2009

Nah, come on. Please. When Western women marry Thai men, they aren't required to show 400k for the visa. It's expected the man takes care of the woman in both instances. And you need 400k in the bank for the visa if you have a Thai child. Because you are taking care of the child.

Why? There need us alive to spend money, Numbnuts.

Why settle for anything less?

Exactly, There are far better investments than property in Thailand. I would imagine investing in a property in Thailand would be like getting tangled in a rusty barbed-wire hedge with a bunch of Somsaks and Superporns poking you with their dicks till you sell your ass at half the market value just to get out.

I mean, some of us want to be here long term without having to marry one of their trollops.

I agree; it's dumb. If you have the 800k in a Thai bank, you should be able to get the retirement visa regardless of age - rather than having to wait til 50. But TiT.

Uhm, how about: stop fishing.

It's Mark Wiens' restaurant, I think.

That's right. And the tuk tuks. And the taxis that don't use a meter. To hell with all of them.

Now now children. Just get back to work. Or find a new job. Maybe they can go back to loitering around on their bikes popping pimples in the motorcycle mirror. I don't see anything wrong with these rules. They just aren't adult enough to handle it.

That's a decent night out a week. Fair enough

The Chinese are on their knees. They ain't reshaping nothing.

Right lads, which one of you was it?

I've never heard such claims.

Real police work. Well, <deleted> me.

Sounds like you know this intimately.

I am not particularly interested in relationships with Thais. The women are trouble. And the men, well, we have nothing in common besides drinking beer. But they don't even know how to drink beer properly. They try to pour it so there is no head on their beer at all; they don't like that. Then they put ice in it. Whereas, I like a thick head of froth on my beer (because I am a real man). I could never really connect with any Thai male relatives or colleagues even after years. A little maybe, but not more than when I meet a random farang in a bar and just have a few drinks n a few laughs. I find them shady, even in their dealings with their own family and friends. You won't find loyalty or honesty in this country. Well, maybe if you get a dog. There are perhaps a few exceptions though.

Yeah And phones are phones too. I don't get your point. I am saying people pay more just because Apple is a luxury brand, not because their iPhone can do anything an Android can't.

Yeah, it's a joke. I could get a good amount chicken or pork for that. A whole papaya is like 15 baht. Lol. If they gave a good portion it would be okay, but often the papaya salad is really small.

Anyone know where to get a good khao soi in Bangkok?

In all fairness though, it does look like a curry. What's is made with besides the noodles, meat, coconut cream? (i.e. curry paste? stock? broth?)

Well, there are guys on this thread arguing that this type of thing is okay. They are literally condoning it and coming up with reasons why the girl is old enough to make this decision with comments like, "She may have wanted it and seduced him" And acting like the guy hasn't done anything wrong on the grounds that, "Child prostitution is generally accepted by many Thai people and the police won't do anything anyway" Kinda makes me wonder what some of the Westerners on this thread are getting up to. ???? So, I was just giving off a friendly reminder that even though you may not be prosecuted in Thailand for sleeping with a 14 or 15 year old, that doesn't stop the authorities in your home country prosecuting you for doing it (if the age of consent in your home country is greater than that). That's right, we still have to obey the laws of our home country even when we are abroad. Did you know that?

I still think you are missing the point. The age of consent is there because the person's mental age is considered too young to make that free choice.

You are just coming across that way.

I am pretty sure according to Thai law, she needs to be 18 to be a full consenting adult. The 15 age of consent thing is if she is married to the guy. And, I am also under the impression if money is changing hands for sex, she needs to be 20, otherwise she is protected by some law regarding protection of minors.