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Had a gastroscopy and colonoscopy in a public hospital in Sisaket province for 7000. They actually tried to sedate me a little but it didn't knock me out. The procedures weren't a problem.

He was out there but right in what he said there.

The more English they speak, and understand, the easier it is for a Thai woman to laugh at your or other's jokes. If they are exposed to many western movies, eventually they learn what makes humor in us. British humor is very funny, but again, it's being exposed to more of it that makes you see the subtlety in some of it. They laugh at each other's jokes all the time, but it's things they've learned living here, in their language.

I remember back in Texas once when it was over 100 F for almost 45 days. It was again in 2023 although I wasn't there when it happened. I remember many single almost full months over 100 F. It gets cool and cold there but it's actually hotter on average than Thailand, so it wasn't hard to get used to this. The rain's another story.

Holding hands in public is okay anywhere. That some object to it means nothing. Thai's are doing it more and more as the years go by, the young crowd preferring to think for themselves instead of going by old school prudish behavior. It isn't inappropriate. The same with a quick greeting and goodbye kiss, as long as you aren't going overboard. A lot of women I see here, including my girlfriend, will grab their man's arm while walking, so it's not just men who initiate it. More and more Thais are adopting western customs, and this one isn't a problem.

Just can't help yourself can you? Yes, it actually does describe me, and many other men. He asked what makes a real man, not what makes a real woman. Answer the question instead of your usual trolling.

Put it back in the nest.

Someone who makes people around him comfortable. Protects his woman and children with any means . Teaches his children respect for women, animals and elders. Isn't prejudiced or racist and defends those being taken advantage of.

You can get Lorazepam here also.

I don't see it as racist but ignorant and disrespectful. They're calling you "foreigner". If you aren't around, and they're talking to another Thai, that's the word used to describe someone born outside Thailand and not Asian. Example. "Today I saw a foreigner walking across the street naked". It's the same as "Today I saw a farang walking across the street naked", Both meaning a foreigner that wasn't Asian. When you're walking down the street, and just going from one place to another, and someone points at you and says "farang", that's ignorance and disrespectful. We've been coming here long before the Vietnam era and aren't aliens from another planet. They teach their children the same thing, which is also ignorant. It's something that in that way needs to change. In the US, we don't point at Thais and say "Thai". We don't say anything unless we want to meet them, where we would say, "Hi, what's your name"? This isn't like calling blacks the N word. That's derogatory, although they do it to each other. Yes, the thinking is still behind here, because old school thinking is still around. I see young ones pointing at me saying "farang' all the time. Adults are the ones who need to stop this, although it's so ingrained in them it will take a long time.

Read what I've said before, then let it really sink in. I've been here 7 years and have had no problems fitting in. The only problems I've had here are due to a disturbed ex wife's habits. I would leave here tomorrow if I could but it will take time. The people I've associated with think I'm okay, as much as they think any foreigner that is respectful is okay. All they need to know is how I act around them and how I treat my girlfriend. You can speak Thai, respect the culture,and spend all your money here, and there will still be many here that look at you as an outsider, because they were raised by prejudiced old school thinkers. I knew long before I came here how to respect the culture, and haven't had any problems with anyone else. I could fit in anywhere because I'm real and respect everyone who deserves it.

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There's a few here that just come to argue, even after you've proven them wrong. Funny thing, you notice after awhile, they stick up for each other.

You don't know anything besides what I've said. Why would it matter if I can't follow a conversation in Thai? I can sit there and drink beer with them and they accept me because they know I'm good to their friend, my girlfriend. they can't speak English and i don't think they're arrogant when they can't follow mine and my girlfriend's conversations. Why would you assume my girlfriend's translations are watered down or sugar coated? Do you think my girlfriend doesn't understand Thai-English translations? That is naive. That I don't understand all that's going on around me means either it doesn't affect me, or that I don't care to. My being there is proof I like their company, and they mine.It isn't hard to communicate with just a few words, a smile or clinking of glasses.

I'm just thinking he's either a lot younger than I suspect, or he's been living in a dreamworld supported by others, and doesn't have much life experience otherwise. Calling me naive while it's a reflection of himself. Some come here and downgrade you because you have a good partner, because they aren't capable of getting or keeping one, and some have been taught disrespect since childhood, and don't understand what restraint means. Some are narcissistic and think they're above everyone else, and can't take it when corrected. Lying here is easy, but why bother? This is a foreign forum, where like members should get together and help each other. Bragging about how much you have or how you can speak another language doesn't impress other adults. Then they call you arrogant because you don't address Thais by their names, although Thais don't either.