Do You Have A Thai Wife Or Girlfriend?

[ade100]

I suppose my Thai gf is a “Hi-So Good Girl”. Is it possible she paid for her university education from “immoral earnings”? I suppose so but I doubt it. Would that change the way I feel about her now? No she’s great and I want to be with her regardless of her background.

When I was at university in the UK I knew girls that had slept with over a 100 guys in their three years. Is that any worse or better than a Thai girl earning some cash to support her studies?

About the reputation of Thai girls in Europe: When I lived there I had heard about Russian and Filipino brides but knew nothing about Thai girls (except that I had worked with a few from Thai Airways and they seemed very professional and very polite). However I recently saw a sketch on Little Britain about an old guy importing a not so attractive Thai girl. This will do little for their reputation in the UK.

[moni76]

It really makes me angry, infact it fuc*king pisses me right off.Yes i have come across people who are dam_n ignorant of people especially men that marry thai girls.Have a bit of repect!!!Unfortunately their are alawys going to be un educated people who are quick to make these accusations and usumptions.Me myself i am thai, but i was adopted and raised by an Australian couple.I am married to an Australian, not because i am a hooker stripper prostitute or slave to my husband but because i love him and he loves me.never judge a book by its cover! as people are quick to shut the <deleted>*k up when i open my mouth,and i speak like an aussie!!!!!!

[toptuan]

Do You Have A Thai Wife Or Girlfriend?, She is obviously a hooker. Or a money grabber. Or half your age.

No, she's a khatoey a third my age. You are obviously out of touch with the local expat culture.

Edited January 24, 2008 by toptuan

[TheDon]

My wife came from a wealthy Thai family, She is 31 and im 27. Her father doesnt like me cause i have no uni degree.

He paid for my wedding last month in Thailand, brought some of his mates who are very rich, one of them being the owner of beer chang. They all sat at one table thinking they were too good for eveyone.

My Wife and her mother are very nice but the father is abit of a show off and thinks he is all that just like his friends.

My wife is also a stunner and never been to a night club until she came to Australia.

What can I say, im sure people wont like what i have typed, but i dont give a rats, im sure many people have picked up rich Thai girls. I think it was youth on my side that helped alot

[chiang mai]

Was waiting in Junceylon for Mrs CM today and got talking to a young lady who works at a real estate stand, near the entrance to Carfooo (Thai spelling!). She's attractive and I would guess in her mid 20's, well dressed and very intelligent. As it turns out she has a four year degree and comes from Nakon Si Tamarat (another Thai spelling!) in the South.

Inevitably I have to ask how she manages with the Farangs that visit the booth and what she thinks of them - her reply was really depressing and made me so angry it was hard to know how to respond. She replied in excellent English and reckons that at least 50% of the males who stop by make the assumption that she is available and willing to be paid to have sex with them. Comments such as, "do you come with the house" seem to be the norm although some are much more straight forward and to the point such as, "every Thai girl who works must be available for sex else how could they afford to live".

I tried to apologize on behalf of those tourists and to put things into perspective by explaining to her that some 90% of tourists to Phuket are first or second time visitors who have no knowledge about Thai culture or Thai women and all that entails and most arrive with preconceived notions gained from the gutter press et al. She understood all of that easily but questioned why people can't behave more decently. She, after all, doesn't look like an Issan bar girl, doesn't dress provocatively and is very well mannered with good English and is able to verbalize her thoughts well. The second part of the problem as she described it is that she gets handed similar crap from Thai's when she goes out with her Filipina friends and they have to speak English in order to communicate - she frequently gets comments about her being a "hi-so bar girl who has found a farang husband and now doesn't want to speak Thai". After working eleven hours a day she added she sometimes likes to go out with girlfriends from the office and have a drink and watch the tourists. When she does so invariably she gets propositioned by farang tourists who think she is a bar girl and ignored by the bar staff who think she is freelancing! All in all I felt very sorry for her although I have no doubt she has the intelligence and the capacity to take care of herself. But none of that stopped me feeling resentment towards some tourists who visit these parts and make it much probable that the next time a tourist tries to hit on Mrs CM in public that I'm going to be fined heavily.

Edited January 24, 2008 by chiang mai

[GungaDin]

I would throw out a girl half my age age as quickly as possible!

So would I, half my age is far too old ... LOL

[chameleon1977]

First I'll say that Thai women make great wives and are not weighted down by western social ideals and stresses. I could go on and on there but I think anyone who knows Thailand will know what I mean.

1) I think it comes down to understanding, wisdom and the lack of. A lot of people don't know what truly goes on outside their front door; let alone what truly goes on half way round the world in a very different society.

2) Also people that feel sorry for themselves for whatever reason tend to take people that are content and happy and try to bring them down to make themselves feel better by having someone else in the same boat.

Combine the too and you have a naive Farang.

[qwertz]

i think its a british thing

I think you might be right on that. During our two years in Italy we experienced only one incident of someone making a derogatory comment - and that was an English woman.

While I'm very pro Britain I'll not deny that spite and evny is a national trate in the UK. (we see plenty of incidences of this Spite and Envy here on TV) - So I also don't think the comments are limitted to having an Asian wife, I think for the British anything different or beyond expectations is the stuff of S&E.

From what I've heard in other mainland European countries people are much more obvious and less forgiving with their opinions in the street. Germany for instance.

Right on, I live there and prejudice is rife.

Mind you, it doesn't help the Thai rep much when there's a knocking shop full of Thai girls behind our local DIY supermarket.