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The Thai government will put up with it for a while, then tread on them like bugs, sending them for attitude correction, as they always do. 

I'm all for that, looking at the descent into anarchy in the so called 'liberal and free' west.

The Australian outback is another contender. 

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

You're right, I've never been poor enough to need to work in a 3rd world country.

Having plenty of enough money does tend to distort your perception of the world around you.

Ah there we go with that patronising third world jibe. After all, Britain is such an example to the world these days. You should stay there, if it's such a great place. 

Not all people who work in Thailand are poor either. I've done very well there over the years, and so have lots of people I know.

10 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

You don't understand the difference between a comment on life and advice ....... are you Australian by any chance?

Just wondering you understand?

Your implication that most Thai women freelance because you've shagged a couple of off duty nurses who were in a farang nightclub, and that's also what a retired hooker told you, is patently wrong. Sorry to disappoint you.

If you've spent all your time in sleazy areas, you'd think that. If you've lived and worked a normal life in Thailand, you'd think differently. 

2 hours ago, checkered flag said:

In another post, he said he could no longer live on B25,000/mo and took his B800K back to the UK to live. So that's the answer.

Decent women can be found in decent places, but it might take time to get to know. Maybe doing volunteer work if permitted, jogging in the park, or even meeting a nurse in the hospital. You definitely won't find many hanging around falong places. 

First you need to work on speaking  polite Thai. Just like English, there are real differences in politeness and first impression is very important. Tell the old ladies around you that you want to meet a decent girl, they might surprise you with someone very nice.

it's true that learning to speak the language politely helps a lot too.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

I used to meet Thai nurses freelancing in night clubs ........ if that's any help.

 

I remember having a conversation with the female owner of my local Coffee shop.

Nice lady in her 50's, obviously a retired sex worker of some sort in her younger years.

 

She said to me, "I remember in the good old days when I was young, and it was only girls like me having sex for money with foreigners, you could easily make a good living but now everyone's doing it, teachers, nurses, office girls, they're all selling themselves to foreigners on ThaiFriendly, Tinder etc., there's just too much competition"

Hmm. That's the kind of advice one would expect from a retired sex worker, so no surprises there.

7 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I'm not trying to be combative, but I never found a "decent" place to hang out in in LOS, though that was fine, as I didn't want to meet decent women.

Seriously, I just don't know of anywhere in LOS that could be described as "decent" to meet decent women in, other than museums and the art gallery near MBK. ( Come to it I don't know anywhere where I live that I want to meet decent women in. Not into bars, and that's about it- other than church ).

 

Re the OP, obviously work was not an option for the girls to meet rich farang expats, or they wouldn't be complaining. Like me, they can't find the place to find decent people ( in their case rich farang expat men ).

 

Decent people are honest and compassionate people, who have your best interests at heart. There are lots of them around,

Do tell. Just about all the decent women I've ever met were married, and the ones that weren't turned out to be not decent at all.

 

if you look in the right places

Those are a very well kept secret, as I've never found them. It's not as though I never looked for the mythical utopia of decent people.

 

 

Oh dear. I feel sorry for you, and wish all here the very best of luck in finding someone decent. It may happen when you least expect it.

Thailand reflects the temperament of the observer. 

15 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Rather significant then, that we are not talking about our home countries. Thailand is different, which is why we are there. If we wanted home country relationships we'd stay there.

 

The Op was about where THAI GIRLS meet "decent" farangs, whatever that means. Ergo, where do those elusive expats ( that are not having a good time with rented girls ) hang out so that "decent" whatever that means, Thai girls can meet them.

Perhaps they should take up golf, as that is about the only sport expats take part in in LOS.

 

Your more specific suggestions are?

I met my wife through work. That's one suggestion. A friend met his wife through charity work. That's two suggestions.

The methods of meeting other decent people in Thailand are really no different from the western world. Hang out in decent places, and you meet decent people. 

Decent people are honest and compassionate people, who have your best interests at heart. There are lots of them around, if you look in the right places, and treat them in a reciprocal way. It's the same as back home. 

20 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

Such as?

IMO such are in rather short supply when it comes to expats. I haven't seen many churches in Pattaya.

Where do decent people meet other decent people in your home country? While working, through  introductions by other decent people, hobbies, sports, etc. Certainly not when hanging out in red light districts.

8 minutes ago, ubonjoe said:

Have you contacted the consulate in Sydney or the embassy in Canberra. They will have to issue the certificate of entry certificate and inform you when there will be repatriation flights.

You can find info on the consulate website in Thai. http://www.thaiembassy.org/sydney/th/home

Private room in SQ and the ASQ both. ASQ is costly but certainly better than the free SQ.

Embassy in Canberra doesn't respond. I'll try the Sydney consulate. Thanks. 

Thanks Jack & Saltire ... indeed lots of good info in that thread for non-Thais .... but I was thinking more about Thais and keen for info from posters with Thai spouses, and latest procedures Thai folks have to follow when departing Oz, hence my questions here.

The Thai Embassy here isn't returning emails or calls at the moment, might try the Sydney consulate...

As an Oz/Thai dual national, I just got approval from the Australian DBP to depart Australia, so I'm now looking for the latest procedures on getting to Thailand. I'm Sydney based, and although my DBP approval says that I can depart any port, Sydney is obviously the best, but what do I now have to do?

Medical certificate of fitness to fly?

How and when to book flights?

How bad is SQ, and will I have to share a room, or should I go the ASQ route?

Timings to book all the above?

Thanks folks for helping me step through this constantly changing maze.

A lot of people come to Thailand on holiday, get mesmerised by it, and think that living there will be paradise. Not everyone can adapt to a foreign culture, and so are angered by it, preferring to blame it than blame themselves.

That's not racism, it's disillusionment.

In decent places, among decent people. 

13 hours ago, Meat Pie 47 said:

You can use it to cook any meal but of course it is up to you

True. You can cook anything in them. I cook everything from rashers of bacon to whole small chickens in mine. They are just small, powerful fan ovens, so just rub a bit of olive oil over whatever you want to cook.

You could always report them to the police, but what made them angry enough to do this in the first place?

Hoards of loud Chinese and farang lager louts. The poll results are no surprise. 

Thailand never listens to preaching foreigners. He's wasting his time. 

On the other side of the coin, so many farangs believe that they are of a superior status to the locals, and deserve special treatment. You can't have your cake and eat it. 

Land borders closed and hardly any flights. My money is on an extension. Immigration are tough on people they think are gaming the visa system, but that's not the case here 

13 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

Depends who you mean by we, most education systems are far better than Thai government schools, whose purpose appears to be drilling into them what to think, not how to think.

You're pulling my leg, right? Education in the western world is much more a lesson in compliant lefty groupthink, teaching lack of respect, indiscipline and disdain for one's country.

Every time you look at the news, you see the results of it.

On 7/11/2020 at 3:23 PM, Orton Rd said:

Maybe dropping the silly scout uniform when none of them are in it, marching about to nationalist songs and grovelling on the floor might be next ????

Make them more like us. Are we that good?