My thai gf is obsessed with her mobile phone and its annoying me

[Hans vliege]

My girlfriend did the same, when we are talking, the only thing was her mobile. When we have diner, every minut she look what her " friends" had to say. She had about 480 " friends ". I think she "talk" about nothing and rubbish, so I dumpt her, the best solution for that kind of behaviour.

[transam]

My girlfriend did the same, when we are talking, the only thing was her mobile. When we have diner, every minut she look what her " friends" had to say. She had about 480 " friends ". I think she "talk" about nothing and rubbish, so I dumpt her, the best solution for that kind of behaviour.

You were really fond of her it seems . She was the lucky one in the end eh.

[renaissanc]

Here is some advice from my wife and I.

1. If you're not married, dump her. Things won't change when you're married.

2. Beautiful women have high maintenance costs. Can you afford the costs when you're married (if you're not already)?

3. Tell her about the research into the harm that constant use of mobile phones causes. I saw a video, which was over 1 hour 20 mins long on YouTube in which someone was saying the tumors have yet to appear as they take about 9 years to appear. Then society will see the effects. It seems that a lot of the research done that shows that mobile phones and their towers are completely safe was funded by the mobile phone companies themselves. Anyway, I digress.

We hope that this helps.

[tubby johnson]

Buy a mobile signal jammer.

I bought mine online in Thailand. They're also available at Khlong Thom.

[masuk]

Yup, seems to be the Thai/Teen thing. Texting on a Zebra crossing, walking dead-slow down a footpath or in a store as they're texting, riding a motor bike with one hand and texting. it never stops!

Had a group of college age folk over a few weeks ago, and they all sat in the lounge room, got out their phones and off they went!

I've even seen them haul out their phone when sitting down to eat. Now in my day.......

[BuriramRes]

You could just happen to drop it in a sink full of dirty water & not notice until it is really f*****?

[neilf]

Bought my ex a sansung mini a couple of years ago @ 5000 baht the co. she worked for in ad sales patt channel said she should have for help in her job.

They were right and as a young staffed co. constant touch with customers via a variety of internet messaging services and fb was a good tool.

I put her on a contract in my name and said dont send new no. to ex falang bf bar part owner at punch and judy.

Well she did of course and then put a security code on the phone afterwards so in future i could not see what she had been doing

It got worse and a prominent italian patts restaurant ownwr became a special customer-----i looked at the bills the contract people sent to me.

In the end i could NOT ask who she was messaging

Could NOT access her phone ever

What a mess followed

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Edited September 13, 2013 by neilf

[sirocco]

you are an older gentleman and she is bored with you.

[beautifulthailand99]

"oh my Buddha help us..." the Buddha can't help us as he is in Nirvana beyond birth and rebirth - you can only help yourself or get some app to help you.There is no hope - we can't de-invent the bloody things and a new generation globally is enslaved to them. Welcome to the globalised corporate future. I was with my farang niece and her friend in Bangkok on Valentine's day at a restaurant in Rachada - all around us were seemingly well off Thai student couples on their dates - all seemingly non-communicating playing with their smart phones and photoing their meals and probably sharing the bloody things on Facebook and liking each other meals. Bloody madness. Probably North Korea is your only hope to avoid these damn things.

[transam]

show her this video

Think you mean show the OP the video eh......

[neilf]

Well she said i had to stop drinking so she was going to lose

But suppised to finish work at 8 at night and oh well tonight its a fashion show tomm a salon opening. Most was true but it helped her lies

The p and j guys thai wife objected as well

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Edited September 13, 2013 by neilf

[RtotheC]

Maybe you should try to talk to the girl about it instead of asking others how to manipulate her into not using the phone. 8 out of 10 is nice and all, but if you're not more interesting to her than the phone then if she stops using it she'll find something or someone else to entertain her.

[yveric50]

You can see that everywhere, it's a real problem but you have to make a choice, your girl friend with her phone or another one without. I am married with a thai woman and she received a new phone this year and we clarified the situation. I just said that when she is with me in a restaurant or for a coffee or with friends, she does not have to use her phone, question of respect and love. And it's work very well. I do think that if your girl friend is in love with You she will accept to stop using her phone when staying with You, otherwise it's nothing more than a flirt or a sexual and financial relationship. You can try to accept that but if You are looking for a strong and durable relationship, I think You will be quite frustrated in a near future.

