Farangbah Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 First of all, this post is not to brag about how hansuuum i am. Most of you have heared the handsome talk many times before, although you may look like Gollum from lord of the rings. I have been in Thailand now for a while but don't quite understand yet why a lot of Thai women show such desperate behaviour. Yesterday i encountered something rather unusual at the immigration desk in Suvarnabhumi airport. When it was my turn to step up to the immigration official lady i heared her saying very handsome and a few other words to her colleague in Thai. I don't speak Thai yet but i do understand a few words, so i smiled and said thank you. While she and her colleague were joking it took the attention of two other immigration ladies at the desk beside it and they started talking loudly with eachother, saying you are very handsome to me. The colleague of the lady who checked my passport asked me if i would like to meet the young lady at the other counter later that day. 5 or 6 immigration officials shamelesly yelling from one side to the other how haansuuum the farang is, haha that can only happen in Thailand. I understand if a bunch of waitresses act that way, but immigration officials??? Turning from serious grownups into a bunch of giggling schoolgirls asking for my hi5. So what i'm wondering for a while now, does the word "handsome" have different meanings in Thailand? Is it a mix of looks, status and wealth that makes you handsome or very very handsome? It's like mentioning the word handsome is genetically programmed into Thai ladies. I'm 24, have a cream white skin which they seem to like, own a company, wear nice clothes but no jewelry, you can't tell i'm wealthy by looking at me and i never never never brag about my business or assets. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quiksilva Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Don't question it, or take it too seriously, just enjoy the compliment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
astral Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Don't you tell the girls how pretty they are??????????? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maigo6 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 LOL............ You'll get slaughtered on this forum mate. Just being 24 will upset quite a few, owning your own company and being incredibly handsome will certainly upset a lot here. I'm handsome too, not as young as you, but I do ok. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 First of all, this post is not to brag about how hansuuum i am. Most of you have heared the handsome talk many times before, although you may look like Gollum from lord of the rings. I have been in Thailand now for a while but don't quite understand yet why a lot of Thai women show such desperate behaviour. Yesterday i encountered something rather unusual at the immigration desk in Suvarnabhumi airport. When it was my turn to step up to the immigration official lady i heared her saying very handsome and a few other words to her colleague in Thai. I don't speak Thai yet but i do understand a few words, so i smiled and said thank you. While she and her colleague were joking it took the attention of two other immigration ladies at the desk beside it and they started talking loudly with eachother, saying you are very handsome to me. The colleague of the lady who checked my passport asked me if i would like to meet the young lady at the other counter later that day. 5 or 6 immigration officials shamelesly yelling from one side to the other how haansuuum the farang is, haha that can only happen in Thailand. I understand if a bunch of waitresses act that way, but immigration officials??? Turning from serious grownups into a bunch of giggling schoolgirls asking for my hi5. So what i'm wondering for a while now, does the word "handsome" have different meanings in Thailand? Is it a mix of looks, status and wealth that makes you handsome or very very handsome? It's like mentioning the word handsome is genetically programmed into Thai ladies. I'm 24, have a cream white skin which they seem to like, own a company, wear nice clothes but no jewelry, you can't tell i'm wealthy by looking at me and i never never never brag about my business or assets. ell, this begs the question; did you meet up with her? Or have you spent the last 24 hours thinking about it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post vrsushi Posted October 16, 2009 Popular Post Share Posted October 16, 2009 OP, piss off back home. You're only spoiling it here for the rest of us. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Farangbah Posted October 16, 2009 Author Share Posted October 16, 2009 ell, this begs the question; did you meet up with her? Or have you spent the last 24 hours thinking about it? Nah, imagine how dangerous it can be to date an immigration official. I enjoy my flings and if i date a girl it's just for a few times. If she's the jealous, ferocious type of girl she might inform her colleagues and get me into trouble next time i'm at immigration. So, no thanks hehe. I don't want to take that risk. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
toptuan Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Back home, in my 20's and 30's, the girls told me I was handsome. But here, in my 50's, the "guys" tell me too! TIT Edited October 16, 2009 by toptuan Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAWP Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 I thought this topic would be the usual cliché of being told by bargirls etc that one is handsome etc...so I was happily surprised by the left turn. One important thing in the OP, that I was already going to write when I clicked the link, is that girls that want you due to money etc will say 'handsome man' [in broken English], girls that are more honest will say it in Thai to their friend or to you but then not so obvious. (And ofcourse the well-educated fluent speakers that might have lived abroad etc, they would not use 'handsome man' to someone just infront of them etc.) But having friends of a friend tell her/him [in Thai] that one looks good or just overhear it happens a lot to some of the fellows here. Usually because the girls don't expect you to understand it [or the friend to re-tell it] and it makes them slightly less shy than the same situation if both was of the same nationality perhaps. Just enjoy the moment and don't fall in love with the first one to compliment or smile to you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jasreeve17 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Back home, in my 20's and 30's, the girls told me I was handsome. But here, in my 50's, the "guys" tell me too! TIT Nice. Keep up the good work. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkmick Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 toptuan...are you on the left or the right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 toptuan...are you on the left or the right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EvilDrSomkid Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 toptuan...are you on the left or the right? 2nd that! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gvallee2 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 When i used to actualy work 3-4 years ago when i was around 18, im fairly certain me and all the guys did this with pelvis movements everytime a pretty lady walked by.. When you work, there isnt much else to do.. unless you're an english teacher, every minute is crucial to count your satangs to make sure you can afford your 3 changs every friday Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 toptuan...are you on the left or the right? 2nd that! Funnily enough toptuan hasn't answered yet, so we still don't know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 toptuan...are you on the left or the right? 