james, you wrote that incorrectly, it should read:

Exactly Eek.. see below for examples of good and bad way to drink. Look at the size of those "pints"!

Maybe I'm a bit strange.I want my lady to drink what she likes. I have no problem if she wants a beer. I certainly don't feel it is not feminine. Kind of like saying that if she wants a steak rather than some prissy food that she is strange.

My missus often needs a few beers before she will have s3x with me.

I have no intention of discouraging her drinking habits

james, you wrote that incorrectly, it should read:

Exactly Eek.. see below for examples of good and bad way to drink. Look at the size of those "pints"!

I can't confirm this but...

you know how a French gal holds her liquor?

By the ears.

I enjoyed a pint or two while in the UK but given the company I was keeping (totster, mossfinn and the scouser) could have been getting funny looks and never known it (note to all non English people, do not try scrumpie and do not try to keep up with a scouser!)

This should read to all non-english people do try scrumpie .....ooh! how i miss a pint of piss real scrumpy.

keg beer scrumpy jack....cornish rattler another messy head drink.

good old hang-glider

I had the good fortune of three wonderful young ladies come with me for dinner last Wednesday night, and a few nights since then, that was the first time. They are employed by this hotel, two of whom usually clean the floors of this room and carefully inspect the work I do each day with the bed, this desk, empty ashtray and clean bathroom, but one of these wonderful people has dressed the wound on my back a couple of times with iodine and a bandage, without any payment offered nor asked for, and that's just part of the reason I love her enough to take her and her friends out for a meal at my usual restaurant any time they have the time.

They have proven themselves not to be high-maintenance bhy generally drinking water with their economical feeds of rice with the right meat and veg and spices of their choices, but each evening, it has a great pleasure to get the check-bin after each of my friends are actually so in tune with my own drink of beer chang, that they share a glass of that same beer with be at the end of each dinner, not because they necessarily like the flavour like I do, but out of politeness to drink a single glass of beer as a way of going along with me, and I can't put into words how much respect I have for these people who respect me enough (as a token gesture for a cheap charlie who can hardly walk from the table to his motorbike) to drink a glass the same beer with a smile and a 'chon gao' because that's what I do.

I reckon these things are more about their good-heartedness and manners, but I admire their ability to drink that beer as a last drink at the end of a good night.

Which just goes to prove that any Thai woman (who drinks beer to make the farang happy) is not unfeminine. They'll drink whatever you want.

You're missing the point - the thread is about whether women who drink beer as a choice are unfeminine.

Personally, I really miss Guinness. And, none of the men I knew thought I was unfeminine to drink it - they were impressed!

Which just goes to prove that any Thai woman (who drinks beer to make the farang happy) is not unfeminine. They'll drink whatever you want.

You're missing the point - the thread is about whether women who drink beer as a choice are unfeminine.

Personally, I really miss Guinness. And, none of the men I knew thought I was unfeminine to drink it - they were impressed!

I buy them each one of those little blue cardy-plast boxes of Lactasoy every day at the 711 as 'kanom' of my choice, after some experimentations with Birdy coffee and Oishi and others, but the staff at the 711 fully understand that I am buying soymilk drinks for my friends, because even they know that drinking unfermented soy leads us X-chromosome deficit persons to significantly unmasculine disorders. I don't drink it with them, but I still buy it for them. Do you think I should refuse to pay the restaurant tomorrow night?

What choice have decent people got in rocket science like this?

Sean...you do make me chuckle

Sean...you do make me chuckle

He makes me laugh too.

So let's repeat his previous post to give us all a good laugh :-

"I had the good fortune of three wonderful young ladies come with me for dinner last Wednesday night, and a few nights since then, that was the first time. They are employed by this hotel, two of whom usually clean the floors of this room and carefully inspect the work I do each day with the bed, this desk, empty ashtray and clean bathroom, but one of these wonderful people has dressed the wound on my back a couple of times with iodine and a bandage, without any payment offered nor asked for, and that's just part of the reason I love her enough to take her and her friends out for a meal at my usual restaurant any time they have the time.

They have proven themselves not to be high-maintenance bhy generally drinking water with their economical feeds of rice with the right meat and veg and spices of their choices, but each evening, it has a great pleasure to get the check-bin after each of my friends are actually so in tune with my own drink of beer chang, that they share a glass of that same beer with be at the end of each dinner, not because they necessarily like the flavour like I do, but out of politeness to drink a single glass of beer as a way of going along with me, and I can't put into words how much respect I have for these people who respect me enough (as a token gesture for a cheap charlie who can hardly walk from the table to his motorbike) to drink a glass the same beer with a smile and a 'chon gao' because that's what I do.

I reckon these things are more about their good-heartedness and manners, but I admire their ability to drink that beer as a last drink at the end of a good night."

Sooo funny!

So, basically, it's ok for men to get drunk but not women?? I feel a feminazi moment coming on...........

Yer allowed your feminazi moment, Patsycat.

I don't like to see ANYONE get drunk... male or female. It's not flattering to either gender. But, there's a huge difference between being slobbery drunk and just having had too much to drink. I was with two lovely ladies last night who openly admitted to being "Mao mak ma". But, from their demeanour they certainly didn't look drunk. I frankly don't care WHAT beverage a woman chooses to drink. It's all the same to me.

