Honey traps are as old as sin but guys still fall for it like it's something new.

I just wonder where all that ripped off money goes because whenever I'm there I hear the same old same old - "Thai people very poor you know"

Most folks train/condition themselves to hover right around whatever economic status they have spent most of their life in. It's a minority that can handle and build on increased wealth, especially windfalls.

What about the good little girls who go into this blindly trusting and then take a swan dive out an apartment window when the man pulls a disappearing act.

Swain, I could tell many a tale of a Thai women that has been left in the lumber by a Farang. One case is of a very nice lady who had stayed with a Farang for a number of years in rented accomodation, he came home one day, packed his clothes up and walked out cos he had met a young girl who had just come to Pattaya from up - country.

This Farang lost nothing, the Thai woman lost 5 years of her life and was left with the rent to pay.

Most stories we read on this Forum are about how bad Thai women are, but there are also other sides of the Thai coin too.

Hmm. The farang lost 5 years of his life too. If the farang was paying all the rent himself then she got 5 years rent-free on top of that, and probably numerous other improvements of lifestyle. It isn't as if the farang lost nothing in the deal. He should certainly have handled the break up differently, but I think a more balanced view of the situation is appropriate.

Agreed, she had 5 years away from the paddy fields in Issan, what's her problem?

Most folks train/condition themselves to hover right around whatever economic status they have spent most of their life in. It's a minority that can handle and build on increased wealth, especially windfalls.

Very true, there is no place like home. A seaview on a hillside on some island might have been what the bloke wanted, or thought he did, even he couldn't make it her dream. If he offered to move to her village it would have been wonderful for her, and is for a lot of older chaps. I think if he really loves her he should visit the village, at least it should be 'free' if what everyone says is true. What a 'bonk' that would be, sorry we are talking about love here!