Kenny202

No here's a man who understands dating / meet the parents Isaan style lol.

Probably the most realistic reply yet. Remember in Thailand when people are requesting money or anything you are uncomfortable with aka trips etc...it is ok to say no. If she is an Isaan girl it seems love / money / sex are all part of the mixed up deal. Its just seems to be the way it is here. Wealth transferral...yours to hers. Not to say she's a bad person. You just got to draw a line in the sand and she will either accept it or she won't. Certainly don't make a doormat of yourself though. It becomes a never ending money pit with no end. By all means go to the country with her if you want. Doesn't mean you have to shower her family in money. They will only think u stupid if u do anyway. Lay down the ground rules before u go. She should be protecting you from money grubbers, not throwing u to the wolves. Would suggest you stay in a hotel by the way if one near. Give u a breather at night not to mention air con. Best of luck

Yes I did but let it go lol. And it's never a good look ????

Google buffalo attacks / deaths in Thailand. Facts are facts. They normally are shy and docile but there are exceptions. Mainly adolescent hormonal males. If the animal is displaying aggression and the guy senses danger...don't go back. Its common sense. Water buffalo in Africa are a very aggressive, smart and formidable animal responsible for many deaths

Sounds strange. I would say an informal visit to see if you were working in the business. Maybe one of your local competition fingered you. Difficult situation when the shove papers (in Thai) in front of u and demand ur signature. You don't want to incur their wrath and start a dick swinging contest u won't win but u also don't want to incriminate urself. I've noticed older Thais, particularly police don't seem to have much regard for westerners. Was talking to an older cop once and wife said later he was referring to me as "money man" in a derogatory way.

Wow, that's a game changer then. Only problem is when I do the yearly parental visa often takes 6 weeks + for approval and will need to be there in person to get my passport stamped. A brief one or two week visit ok but doubt I could do more than that. Other option I guess pay an agent to do it for me when the time ticks around. Hopefully they can do it without the actual passport and only copies to submit

It is possible, and do 90 days online....but its also quite possible they will see at some point you are stamped as out of the country. And you need put that info and latest entry stamp on your 90 days and application. It may not matter? Not sure on what the rules are re having a yearly visa and being out of the country 95% of that year

Probably a dumb question...been on a parent visa for 5 years. Was a real pain to get the first one...many trips to immigration with sponsors from our moo baan, photos with people from our moo baan. Was quite awkward because we dont really know anyone here and asking strangers to sign stuff, pose for photos in my home etc. After the initial one piece of cake every year. Anyway, quite possible I will have to go back home for a year or two. Is there anyway you can keep your visa going or if I let it lapse and come back a couple of years later, still living in the same house...will they make me do all the original run around again? The parental visa is virtually the same as marry visa. Just wondering if anyone had a similar experience

I think Kieth Richards would be the first to admit they were totally influenced by American blues. I wouldn't say ripped off though as their end product is much different. The Stones in particularly did a lot for the old school black blues guys and brought their music to a wider audience, not to mention a much better pay packet. Much of what is written in that article total rubbish. Rock and roll definitely originated in the US but only became mainstream when the white Americans also copied from Afro.Americans lol. A softened down white version. So for white Americans or Brits claiming one stole the others music is ludicrous. Thank god all.artists are influenced by those who came before and create something completely fresh ????

I think you can liken it to a pit bull / Rottweiler. Are they generally aggressive? No....are they capable of real damage yes...If one is displaying aggression towards you....run Forrest run and don't go back. In the case of a Thai water Buffalo and the damage it can inflict. Multiply x 20. As for a person outrunning one....You would have to be a black Olympian and then some.... Weighing around 400 to 900 kilograms, water buffalo have been stereotyped as slow and lumbering beasts. Perhaps that’s true in the fields but you will be surprised – and terrified – at the beasts’ terrific speed but poor sense of direction at Chon Buri Buffalo Racing Festival.

Buffalos can be aggressive and are what must be a 600km + ball of armor muscles and horns. There are many recorded attacks and deaths in Thailand. On foot and unprotected would be very unwise to go near it again.

