GinBoy2

I loved the 'speaks English' as a fatal tell as a bar girl. My wife grew up in Chicago, sounds a lot like me, but with an obnoxious Midwest twang. But now I know she must be a bar girl, thinking of putting her out on the streets to earn a few extra bucks!

So my family is multilingual Me; English, Spanish(my two native languages) Mandarin Thai and Lao Mrs G; Thai Lao and English Daughters; English and Spanish Son; English, Mandarin, Thai and Lao But what happens when things get ugly? When I was little we tended to speak a mix of English and Spanish at home, but as soon as my Mom got angry I could dollars to donuts guarantee she would be railing on me or my Dad in Spanish I do the same with my daughters. We usually speak English, but when I get mad, it's Spanish. My wife usually will speak either English or Thai, but rile that girl up and it always devolves into a Lao tirade. This probably doesn't afflict most of you, but for any polyglots out there, fascinating if inexplicable stuff

Well thankfully we both go to work. Together 24 hours a day, I'd be hiding the kitchen knives!

Well I wouldn't deny that, I won't deny rolling my eyes watching the 60 something with the 20 something slopping a rug rat around the mall. But there are some of us of comparable age that do make it. 20+ odd years now. She still frustrates the hell outta me, and I drive her crazy. But here we are. We're both in our twilight years, she's all menopausal and running outside to try to cool down, and I'm just old and grumpy. But somehow we still love each other, so Thai/farang love can be pretty normal, if that makes sense

Well don't confuse porn with real life Most adults can watch porn and realize it's not real, it's akin to watching scifi, I like it but i know it's not real. I do worry however that young boys and girls now have access to todays porn and it gives them a very distorted sex education

Never underestimate the middle/old aged male brains ability to ignore the obvious when sex is involved!

I wasn't offended, I was simply responding to your ignorance. My skin is a lot thicker than that!

My Brother in Law does it. When asking my wife why, her answer "Because he's an idiot"

Thankfully, wearing what I want has never ever included a Chang Wife Beater!

I loved that. Getting older to me means you really don't give a rats a*&$s what people think about you. I'll wear what I like, eat what i like and screw healthy, the days ahead are shortening anyway, so if a few strips of bacon shorten it by a few months, I'm good with that

Well clearly I don't meet your definition of an American, and I can probably say I have visited more countries and identify more Capital cities than you can. Small mindedness can take many forms my friend, and I think you fit one of them!

I took my son to the US as a minor twice. He's a dual citizen. First time it was a real hassle at immigration. He checked in as a US passport holder then we were quizzed for an hour at immigration. Multiple calls, video messaging with Mom before we were allowed to board. Second time I got the letter from Mom at the Amphur, of course that time nobody even bothered to ask for it! Get the letter just in case, our local Amphur had the form letter which my wife signed

Well like any of us we have accents, don't get me going on the Texans they are out on their own. As an Hispanic I speak Spanish, but I can't help when in Mexico being identified as an American because of my accent. It's the same way in Spain none of us North or South Americans Spanish speakers have that damn annoying Spanish lisp! LOL

My aunt is the only one in my family who seems to even keep track of these things. Weddings, Deaths, Anniversaries, Birthdays she seems to remember them all. I'll get a random email from her about some life event or other. The only card I ever get from her is a Christmas card, and i do feel bad since I never reciprocate. As for anniversaries, I rely on her to tell me when I got married so I get Mrs G some flowers, although I'm not sure Mrs G remembers either!

Well attitudes have changed widely from when I suspect most of our parents were in their 'prime', My youngest daughter, mother of my Grandkids isn't married to her very long term bf, and I wouldn't even question why they don't get married. My Thai son, same thing living with his gf for years. My God I wouldn't have been bothered marrying Mrs G if it hadn't been we had to so she could get a Green card! All of this in the 50's and even into the late 60's would have been 'living in sin' and children out of wedlock, well that was beyond the pale. Thankfully we have moved on

Now I am but a crazy American, but.... My time in the UK introduced me to crisp sandwiches, chip butties and much more importantly curry sauce and chips from the local chippy. That stuff should on a world heritage list!

Actually they do, it might make them feel better about themselves. Tolkien once said he wrote Lord of the Rings to provide the English with the closest they could get to a national mythology. They don't have a national dress the closest they come are Morris Dancers, which I've seen enough to know it's pretty weird!

Sleep is a difficult one for me. I'm a 3-4 hour a night kinda guy, I can even go a couple of days without any sleep at all. So the whole concept of when I go to sleep gets kinda murky. I've all my life tried to creep around the house at the dead of night trying not to wake the rest of the family up at some unGodly hour. Back in the day I used to watch middle of the night infomercials, I bought a lot of knives! The internet was a Godsend to my nocturnal activities

I wasn't talking about how most Americans react to Brits, more about how the English, and I make that distinction from generic Brits react to themselves in the US. You get lots of Scottish festivals in the US, a little Welsh, but never seen anything essentially English I'm a total Anglophile, fell in love as a nerdy teenager listening to warbling Shortwave BBC World Service in my bedroom in the 70's. Allowed a poor Hispanic kid see a wide world from that bedroom, I'll always be grateful

Well most Americans move to US 'enclaves' in Mexico, basically a US retirement community, which just happens to be in Mexico. When I go to Mexico I stay in real Mexico. As much as a love my family, real Mexico just ain't for me!

Well pretty much all Americans at least in the 20th century came to the US to escape either persecution or grinding poverty. The English are the oddballs. Most of us maintain at least some affection for where our parents, or grandparents came from. I like going to Mexico, would I want to go back to live there; Hell No! I think that is probably a similar sentiment for a lot of first second generation immigrant children. The English almost try to hide it, and a lot actively work at losing their accent to hide it

We both loved living and working in Singapore, but it's just a giant shopping mall and eventually we both got island fever. That trip over the strait to go to KL at the weekend just to get away kinda got tiring. But still have very fond memories of our time there

I forgot credit cards lol

My wife is Thai, but we were both working for the same company in Singapore when we hooked up Isn't the rule of thumb for Singapore girls the 4 C's; Condo Car Cash Career

So, if we exclude the bar girl stuff Don't most of us still hook up the old fashioned way at work, or has it really turned to online stuff?