You don't think you'd spend 8000 baht on a holiday in Phuket, yet you give your wife 20K baht a month for ?? The simple answer is dump the wife and go live in Phuket. 

To those that say she should get a job.

 

She already has one.

 

Which way you take that depenes on where you sit on the feminist to mgtow continuim.

Haha!

Thats living alright !


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4 hours ago, RJRS1301 said:

9 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Some of us don't want that she works - especially the kind of work which she would get with her limited education.

Some call it luxury wife, personally I think it's just normal that the guy works and makes money and she takes care of the home.

 

Personally I prefer to stay with a girl who spends most of her time with me or at our home. If she would have a normal job she would be at least 8h a day away from home working. If that would be the case could I expect that they cleans and cooks before and after her work? Or should I do that myself?

No, I am no fan of cleaning and cooking...

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If she works 8 hrs a day why would you not do at very least half the household chores??

If she went to work perhaps she could be bringing interesting conversation to the dinner table with you

That is exactly my point.

I don't like household chores and I try to avoid them as much as possible.

And now I can do that because my girlfriend does these things because she does not work somewhere else. Now if she does 100% of the household work I don't have a bad concise.

She likes it like that, I like it like that, everybody is happy.

And no, it's not necessary that she works to provide interesting dinner conversation.

9 hours ago, crickets said:

22,000 plus posts whose the one with no friends!!!!

 

Got almost 14,000 "likes" so I'm doing fine.

 

Thanks for your concern though.

4 hours ago, Peasandmash said:

You don't think you'd spend 8000 baht on a holiday in Phuket, yet you give your wife 20K baht a month for ?? The simple answer is dump the wife and go live in Phuket. 

did you get that watch from a thai general?

8 hours ago, sanemax said:

Its a British sauce that is predominately consumed by Brits and not widely available in Thailand

big in canada too

It's a never ending bottomless pit with most of the Thai inlaws.  The first round of financing pays the wife and kids... the second round her immediate family... the next round goes to cousins and relatives.... followed by villagers.... then finally to drunks in the village and roaming soi dogs. There is little or no thought to where it comes from and they will suck you dry if you let them. 

 

I had one Thai gal in the past and I was supporting her kids and family.  That ended and I was relieved when I found a single gal with no kids until she started asking for money to support her parents about the same age as I was.  <deleted>.  Can't win lol.

Next time she wants money to go back to Isaan, give her nothing and tell her that you will be accompanying her and paying for both of you. You'll spend much less than 8000 baht. Her reaction to such a gesture will tell you everything you need to know about her.

24 minutes ago, pr9spk said:

Next time she wants money to go back to Isaan, give her nothing and tell her that you will be accompanying her and paying for both of you. You'll spend much less than 8000 baht. Her reaction to such a gesture will tell you everything you need to know about her.

Safe to assume not only you not married to a Thai but have never been

to isaan let alone Thailand ????

52 minutes ago, BestB said:

Safe to assume not only you not married to a Thai but have never been

to isaan let alone Thailand ????

100% wrong! I just don't deal with ladies of the night with sick buffalos.

 

I leave that for people like you.

18 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

You mean you couldn't figure out by yourself that kids cost a fortune and need someone to take care of them constantly before you had kids?

Given how useless a lot of parents are where I live ( they let their kids run wild to cause problems in the town ) either some pre parents don't know, don't care, or just do it for the money the government gives them to breed.

1 hour ago, BestB said:

Safe to assume not only you not married to a Thai but have never been

to isaan let alone Thailand ????

I've been all over Thailand and never visited Issan. I once asked on the Issan sub forum for reasons to go, but no one was able to persuade me there was anything worth spending my time there for, rather than elsewhere.

17 hours ago, 473geo said:

Anybody who thinks supporting a wife to allow her to be at home, to take good care of the children, a little home schooling, look after the property, take the children to and from school, be a home maker, look after the farm, and be there for her parents, is 'buying' a wife. either cannot easily afford to do it, or is not understanding of the input/benefit from the wife.

Better you guys keep renting, single and cheap, appears to fit better than your understanding of a 'marriage'

 

 

 

Um, back in the west, where we on here all come from, wives do that and go to work as well. If they are lucky, husband shares the home work.

Why should Thai wives be different?

Even if I could afford to do it, I wouldn't, as don't have kids and don't want a wife that sits around watching soaps, gossiping all day on her phone and getting fat, just so she can sweep the floor and cook some food.

BTW, given the culture gap, marriage in LOS and in the west are different beasts.

15 hours ago, sanemax said:

He is a British Bricklayer who worked in Germany in the 1980's

???????? He is an actor who portrayed a British bricklayer who worked in Germany in the 1980's in a tv series.

He can sing too, as the album proves.

15 hours ago, 55Jay said:

She likes normal American music, like Led Zepplin,

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Led Zeppelin were a ENGLISH group.

6 hours ago, Benroon said:

Yeah she could have been slurping all that lovely coke when she really just wanted a beer.

 

She had a lucky escape !

She didn't drink beer. Her choice of drug was wine, which she paid for herself.

Lucky escapes go both ways. I think I was lucky to escape before I threw any more money in the black hole of her family. I didn't give them money, but they sure got lucky with all the household appliances I couldn't take with me.