My wife had a restaurant and things seemed to get worse about 6 months AFTER covid. Covid period was slower but ok. And most of her customers were educated middle income people with stable jobs. I couldn't work it out as their income probably still the same. But after thought I realized many of these people in debt up to their necks and what little disposable income they had every month would be eaten up by inflation....particularly electricity and fuel rising so much not to mention everything else. I guess would be a similar situation all over the world though I doubt household debt would be as extreme here. What is annoying though are the completely polar opposite headlines in the news. One side....obviously various departments responsible for economics here talking themselves up with what they claim is going to happen by the end of the year....and then there are the factual reports which are the complete opposite.

Would be impossible to understand the real economic position of Thailand. Stories of tourism, exports etc going gangbusters then the next story you read the opposite. I live North East Thailand and have seen whole streets that used to be lined with businesses and restaurants now nearly all shut. With domestic borrowings at near 90% GDP, I'm surprised how the country continues on. Other countries ring alarm bells at 60%

Best to measure your head for a helmet. As the other guy said all manfacturers will have a different idea of sizes like XL, XXL etc. But they should have a measurement in cm, 57, 58 etc. Google about measuring your head for a helmet, you won't go wrong

I went and cleared a condo out for a friend, left his stuff there during covid. 35th floor. Never mind humidity, most stuff in the room cooked. Curtains, bed linen etc all ruined. Any food in jars etc literally baked. When we first entered unbearably hot

As usual your snide and sarcastic remarks and demands for personal information on a public website. I note mostly when people give you further information you never have the answers anyway lol. And who is we? Are you speaking for many or just think you do? How can you keep nattering on about obtaining sole custody as if it were an easy, simple process. In my case at this moment it is impossible....I didn't ask advice about custody. But as usual you reply to every post with your motherly unusable advice because in actual fact you don't know the answers. Only chime in with a bunch of rhetoric and motherly warnings that any one with a smidge of common sense would know.....but you assume everyone is stupid right? Trying to look the business or get attention

Its not a bad drop actually and never seems to give me a hang over

Might even go down the Thai passport office with my missus and try to apply for it ourselves. I have signed Tabien Baan and ID from his mother and my legitimacy papers so maybe able to bluff our way through. Similar thing happened when getting his ID this year they just assumed the woman I was with was his mother. I often have them mistake my legitimacy papers.....official court documents / Amphur registration as custody documents. Plan A give it a whirl with what we have and act dumb....plan B act even more dumb and tell them his mothers been gone 6 years and have no contact. The mother may well actually be uncontactable for all I know. At least they will be able to advise the next steps or what they require. Someone told me a letter from a Lawyer stating they have tried all avenues to contact her but wasn't a great source.

That was the deal going to Australia I believe too. Even though he is an Australian citizen, if he entered on a Thai passport even once he was within Australia he would be considered Thai. Doesn't really make sense to me. It's not like they could / would deport you. I thought Thailand may have been different. As an Australian he would enter Thailand visa exempt, but of course would still show an entry stamp in his passport. I was under the assumption you weren't actually supposed to have two passports after a certain age? even though people do.

It is in the title he is born in Thailand. That makes him a Thai citizen right?

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First night me and wife had half, about an hour before going to bed. Sleep still sketchy and zero effect (woke up go for a pee a couple of hours later) last night both took a whole one 2 hours before bed. Same result. Total rubbish. The woman sold them to us made a point of saying you need to keep them in the fridge or they will lose potency....if they ever had any. But who knows in Thailand. Could be fakes or could have been sitting around in the sun waiting to be unloaded. I received a bag the other day with a courier, bag was nearly too hot to touch just sitting in the back of the truck. Can't be good for any medicine or food stuff

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Am aware of issues leaving country without mothers permission. Passport hurdle number one. He has Thai ID and birth certificate and I have been through the court legitimacy process. All done and registered. What do you mean he'd have no proof he was legally a Thai citizen? He's got heaps

Thinking of taking my son to Australia. he is born in Thailand but an Australian citizen. I can get an Aussie passport for him relatively painless but a Thai passport is going to be a drama as his mother is missing in action and has been for some time. I can probably get custody and all that but will be inconvenient in the immediate future. I was just wondering if he re entered Thailand on an Aussie Passport, and not needing a Thai visa because Aussies don't....once he is back on Thai soil is he good to go? I was kind of thinking if he entered on an Aussie passport he would need to get a visa at some point as an Aussie to live full time in Thailand. Would prefer to hear from Aussie's who have entered here with kids maybe on an Aussie passport if possible. Telling me what happens in your / another country has no relevance to this