[MB1]

For the most part I think that generation have limited social skills when out in public and use the iphones as security blankets so they don't have to engage in any eye contact with other bland mortals of the world. They'd be in rehab if you took their phones away from them for a day.

The above part of the OP I kind quite funny because in reality when people are on their phones either talking, texting, twittering, tweeting or facebooking their actually socialising, kinda ironic or what...

Edited September 13, 2013 by MB1

[GeorgeO]

Why would you take advice from an Internet source when the 'author' doesn't even know how to write ...?!

[giggles]

you may have seen that piccy of the gal 'sucking on a lollipop' whilst checking her smartphone ,but you couldnt post it here of course

[maximillian]

I'm waiting for the time to come when things like smart phones and television gets boring to the kids.

[lifeincnx]

Buy her a new mobile phone case as a present.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mobile-Phone-Signal-Blocking-Jammer-Bag-Pouch-/171070133920?pt=US_Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&hash=item27d49316a0

[maximillian]

Buy her a new mobile phone case as a present.

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Mobile-Phone-Signal-Blocking-Jammer-Bag-Pouch-/171070133920?pt=US_Cell_Phone_PDA_Cases&hash=item27d49316a0

nope, must be made of gold.

[redutedog1]

she is probably bored more sex my man will keep her busy maybe 555

[socksy01]

I thought I was going to have to take mine to hospital to have it surgically removed from her ear when calling or from her finger when texting. They take ten minutes to say what the average bloke could say to his mates in under a minute. They just keep 'rabitting' a load of sh*te but it makes them look important. At one stage mine had three all on different chords hanging round her neck. She probably thought it also made her look important but it actually made her look like a right 'shop front'.

[rotary]

Just backs up my opinion that Twitter, FarceBook,etc should be banned.

[BuddhaChile]

I once had a gf who was using her phone an inordinate amount of the time - in fact, she had one of those phones with 2 SIM cards (2 different numbers). As it turned out, she was getting calls and texts from 3 (maybe 4) other boyfriends - setting up appointments. In any impoverished area in this world where "survival sex" is a way of life, BEWARE.

[GuestHouse]

The OP should look on this as a good thing.

The first time he calls her and she doesn't answer, only to answer a few hours later with the excuse she forgot her phone at home/work/friends house etc.

He'll know for sure she's found someone else and he, the OP, will not have to waste any more time with her, will not waste time posting on TVF asking if the rest of us are cheating and best of all need not waste money hiring someone to find out the truth.

[rotary]

Buy her a VERTU phone. That will let her know you are cashed up. ha ha

Edited September 13, 2013 by rotary

[edwardandtubs]

Also, I understand people, particularly Thai people, don't like to be 'stared' at. So, what am I supposed to look at then in a crowded MRT?

Often it seems Thai people consider half a second already 'staring'.

I've noticed the exact opposite - some Thai people love staring and don't avert their gaze when you make eye contact. I consider it very rude.

[tomacht8]

Why blame them. They are connected with 1.000 other guys in the world.
So i try to conneted with 1.000 other girls in the world.
Same Same

Edited September 13, 2013 by tomacht8

[BruceSmith]

The two of you obviously do not have a relationship

Find someone else when you’re bored with the physical part

After all it shouldn’t be too difficult:

You did write : Its just hard because I know that I'm a perfect person and all that...

BS

[spidermike007]

Its not just girls ,our son never seems to be off the bloody thing ,when they are home from uni ,god knows what him and his girlfriend do ,all we ever see is them sitting around on their bloomin mobiles ,now when i was young!!

Well, it is partly a youth thing, and partly a lack of discipline. Yes, the youthful obsession with the phone is pretty ugly. And in Thailand the obsession with Facebook is out of control. Why the need to "like" everything your friends post? What does that mean anyway? Is there any relevance to the real world? Is there some kind of status with 35 friends liking your photos of Nakorn Si Thammarat? I guess this is something many of us "old timers" cannot understand.

[Phronesis]

My favorite restaurant in Phuket Town is has, as the bulk of its patrons, 20 something female students. I have, on numerous occasions seen six or so girls sit at a table together during the whole dining experience start to finish with out so much as a word spoken between them. Every sole is glued to their tablet or glaxy for the entire duration of dinner.

Frankly hilarious to watch...but disturbing on so many levels...