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"Bad" things in Thai culture

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What are the "bad" things in Thai culture or part of Thai culture in general? Are all the following things true and are there any others?

 

1. Thai women and their family only look at the foreign bf/husband for money to support their family.

2. Giks are part of Thai culture for both men and women.

3. It's part of Thai culture for Thai men to drink often, gamble, cheat, lie.

4. Single mums - Thai guys will not accept another man's kids therefore won't accept single mums.

5. Divorcees - Thai guys will not accept a Thai woman who's been divorced.

6. When a Thai speaks about "support" it will always mean also support as in money.

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Looks like a troll post to me. Why a thread about "bad"? Why not one about the good?

 

I like to look for the good. Realistic but good.

I guess you are the "glass half empty" kind of person.

All theses things are not really ''culture''

it's more behaviour, The thais are 65 millions

then they are not all the same, but yes your description fill a lot of them

ina way or another, but  fortunately not all of them are that bad.

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48 minutes ago, bbi1 said:

What are the "bad" things in Thai culture or part of Thai culture in general? Are all the following things true and are there any others?

 

1. Thai women and their family only look at the foreign bf/husband for money to support their family.

2. Giks are part of Thai culture for both men and women.

3. It's part of Thai culture for Thai men to drink often, gamble, cheat, lie.

4. Single mums - Thai guys will not accept another man's kids therefore won't accept single mums.

5. Divorcees - Thai guys will not accept a Thai woman who's been divorced.

6. When a Thai speaks about "support" it will always mean also support as in money.

Sounds like someone's been reading too much Stickman here. I have a two Thai male pals who are both happily married to divorced women and support their children from their previous marriages, both financially and emotionally as any man should. Both ladies in question are well educated, employed, and have looks most here would give their right arm for.

I'd say your post is a generalisation of some common myths spread by internet and bar stool 'experts'. I'd say a better starting point would be; apply your points to your own culture, then work from there, the more time you spend in Thailand. 

Dragging out all the hoary old beliefs in an effort to do ... what? Thai bash? Mate, all of those points have been discussed ad nauseum on this board. Books have been written, theses, conferences, studies ... why, even Queen wanted to write a rock opera about Thailand. 

 

Can't see this thread throwing up anything new or interesting.

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Promoting negativity never ends well and besides there is this forum rule.

 

11) You will not post slurs, degrading or overly negative comments directed towards Thailand, specific locations, Thai institutions such as the judicial or law enforcement system, Thai culture, Thai people or any other group on the basis of race, nationality, religion, gender or sexual orientation.
 

 

 

 

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