dunroaming

Surely this all depends on personal experiences. Thailand is full of ex-pats who have been taken to the cleaners by their western wives and "escaped" to the land of smiles, often guided by their "small head" rather than any real logic. Thailand certainly ticks a lot of boxes for a divorcee looking to lick their wounds. But Thailand should come with a buyer beware sticker as well. In many cases you are not just marrying the girl, you are also marrying the whole family, which can be very extensive and consequently expensive too. I was lucky, as my wife's family were economically sound with no sick buffaloes in sight. However there were a few sticky moments, especially when it came to us getting married and my refusal to pay a dowry or have a traditional Thai wedding. Fortunately my wife and I were on the same page over this. We got married at the local government office in Hang Dong on a Monday lunchtime and then went to Tesco and got the food shopping for the week. That was over twenty years ago.

And which one told you you were "hansum man"? ????

If you cheat on your western wife she will either take the "what's good for the goose" position or appoint a lawyer to file for divorce. If you cheat on your Thai wife she will either drug you and cut off your wedding tackle or have you shot. Which is cheap enough in the land of smiles. I know this because that is what my wife has told me, several times actually.

I think many do but the men never see it coming ????

About the same amount of time it takes a Thai girl to learn "you hansum man". I remember many years ago my accountant in Thailand (a very canny man) told me that most Thai girls see landing a farang husband as a career opportunity. It's a job with (usually) quite a few added benefits. But a job, never the less.

Could be that and maybe the Honda stopped (you can see he does that) because he thought that the Benz would then swing in front of him. If the black car was running a red light then he is totally to blame here. IMO

Looks quite a lot like my 18 year old son's bedroom actually.

In some countries girls (and their husbands) can be as young as seven or eight years old. In most of those cases the children continue to live at home with their parents until they are old enough to enjoy the "whole" marriage experience. That of course is very different to grown men being married to children, unless a similar arrangement is in place. Sadly I doubt that is the reality.

you are usually allowed bail if you are not considered a flight risk or that you are unlikely to contact or threaten any of the witnesses or victims. In this case I would think that he doesn't fit that criteria and shouldn't have been granted bail. But in Thailand logic is rarely used.

for commercial sex it is 18 I believe. There is always a difference between that and romantic private encounters.

I suspect that the drinks were spiked as is the fashion these days. Very popular with the date rapists.

I suspect that that the motorbike was the only form of transport for the family, which was transporting the young kids from one house to another It is not unusual to see in any third world country. Easy to criticize from a western point of view and I am afraid we all tend to do it.

Easier to look closer to home, just about anywhere with Catholic priests for instance. Pedophilia is alive in just about every country in the world. Always has been and unfortunately, probably always will be. This really is a (deleted) up world we live in.

Not really about sex, more to do with power and control. They confiscated whips according to the report. I read a report in Newsweek some years ago about the sex tourists in Thailand, where foreigners openly sat at bars with preteen children. Complete with pictures of the children with their "clients". That dated back to the eighties if I remember correctly. Obviously that isn't the case now and it is much more covert these days. . there is nothing new here. But it does beg the question... Where are the NGO's and charities that are there to protect the children and root out the offenders.? Very high profile in countries like Cambodia, the Philippines and Africa but rarely spoken of in Thailand.

You are quite right. I don't want to beat the old Brexit drum again but our local main hospitals lost almost 40% of their nurses through that and numerous doctors and specialists too. Add to that the current number of staff off with Covid and exhaustion and it is no wonder we are in this terrible situation.

I take your point but it's like (in the UK) reading something in The Sun or Star newspapers and giving it any credibility whatsoever. Am I over critical? Yes probably.

This is a Fox news report so has zero credibility. Death count in the UK on Christmas day was 29 with 366 hospital admissions. It is true that the severity level for Omicrom is lower but that (in the UK) is not the point. The NHS are beyond full stretch and have been since before the Omicron variant arrived. They cannot cope with any increase in hospitalisations and are struggling to cope as it is. Good news my a*se!

Perhaps they look at the amount of the fine compared with the takings and figure that they are still making money and able to pay their staff too.

It was only last week when British Airways announced that they were suspending all flights to Thailand until October 2022.

My doctor asked if I smoked after sex. "Don't know" I said, "I've never looked!" OK! OK! the old ones are not always the best after all ????

Just been on the BBC news this morning that you NOW have to have the PCR test for both directions, dropping the LFT option due to the concern over the new variant. They have also put back in place the "red zone" that they had earlier scrapped. At the moment it is just for various African countries. I have no doubt that situation will change again within a few days with these muppets running around like headless chickens!

Rules as of today for UK travel overseas. You need a negative PCR test before flying out and then another within two days on your return. Has to be PCR test. I know this was the case before but they are not allowing LFT tests now after earlier changing the rules.

I totally respect your view and this topic causes much discussion where we live. The general consensus here is that a negative response to our kids doesn't stop anything, it just means they do it behind our backs in places and with people that do cause concern. By keeping them onside we have far more influence in the long run. And none of this is new, there was plenty of it going on when I was in my mid teens and that is longer ago than I care to remember.

Well as far as her libido is concerned, that is very much her business. This is 2021 and girls have exactly the same rights as the boys and pretty much the same hormone levels, possibly even earlier. I would never condone anything illegal of course, nor am I promoting any underage sexual activity. In fact in my son's case I kept a close eye on the ages of the girls knocking on our door. In the past we have had an "open bedroom door" rule in place, as most responsible parents do. We also make sure that the girls parents know where they are. So in our case there is never a need for public toilet trysts.

Valid point I guess. No I wouldn't be happy for her to be banging away in a public toilet and would try and ensure they had somewhere more suitable to do it. But then so many Thais are in denial that their little cherubs are girding their loins at all, it mean that the kids feel the need to do in covertly and their options are often very limited. Thailand doesn't have one of the highest teenage pregnancy rates in Asia for nothing. This stupid double standards by Thai parents causes so much misery.