Thai Relationships: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly

[Walker88]

Not sure if the proper response here is plus ça change or 'there's nothing new under the sun'.

 

There will always be dreamers who think they've finally found true love in a woman a few decades their junior. There will always be scheming women who see a mark and exploit his needs.

 

Sometimes two people might even find each other and develop a real relationship, but I suspect the odds are skewed against such success. Age and cultural gaps are tough to bridge. Kudos to those who have made it happen.

 

I do think Thai women can be quite endearing, but I go back to my standby Groucho Marx-ism: I'd never mate with a woman who would have me as a partner.

[OneMoreFarang]

3 hours ago, Chivas said:

 

Firstly I dont want to carry a phone around at night if she has a bag then in it goes

 

What I didnt expect was for any third party (girlfriend or otherwise) to go rooting around in someone elses phone.....its just not done in normal life....I could ask you if you've ever done it but the answer would be no obviously

 

I agree "extra" sanitising would be in order though just on the off chance

In the rare cases that I use my phone for something my gf shouldn't know, then I make sure I delete this before I come home.

She can look at my phone anytime, no problem.

 

Mostly we both use our own phones. But it happens that maybe I take a picture of her, and she asked me to give her my phone so that she can look at the picture. And when she looks at her own picture, she can obviously easily also see other pictures.

I don't mind because I know there is nothing on my phone which is a problem.

 

Sometimes I also have her phone in my hands, i.e. she shows me some pictures in her album. I can see also other pictures. I never saw anything which surprised me. I am 99.9% sure I can trust her.

[cjinchiangrai]

2 hours ago, BangkokReady said:

 

The issue being that men over about 30 don't want age appropriate women.

Then they take their chances.

[Hawaiian]

9 hours ago, asdf1234 said:

Its possible to meet a thai girl interested in you and not your money, but you have to go while youre young. If youre old theres no chance for anything like that

Mostly true, but not always. 

[Hawaiian]

8 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

 

Do Thai men go through menopause? 
They don’t seem to get the grumpy old man syndrome that many in the west do.

I believe I am more patient and easy going and not old and grumpy.

[Hawaiian]

8 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

Yep, a daily occurrence in Pattaya.

The Pattaya hookers don’t want your money.

 

They want your house.

True, but not all Thai women are hookers or behave like them.

[Hawaiian]

3 hours ago, Gottfrid said:

The grim reality, is that some people are blind, but some are not. The blind ones will f-k up. The ones who see, will do well.

Very true.