nothing to do with him.
He was a druggie, a thief, a robber, constantly in trouble or jail but when he became elderly, he expected us all to forget and treat him with kindness.
Life doesn't work that way.
Only my mother forgave his antics.
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load of nonsense as usual
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Just now, Bangkok Barry said:
Looking forward to that......
Let's start: The Indian woman recognised a Thai vendor who sold her short earlier in the day when the Indian received only three pieces of pineapple instead of four.
That will be good enough for a brawl, I mean, she has 10 kids to feed with those four chunks.
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9 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:This is what I think.
I think we can all agree that there's certainly been a lot of gold chain snatch thefts in the last couple of years, which appear to have disproportionately affected Indian male tourists. Drugging and robbery crimes seem to disproportionately involve middle-eastern and Indian tourists as well.
It's also undeniable that there is a lot of racial animosity directed towards Indians and middle-easterners on this website, with much of it seemingly emanating from the Pattaya forum. (I've long seen this as a sexual playground turf war for dominance between Westerners and other ethnic groups.) If Pattaya's expat community and Western business owners are as vocal in real life as they often are on this forum about their disdain for Indians and middle-easterners, is it not conceivable that this type of racial animosity towards Indian and middle-eastern tourists has seeped into the Thai community? Please don't come back and say Thais hate Indians more than Westerners, as this is patently untrue and just an ill-informed myth. And for God's sake don't trot out that hackneyed chestnut about Thais saying, "If you see a snake and an Indian, kill the Indian first."
So I am wondering if a mentality that middle-eastern and Indian tourists are second-class and undesirable tourists and that taking advantage of them either by providing sub-standard service, mistreating, over-charging, or otherwise ripping them off might have taken root, and whether this might not be the underlying root cause of these tensions?
Thais are a racist bunch.
They look down on Cambodians and Burmese and feel superior. For what reason I do not know.
Thais that I know are not carried away with Indians, they say they smell, are cheap charlies, they don't spend, they show off, and are untrustworthy.
That is not my personal view, by the way.
They aren't particularly keen on the Thai Chinese, who they view as vultures, opportunistic and cold-hearted.
Mainland Chinese, they view with a sense of bemusement.
I get this view of the Thai Chinese, as many in Isaarn have lost their land to them, after borrowing against it.
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3 minutes ago, Bangkok Barry said:
What caused the incident was an Indian woman crossed the road to confront a Thai woman. Why she did that we don't know. But that is what started the incident. Seems clear enough to me. Maybe you didn't read that far down, so here it is:
an Indian woman, for unknown reasons, crossed the road and confronted a Thai woman, triggering the physical altercation.Which leaves it wide open for guesswork and the conspiracy theories of ASEAN Now super sleuth detectives.
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10 minutes ago, Andrew65 said:
I worked with very many Indians overseas for many years, always very & laid-back friendly people, never had a problem with any of them.
I have found Indians to be generally good and helpful.
This, as I mentioned in another post, seems to have started as an isolated incident between an Indian woman and a Thai woman and escalated quickly.
Once it reaches this stage, Thais are not good at 'de-escalation 'they reach the violent levels of no return and worry about the consequences of it afterwards.
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1 hour ago, ezzra said:
of course that some are Indians but the young ones we get here as tourists are pretty
feisty one...
Thais are feisty too, especially young ones. Young Middle Easterners are feisty, and British nationals behave entitled wherever they go.
I put this more as a global generational thing in modern society that down to specific nations.
1 hour ago, Bangkok Barry said:Try reading the linked article. Then you might need to guess.
The linked article says very little, except it escalated after an Indian woman approached a Thai woman over a dispute, then the usual 'pack mentality 'broke out.
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2 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:
Indian's are usually placid. Picking up weapons escalates it, lucky Thais didn't get their guns out
I was in Hanoi earlier this year with family from the UK.
In the hotel, there were two large groups of Indian Sikhs with their families.
They were not placid. I was surprised, I have seen bad manners displayed regularly to women by Pakistanis, but never Indians.
They are quite aggressive, rude, ill-mannered and very demanding towards the female waitresses and not much better towards the male staff.
The Vietnamese receptionist told me later that Indians were always like this when they visited and treated them like servants as opposed to waiting staff.
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PART 2 Thai Wife Being Bullied By Family
in Marriage and Divorce
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Why?
They don't even respect themselves, let alone each other.
They lie, cheat and steal constantly from each other.