This is not “your Thailand”

[SEAsia Traveler]

(Consider this as entertainment, a warning, or discussion generator. Sort of like a Stickman reader contribution piece).

 

This is not “your Thailand”, in which you think the country revolves around you, in which you think Thais should worship you like some sort of god, with your giant ego as a wannabe celebrity, trying to "go native" like a Thai. You are a foreigner. You speak a foreign tongue. Thai people don’t understand you. Thai people don’t like you. Thai people want your money, so pay up, kee-ni-ow. You are NOT Thai and know nothing about “Thainess”.

 

But your Thai wife, you say?? Well, can you really communicate with this person? Can you share humor, sarcasm, irony, laugh together? Or do you communicate in pigeon language, relying on her as the filter of your daily experience in Thailand? Is it a deep, loving relationship or merely contractual?

 

“Your” Thailand?? Sorry, but you’re just another walking ATM who thinks he’s the Number One Farang in Thailand. Your “celebrity" among Thais is an illusion. You better have an exit plan back to your home country in case things go pear shaped. Coups, war, illness, no money, crossing the wrong person. Stay away from balconies! And do you really want end up in a Thai government hospital, with doctors and nurses who can’t understand you, exposed to bacteria and outdated methods? 

 

Again…this is NOT “your Thailand”. Get over it. Your social status is beneath the family water buffalo. For the sake of your sanity, do something…or forget you read this and remain blissfully unaware until it’s too late.

[ukrules]

LOL, had a bad day have we ?

 

[SEAsia Traveler]

1 minute ago, ukrules said:

LOL, had a bad day have we ?

 

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[FritsSikkink]

"Thai people don’t understand you"

They do

"Thai people don’t like you."

Some do , some don't like anywhere else.

"Thai people want your money"

Not only Thai people

"Your social status is beneath the family water buffalo." 

Maybe yours is but mine definitely isn't. 

[poanoi]

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in which you think Thais should worship you like some sort of god,

not think, i've been told my dick is bigger than buddha,

they use to wai at it in pure worshiping

[colinneil]

OP if your not getting it from your woman get out find another one.

Your post is nonsense posted by a man who has had a bad experience, get over it life is too short.

[LomSak27]

2 hours ago, SEAsia Traveler said:

This is not “your Thailand”, in which you think the country revolves around you, in which you think Thais should worship you like some sort of god, with your giant ego as a wannabe celebrity, trying to "go native" like a Thai. You are a foreigner. You speak a foreign tongue. Thai people don’t understand you. Thai people don’t like you. Thai people want your money, so pay up, kee-ni-ow. You are NOT Thai and know nothing about “Thainess”.

Unfortunately this is the schlock the Thai media promotes, all the time. In case you have not heard. The idea that farang are walking around expecting social status and all. It is most definitely a strange view and one rather alien to foreigners who live here. Then Check the thainess rant.
 

You should read it again and then ask yourself … did I buy a condo here? Rent never buy especially in a country that puts out stuff like this for the masses of their citizens.

[Lungstib]

3 hours ago, SEAsia Traveler said:

And do you really want end up in a Thai government hospital, with doctors and nurses who can’t understand you, exposed to bacteria and outdated methods? 

If the writer is British he/she needs to have a good look at the city hospitals in that country. If American then look at Thailands health system with awe. The locals here do far better than many in the USA. My government hospital treatment and dental care has been pretty good considering the prices.

Perhaps you need to go check it out for yourself, although I do hear they are not so good at mental illness. Try keeping out the sun.

[soalbundy]

I wish they would get the dust off the water

[patrick1968]

?sleep it over ,,,,next day you will feel better 

[MrJohnson]

Time for a holiday outside Thailand for the OP methinks. Or a change of meds perhaps

[robblok]

Guess most people don't get the clue from the OP his picture. Its a picture of a trol. 

[cornishcarlos]

One valid point in the OP, get yourself a back up plan in case of unforeseen events. This is a good piece of advice that quite a few overlook. I have invested a fair amount here, all in the wife's name. I could afford to walk away but to what ?

That is why I have banked 30k GBP, with another 20k to go in by the end of the year. Buying a rental property in U.K to keep for a rainy day ?

[LongTimeLurker]

On 7/10/2018 at 1:41 AM, SEAsia Traveler said:

Or do you communicate in pigeon language,

Yes, we just coo at each other.

[BritManToo]

On 7/10/2018 at 3:41 AM, SEAsia Traveler said:

Again…this is NOT “your Thailand”.

It's not the Thais Thailand either, we're all living in the Generals Thailand.

[kannot]

1  billion years ago it was no ones Thailand 1  billion years ago it wasnt even here, 1  billion years into the future it wont be here