How to stop Thai wife eating SO much?

[Chittychangchang]

One for the weekend..

She's eating me out of house and home!

How do i diplomatically and without being hit on the head with a wok get my weekly food bill down.

No i'm not being a miserly scrooge.

We are talking 20,000bht a week on food just for her cooked at home.

She eats more than us all put together.

A typical meal is 1/2 kg of meat with rice and raw veggies, during that she is talking about having a whole sea bass fish for desert.

Jeez i knew thai women can put it away but this takes my biscuit.

CCC

[bangkokrick]

My wife is exactly the same mate. Nothing can be done.

[Songhua]

I wish you the best of luck CCC. I don't where they put it. My missus eats more than a Tongan rugby player and then does it again two hours later. It's 1am now and she's already talking about going for ice cream tomorrow.

[MB1]

£412 uk pounds at todays rate for her to eat per week at home , jeezus my heart go's out to you, and hers might just pack in if she's eating that much, get her stomach stapeled, it will work out far cheaper in the long run......

[poanoi]

I just put them on a protein diet

[Spoonman]

Bullshit she is eating Bt.20,000 per week.

[falkan]

tell her to get a job and pay herself for the food..problem solved!

[transam]

Bullshit she is eating Bt.20,000 per week.

That includes the extended family from all Amphurs.

[MB1]

Bullshit she is eating Bt.20,000 per week.

That includes the extended family from all Amphurs.

+20 soi dogs, 15 cats and 5 sick buffalo............Oh and I nearly forgot the ten monks...............

[Jingthing]

Check for tapeworm?

[GuestHouse]

If your food bill is Bht20K a week she's either buying from Selfridges and having it delivered by courier or she's buying her mother's and extended family's food on your bill.

The simple explanation is usually the right one.

[Phronesis]

Bullshit she is eating Bt.20,000 per week.

Total BS.

I do a huge biweekly shop at Tesco, including Liptons, Nivea and other western items, big bags of prime pork fillet, chicken breast, ribs, and prawns, four or five cakes and other treats from the bakery, and every sort of fruit and vegetable and I have never had a till receipt over 2,000 THB.

[maccaroni man]

The baht may be off but I am sure the op is accurate about the quantity of food.

[chrisinth]

"Jeez i knew thai women can put it away but this takes my biscuit"

Keep her away from the biscuits.............................

[MaiChai]

Probably a bit late now, but you should have been more selective in your choice of wife?

Apart from the health aspects of eating too much, would you want to be married to an over weight wife? I suggest you try and make her realize that eating so much is unhealthy and will ultimatly lead to health and weight problems. Most Thai women would not be keen on you looking at other women and you might suggest you may look for a new wife If she gets really fat... That should work!

I have noticed a number of Thai female friends are conscious of being over weight and thus not being attractive as a result. To my surprise they have gone on diets. look is everything in Thailand so is a Good angle to work on!

[NeverSure]

Do you give her cash to buy the food? Do you see the food receipts? Sure, she eats a lot but not 87,000 b pm. That's $2,700 USD figuring 4.3 weeks in a month. Almost $100 a day?

Have you considered a gambling habit?

[sustento]

Ghosts. That's the only way to frighten them off...

[benalibina]

That must be a lot of lovemaking between you 2 for compensation !

[tingtong]

if you stupid enough to fork out 20.000thb a week for her food...you deserve it.

if it is her money not yours....what do you care how much?

[MB1]

The baht may be off but I am sure the op is accurate about the quantity of food.

I'm more interested in how much toilet roll she uses per week after eating 20,000 baht of food per week...

[Neeranam]

We can live on 300 baht a day for 4 of us and 3 dogs. That includes 50 baht for my two kids lunch at school. Tell her she is fat. Take her to the doctor.

[Thaddeus]

Bullshit she is eating Bt.20,000 per week.

That includes the extended family from all Amphurs.

I have no idea why it did it, but I read that in a Geordie accent, and stuck wai aye man on the end....... I'm easily amused when there is only me to please.

[kyb789]

Go to Youtube and find Sam Kinison. All wives are on the 7 lbs a year plan. No husband will notice 7 lbs, but after 5 years, that's 35 f*&^^ing lbs!!

[MAJIC]

On that rate of consumption,which is a huge amount,you should watch how much money is handed to the checkout girl.or most likely you are feeding half the village,without you being aware of this!

[wooloomooloo]

It's not been clarified by the OP if the stated 20,000 baht was a typo and a more sensible 2,000 baht per week meant to be implied.

[Loptr]

Just tell her that you are going to leave her if she gets fat. Oh wait, 20k baht per week for food it may already be too late.

[justcruisin]

Nothing to do with the food bill.

She is ripping you for 16,000 Bt a week for playing cards pocket money.

If I am wrong you will have to dispatch here out the door for purchasing too much honey.

[krisb]

Chitty lives in the UK correct? Mine eats a lot more in Australia also. She admits it, foods better here than Thailand so she eats more. Since living here she's put on a good 10kg easy.

[stoneyboy]

Chitty lives in the UK correct? Mine eats a lot more in Australia also. She admits it, foods better here than Thailand so she eats more. Since living here she's put on a good 10kg easy.

I believe he is based in the UK yes,so it's quite feasible if he is shopping for Thai products in the UK then his shopping bill is going to sky rocket,after all it's extremely difficult to find certain products outside of the major cities like London and Birmingham etc.

The cost of thai rice alone is enough to make you cry.

[ThaidDown]

We can live on 300 baht a day for 4 of us and 3 dogs.

I should cut back on the dogs, eating one a day is plenty for most families.