Adorable Things That Thai Girls Do

[Trembly]

Er . . . gik is a relationship status, not adultery.

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You must have missed it, we're not allowed to discuss the meaning of gik anymore.

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[cardholder]

who or what is a "gik"?

A gik is a regular contact for exchanging energy, fun and affection.

Activities range from simply exchanging cheeky text messages, phone calls, dinner, cinema . . . all the way up to but not necessarily including sex (I personally don't see the point in committing to the emotional responsibilities of gikdom unless it includes the option of sex but that's just me).

The crucial yardstick for a viable gik-relationship is that it is fun.

Claiming rights to exclusivity can curb the fun factor, which is why most sensible people engaged in gik-ing tend not to claim exclusivity on their giks.

Some giks are very open to each other about the fact that they have other giks, whilst others prefer not to talk about it and create an illusion of exclusivity whilst engaged in contact, physical or otherwise. When out in public it is common for giks to assume the role of a couple, but when they part that is technically where it ends.

It is OK for giks to playfully express mild jealousy (remember, "fun") but any serious claims on exclusivity signal an end to gik status, one way or another.

It is not necessary to have a spouse / bf / gf to have gik.

In the majority of cases I have seen the two go together.

Farangs would probably refer to the female gik as a mistress. Certainly, the financial expectations of the gik fit the traditional mistress role.

[Songhua]

LoL Trembly.

'gikdom' - definition : the act of taking up one's position as, and performing the role of a gik.

[Trembly]

who or what is a "gik"?

A gik is a regular contact for exchanging energy, fun and affection.

Activities range from simply exchanging cheeky text messages, phone calls, dinner, cinema . . . all the way up to but not necessarily including sex (I personally don't see the point in committing to the emotional responsibilities of gikdom unless it includes the option of sex but that's just me).

The crucial yardstick for a viable gik-relationship is that it is fun.

Claiming rights to exclusivity can curb the fun factor, which is why most sensible people engaged in gik-ing tend not to claim exclusivity on their giks.

Some giks are very open to each other about the fact that they have other giks, whilst others prefer not to talk about it and create an illusion of exclusivity whilst engaged in contact, physical or otherwise. When out in public it is common for giks to assume the role of a couple, but when they part that is technically where it ends.

It is OK for giks to playfully express mild jealousy (remember, "fun") but any serious claims on exclusivity signal an end to gik status, one way or another.

It is not necessary to have a spouse / bf / gf to have gik.

In the majority of cases I have seen the two go together.

Farangs would probably refer to the female gik as a mistress. Certainly, the financial expectations of the gik fit the traditional mistress role.

It is not necessary to introduce money as a factor in order to have gik either.

A purist would probably say that if you have to pay a gik to be your gik then you're really just paying for a mia-noi (minor wife), mia-gep (kept woman) or to use the vernacular, a mia-chao (rented wife).

It is not at all uncommon for cunning boys and girls to provide The Gik Experience in yet another permutation of P4P, although I don't think that this should be confused with cases where there just so happens to be a large disparity of personal resources despite the fact that there is a genuine exchange (ie. going both ways) of energy, fun and affection going on between two giks.

Edited April 10, 2013 by Trembly

[Trembly]

OK, back on topic!

I love the way my gik (whom I got to know when she was still at university) insists on calling me "ajahn" because I'm a school teacher. It's gone beyond an in-joke!

Thais are pathologically programmed to show respect to teachers and doctors by addressing them as "ajahn / khun kru" and "khun mor" respectively (among friends it often takes on a humorous edge) - and she is certainly very well programmed! She still insists on addressing me as such despite our being quite intimate. I find her ajahn kha-ing all over the place with a straight face quite adorable.

Edited April 10, 2013 by Trembly

[Phronesis]

Well, today my gik had some new lip gloss....MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...strawberry.

In my humble opinion, you blokes are spending way too much time drafting gik definitions and not nearly enough kissing 24 year old Thai girls.

Edited April 10, 2013 by Phronesis

[Thaddeus]

Well, today my gik had some new lip gloss....MMMMMMMMMMMMMMM...strawberry.

In my humble opinion, you blokes are spending way too much time drafting gik definitions and not nearly enough kissing 24 year old Thai girls.

I am so happy for you.

[Phronesis]

For what it is worth to those deliberating about the quintessential definition for gik...I am not married, nor do I pay any form of salary to my gik. However, I do on occasion pay for our meals...Oh and I also pay for the condoms...

[wellred]

What has any of this got to do with the OP? Talk about being dragged of topic.

I find it cute how they mispronounce words. And I don't try to correct them either as I don't want to lose the cute factor. On the contrary I talk back in baby Thai which seems to give them a sense of reinforcement that they are talking correctly. Everyone's a winner.

