There are a lot of good suggestions and ideas here, the only other thing I can think of is, you should try to remember if your g/f has mentioned something she likes in casual conversation and go for that. In my case my (ex) g/f mentioned, about 6 months before her birthday, that she thought that Nipper the RCA dog was really cute (there was a Nipper/Gipper commercial on TV at the time) and that she had seen antique ceramic Nippers in antique stores in downstate NY and wished that she would have bought one. About two weeks before her birthday I was wracking my brain about what to get for her and I remembered the Nipper conversation. I called around and found an antique shop that had an antique ceramic Nipper, after a 100 mile round trip, I gave her Nipper on her birthday. Huge success!

Hi all

I have been LMAO at all these suggestions, so funny...us men are crap at buying presents, whether Thai, european or other. We neve really know what to get do we, lets be honest guys, its hit or miss, we just all get ready to duck incase its wrong. Anyway, the first presents i bought my girl in LOS was a pair of hair staighteners, she did ask for those, plus chocolates and perfume, i had no idea of what to get for either, so guessed and hoped, like i have with every woman. Well it turned out ok, the perfume i got was a set of miniture 5 perfumes, got away with it and she was happy, but i was honest and told her i didnt know, she laughed and gave me a big snog anyway. The straightners were well accepted until i opened my gob and mentioned wireless ones, she would have liked them better.....if they smile, shut up basically. Last time i bought her some earings from Littlewoods catalogue, cheap as chips and she was really happy, she loved the fact i thought about it.....This time in January 2009 when i go back to see her....Whoop Whoop.....come on LOS, i will be taking clothes, just a few tops for about £50, again from Littlewoods, if she dont like them, stuff her, she gets what shes given.....I say treat the Thai girls good, but dont let them dictate, they dont respect that. That said she does alright out of me, but she knows im not rich, she has asked me to get her 1 baht of gold, i have said no so far, she laughs and says please, i say no. She knows 1 day i will give in, but she will have to waite for me to decide, thats the way it should be, you wouldn't give in to a girl back home so easy , would you..........my dad always gives in to my mum tho...bless him, new kitchen, new bathroom, clothes etc.. and people say thai girls ask alot......think about it

Did I miss something here? I thought you said that she was your g/f, not your wife of many years.

I suspect that if you ask your dad he will tell you that your mum never asked him for anything before they were married.

Your mum had the temerity to suggest that THEIR house needed a new kitchen, bathroom etc., and you thought he was just being saintly 'cos she had no right whatsoever to suggest how they spend THEIR money?! And.....dear god, she wanted new clothes!!!

I've no idea how long your parents have been married but I suspect it's a very long time and the money is as much her's as his. How on earth did you grow up thinking that the money belonged entirely to your father who 'indulged' your mother in her whims?!

i was some what joking about my father having to buy a kitchen, etc.....my god, my father has bought my mum many presents and my mother lie wise......some expensive, some just a pound. How dare you even think that i was suggesting anything like what you have. You dont know me, my father, my mother or my girlfriend. You trying to get on your high and mighty about something you have nothing to do with....go away you sad woman....my parents have been married for 40 years and i know exactly why they have been together so long...Also some people can be together for 20 years and not be married.

Your abusive and inflammatory post has been edited. Might I suggest that a re-read of your post is necessary in that it might have caused a misunderstanding of your intent.

Hi Creole, well If you have her size approximately, I would buy her a lovely top from UK. Either that or a small bag from Monsoon. Don't buy perfume, it's too personal. Look at this and choose a lovely handbag or necklace or shoes - if she is a country Thai woman, yes gold. If she is an educated Thai - Monsoon

http://www.monsoon.co.uk/icat/accessorize

Edited January 12, 200917 yr by Nampeung

I really dont understand why people feel that girls from the countryside will appreciate only gold and nothing else as gift?

not saying they wont appreciate gold. maybe they will as they know the monetary value for it (but as said previously..what do you see as being the purpose of your gift?)

back to the non gold gift though - Ive given many many country girls all sorts of gifts. none have involved gold, and they have each appreciated it. the fact that its a bag (small, big) or wallet, or even creams from overseas, or a little piece of jewelry (costume jewelry..good design, maybe a very very inexpensive fashion watch) - has always been appreciated.

the choices are vast and varied. the reason I post again is because the concept of giving someone a gift with the expectation that they can resell it is just alien to me. the only setting where that happens is when a family member or someone really really close to you does it - hence the gold....that you can and will use it for majority of the time BUT, and if ONLY when you do face a tremendous challenge in life...you have the option of selling that gold jewelry to help tide you over (more likely pawned...so you have the option of getting it back).

call me old fashioned and naive, but thats the kind of country side mentality Im used to.

