Lost My Interest In Thailand

[Thongkorn]

Think I have reached the end of the road for Thailand. maybe getting to sinical, probly my age,I now start to answer back to ignorant Thai people, will not pay double pricing for forginers even though my wife is Thai. Been here on a six week holiday with the wife, ten days to go and been counting down to going home since the second week here.

The first thing that started me thinking , i dont want to be here amy more, was seeing a Thai man blow the head of another drunk thai man,and shooting another one dead in Songkran., it was in Sahmut Sakon, and on Thai tv. My wifes stroppy 16 year old daughter, and the wifes mother who thinks the gravy train runs for ever, thats just hit the buffers, The mother in law has two phones along with the wifes son and daughter,, a lapp top, and a tabblet that the mother inlaw plays when she gets home from work sits down and plays games on it till she goes to bed, while my wife cleans rat droppings away and washes every thing while her fat mother just watches, Tv and DVD players in all rooms, not bad considering they had nothing four years ago,again probly me being sinical.

I went to Pattaya for a few days while the wife and daughter had tinme together, when i got there i did not realise it was Songkran again after having 7 days of it in Sahmut Sakon.. getting off the bus a number of youths came forward i ask politly not to throw water over me as i did not have my phone in a plastic bag, i got F,ckyou then coverd in water, my phone is now useless.While walking around Pattaya there are to many ladyboys,a lot seem to be angry along with many ladys, there is a lot more Thai men there now that i have seen before, to many baht busses and taxis, I stayed in a place in Soy Metro, will not say which one,

i got a room knowing that my wife would be comming in a few days, when i went to the room the two chairs where both usless because they where brocken,after i had a shower i went down stairs and spoke to the manager about the chairs because this is Thaikand and i would probly get he bill, he was very understanding, he said no problem mate, there is a clue there which county he comes from.

No problem mate we are getting new furniture.not sorry i will replace them or i will knock some thing off your bill because of sub standard rooms,It seems even the so called falang want top doller for second class serices.

I kept myself to myself for a few days fighting off the ladys that worked there, I told them i was not interested, and i was not a sex tourist and my wife would be with me in a few days, that was it ,not one spoke to me or my wife or made us comfortable the week we was there. we would have stayed longer but we just left because of the bad atmospher.

My wife is a good wife and a person i dont think she realises that she is being taken for a ride by her parasitic family. I have heard all the storys before about thai familys, but i have told the wife no more of her money being sent to Thailand, her mother has a good job along with her son, both work in a Hospital. if they can aford two phones each, internet along with every thing else, One example i showed the wife was her mother spending 250baht on cakes coming home from work, after earnig 4oo baht for the day,

Ithink my rant is over, sorry for the spelling typing this late at night or early morning trying to break the monotany.And being dislexic does not help,

[Travel2003]

It was a good rant mate.

Try to do your favorite thing for a while, and hopefully you get over it.

Of course, also try to eliminate some of the issues which makes your life less enjoyable.

[stoneyboy]

I must sympathise with the OP,there are just far to many Thai men in Thailand these days.

Edited May 6, 2013 by stoneyboy

[cardholder]

If you do throw the towel in, can I have your user name ?

[itchybum]

If we find your interest, where do we send it?

[drumcool]

Understandable mate.

I would explain to you why your wife doing this but you wont understand. this is just how we are 'traditionally' brought up.

also you should visit different places in thailand where you get less tourist and you wont see them annoying people.

[StreetCowboy]

Cheer up, they said; things could be worse...

So I did, and they were.

[pinfold]

Felt like it for a while,but different. I do not go to the farm period,I do not lend or give the family anything,I do not want them near me,the Thai GF treads a narrow path I guess,wants money and works i give her money too so she provides,but there are issues that cannot be overcome, I do not immerse myself in the culture,not interested in anything about Thailand.,'cept the obvious. Might have to pay the GF off,but hoping the medical requirement becomes an issue and that is the shove I most definitely need

Looking forward to Living in Europe again,OK things are bad there,but a few places I would not mind living in

[soi41]

I must sympathise with the OP,there are just far to many Thai men in Thailand these days.

Thank you!! Made my day.

[smokie36]

Pattaya? With your wife....?

If that's where you go to relax then there is no hope....none at all...

[candypants]

so you married into a crap family, opted to spend time in Pattaya and Thailand is at fault.

take some accountability for your decisions, why dont you?

Edited May 6, 2013 by candypants

[Jingthing]

Songkran in Pattaya: hell on earth. No wonder!

[wooloomooloo]

Pattaya? With your wife....?

I read it that he went alone. Strange place to go with a particular attitude.