[krisb]

It's adorable the baby my wife made!

[muythai2013]

It's adorable the baby my wife made!

I second that, my little 9 month old is jumping on me now, attacking the laptop as usual, my 9 year old is getting ready for her school concert in wollongong.

I'm in heaven.

[Naam]

It's adorable the baby my wife made!

you must have done a good job too!

[krisb]

It's adorable the baby my wife made!

you must have done a good job too!

Yeah you should have seen me go Naam!

[Dancealot]

It's adorable the baby my wife made!

you must have done a good job too!

Yeah you should have seen me go Naam!

And its a hard job as well. Men are often left out of the picture during pregnancy. But all the pain and suffering and listening to all these needless rants of the wife should be taken into account.

Thumbs up to all the fathers as well!

[JLCrab]

Here's a theory.

Most Thais, being traditionally conservative wrt sexual mores, would subconsciously assume that if a single unattached person is regularly having sex with a person, there is some degree of commitment to the relationship.

Since adultery is so commonplace here the context for more casual physical-only-playful relationships is generally associated with someone other than your primary partner.

Those Thais living in circles with more modern, sex-positive attitudes have come to be more aware that some people may choose to live without any committed partner at all, while for the rest this would be considered an unusual or even abnormal way to live.

How about a diagram or flow-chart to go with this one?

[krisb]

It's adorable the baby my wife made!

you must have done a good job too!

Yeah you should have seen me go Naam!

And its a hard job as well. Men are often left out of the picture during pregnancy. But all the pain and suffering and listening to all these needless rants of the wife should be taken into account.

Thumbs up to all the fathers as well!

I'd call it emotional rants due to hormonal changes. Man they can be hard on the partners for sure. Yes your right the husbands mental state does get forgotten about. It's definitely not easy and definitely not adorable.

[SteeleJoe]

who or what is a "gik"?

A gik is a regular contact for exchanging energy, fun and affection.

Activities range from simply exchanging cheeky text messages, phone calls, dinner, cinema . . . all the way up to but not necessarily including sex (I personally don't see the point in committing to the emotional responsibilities of gikdom unless it includes the option of sex but that's just me).

The crucial yardstick for a viable gik-relationship is that it is fun.

Claiming rights to exclusivity can curb the fun factor, which is why most sensible people engaged in gik-ing tend not to claim exclusivity on their giks.

Some giks are very open to each other about the fact that they have other giks, whilst others prefer not to talk about it and create an illusion of exclusivity whilst engaged in contact, physical or otherwise. When out in public it is common for giks to assume the role of a couple, but when they part that is technically where it ends.

It is OK for giks to playfully express mild jealousy (remember, "fun") but any serious claims on exclusivity signal an end to gik status, one way or another.

It is not necessary to have a spouse / bf / gf to have gik.

Trembly my Thai friends are laughing at you...you obviously need to learn a lot more about Thai and Thailand. Or even better, get some Thai friends (and ask them to read ThaiVisa with you and laugh at the less informed Farangs).

But seriously, I was hoping you'd show up and comment. 3 Thai couple I had dinner with last night all said essentially the same thing as you (and in line with what I believed), but they don't post here...

[Scully]

Being single I tend to smile a lot at pretty girls 10-18 years my junior with me being 38. I always get a smile in return be it a shy smile or big welcome grin.

Do that in the UK for a week you would either be sectioned or put under police surveillance.

[willyumiii]

I love it when I see a beautiful Thai girl sitting on a motor cycle, using the rear view mirror to look at her face as she pops her pimples, they way they pick their nose in a restaurant, or suck snot up their nose, then swallow it rather than blow their nose...it's all so adorable!

It's also so sweet that they use a finger to clean their ass in the toilet

and use toilet paper to wipe their face while eating. I get excited just thinking about it!

maybe you need a new woman.

one with less pimples, one with some class, and one who does not let you watch her when she is on the toilet.

It's not my Thai wife I am referring to. She lived in the states with me for years and knows how to behave. It's the Thai girls I see everyday out in public places.

Did I mention how adorable it is to see them picking lice out of each other's hair like monkeys in the zoo? Saw two doing that just this morning in front of the local market!

Thankfully, I didn't see either of them eating the lice or lice eggs too!

[Sayonarax]

Well done to you for having a gik! I'm sure that's the sole reason behind starting off this topic..

Well done on your adulterous ways.

He can only commit adultery if hes married.

[FunFon]

I love it when I see a beautiful Thai girl sitting on a motor cycle, using the rear view mirror to look at her face as she pops her pimples, they way they pick their nose in a restaurant, or suck snot up their nose, then swallow it rather than blow their nose...it's all so adorable!

