Maids In Thailand

[WilliamCave]

Hi I was talking to my wife about maids in Thailand because I commented on how nice looking or new maid is.

My wife told me that many maids are also for the thai man of the family and are used for other pleasures besides maid service, and it happens in many cases more than not, it is why they like young Bermise maids my wife told me.

And some friends of mine also told me the same thing and they are thai, was woundering has any other westerner and thai heard this before?

Is is something like a mia noi live in is it?

[robblok]

I think she is overstating the fact. Im sure it happens but not as much as she says.

[tonititan]

Are you asking us for permission to hook up with your maid? Lol, just kidding!

[Spoonman]

Sounds like I need a Burmese maid..........

[boredinbangkok]

Haven't heard that one before..

[flowerman134]

by friend, you mean the drunk farang a barstool over? and by wife, you meant #21

[onnut]

Your lucky to get a good looking one, my wife chooses our maids and she makes sure they are not so good looking.

but to answer your question, it may happen but I do not think in the sense that your wife makes out.

[HarrydePotter]

Happends only to ugly/lucky men who's wife is bored of his lack of performance and his bad bathing routine....

[Heng]

My maids make 'Nu Hin' look like a supermodel. No danger there at all.

Year 3 and 4 university office interns, that's another issue entirely.

[Forethat]

I thought the idea with a maid was to make European cars more cheap? Or maybe that was the gardener? Or both of them? I do remember they have to be bilingu....trilingua.....multilingual.

[saakura]

There could be some few cases, but this is generally not true from my observation of thai society over 15 years

[GuestHouse]

There was a rather comic case in Singapore where a Filipino Maid took legal action against a family who had sponsored her move to Singapore but when she arrived the wife of the family refused to let her in the house and she was therefore, homeless, jobless and out of pocket for the cost of getting to Singapore.

When asked why she thought the wife of the family had acted as she had, the 'Maid' replied, "I think I'm Over Qualified".... The camera then moved back to reveal her "Over Qualification" - She was nothing short of drop dead gorgeous.

[Loz]

nothing wrong with a little hand around the....er.... house.

[bina]

what u are talking about is sexual harrassment towards someone who is usually not in a position to protest against the perp... hence, burmeses maids whose visas are based on the family they are living with...but im sure it would happen with thai maids as well, depending on circustances and in reference to the stigma of the ex pat /sex pat.... most of us here do not know what goes on in upper middle class or high class houses, behind closed doors, and unless u can read thai , and read the thai newspapers, if these cases get to the newspapers, we will never know the truth...

however,

im sure its more prevalent then we hear about, seeing as here in my country many filipina 'old people caretakers' have been victims of same... but being english speakers and having a supportive ex pat filipina/o worker community here, they complain... have heard stories of thai women here running away from their employers due to harrassment (extra duties traded for 'softer' work conditions)...

within thailand definately not as mia nois though... just pure sex on the side with women wo are vulnerable.... same as any other country that have younger girls/women as maids...

a mia noi would not be a maid. she would be maintained by the husband.

bina

israel

[chickenslegs]

OP - Your wife chooses a good looking new maid then tells you that many maids are also required to 'take care' of the master of the house.

I think your wife is giving you a subtle (or not so subtle) message.

[Heng]

Have heard of both types. The sexual harassment type and the two to tango type of household employment relationship.

[Beetlejuice]

Does the OP want a housekeeper or a gobbling teas maid?

Going rate for a maid/housekeeper that will oblige some extra services on the side is 20000 a month.

As for the Burmese girls with no paperwork that end up at the mercy of their employers and seem easy vulnerable targets for a bit of abuse, be wary because if you attempt to take advantage of the girls predicament and make her your victim, they have mates that will sort you out if you don't tow the line.

