A Broad

On 3/8/2020 at 4:54 AM, Odysseus123 said:

One should never be satisfied with the "status quo" as peculiar things can often happen when one is in a state of suspended animation.

 This is good advice.

Thank you, everyone for your comments. I've taken them all into consideration.

Divorce and the cleaning up from it, can be so messy. One party is usually happier for it, while the other is often dismayed. I think what I got was a last-gasp attempt at trying to rope me back in. So, I got a message from her, and I checked on here. I replied back to her with comment, and she was like, "oh, ok. so I'll go do that then.," to which i was like, "and may the force be with you." ...or something.

Either way, I didn't get roped in. Thanks for the tips lads. Big time cheers on that one.

Thank you. I'm currently not in Thailand. If I were, I would be more than happy to travel to meet her. We didn't part as enemies, and so if there were a reasonable way to get this done, I would. The cost to send money and stuff over from abroad, is just a lot and I'm afraid I'm going to get a laundry list of things to pay for, all of which I won't be able to verify. Ergo, I could really use some counsel on this one.

edit: There are no children between us. Whew to that one. And as for the 20b fee, yeah that is kinda what I was thinking lol. So her asking me now, has my alarm bells ringing.

Hello everyone, thanks for taking time to read my question. I'll try to be as brief as possible.

Married in Thailand, registered all the paperwork there. No marriage papers were processed back home in the states. Now we're separated, maybe some 3 years now, and she wants to change her name back. We were not formally divorced and since the marriage wasn't registered here in the US, I'm OK with the status quo as I have no plans to marry another Thai gal.

So the other day she contacts me out of the blue, asking me to help her change her name back to her original name. She gave some sad story about why she needs it, with her being sick. It's a sad story to be honest, and I realize that you all don't care for details, but let's just say that the marriage didn't work out. In regards to supporting her, I was more than generous with money. Too much and it got abused. So, it's complicated, but in the end, I am not inclined to send money over to have her do this.

I've lived in Thailand for some time and know there is usually a cheap way for Thai nationals to do stuff like this. Like, is the Thai government really going to let a foreigner hold power over a national about something like this? So, this was just my assumption and I wanted to come here and ask the guys who really know. So, essentially, can she do this on the cheap, in her amphur, without me having to trek all the way there, or send a thousand dollars?

I feel like she's squeezing me for money, maybe this one last time, and I really don't want to bite. If however, there were no other way for her to change the name back without expensive fees and such, I also realize my role in this, as she has my name too. So, if there is no other way, then I have to help. I just think if she could do this reasonably, she would have done so already and that this asking is really just 10% actual plea and 90% sob story let's see what we can get out of him. What do you think? I appreciate your input.