It's also so sweet that they use a finger to clean their ass in the toilet

and use toilet paper to wipe their face while eating. I get excited just thinking about it!

maybe you need a new woman.

one with less pimples, one with some class, and one who does not let you watch her when she is on the toilet.

It's not my Thai wife I am referring to. She lived in the states with me for years and knows how to behave. It's the Thai girls I see everyday out in public places.

Did I mention how adorable it is to see them picking lice out of each other's hair like monkeys in the zoo? Saw two doing that just this morning in front of the local market!

Thankfully, I didn't see either of them eating the lice or lice eggs too!

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The girls of my household are used to be constantly picking nits out of each others and my kids, and I do find it adorable.

I investigated the "medicine" shampoos and found their poison concentration to be way higher than what would be allowed back home, so consider the local method preferable to trusting Thai drug regulators.

Not really a big deal, even eating them since they eat all kinds of other bugs too. . .

[NanLaew]

It's adorable the baby my wife made!

I second that, my little 9 month old is jumping on me now, attacking the laptop as usual, my 9 year old is getting ready for her school concert in wollongong.

I'm in heaven.

No.... you're in Wollongong.

[Naam]

It's adorable the baby my wife made!

you must have done a good job too!

Yeah you should have seen me go Naam!

And its a hard job as well. Men are often left out of the picture during pregnancy. But all the pain and suffering and listening to all these needless rants of the wife should be taken into account.

Thumbs up to all the fathers as well!

I'd call it emotional rants due to hormonal changes. Man they can be hard on the partners for sure. Yes your right the husbands mental state does get forgotten about. It's definitely not easy and definitely not adorable.

you boys! wait till your brides hit menopause which takes much longer than any pregnancy. and then come again and tell me about the hard time you faced during pregnancies. prepare for the worst. steel helmets, body armour, stun guns, baseball bats are just a few things you should think of to defend yourselves.

[petermik]

I love it when my GF says "teelak kha" with a naughty smile on her face as I "accidently" brush her breast with my elbow while out walking together

[NoshowJones]

I love it when I see a beautiful Thai girl sitting on a motor cycle, using the rear view mirror to look at her face as she pops her pimples, they way they pick their nose in a restaurant, or suck snot up their nose, then swallow it rather than blow their nose...it's all so adorable!

It's also so sweet that they use a finger to clean their ass in the toilet

and use toilet paper to wipe their face while eating. I get excited just thinking about it!

maybe you need a new woman.

one with less pimples, one with some class, and one who does not let you watch her when she is on the toilet.

I think maybe the woman needs a new man, someone who doesn't have a fetish for unwiped asses.

[NanLaew]

I love it when I see a beautiful Thai girl sitting on a motor cycle, using the rear view mirror to look at her face as she pops her pimples, they way they pick their nose in a restaurant, or suck snot up their nose, then swallow it rather than blow their nose...it's all so adorable!

It's also so sweet that they use a finger to clean their ass in the toilet

and use toilet paper to wipe their face while eating. I get excited just thinking about it!

maybe you need a new woman.

one with less pimples, one with some class, and one who does not let you watch her when she is on the toilet.

It's not my Thai wife I am referring to. She lived in the states with me for years and knows how to behave. It's the Thai girls I see everyday out in public places.

Did I mention how adorable it is to see them picking lice out of each other's hair like monkeys in the zoo? Saw two doing that just this morning in front of the local market!

Thankfully, I didn't see either of them eating the lice or lice eggs too!

OMG! A Thai girl with pseudo-Western habits... like squeezing her plooks, wiping her arse bare-handed and inhaling snot balls when her husband isn't around.

Keeper for sure.

[NanLaew]

I love it when my GF says "teelak kha" with a naughty smile on her face as I "accidently" brush her breast with my elbow while out walking together

Yeah... it's cute isn't it? Caught my breath the first time your GF did that with me as well.

Edited April 15, 2013 by NanLaew

[Star Dust]

Once upon a time I surprised my wife in the shower. To my astonishment I caught her shaving her "mumu" with my shaver.

I asked: "How long have you been actually using my shaver to do your ......"?

She: " 9 years, darling. Since the 1st day we met."

That's why the damn thing is always so blunt.

Muahaha.....

[thaibeachlovers]

My partner not only allows me to look at cute girls when we are out together, she lets me know when a good looking woman is around, in case I missed her .

Somehow, I just can't imagine a western gf/ wife being so accepting .

[thaibeachlovers]

Well done to you for having a gik! I'm sure that's the sole reason behind starting off this topic..

Well done on your adulterous ways.

He can only commit adultery if hes married.

From the OP I think he is married, but good on him. It's Thailand, live like the Thais do.