Hi all

I have been LMAO at all these suggestions, so funny...us men are crap at buying presents, whether Thai, european or other. We neve really know what to get do we, lets be honest guys, its hit or miss, we just all get ready to duck incase its wrong. Anyway, the first presents i bought my girl in LOS was a pair of hair staighteners, she did ask for those, plus chocolates and perfume, i had no idea of what to get for either, so guessed and hoped, like i have with every woman. Well it turned out ok, the perfume i got was a set of miniture 5 perfumes, got away with it and she was happy, but i was honest and told her i didnt know, she laughed and gave me a big snog anyway. The straightners were well accepted until i opened my gob and mentioned wireless ones, she would have liked them better.....if they smile, shut up basically. Last time i bought her some earings from Littlewoods catalogue, cheap as chips and she was really happy, she loved the fact i thought about it.....This time in January 2009 when i go back to see her....Whoop Whoop.....come on LOS, i will be taking clothes, just a few tops for about £50, again from Littlewoods, if she dont like them, stuff her, she gets what shes given.....I say treat the Thai girls good, but dont let them dictate, they dont respect that. That said she does alright out of me, but she knows im not rich, she has asked me to get her 1 baht of gold, i have said no so far, she laughs and says please, i say no. She knows 1 day i will give in, but she will have to waite for me to decide, thats the way it should be, you wouldn't give in to a girl back home so easy , would you..........my dad always gives in to my mum tho...bless him, new kitchen, new bathroom, clothes etc.. and people say thai girls ask alot......think about it

Did I miss something here? I thought you said that she was your g/f, not your wife of many years.

I suspect that if you ask your dad he will tell you that your mum never asked him for anything before they were married.

Your mum had the temerity to suggest that THEIR house needed a new kitchen, bathroom etc., and you thought he was just being saintly 'cos she had no right whatsoever to suggest how they spend THEIR money?! And.....dear god, she wanted new clothes!!!

I've no idea how long your parents have been married but I suspect it's a very long time and the money is as much her's as his. How on earth did you grow up thinking that the money belonged entirely to your father who 'indulged' your mother in her whims?!

i was some what joking about my father having to buy a kitchen, etc.....my god, my father has bought my mum many presents and my mother lie wise......some expensive, some just a pound. How dare you even think that i was suggesting anything like what you have. You dont know me, my father, my mother or my girlfriend. You trying to get on your high and mighty about something you have nothing to do with....go away you sad woman....my parents have been married for 40 years and i know exactly why they have been together so long...Also some people can be together for 20 years and not be married.

I apologise if I misunderstood your post, but there was nothing in it to indicate that you were joking!

The final comment after commenting on your father having to buy a kitchen etc. - "and people say thai girls ask alot......think about it", made it sound as if you were serious.

Once again, I apologise if I misunderstood, but what do you mean by "I was some what joking"?

Incidentally I've no idea what you think I was suggesting about your family!! I may cast some aspersions on the motives of your Thai g/f (who is asking for gold!) - but certainly not your family! If you read my post properly you will realise that I was saying that I have no doubt your parents were entirely without any financial motive in their relationship and that your mother certainly never asked for anything!

Edited January 12, 200917 yr by F1fanatic

Hi all

I have been LMAO at all these suggestions, so funny...us men are crap at buying presents, whether Thai, european or other. We neve really know what to get do we, lets be honest guys, its hit or miss, we just all get ready to duck incase its wrong. Anyway, the first presents i bought my girl in LOS was a pair of hair staighteners, she did ask for those, plus chocolates and perfume, i had no idea of what to get for either, so guessed and hoped, like i have with every woman. Well it turned out ok, the perfume i got was a set of miniture 5 perfumes, got away with it and she was happy, but i was honest and told her i didnt know, she laughed and gave me a big snog anyway. The straightners were well accepted until i opened my gob and mentioned wireless ones, she would have liked them better.....if they smile, shut up basically. Last time i bought her some earings from Littlewoods catalogue, cheap as chips and she was really happy, she loved the fact i thought about it.....This time in January 2009 when i go back to see her....Whoop Whoop.....come on LOS, i will be taking clothes, just a few tops for about £50, again from Littlewoods, if she dont like them, stuff her, she gets what shes given.....I say treat the Thai girls good, but dont let them dictate, they dont respect that. That said she does alright out of me, but she knows im not rich, she has asked me to get her 1 baht of gold, i have said no so far, she laughs and says please, i say no. She knows 1 day i will give in, but she will have to waite for me to decide, thats the way it should be, you wouldn't give in to a girl back home so easy , would you..........my dad always gives in to my mum tho...bless him, new kitchen, new bathroom, clothes etc.. and people say thai girls ask alot......think about it

I love these posts that assume all thai women are the same and that you can use the same methods to train a thai woman that you would use on a dog. Your experience is exactly that and useless when applied to the infinite variety of women in thailand. Us men aint all crap at buying presents either. Neither are you, she liked them didn't she?