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Just curious about how you and ur wife/tgf handle finances.

1. If you go out 10 times - Just say to a restaurant, movies ect on average how many times will you pay? How many times will your gf pay?

She will always pay.

But she's got my ATM card...

'Pua Noi' isn't just used in a joking sense. Just having one may sound like a bit of a joke to the average Thai and so that is how the 'pua noi' has turned into ...... the source of many jokes.

Right, it is a source of jokes for Thai men but not really for Thai girls...

Big changes, sure.

Nothing cultural, just more money.

And if there is any 'cultural' change, it is that, these days, most Isaan girls want to marry a foreigner.

Not a critic, just a fact.

I have found on a few sites, one was even a site run by a law office on Koh Samui, the following:

...single entry tourist visas. These used to be valid for a stay of up to 60 days but from October 1 they are valid for a stay of 90 days. They cannot be extended.

Can anyone tell me if this is true under the new Visa rules?

The visa is still valid for 30 days but you can go out of Thailand at the end of it and stay for a maximum of 90 days with any number of re-entries. Within a period of 6 months.

After that, you'll have to be out of Thailand for 90 days before being able to come back...

The fees were scheduled to rise on September 15, but caretaker Minister Yongyuth Tiyapairat has agreed to postpone the hike until November 30 next year. Park entry fees for foreigners will rise from Bt200 to Bt400 and for Thais from Bt20 to Bt40.

Well, you don't like, you don't go.

I don't...

Sometimes, in my limited Thai, I attempt to explain the concept of stranger danger

Are you American?

What about Playstation 3?

Is it recent, the invite thing?

Have been having one for quite some time and nobody invited me...

So be for-warned!!!!!!!! Avoid Yangon.

Well, valid for any country, not only Yangon.

Just not available anymore...

it seems that there are a lot of positive things about getting married.

why doesn't everybody do that?

is there a catch?

something i didn't think of?

Right...

Recently married a Thai.

Is she required by law to use my surname?

No, but she can.

Isn't Rambo supposed to be in Thailand these days, making the movie Rambo x...?

The bug is for version 7.1 and lower. It has been fixed in version 7.5

Avast is indeed considered better than version 7.1 of AVG.

Did not see any assessment of the version 7.5 yet.

Well, a few months back, we wre stopped at midnight with my Thai colleague after going through a red light, he was driving and well we proposed some money.

He did not accept.

According to my Thai colleague it was because an officer was present.

Well, Thaksin is gone, it should get better...

So what happened. did your colleague get a court summons instead?

MM

Right and he paid the fine. Nobody understands to these days...

It was all very bizarre, and quite an amusing tale to tell when I got back home. Has anyone else had any similar experiences, funny or not so funny?

A few months back, we were stopped at midnight with my Thai colleague after going through a red light, he was driving and well we proposed some money.

He did not accept.

According to my Thai colleague it was because an officer was present.

Well, Thaksin is gone, it should get better...

It is possible to get a mortgage providing that you are prepared to accept the following conditions:

a) Pay 2.25% above MLR (currently 7.25%) which means you pay 9.5% APR

' Pay 50 to 70% deposit on the property

c) Pay the loan back in 8 years maximum

To be honest you will be better off paying cash and when you factor int hat a Thai will get the same money for MLR - 2.25% (meaning 5% APR) while you pay 9.5% then it basically makes it that much more distasteful.

These conditions are negotiable, at least the 2 first ones.

I borrowed money from SCB not so long ago to buy a house, at following conditions:

a) MLR, at that time 6.5% fixed for the duration of the loan

' deposit 30% of the value of the house

c) yes, 8 years

The gender descriptives/term - Filipino (male) and Filipina (female) are mostly used in informal conversations, dialogues, etc.

So?

I don't see the point in holding-on to a relationship just for the sake of being together for a number of years, or because of kids

Right, you probably do not have kids...

But parents are the first teachers............... if you stay for the wrong reasons in a relationship, your kids are bound to notice it, or maybe get used to the idea. Kids are smarter than we think. They can sense these things. They might not understand it currently, but the input is there. (The thought and understanding process takes a bit of time. It comes with maturity.)

So let me rephrase my comment, do you have kids?

I'm Female, 25 years old, Filipino, a teacher...............

Right, so you are a Filipina, not a Filipino...

Well, anyway, if there is a war, it must be a pretty recent one or we would be extinct by now...

At this point my marriage, if i lost her i wouldnt have much to live for, i really love her alot

Well, not sure you're in the right thread, Nam Kao...

How do you say goodby?

Add an 'e' at the end and you'll be right as rain.

My opinion is 'yes it is. true love is in everywhere in this beautiful world

Right, but we still do not have the definition of True Love...

I'm not sure, but I'll bet that the same question could be asked about any wife in any country you care to name, and the answer might be similar.

Or any friend you have in any western country. Most of them will forget you if money problems.

I don't see the point in holding-on to a relationship just for the sake of being together for a number of years, or because of kids

Right, you probably do not have kids...