Aurelien

This is absolutely right. But the opposite is true as well, Thai clercks hardly say goodbye or have a nice day (unless it's a very small business) whereas in Europe, we would profusely wish each other a nice day and such..

Thank you chatgpt ?

These days, sometimes 3 .. and i groom myself too

Don't get me wrong, Thais are lovely when they hold business transactions in stores, in the streets, in taxis... the cleaner lady says hello to me everytime i see her in the hallway.. but if you're not in their 'perimeter' anymore, you're like air to them. I'm at the supermarket, i want to buy broccolis. In front of me are a couple of Thais, and the vegetable lady spontaneously holds them plastic bags so they can wrap the broccolis inside them. Come my turn, I'm being ignored... I had to come to the vegetable lady, and point to the plastic bag. "Saitong, nung krap". I had to repeat several times until she finally decided to give one to me. I enter the pharmacy at the same time as Thais. Thais are directly being greated and served. "Hello, how can i help you?" I very distinctely put myself against a counter, clearly indicating that i need something, but no employee would come to me. Everybody see me, but nobody comes. I had to wait until the Thais were done, that finally and employeed comes to serve me. Speaking in good English too. In fact, I know all their staff speak good English, as I go there often. Down my condo is a mini mart i go to every few days to buy cigarettes. The employee, a young Thai man, seems very happy to see me everytime, big smiles, kindness, chit chat etc... I'm walking down the street, see him walking as well, and thought "oh, our paths are going to cross, we'll probably greet each other". Once we cross, I look at him, just waiving my hand slighlty to say hello, and he doesn't even look at me like...so weird. There's no way he didn't see me, or even if he's shy he could just waive his head and that's it... I know this is trivial and it probably doesn't apply in the most tourist based areas of the cities, but once a little outside of the usual hustle and bustle, and the behavior of Thais change drastically I found...

I'm only doing volunteer work, which means a few hours here and there so in reality i'm not even part time... But I could never imagine teaching full time in schools here

After living in Thailand for years and dating exclusively with Thai women, I'm pretty sure I'll never go back to Western women for a number of reasons. But did any of you here went back to a Western girl, coming from dating a Thai girl, and if so how was it ?

There's no reason to compare Thailand with "the West", imo. Although it's impossible to do for most of us foreigners. Sure, they got influenced by it to some extend, but their model is rather other Asian countries. But if I had to compare... I don't think that Thailand is on par with the West in terms of general safety. Sure, no thefts or crimes here (or very little), but air quality sucks most of the time and makes people sick. Road traffic is madness. Walking anywhere is not convenient. Natural disasters like floods and fires are more prominent here. No social security. Healthcare not affordable for most. Low pay for most Thais Corrupted governement, police and royalty. Education sucks. Basically i think that Thailand is too much of an 'endoctrinated' country for its people to develop any thinking outside of what's happening directly on their front porch. But at the same time, that's what make its charm and I like Thailand for it's simpler, less troublesome way of life

Because they are being thaught to literally never ask any questions. Being a part-time teacher myself in Thai gnvmt schools, I found that the best way to make them understand and remember something is to go to each student individually and go over the material with him/her. Otherwise they just copy from the board and nod as if they understand but in reality they dont

Any news about what happened since 2 weeks ?

A lots of what we call 10s, are actually 7 or 6s after all the make up, jewelry, filters and clothes (push up bras....) are gone...

We humans function by social imitation. If you grow up in an environment where everybody has tattoos and having a tattoo is perceived to be 'cool', chances are you're gonna get a tattoo later too. Especially if you grow up in a society like Thailand, which has a pretty big tattoo scene.

People keep saying that about Thai girls but in my dating experience here, it never occured once that a date would bring a friend with her

didn't you like high school?

I feel like asking her if she has a bf is on an equal level of awkwardness. Asking her LINE could be something like : 'I enjoy chatting with you, maybe we can add each other on Line'

Im 36, although I might easily pass for 28, 29...that's what most people tell me

I would do it, but then she'll think it's destined for another girl

So I fancy my local pharmacist and I'd like to believe she likes me too....you know, just that feeling you have when you know someones likes you. The other day i asked what her name was, but that's about the only thing i know about her. Don't know her age or if she has a boyfriend, etc. I would think she's not over 30. The thing is, she speaks limited English. I'm kinda scared to come off as creepy if I go to her store too much, and to be rejected if I ask for her social. I was thinking of inviting her to eat with me. But I'm not really sure how to break the 'customer-merchant' dynamic. Should I bluntly ask her out ? Any advice?

I've used LineMan application for food delivery for years, never had issues. Around 1 month ago, the fees suddenly became higher, up to 20 bahts per order, no matter the distance. It used to be only 2 or 3 bahts. At first i thought it was because of rainy days but it stayed that way. More, the app keeps canceling my orders and i have to try 3 or 4 times before finding a driver while before, it was instantaneous. Any ideas why ? Or did you notice the same thing ?

It's silly to say 'Thai people are like this, Thai people are like that'. There are stupid and unrespectful people everywhere, and Thais are no exceptions. Likewise, it's stupid to say ' oh but you don't understand, its because of the culture bla bla...' Being reduced to 'a farang' is silly.

no that hasn't changed, but his advice were much better than any more 'modern' doctors when i went to see him... previous reputable ENT i went to several times could not really understand my issue and kept prescribing antibiotics and talked about surgery. Dr. Chalermpong was more direct in his diagnosis , no bs. And in the end, his treatment proved the best one

A lot of times, it's because they learn early on that they don't appeal to Thai men or that Thai men treat them like <deleted> by bullying them. Especially the dark skin girls. Thais men can be quite racists and the idea that dark skin is ugly is real here. Same for some facial traits deemed unattractive for girls. Another reason is if the girl is a single mother, Thai men will not touch her anymore. Money is ofc a main reason. Almost all women around the world are looking to date up and to be taking care of. This is especially obvious in poorer countries like Thailand. Some are just attracted to differences, and have been disppointed by Thai men and like foreign men. Some have a big penis fetish. ... it's different for everybody. Thai girls mainly date Thai men however and have zero interests in foreign men because why would they go out of their way to learn English, and try to form a relationship with someone not sharing any cultural similarities or references with her? In my experience here, almost all Thai girls i've dated were all looking to leave Thailand one way or another, for job or travel. Most of them did, sometimes with the help of foreigner, sometimes by themselves.

Poor level of general education, no knowledge about anything going on outside of Thailand will do that

The longer i'm here and the more experience i have, i feel like Thai girls can tell...and are much more defensive whereas naive me first time in Thailand had much less trouble... Maybe i've changed and lost all sex appeal ? Or do girls can tell and 'farang roo mak mai dee'?

oh definitely, she's a messed up one...got a kid at 17 from a Thai guy, the guy was beating her and then left her, she raised the kid on her own, now she left her in Thailand to be taken care of while she's trying to live the Western lifestyle in Canada... she's screaming red flags all along, I met her once, she was lovely tho and very polite, not the typical 'bad girl' profile..

Well we were chatting before she went up there, and she told me she was trying to go there, but she said her visa had been denied 2 times already... When she finally got it, she left Thailand in the week after. We were getting pretty close, and we keep chatting up to this day via IG or Snap. Problem is, she's the most gorgeous lady i've ever seen. Otherwise I would i've said 'screw that' a long time ago... But yeah no idea why she would keep chatting with me, syaing she misses me and all that, if she's truly with another guy. Granted, she's still very young (22), so there's that