Positive Stories On How Your Family Reacted On You Taking A Foreign Partner!

[phuturatica]

What are you guys on....she said it not me.

Read it again and absorb....

I said bought, not brought and missed out the R, typing error on my behalf. However it did look like you were being very disrespectful for a second then. Either way, it was a bad taste comment for something that wasn't really that funny.

[samsiam]

What are you guys on....she said it not me.

Read it again and absorb....

I said bought, not brought and missed out the R, typing error on my behalf. However it did look like you were being very disrespectful for a second then. Either way, it was a bad taste comment for something that wasn't really that funny.

I accept your apology.

Those other 2 guys can step up and apologise now if they wish.

[edwinclapham]

What are you guys on....she said it not me.

Read it again and absorb....

I said bought, not brought and missed out the R, typing error on my behalf. However it did look like you were being very disrespectful for a second then. Either way, it was a bad taste comment for something that wasn't really that funny.

I accept your apology.

Those other 2 guys can step up and apologise now if they wish.

Meanwhile back on topic please..

[samsiam]

What are you guys on....she said it not me.

Read it again and absorb....

I said bought, not brought and missed out the R, typing error on my behalf. However it did look like you were being very disrespectful for a second then. Either way, it was a bad taste comment for something that wasn't really that funny.

I accept your apology.

Those other 2 guys can step up and apologise now if they wish.

Meanwhile back on topic please..

I'll accept that apology also....1 to go.

Big boys find it hard to say that 's' word i know.

[edwinclapham]

What part of "give it a rest" dont you understand, now please move on please!

[BigJohnnyBKK]

I am very lucky in that no one in my family would ever make disparaging comments about or show disapproval of any member's choice of partner based on any preconceptions before they had a chance to get to know them personally, and any judgements later on would be on the basis of their behaviour as it impacted them personally.

Any life decisions my parents have thought idiotic were at worse commented on with "well I don't think I'd make the same choice, but it's your life of course".

All my family was very supportive when the mother of my latest crop of children went to visit, despite the fact that she's younger than my grandkids via my first crop. And they're never been ones to care about gossiping neighbors.

[samsiam]

What part of "give it a rest" dont you understand, now please move on please!

Who gave you the big stick ??

[phuturatica]

What are you guys on....she said it not me.

Read it again and absorb....

I said bought, not brought and missed out the R, typing error on my behalf. However it did look like you were being very disrespectful for a second then. Either way, it was a bad taste comment for something that wasn't really that funny.

I accept your apology.

Those other 2 guys can step up and apologise now if they wish.

Don't flatter yourself darling, it wasn't an apology.

[smokie36]

Excellent topic Ed!!

My parents were from the opposite sides of the Scottish religious divide with my fathers father being Grand Master of the local lodge. My mother's father gave the sermon in the Catholic Church.

I am thus seen as being very conservative in my choices.

[theblether]

I can confirm that....all dead....and I ain't that old just yet.....it takes planning.

Brilliant

[theblether]

My Dad met my lady last year and could not believe how gentle, respectful, thoughtful and attentive / concerned about him she was. My Dad took sick as soon as he arrived in Thailand, and my lady took full charge of him, running back and forth to doctors, hospitals etc.

The illness didn't prevent him from enjoying his holiday however he was in discomfort and pain throughout it, never a day passed where my lady did not go the extra mile to make his holiday special. He was shown an amazing amount of kindness and consideration above and beyond the normal by the hospital staff, hotel staff etc too.

He walked into my family home, sat down and said to my Mum that he had never been shown such kindness and consideration by anyone before in his life, and told my Mum directly that if it ever came to pass that I married my lady she would be loved as a daughter by him.

No higher praise can a Father give.

[smokie36]

My Dad met my lady last year and could not believe how gentle, respectful, thoughtful and attentive / concerned about him she was. My Dad took sick as soon as he arrived in Thailand, and my lady took full charge of him, running back and forth to doctors, hospitals etc.

The illness didn't prevent him from enjoying his holiday however he was in discomfort and pain throughout it, never a day passed where my lady did not go the extra mile to make his holiday special. He was shown an amazing amount of kindness and consideration above and beyond the normal by the hospital staff, hotel staff etc too.

He walked into my family home, sat down and said to my Mum that he had never been shown such kindness and consideration by anyone before in his life, and told my Mum directly that if it ever came to pass that I married my lady she would be loved as a daughter by him.

No higher praise can a Father give.

Great post!

Nothing better than confirmation from your own family that you have made the right choice.

My best wishes to you both...and if I should by accident fall ill in Chiang Mai.....

[theblether]

Incidentally my Dad is returning to Thailand this year specifically to thank the hospital staff, and hotel staff for their kindness.

Among all the Thai bashing that goes on in this forum we should take the time to recognize that positive stories occur every single day in Thailand too. Thais running down the street to give you your mobile phone back, or wallet back that you have left in a restaurant. ( it's happend to me and others ), I've seen Thais on their knees attending to farang accident victims, I've seen them go the extra mile to make sure that tourists don't get lost, are safely looked after etc etc. I've seen Thais pick up my broken down motorcycle and throw it in the back of a pick up truck and drop it at the local garage for repair,without being asked, and refusing payment.

I find Thailand to be a country full of small acts of kindness every day.

[theblether]

My Dad met my lady last year and could not believe how gentle, respectful, thoughtful and attentive / concerned about him she was. My Dad took sick as soon as he arrived in Thailand, and my lady took full charge of him, running back and forth to doctors, hospitals etc.

The illness didn't prevent him from enjoying his holiday however he was in discomfort and pain throughout it, never a day passed where my lady did not go the extra mile to make his holiday special. He was shown an amazing amount of kindness and consideration above and beyond the normal by the hospital staff, hotel staff etc too.

He walked into my family home, sat down and said to my Mum that he had never been shown such kindness and consideration by anyone before in his life, and told my Mum directly that if it ever came to pass that I married my lady she would be loved as a daughter by him.

No higher praise can a Father give.

Great post!

Nothing better than confirmation from your own family that you have made the right choice.

My best wishes to you both...and if I should by accident fall ill in Chiang Mai.....

You're not borrowing my girlfriend

I wouldn't get her back the way you found her

[smokie36]

Aw shucks mate...my lassie doesn't do kindness....but I love her brutal ways...