Do You Mix With Other Falang

[smokie36]

i have lived here for 8 years. i have farang friends and thai friends. Wow i hear you say, thats odd! why you you live in thailand and talk to anyone who isn't thai?

well, the answer is that i am happy to talk to anyone that is pleasant affable and equally happy to make my aquaintance.

If someone behaves in an unpleasant manner, is rude or offensive i tend to avoid them. I have no interest in their nationality, religion at all. I judge people on the manner in which the treat me.

Apologies in advance but am i missing something hidden in the depths of the topic?

You've forgotten to bring your prejudices and bigotries with you from your home country. Shame on you.

[carmine]

i have lived here for 8 years. i have farang friends and thai friends. Wow i hear you say, thats odd! why you you live in thailand and talk to anyone who isn't thai?

well, the answer is that i am happy to talk to anyone that is pleasant affable and equally happy to make my aquaintance.

If someone behaves in an unpleasant manner, is rude or offensive i tend to avoid them. I have no interest in their nationality, religion at all. I judge people on the manner in which the treat me.

Apologies in advance but am i missing something hidden in the depths of the topic?

You've forgotten to bring your prejudices and bigotries with you from your home country. Shame on you.

You know i really believe the thais don't give a dam_n if we live here or not as long as we are polite and behave ourselves. Seems fair enough to me.

[smokie36]

i have lived here for 8 years. i have farang friends and thai friends. Wow i hear you say, thats odd! why you you live in thailand and talk to anyone who isn't thai?

well, the answer is that i am happy to talk to anyone that is pleasant affable and equally happy to make my aquaintance.

If someone behaves in an unpleasant manner, is rude or offensive i tend to avoid them. I have no interest in their nationality, religion at all. I judge people on the manner in which the treat me.

Apologies in advance but am i missing something hidden in the depths of the topic?

You've forgotten to bring your prejudices and bigotries with you from your home country. Shame on you.

You know i really believe the thais don't give a dam_n if we live here or not as long as we are polite and behave ourselves. Seems fair enough to me.

I've even found some Thais are having a good day and some a bad....just like us in fact.

Amazing Thailand!

[brit1984]

I am confused by the OP's fear of people with the same colour skin as himself.

I am wondering how he manages to shave safely without looking in the mirror.

[Kilgore Trout]

Maybe we can start callin you "Somchai Bigsby"

[krobert6]

I am confused by the OP's fear of people with the same colour skin as himself.

I am wondering how he manages to shave safely without looking in the mirror.

Another idiot for the block list

[brit1984]

I am confused by the OP's fear of people with the same colour skin as himself.

I am wondering how he manages to shave safely without looking in the mirror.

Another idiot for the block list

You or me?

[giddyup]

Wrong post, sorry.

MAybe I should clarify.

When I say old falang I mean those know all's that have been there for a long time - propped up by a bar , had a few girls rout them for most of their cash and are nowbitter beyond belief.

I would like to apologize for any confusion I might have caused. My original post, that I edited/replaced with "Wrong post, sorry.' seems to have a life of it's own. The original post was written in error due to reading "have seen the odd falang" as "have seen the old falang" my bad. But, in order to play fair here is the original post discussing the "old falang" and how we are sometimes treated by others.

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You might want to consider your future when avoiding the “old falang” just because they are “old falang.” You too will be old one day and you, as is the case with me, might find it a little offensive and can make a decent man very unhappy. Personally, I am not a “typical monger.” I came here to retire and live a decent lifestyle which I cannot afford in Canada. There is a local bar/pub here in CM, a couple of kms from the party district, where a lot of falang hang out, mostly teachers and the like but, it also draws a few Thai. For the most part, a stop off during the week will find a few falang and an age range of 40 something and up, me being on the “up” side of things. I have always found making simple conversation easy in a pub, buy your pint and talk to the folks nearby, you meet some good people that way. Of course you meet some nutjobs as well but, life is full of ups and downs. All of that changes in this pub on Friday or Saturday night because that's when the younger crowd comes in. Now I'm not so old I can't remember my own arrogance of youth so I'm not dissing for the sake of it but, some of these folks are the most obnoxious dickwads you'd ever want to meet. I've had them sneer at me, I've overheard the classic “watch out for the dirty old man” slur, I've had them try to push me aside so they can mosey up to the bar. I might be in my 60s but I'm still fairly big and not particularly soft. The pushing usually stops with a disapproving glance, if it escalates, a stand up from the bar stool with a face to face might be necessary. Anyway, the point I'm making here is that if you distance yourself from other people strictly based on their age (edit: ethnicity) you are cutting yourself off from the occasional good human being based on a catch all dismissal. I've lived in CM for nearly a year and, although I've met a few guys I wouldn't give the time of day to after getting to known them, I've also met a few really decent guys, it works that way all over the world.

Agism is as common as racism and when your youth passes you will probably get to experience it too, it is hurtful and creates a sense of loneliness in a room full of people. Old is not a disease, it is part of life.

Agree with you a 100% I remember the first time I suffered an agism comment, I was probably about 58 at the time, in a trendy bar in Australia, when some young 20 year old buck full of p**s and vinegar called me "grandpa", and not in an endearing way. That's one of the reasons I feel so comfortable in Thailand, most of the guys I know, and in fact most of the clientele in the bars I frequent, are all over 60.