keith7

Culturally, the time prior to Chinese New Year is one of the peak time for Thais buying gold. Typically within close relatives, gold , among cash is given in the red-packet (angpow) gift tradition. 

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Keith is my friend and the story is totally true.See you in PI soon buddy.

How do you know? Are you the wife he is referring to?

(wondering what PI stands for...)

Didn't seem to answer the VISA question now did he?

He/she didnt answer ANYTHING so far....

No wonder as its really a troll post

I'm on working visa through a friend's company though I could actually go for the spouse visa which I'd probably do later.

Since when no job mean u dont have money .invest mean something

spot on. being a smart prudent expat for close to 15 years in the past means I can retire young..especially when you you're living in Thailand..

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Keith is my friend and the story is totally true.See you in PI soon buddy.

I don't doubt it's true.

My Thai girlfriend is from a wealthy family, they just bought her a 6 million baht condo and although she doesn't need to work she has a job and makes more than I do.

The bit I don't get is why he would go away on holiday without her.

I wouldn't even consider going out socially without my girl and neither would she think of going out without me, we are in a relationship and we do everything together.

...yeah right..

All married to rich ladies and are retired SAS/MI5/MI6/MI7/MI8 etc agents

How come I've never met ANY farangs like that in REAL LIFE?

You all seem to exist online

I'm not retired, not ex military or anything like that.

I am from a pretty wealthy family and was born overseas so I have been a lifelong expat living the high life in Hong Kong and for the past 7 years Bangkok.

My current GF is only the second girl I've dated since coming here in 2008.

The first one was ok but her family were poor and once I realised how poor I knew I could never marry her. I have no interest in marrying into a family lower on the social ladder than where I'm from

I spent the next 3 years not dating anyone as I was looking for a very specific type of girl - good family, good job, not poor, very attractive.

Eventually I met the perfect girl and I'm going to make damn sure I don't lose her by being unfaithful or not treating her like my princess.

I'm not one of those fat, working class types who come here from Farang land and bang dozens of poor farm girls while swilling cheap beer.

As for how come you've never met any Farangs like me, where do you hang out? I avoid places where the average age is over 60 and they have hookers hanging around.

I second you mate.. somehow the perception is TV is always that fat,retired, ex-military man with those poor/hooker pattaya girls...soi cowboy, nana plaza certainly not the hang out place

I take it you have your own money? If your wife works to give her family ,then why not .your only thought should be will your som miss you .your son will always be your son ,maybe your wife won't always be your wife .good luck ,you've got it sorted

You are correct.

In a nut shell you are a looser You should be helping the family for their future

There may be circumstances not documented why he is not working?

However I would agree (call me old fashioned) that as the male in the relationship should be the main bread winner of the family.

Things are changing women are earning the money and the man is taking care of the house and family. However as pointed out by a few I don't expect my wife to suddenly take off for a few days break without me and the children (unless I want a break from her ).

If your partner is the main bread winner then its her call as I presume she will be funding your trip?

I know a couple of men who are unable to get a job due to their trade and are living under their wife's sponsorship (in Qatar) who take care of family business.

No. She don't fund my trip.

Will the response be any different if i'm the wifey instead?

So, we have a 2 years old boy that I only take care 3 days a week (3 days sent to nursery and 1 day left with her for my day out).

I don't work/earn anything to support the family, and don't seriously plan to do anything about it.

Most of the time I do the cooking for dinner and lunch (never for breakfast), do the laundry & ironing. And mind you, looking after a toddler is tiring...

Sometimes I left them home for a holiday along with my buddies out of province, and planning to join my buddies for another holiday away for couple of days.

Now she complaint about my new holiday plan with my buddies that I didn't at the 1st place in my mind think of having a family holiday with them along instead.

By the way, I had done the same in the past; left them home and joined my buddies for trip outside Bangkok and outside Thailand for few days.

What am I? Is it too much to do that?

Jleang at don muang. Right after DMK, then Ptt Petrol station if you come from rangsit direction to Bangkok. Cheap original.

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i think maybe either Chelsea or Arsenal?? oh yea, by the way, a quite out of topic here...if you guys watching the BPL through the thai TV channel or even True Vision, why would the thai comentators pronounce 'michael' as 'michelle'?? it is very irritating hearing 'michael ballack' and 'michael essien' being called 'michelle'..

Probobally unrelated, attacks of this nature or beatings or destruction of the vendors stalls are commonplace on thailand when landlords want low rent tennants out in order to sell or lease for big money.

Chuwit did it in sukhumvit and it was also done at chatuchak, neigher of these involved grenades tho........

Has anyone noticed it's gone aufully quiet down south?

no killings or bombs last few days, not that i've heard of anyway.....

That's because THEY ARE ON A PLANE not me!!! or there on a pilgrimage to BKK to join in the fun

a dumb comment that ignites hatred..