But, a person really should know and understand what happens to themselves when they've had too much to drink. Some who drink too much get silly, others become happy and talk too much, still others get maudlin or morose, but a few can get down right mean and nasty when they've had too much.

Some who drink too much get silly, others become happy and talk too much, still others get maudlin or morose, but a few can get down right mean and nasty when they've had too much.

I've found with enough practice, it's possible to do all of that in one boozing session.

In vinos veritos - there is truth in wine.

Little bit of a side-topic

Although i have read people saying that there are drunken Thais out there, personally thats not been my experience. I have found it refreshing that I rarely see blind drunkenness. Certainly far from what i used to see in the UK anyway. Even those who drink, its usually a drink or two, and not some mission to down as many units as possible. Being in company that likes to have a drink or two or three, is far different from being in company that end up with slurred speech and cant keep their focus. I get the impression that its considered not cool here, whereas in the west, its often thought of as cool and funny and comradery to be totally hammered and passing out.

Little bit of a side-topic

Although i have read people saying that there are drunken Thais out there, personally thats not been my experience. I have found it refreshing that I rarely see blind drunkenness. Certainly far from what i used to see in the UK anyway. Even those who drink, its usually a drink or two, and not some mission to down as many units as possible. Being in company that likes to have a drink or two or three, is far different from being in company that end up with slurred speech and cant keep their focus. I get the impression that its considered not cool here, whereas in the west, its often thought of as cool and funny and comradery to be totally hammered and passing out.

I've seen plenty of drunk Thais, but usually it is at funerals or similar 'parties' where the alcohol is free. Admittedly I don't see as much of the extreme drunken behaviour that you get in the UK (in particular, but not exclusively). Thais generally seem to be happy drunks rather than aggressive ones.

My wife will have a beer sometimes, but usually with S'pite. To be honest, it's the next day effect that is more unattractive, for male or female.

Our preference is for a couple of bottles of wine, which get's both of us very merry and has only limited after effects (except perhaps later liver damage!)

I've seen a few blind drunks but then those guys are blind drunk all the time. A cousin in law's husband died of cirrhosis of the liver cause he was blind drunk all the time.

But, here I sit, having a beer.

But, here I sit, having a beer.

Me too !

Totster

me three

I am gonna go for another one right now. I am sure I will look very unfeminine while at it too.

"at it"!!

i think i should go for a beer also

My best European lady friend can drink beer more than me and she is sure as feminine as any girl not drinking, or drinking.

And Thailand is changing, at least in Bangkok, go to Tawandeng on Rama 3 in Bangkok, and you'll see a lot of Thai ladies drinking beer and well, being as feminine as they were before drinking.

And very often more...

Edited February 26, 201016 yr by eurasianthai

Enjoy your beers all!

I've seen a few blind drunks but then those guys are blind drunk all the time. A cousin in law's husband died of cirrhosis of the liver cause he was blind drunk all the time.

But, here I sit, having a beer.

I met a blind drunk with a missing arm, on his way to the pub. I had to help him across the road, due to his unsightedness.

Its funny how we recall these stories, and yet thinking on it, I'm not certain he was drunk, as he was on his way to the pub, and it was still light. Maybe he was mentally handicapped as well; and I have a recollection of a limp as well; I forget - it was nigh on twenty years ago. Anyway, I remember thinking 'now there's a man with good reasons to drink; but it'll not help him grow another arm or recover his sight.'

- back on topic -

Some of the Thai ladies that I know who drink beer use a small glass and plenty of ice. Which makes a lot of sense to me...I believe that a top up with lemonade would make the drink more attractive to a lot of ladies who have a sweet tooth. The ice probably also helps precipitate out the gas, and thus reduces belching, which, although wildly entertaining, is often seen as unfeminine.

SC

dressed the wound on my back a couple of times with iodine and a bandage,

Hope your wound gets better, mate. Maybe she could try dressing your wound and mouth with Chang.

I had the good fortune of three wonderful young ladies come with me for dinner last Wednesday night, and a few nights since then, that was the first time. They are employed by this hotel, two of whom usually clean the floors of this room and carefully inspect the work I do each day with the bed, this desk, empty ashtray and clean bathroom, but one of these wonderful people has dressed the wound on my back a couple of times with iodine and a bandage, without any payment offered nor asked for, and that's just part of the reason I love her enough to take her and her friends out for a meal at my usual restaurant any time they have the time.

They have proven themselves not to be high-maintenance bhy generally drinking water with their economical feeds of rice with the right meat and veg and spices of their choices, but each evening, it has a great pleasure to get the check-bin after each of my friends are actually so in tune with my own drink of beer chang, that they share a glass of that same beer with be at the end of each dinner, not because they necessarily like the flavour like I do, but out of politeness to drink a single glass of beer as a way of going along with me, and I can't put into words how much respect I have for these people who respect me enough (as a token gesture for a cheap charlie who can hardly walk from the table to his motorbike) to drink a glass the same beer with a smile and a 'chon gao' because that's what I do.

I reckon these things are more about their good-heartedness and manners, but I admire their ability to drink that beer as a last drink at the end of a good night.

you really are somewhat depressing.