Edited September 12, 2010 by Beetlejuice

[IanForbes]

what u are talking about is sexual harrassment towards someone who is usually not in a position to protest against the perp... hence, burmeses maids whose visas are based on the family they are living with...but im sure it would happen with thai maids as well, depending on circustances and in reference to the stigma of the ex pat /sex pat.... most of us here do not know what goes on in upper middle class or high class houses, behind closed doors, and unless u can read thai , and read the thai newspapers, if these cases get to the newspapers, we will never know the truth...

however,

im sure its more prevalent then we hear about, seeing as here in my country many filipina 'old people caretakers' have been victims of same... but being english speakers and having a supportive ex pat filipina/o worker community here, they complain... have heard stories of thai women here running away from their employers due to harrassment (extra duties traded for 'softer' work conditions)...

within thailand definately not as mia nois though... just pure sex on the side with women wo are vulnerable.... same as any other country that have younger girls/women as maids...

a mia noi would not be a maid. she would be maintained by the husband.

bina

israel

Well said, bina. You pretty much covered it. None of the personal house maids I've seen have been attractive or young, but I've seen some pretty ones working in hotels. I highly doubt if many Thai wiives would allow a very pretty girl to work as an in house maid. However, it MIGHT happen if a single man needed a house maid.

I doubt if it would be much different than an older man hiring a handsome young man as an in house gardener, when he had a young wife that he left alone when he was away working in the UK.

[mark45y]

The issue is further complicated by fact that a lot of women getting out of the red light business find jobs as maids or nannies because of their ability in English.

Far from being disadvantaged abused women they are more than willing to make a little cash on the side as it is a business they know better than tossing salad or washing clothes.

Not everyone is lucky enough to land a young good looking hi so farang and move to the west or build a mansion in Issan.

Or the pension stopped when the older farang hubby died and they are looking for work similar to what they did which is basically being a caretaker to an older gentleman.

[random]

When I lived in Malaysia I had a filipina maid, live in, I lived alone and she must have been the most underused maid in history in the maid sense, but overused in the bedroom sense, we were friends before I employed her, I met her at a tea dance one Sunday afternoon and when her employer died I employed her even though I didn't really need a maid.

One of her friends however worked for a Sikh family in Ipoh, North of KL, she was employed specifically to 'look after' the husband as well as do the housework, she was also expected to 'look after' the wife when she felt like joining in.

I guess it goes on here in Thailand also.

[TheLaughingMan]

This is a lot more common than some of you are thinking. Cmon, just ask a Thai person, they will tell you all about the evil hiso men who use their maids for sex.

[canuckamuck]

To the OP: It was a test, you were supposed to say, that's terrible, I could never do that.

Thai girls never forget.

[bunta71]

After discussing this for years with my wife she says the only maid we can hire must be at least 80 years old BUT she has agreed with my requirement being that the old gal should indeed be toothless. Kinda like a ball game... you win a few and lose a few.

[nocturn]

I thought the idea with a maid was to make European cars more cheap? Or maybe that was the gardener? Or both of them? I do remember they have to be bilingu....trilingua.....multilingual.

you just cant let it alone can you? oh a woman scorned.

[elliss]

Happends only to ugly/lucky men who's wife is bored of his lack of performance and his bad bathing routine....

only happens to men ,

whose wife has a gik , and dont give a fck ,

and lives in the hope that farang fks off with the maid ,

so she can have a good face devorce . :jap:

[Rimmer]

Two Inappropriate posts deleted, keep it clean please guys

[Thaddeus]

Two Inappropriate posts deleted, keep it clean please guys

I thought that was what the maid was for.

[astral]

IME mia noi's are usually kept in seperate accommodation.

[Thakkar]

The issue is further complicated by fact that a lot of women getting out of the red light business find jobs as maids or nannies because of their ability in English.

Far from being disadvantaged abused women they are more than willing to make a little cash on the side as it is a business they know better than tossing salad or washing clothes.

Not everyone is lucky enough to land a young good looking hi so farang and move to the west or build a mansion in Issan.

Or the pension stopped when the older farang hubby died and they are looking for work similar to what they did which is basically being a caretaker to an older gentleman.

In other words, such a maid is up for tossing all kindsa salad.

[chickenslegs]

Message to self - Must learn how to post photos.

Edited September 13, 2010 by chickenslegs