I'm sure they must swim all day in that bloody swimming pool.

I go out during the day but if I can't see near the pool,I try to sit on the hotel balcony but it's only like 2 storey up so they stop swimming in the pool and stare at you sitting on the balcony !

 

45 minutes ago, Crossy said:

Out in the 'burbs I get the opposite effect. It's the Thai's with the black looks when I go shopping with my 100% Thai granddaughter, she's 14, pretty and just getting "starter curves", unfortunately she likes to hold granddad's hand! Cue the black looks and mutterings from the locals.

I get the same looks when I go shopping with my daughter, whose 1/2 Thai, 1/2 British, and 16, she likes to hold onto my arm when we are walking through the car park, loses interest quickly inside as there are too many things to look at with a view to buying.

59 minutes ago, tgw said:

years back, I was sitting in a baht bus with my then girlfriend, who was 34 y.o. at the time, when 2 fat ladies from the UK (judging from their accent) climbed on and began mumbling and then saying to me that "I should be ashamed"... huh ?

It wasn't about your GF - it was about the size of your beer belly! ????

5 minutes ago, foreverlomsak said:

I get the same looks when I go shopping with my daughter, whose 1/2 Thai, 1/2 British, and 16, she likes to hold onto my arm when we are walking through the car park, loses interest quickly inside as there are too many things to look at with a view to buying.

 

That said, I'm 100% certain that she knows what she's doing, just to wind up the elders.

 

Of course she also plays the game with me, "grandad I can't reach!" indicating feminine products on the top shelf, which having examined same she has me put back in favour of her usual brand which is at eye level.

 

I think she's been taking lessons from granny (my wife).

 

Love her to bits!

 

1 hour ago, CharlieH said:

Beats me how a Nationality can be ascertained from looking at them.

 

 

 

True. However, it's not difficult if one listens to their speech. The only problem I have is distinguishing Canadians from Americans.

2 minutes ago, Crossy said:

indicating feminine products on the top shelf,

yes, some of the more "feminine" things do seem to be on the higher shelves, at least my daughter is nearly as tall as me so can reach herself, when we get there knowing how long selection takes I wander off.

The question every person, both male and female, should be asking isn't how much abuse you're going to tolerate from people who are overly-protective of their children, or feel they have a right to pass judgment on your relationship with any children in your life.

 

The real question is what boundaries need to be established between you and the child so that the child is able to develop in a safe and nurturing environment. Once you get clarity about that, what others may think becomes considerably less important. I believe practicing healthy boundaries is the key.

 

 

I hate kids and try to avoid them even in Lotus.

Attack of the Karens!

58 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

True. However, it's not difficult if one listens to their speech. The only problem I have is distinguishing Canadians from Americans.

Canadians are Americans... in what continent do you have them located? 

3 hours ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Canadians are Americans... in what continent do you have them located? 

North America 

4 hours ago, bubblegum said:

I hate kids and try to avoid them even in Lotus.

Me also. But for some reason kids always love me and won't leave me alone.  They latch onto me if some visitors being their children to our house.  Wears me out and gives me a headache.  So I usually go out if I know someone is coming around with their kids. 

 

If I was in the OPs situation I would have gone away from the pool and the bloody kids sound loud, annoying and out of control.  

5 hours ago, Gecko123 said:

The question every person, both male and female, should be asking isn't how much abuse you're going to tolerate from people who are overly-protective of their children, or feel they have a right to pass judgment on your relationship with any children in your life.

 

The real question is what boundaries need to be established between you and the child so that the child is able to develop in a safe and nurturing environment. Once you get clarity about that, what others may think becomes considerably less important. I believe practicing healthy boundaries is the key.

 

 

Thank you Oprah.

By the way, did you read what the OP posted?

Nothing to do with the crossing of boundaries.

 

 

1 hour ago, Jingthing said:

North America 

Yes, I know, of course, but mister boaster know it all did not... 

4 minutes ago, 1FinickyOne said:

Yes, I know, of course, but mister boaster know it all did not... 

I think you'll find that the last thing most Canadians want to be called is American. 

 

Next ... 

7 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Beats me how a Nationality can be ascertained from looking at them.

 

 

 

Accent is a giveaway. Clothing too. Oz or Brit bogans easy. 

20 minutes ago, Jingthing said:

I think you'll find that the last thing most Canadians want to be called is American. 

 

Next ... 

