Thai-Westerner Marriages

[HeijoshinCool]

Always exceptions, but generally speaking ...

[villagefarang]

In my experience it is all about the couple and little to do with the location.

[HeijoshinCool]

In my experience it is all about the couple and little to do with the location.

Good point. I added option three.

[MrRealDeal]

Here is a 4th option and the correct answer ...... Staying where the wife wants to stay !

Men have 3 needs everything after that is a bonus ..... Food , Sex and not being nagged at

Women on the other hand have a neverending list of things required to keep them happy .......... the more you take care of on the list the more likely your 3 needs will be met !

[krisb]

Thats it?...1 question?....I can help with more ? if you like?

[marstons]

Mine worked best in UK other half was earning 70,000 baht per month for working a 37.5 hour week plus OT so i voted home country, as would she.

Away from her bloody family

I was away from the temptations of the devil.

Moved back to Thailand nearer to her family game over after 9 years, still the temptations are here

[pattayadingo]

Out of 3 back in my home town two lasted a few months. So I voted Thailand.

[Songhua]

Number three. Places do not make a marriage - people do.

In the last 22 years, we've lived in a classy residence in Bangkok, a resortish place in Thailand, a village in Central Thailand and five or six places in Australia across three states.

We've been through thick and thin, been broke and well-off and had our ups and downs - but our relationship has never çhanged' and we've never acted any differently towards each other (besides Mars & Venus issues!)

[NanLaew]

Out of 3 back in my home town two lasted a few months. So I voted Thailand.

But were the two failures from the same bar?

[Rancid]

Out of 3 back in my home town two lasted a few months. So I voted Thailand.

But were the two failures from the same bar?

So you change bars when they don't work out then?

[draggons]

If you're both happy and commited to the relationship it doesn't matter a hoot where you live.

[NanLaew]

Out of 3 back in my home town two lasted a few months. So I voted Thailand.

But were the two failures from the same bar?

So you change bars when they don't work out then?

Unless they are sisters, normally yes.

[thaibeachlovers]

Hmmmm, I went to the Thai embassy in London, and saw a group of Thai women obviously married to Brits. They were just like western women in their attitudes.

IMO if you want your Thai darling to be like a Thai, keep her in Thailand.

[rct99q]

I picked Thailand only because I don't think I could ever live full time in Europe or Canada again. To structured.

Cars are being built that won't even START if your seat belt is not fastened, the windows in the back are open (child safety), or take a breathalyzer, are 22kg overweight, have high blood pressure, can't see past the front of your car and on and on....

Last place I lived they had three speeds for a school zone.

1 - 40kph when you were within 300 meters of a school - they called it a school preliminary zone (fine $200)

2 - 30kph when you were within 200 meters of a school - they called it a school transition zone (fine $500)

3 - 20 kph when you were in the school boundary - this was the school zone.(fine $1,200)

Now I am all about safety and Thailand has a long ways to go to up their standards but the West has so many 'safety" rules in place of common sense I would find it very difficult to re-adapt. BUT that's just me.

[ScotsExpat]

I picked Thailand only because I don't think I could ever live full time in Europe or Canada again. To structured.

Cars are being built that won't even START if your seat belt is not fastened,- Noooo..... the windows in the back are open (child safety) - Really..??!!??, or take a breathalyzer - HSE gone crazy!!!, are 22kg overweight, have high blood pressure, can't see past the front of your car and on and on.... - I think you are just making these up now.....

Last place I lived they had three speeds for a school zone.

1 - 40kph when you were within 300 meters of a school - they called it a school preliminary zone (fine $200)

2 - 30kph when you were within 200 meters of a school - they called it a school transition zone (fine $500)

3 - 20 kph when you were in the school boundary - this was the school zone.(fine $1,200)

Would you rather drive at 20kph when within 300 meters? At least they are giving you some 'slow down' space.....

Now I am all about safety and Thailand has a long ways to go to up their standards but the West has so many 'safety" rules in place of common sense I would find it very difficult to re-adapt. BUT that's just me. - So, Thailand has too few and your home country has too many... So, now you have 'adapted' to Thailand, how will you re-adapt when they start introducing those regulations you say are missing???