[smokie36]

Pattaya? With your wife....?

I read it that he went alone. Strange place to go with a particular attitude.

I wouldn't go alone in any case.

But for a few days OK I can understand.....I would have arranged to meet my gf elsewhere.

Just think on that issue the OP has made a poor choice.

On the subject of the family is a whole separate matter.

Can only wish him luck in the long term dealing with that.

[Eesat]

I think deep down the OP realises that his wife will choose her family over him every single time,stuck between a rock and a hard place!

[smokie36]

I think deep down the OP realises that his wife will choose her family over him every single time,stuck between a rock and a hard place!

Harsh comment but I can't help but fear its true.

[wooloomooloo]

Lost My Interest In Thailand

Touché... just lost my interest in this thread, amazingly. What are you doing living in abject misery?

[David48]

I was with the OP, feeling some compassion for his plight until ...

but i have told the wife no more of her money being sent to Thailand,

If you are in a relationship where she has some discretionary spend ... shouldn't she, your wife be free to allocate those funds where she sees fit?

Imagine if she told you no more beer (insert any vice you wish if you are a teetotaller).

.

[watcharacters]

so you married into a crap family, opted to spend time in Pattaya and Thailand is at fault.

take some accountability for your decisions, why dont you?

.

What? And ruin everything...?

[krisb]

Gee, I thought you lived there at first. That's ok, time to go find a new holiday location out there perhaps it sounds like you had a crappy time. Chin up, it could have been much worse. No injuries or accidents so it can't be too bad

[899cc]

After reading the op comments it's made my bad day not so bad thanks again op......

[Naam]

Pattaya? With your wife....?

If that's where you go to relax then there is no hope....none at all...

age old joke:

-i am going to Pattaya

-you dirty pig!

-no, not what you think! i'm going with my wife.

-you stupid pig!

[candypants]

translated from german i suspect^^^^

[Swiss1960]

Going to Thailand for 6 weeks and bored after two... obviously bad preparation, no plan what to do in his holiday...

Going to Pattaya during Sonkrang AND staying in Soi Metro... obviously no idea where to go and when to go and what to expect...

So OP: no wonder you ended up in the mood you are now... next time, I would suggest to do some pre-reading and planning...

P.S.: I spent two days in Pattaya during Songkran (18/19) with GF and daughters and we enjoyed it tremendously... driving in in morning before traffic jam started... new hotel near Centra Festival with all decent chairs... got wet cause that is part of Songkran... and even driving out of Pattaya was no issue on 20 morning... great fun for all of us...

[chris2004]

"sinical" - good one.

[transam]

OP, think your hols were ruined from the start seeing what you have been ''funding'' realizing how hard you work for your money THEN seeing what you are actually funding and how hard they ''work''.

But, you are not alone, l know folk in UK who send cash here for their kids who are ''drinking it'' paying for Uni that they don't attend etc. Again a but, farangs and lady are doing it here too, l know a few who are milking the ''system'', in fact my wife's son (17) goes to a farang school in LOS and cannot count to ten , and spends all his free time horizontal. Lazy, beyond lazy.

Sorry, your post reminded me of stuff I get wound up about.

[Pattaya28]

I feel for the OP.

Centre your life around yourself.

See your wife as an attachment.

Locate yourself away from the mayhem. Peaceful Thailand can be found.

Try enjoy Thailand warts and all.

It's a beautiful country warts and all.

Find your nirvana. It is findable here.

Good luck.

[candypants]

Lost interest, ok, just dont lose the principal

[SteeleJoe]

The OP confirms my very sound theory about the sort of people who consistently post vehement condemnations of Thai and all things Thai (even beyond the degree that one might occasionally be warranted in doing so) and serves as a PERFECT illustration of my oft used but irrefutable axiom about life in Thailand (or anywhere but perhaps even more here):

Choices. It's all about your choices.

To be more specific would be to cross a line that I generally try not to but choice extends not only to where you go on holiday but also what you put up with in regards to much more important parts of your life (which of course, you wouldn't have to put up with given the right choices!)

[transam]

The OP confirms my very sound theory about the sort of people who consistently post vehement condemnations of Thai and all things Thai (even beyond the degree that one might occasionally be warranted in doing so) and serves as a PERFECT illustration of my oft used but irrefutable axiom about life in Thailand (or anywhere but perhaps even more here):

Choices. It's all about your choices.

To be more specific would be to cross a line that I generally try not to but choice extends not only to where you go on holiday but also what you put up with in regards to much more important parts of your life (which of course, you wouldn't have to put up with given the right choices!)

Sorry, don't understand what you are saying. Yeh I am a Numnut, but try again in lay-mens language.