JamesPhuket10

All I can say is I met a young financially independent woman, she already had her own house(s), money, income, business, I was in the same situation and was young at the time too. She is now much older so am I, no drama involved or any of the stores as above or what I have been told by some farangs. We are the same as most farangs I know with Thai women, ordinary with normal day to day lives. News like that does not carry, it is not newsworthy so is never heard of in the press, only the doom and gloom stories where farangs are ripped off are reported. So when I am told "You know what Thai women are like, they cheat and steal etc, ", by a certain type of farang, I tell them no I don't, I tell them to try and meet a Thai woman who does not work in a bar or such type of job. They then tell me I know nothing of Thailand, I say I know nothing of your version of Thailand.

It is norm for a certain type of farang. They are not forced to roll a dice. Well I suppose they are now that I think about it, I mean cars are not free and have to be paid for, so I suppose that type of girl has to be paid for. In the case of a car it can break down in the first month or so with no refund and a woman can "run off" with the house. What I can't understand is if they want a young woman then why marry them and pay for them long term, they could get a young one every night and they never get old.

I would be interest to know what they are as I must have missed them. let me know what you know as it might be useful.

Because they can afford to. Plus they do not smoke and so do not need the free fags (cigarettes) which are handed out for six months each year for free.

About one hours drive south of Hua Hin I think, gained from previous messages.

I will be the first to admit I am far from perfect, but I do know I am not as dumb as the numerous old farangs i have come across over he last 30 years, who seem to think it is the norm to 'purchase' a young Thai woman by buying a house in the woman's name, then finding out they also have to pay for her family and the sick buffalo and think it is the norm. This belief is further reenforced by the fact they only hang out with like minded farangs, they never meet the normal sort of farang as they avoid them like the plague. At least I do not have a gold star in stupidity, I have bought properties I rent out as part of my pension but they are safe in the UK well away from sticky fingers.

With a farang bloke's money, clever Thais, stupid farangs is seems. I don't think I want to know about such things. My Thai partner of fifteen years built nine houses, she rents out eight of them, she built none of them on government land, and not a penny of it came from me, I must be doing something wrong by the stories I hear from the many farangs I come across. Can anyone give me lessons on how to throw my money away and lose my independence?

So some good news just to balance things out for us guys, I bought my house in 1994 for 175k GBP and sold it in in 2021 for 750k and I got 100% of that so that is a few point for the blokes. 👍

Tourism jobs tend to be low-paid and seasonal, so they don’t contribute as much tax revenue as other sectors. That’s why even in the West countries like Spain, with a heavy reliance on tourism, often struggle economically compared to more diversified economies like Germany, which has a strong industrial base and high-tech sectors. It is the same in Thailand when comparing its economy to say Taiwan for instance, they need to move on from tourism. While tourism can employ a lot of people, it’s not necessarily the best path to long-term economic stability. Manufacturing, technology, and financial services generate more high-paying jobs and tax revenue, creating a more resilient economy in the long run. So for now the best thing for Thailand to do is concentrate on the other 87% of the economy which is not connected to tourism. This low cost tourism is good for us farangs from wealthy countries with our very high incomes, in the long term Thailand has to move on. Now who is financially ignorant?

Say whatever you want, tourism if still only 12%, the expat input is miniscule. I have no personal reasons, the government should concentrate on the other 88% of the economy which is not based on tourism as that is more stable, tourism is a fickle business and can change at any moment, an earthquake, a tsunami, politics et.

Total nonsense, I was divorced in England many years ago, I got 100% of the house we lived in seeing as I paid for it.

As far as I can tell from all of the stories I have heard over the last 30 years is it is about stupid farangs with their ex-bar-girls who find old stupid farang guys and steal everything they have, it has nothing to do with the majority of Thai women where 99% of them are married to Thai men.

You are telling me you built a house on government land, how silly is that?

Most Thais are too busy with day to day life, looking after family, work etc to even think about tourists, most do not see tourists on a day to day basis. Probably 99% of Thais are married to Thais, I think it might be much lower in Issan for example which seem to attract the lower income farangs like flies. Most tourists are in just a few tourist area and not evenly distributed across the nation. Tourism is 12% of that economy not 80% as many expat farangs imagine.

Then wait for the police to turn up and cart you away.