2nd that! Funnily enough toptuan hasn't answered yet, so we still don't know. Hey Toad, if he is the one on the left, are you interested? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garyh Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Do they call you Nah Ling also? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 A lot of Thai women talk about farang men if they think the men don't understand what they are saying. Who knows what Thai women consider handsome. It really varies with culture. Just be glad you have your youth and looks that are not unpleasing. It also helps if you are clean and well dressed. That stands out from the normally scruffy looking backpacker hippies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrtoad Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Hey Toad, if he is the one on the left, are you interested? No mate, I don't want your Mia Boy, thanks for asking though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 A lot of Thai women talk about farang men if they think the men don't understand what they are saying. Who knows what Thai women consider handsome. It really varies with culture. Just be glad you have your youth and looks that are not unpleasing. It also helps if you are clean and well dressed. That stands out from the normally scruffy looking backpacker hippies. true Ian. Recently some obviously short-sighted gals at this big manufacturing plant I was visiting did exactly the same thing to moi as I was walking by. I turned around and thanked them in Thai. blushes ensued. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanForbes Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 A lot of Thai women talk about farang men if they think the men don't understand what they are saying. Who knows what Thai women consider handsome. It really varies with culture. Just be glad you have your youth and looks that are not unpleasing. It also helps if you are clean and well dressed. That stands out from the normally scruffy looking backpacker hippies. true Ian. Recently some obviously short-sighted gals at this big manufacturing plant I was visiting did exactly the same thing to moi as I was walking by. I turned around and thanked them in Thai. blushes ensued. In a somewhat related way, I have funny story about Thai women talking openly about farangs. I was staying in a beach side shanty in Hua Hin with my Thai lady friend. There were 4 American lads in their twenties who were also there with their Thai girl friends. We were all sitting on the big deck over looking the ocean. The guys were talking football amongst themselves and their Thai girl friends were all talking and giggling together as women often do. All of a sudden my friend Kung looked at me with a shocked look on her face and I asked her what was the matter. She told me quietly that the other women were talking about the sexual practises of their boyfriends. They were describing in detail the size of each guy and what his favorite position was. The others were laughing out loud after each story was told. So much for discreet Thai women. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothertorres Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 did that dude just say he has creamy white skin? silly white people... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 did that dude just say he has creamy white skin? silly white people... now now, don't bring colour into a perfectly good trans-gender topic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anothertorres Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 s'all good, i too have creamy white skin. like a room-temperature butter lamb on Easter Sunday. yum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 s'all good, i too have creamy white skin. like a room-temperature butter lamb on Easter Sunday. yum. hope you cooked it first mate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixalex Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 did that dude just say he has creamy white skin? Yep. He also happened to mention that he is 24, has his own company, wears nice clothes, is wealthy... oh, and yes, and he never, never, never brags. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h90 Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 First of all, this post is not to brag about how hansuuum i am. Most of you have heared the handsome talk many times before, although you may look like Gollum from lord of the rings. I have been in Thailand now for a while but don't quite understand yet why a lot of Thai women show such desperate behaviour. Yesterday i encountered something rather unusual at the immigration desk in Suvarnabhumi airport. When it was my turn to step up to the immigration official lady i heared her saying very handsome and a few other words to her colleague in Thai. I don't speak Thai yet but i do understand a few words, so i smiled and said thank you. While she and her colleague were joking it took the attention of two other immigration ladies at the desk beside it and they started talking loudly with eachother, saying you are very handsome to me. The colleague of the lady who checked my passport asked me if i would like to meet the young lady at the other counter later that day. 5 or 6 immigration officials shamelesly yelling from one side to the other how haansuuum the farang is, haha that can only happen in Thailand. I understand if a bunch of waitresses act that way, but immigration officials??? Turning from serious grownups into a bunch of giggling schoolgirls asking for my hi5. So what i'm wondering for a while now, does the word "handsome" have different meanings in Thailand? Is it a mix of looks, status and wealth that makes you handsome or very very handsome? It's like mentioning the word handsome is genetically programmed into Thai ladies. I'm 24, have a cream white skin which they seem to like, own a company, wear nice clothes but no jewelry, you can't tell i'm wealthy by looking at me and i never never never brag about my business or assets. A friend of mine is fat, has red hair, a face like a pig and all the Thais think he is super handsome. So it seems they also have a different taste.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintofsilence Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 Take your hand off it OP you don't really think people on this forum are stupid enough to believe your crap. I think it was because your creamy white pie faced skin gave them a shock and they thought it was casper. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rixalex Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 A mate of mine has a hunch, a beak like nose with glasses perched on the end and pasty white skin. The girls here can't get enough of him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilsongbrown Posted October 16, 2009 Share Posted October 16, 2009 (edited) Thais are very free with compliments, unlike our more repressed 'tall poppy' western culture. In the ten plus years I've lived here, I'm always being told how beautiful I am, mostly, by the women but sometimes men. In shops, on markets, in immigration offices, everywhere, quite out of the blue. I can see on their faces they mean it and sometimes, just to break the monotony of hearing this over and over again each and every day, I tell them it's because I've been a life long vegetarian (gin jae). I do believe you are what you eat. Just compare the difference between organically grown veg, corn fed chickens and organic meat. Although I believe it to be a mixture of both healthy eating, genes, and a healthy attitude toward life overall. They have nothing to gain by flattering me. I'm a 57 year old English woman Edited October 16, 2009 by wilsongbrown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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