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Welcome to the new Pattaya Addicts Forum...

Nice one. I've been with mine for 10 years, 7 years married. "Which one is the whore" is not really the right question. Which one was "the whore" is more accurate, although using a pejorative term like that is not what I would use.

That's great, thanks (on behalf of the OP). But there's nothing on the website that answers the OP's question. In my experience faxing and calling is pointless, hence raising it (again!) on this Forum. Hopefully someone here might have actual experience of doing it.

Indeed, they're not for everyone. However, they are a big part of life in Thailand for many; hence the numerous threads like this one.

No. Just a phone number that is rarely answered!

10 years?! Can we really afford to wait that long?

It certainly does.

Strange question really, as it depends on your and her living costs. It used to be common for a husband to give their wife "housekeeping" and money for things like clothes and make-up. If she's not earning any more, how is she expected to survive? 5,000 baht a week seems fair if it's just for her. A lot more, if she's paying for the household's food etc.

Indeed, but I doubt the bus driver does either. He was just seeing if he had a gullible passenger!

Thanks. Just shame to see an interesting thread being derailed.

Nope. Better to stay on topic. This thread has meandered into silly baiting. Why not start your own thread about Aussies vs Brits rather than hijack this one?

Did he marry a bargirl? Otherwise, why is your beef with a neighbour relevant?

The OP didn't say there was an argument. The driver was trying it on, and would happily have continued with his new passengers without the 10 baht.

I suspect he was trying it on and worth him doing so as many have admitted they would pay. If you had just shrugged your shoulders, smiled and walked away nothing would have happened.

And men cheat because...?

2024 will (hopefully) be another 1997. ????

That's true. I can only speak from my own experience. Happily married for 7 years, and our anniversary happens to be today. ????

Then how do you account for the many successful such marriages? You may have lived in Thailand for just 6 years, but I don't think that makes you an expert on marriage.

The problem for us isn't the work permit. Our employer (based in Bangkok) employs a number of home-based staff, working online. When attending Immigration to process their annual Extension, our HR staff were told that it could not be extended without a Bangkok address. Last year this was not an issue, and, although the home-based staff still had to come to Bangkok for the extension, the Extensions were issued for staff with home addresses in Chiang Mai and other provinces. Apparently, that was allowed due to Covid, but now Covid is over all staff must be based in Bangkok.

To quote Hannibal Lecter, "you covet what you see". If you're a barfly and spend a lot of time barfining women in gogos and bars, eventually you're likely to get tired of it and maybe find a girl that you have a connection with. Whether you marry them or not depends on many factors. But if you're not of the "monger" persuasion, it's highly unlikely you'll meet a decent bargirl let alone marry one!

In order to get an Extension of Stay based on Work from an employer, it's necessary for the foreigner to reside in the the same immigration area as the employer. What's the usual practice for online/home-based workers, for example, employed by a Bangkok-based employer to work from home, who happen to reside in a different immigration province?

Perhaps you should come here and you might find out!

If you meet someone and fall in love, why does the job she was doing at the time matter?

The coffee might be average, but as a brand I'm happy to see more Starbucks opening up. Well managed, quiet, comfortable and their 'no hassle' policy after you've made a single purchase is a boon for students and teachers doing private lessons!

I live in a 2-storey house and have a wifi router on each floor. Does having the router in the same room as the device (e.g. internet TV, laptop) make a difference to the connection? Should the router be placed right next to the device for the optimum result?