Correct, Maple Leaf emblems on bags. 

5 hours ago, Lacessit said:

True. However, it's not difficult if one listens to their speech. The only problem I have is distinguishing Canadians from Americans.

Pretty easy. Softer accent. Quieter speech. 

58 minutes ago, Sticky Rice Balls said:

Ask them if they know about Tim Hortons....

Timmies isn't even Canadian owned anymore, and their coffee has suffered for it.

Clearly this couple are paranoid about having single men around their kids. I'm just trying to imagine the conversation they had before choosing a holiday destination.

"Where can we go where there won't be any single men? I know, Pattaya in Thailand!" ????‍♂️

 

A pair of self-important numpties. 

There is a lot of hysteria in the media about 'paedophiles' - rarely a week goes by without some report of abuse (or historical abuse). And then of course there are fictional and non-fictional TV shows (e.g. Netflix about Jimmy Savile, Epstein etc). I think all of this makes parents overly sensitive and protective.

True paedophilia is an attraction to pre-pubescent girls/boys and I think is relatively rare. Unfortunately these days the term often seems to be applied to any man who is with, or looks at, a girl who is significantly younger than he is. So a 50 year old guy with a 19 year old girl is now considered a 'paedophile'.  And of course some well-developed mid-teens girls can look 20+ with a bit of makeup...

6 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Accent is a giveaway. Clothing too. Oz or Brit bogans easy. 

You can tell a persons accent by looking at them ? Wow ????????

3 minutes ago, CharlieH said:

6 hours ago, Sparktrader said:

Accent is a giveaway. Clothing too. Oz or Brit bogans easy. 

You can tell a persons accent by looking at them ? Wow ????????

I have a mate who likes to play ‘guess the nationality’ when we’re out having a drink... 

 

He gets about 7 out of 10 right....   (we find out by asking ppl)... he’s better than I at the game, but yes...  clothing and behaviour often helps the profile... 

 

... others are more ‘inert' but still have a tell... If you can’t tell this Charlie, you may not be observant enough thats all... but there are ways to tell and get it right quite often and some nationalities have dead easy giveaways.... 

 

 

 

 

7 hours ago, cdemundo said:

Thank you Oprah.

By the way, did you read what the OP posted?

Nothing to do with the crossing of boundaries.

 

 

It has everything to do with crossing boundaries... the reason people react extremely in defence of children is that they fear boundaries may be crossed even if they haven’t already....

 

The Op is about those who’d respond ‘pre-emptively’ to the projection of someone else crossing a boundary which may never be crossed and how as single males (or males without a visible partner nearby) we’d react to such an unwarranted and undeserved response based on an unfounded projection. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Just like many here like to jump to conclusions without facts, or make statements based on rumors, many tourist think Thailand is filled with pedos and every bar is packed with ladyboys.  Often comes from the low-brow types.

12 hours ago, Lacessit said:

True. However, it's not difficult if one listens to their speech. The only problem I have is distinguishing Canadians from Americans.

The Canadians are the nice ones.

Only men that I know that have been called pedos in the UK have been called so by their ex wives to get custody of their children due to a court system that will stop the father seeing them for years whilst it is investigated ! If only the mother's could be locked up for false accusations !

14 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Strange I know,I was in a bar yesterday in Soi Buckhao,I actually berated a American guy who was waffling on about the "pedophiles" in gay  places like jomtien complex etc.

He was talking about how he seen older men with younger guys,yes all legal age !!

 

The ignorant often confuse paedophilia and homosexuality,  

1 hour ago, RichardColeman said:

Only men that I know that have been called pedos in the UK have been called so by their ex wives to get custody of their children due to a court system that will stop the father seeing them for years whilst it is investigated ! If only the mother's could be locked up for false accusations !

The dice are loaded against men in Western family courts. I used to know a guy who had 80% of his take-home pay garnisheed for the ex-wife and kids. Then people wonder why there are so many instances of domestic violence.

6 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

I have a mate who likes to play ‘guess the nationality’ when we’re out having a drink... 

 

He gets about 7 out of 10 right....   (we find out by asking ppl)... he’s better than I at the game, but yes...  clothing and behaviour often helps the profile... 

 

... others are more ‘inert' but still have a tell... If you can’t tell this Charlie, you may not be observant enough thats all... but there are ways to tell and get it right quite often and some nationalities have dead easy giveaways.... 

 

 

 

 

I get 8 out of 10