15 hours ago, 55Jay said:

Not sure why she'd be listening British noise from an ex-brick layer.

 

She likes normal American music, like Led Zepplin, Duran Duran and the Pet Shop Boys.

What are you on about Jay?

 

Duran Duran were Yugoslavian....

 

Everybody knows that.

12 hours ago, sidjameson said:

Food for a famiy of four would cost at least 15k bills a few k.

 

At Dukes perhaps. In Issan it would cost about 50 baht or less each. 

This is Issan we are talking about, not Siam Square.

10 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

At Dukes perhaps. In Issan it would cost about 50 baht or less each. 

This is Issan we are talking about, not Siam Square.

How do you know? Just a few posts above you pointed out you never have been in Isaan ... (* confused *)

19 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

At Dukes perhaps. In Issan it would cost about 50 baht or less each. 

This is Issan we are talking about, not Siam Square.

A place you say you've never been to, Issan, that is.

 

Oops, Enki beat me to it.

24 minutes ago, Enki said:

How do you know? Just a few posts above you pointed out you never have been in Isaan ... (* confused *)

A Thai meal elsewhere in LOS costs 50 baht or less. It's hardly going to cost more in Issan, is it?

 

Nice try, but you'll have to do better than that.

18 minutes ago, shy coconut said:

A place you say you've never been to, Issan, that is.

 

Oops, Enki beat me to it.

See my previous post.

Your replay was "to a family of four" ... that would be 200 Baht, not 50. And yes, the 50 Baht prices are probably over since a few years. To find a shop that cheap you need eagle eyes ???? or take no water or other drinks.

 

And in case you want to nitpick, family of 4:

o  200 Baht per meal outside ... but likely they buy for 6 and eat at home: 300 Baht

o  3 meals a day: 900 Baht

o  3 days stay: 3000 Baht

 

Yes, I roughly rounded numbers ...

8 hours ago, tlandtday said:

It's a never ending bottomless pit with most of the Thai inlaws.  The first round of financing pays the wife and kids... the second round her immediate family... the next round goes to cousins and relatives.... followed by villagers.... then finally to drunks in the village and roaming soi dogs. There is little or no thought to where it comes from and they will suck you dry if you let them. 

 

I had one Thai gal in the past and I was supporting her kids and family.  That ended and I was relieved when I found a single gal with no kids until she started asking for money to support her parents about the same age as I was.  <deleted>.  Can't win lol.

Yes, you can win. Don't select the super greedy women.

There are lots of nice and not greedy Thai women out there.

I think it's always funny when people complain that they personally picked a bad one.

Them Thai women are Not really as intelligent as they all think.

Indeed it is the stupid Farangs who marry them r GULLIBLE if not idiots.

Buffalo is sick...Dad is sick...Ricky is Sick in its head....

4 hours ago, pr9spk said:

Next time she wants money to go back to Isaan, give her nothing and tell her that you will be accompanying her and paying for both of you. You'll spend much less than 8000 baht. Her reaction to such a gesture will tell you everything you need to know about her.

Good idea. But I wouldn't bet that he will spend less money.

Personally I was often enough up-country. I don't like it and I am happy if she goes alone.

And I accept there are cost involved - just like real life.

45 minutes ago, Enki said:

Your replay was "to a family of four" ... that would be 200 Baht, not 50. And yes, the 50 Baht prices are probably over since a few years. To find a shop that cheap you need eagle eyes ???? or take no water or other drinks.

 

And in case you want to nitpick, family of 4:

o  200 Baht per meal outside ... but likely they buy for 6 and eat at home: 300 Baht

o  3 meals a day: 900 Baht

o  3 days stay: 3000 Baht

 

Yes, I roughly rounded numbers ...

I did say "At Dukes perhaps. In Issan it would cost about 50 baht or less each.

NB the last word.

 

And yes, the 50 Baht prices are probably over since a few years. To find a shop that cheap you need eagle eyes  or take no water or other drinks.

 

There were loads of places in Chiang Mai I could eat for 50 baht or less 18 months ago. Water free. There was one near Grace Dental I ate at after seeing the dentist.

 

You seem to not have much experience of Thailand if you think it's hard to find meals for 50 baht. Try getting out of the tourist areas.

3 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said:

I did say "At Dukes perhaps. In Issan it would cost about 50 baht or less each.

NB the last word.

 

And yes, the 50 Baht prices are probably over since a few years. To find a shop that cheap you need eagle eyes  or take no water or other drinks.

 

There were loads of places in Chiang Mai I could eat for 50 baht or less 18 months ago. Water free. There was one near Grace Dental I ate at after seeing the dentist.

 

You seem to not have much experience of Thailand if you think it's hard to find meals for 50 baht. Try getting out of the tourist areas.

I live in Isaan, silly one. If you want to look it up: Nakoo, close to Nakae.

56 minutes ago, Enki said:

And in case you want to nitpick, family of 4:

o  200 Baht per meal outside ... but likely they buy for 6 and eat at home: 300 Baht

More likely they would cook it themselves at home, so just the cost of ingredients. When my wife's family came to visit, she always cooked for them- NEVER bought food ready cooked.