Hi, im a man 47 and im married to a woman from thailand, she is 44, we have been a couple for almost 3 years, she is from a family with good money and she have her own resturang,, but i help her sometimes,, we have a good marrieg and planing for her and her son to move to me and my kids soon,,, we talk everyday but like all thaiwoman she is special, sometimes phone is of and i think its more important for me to have contact then it is for her,, but... My question is... When i called today her phone was of so i called her resturang and her employed answer,, a man i know well,, but when he called for her that im calling, he didnt say my name,, he said to my wife,,"papa" is on the phone....what does that mean?, and i want to add that i meet her family many times and they dont want any money, just want her to move to me,, and everybody knows me there, so im not worried she keep me as secret,, but that word "papa" disturbe me.. So pls tell me

moved to pub. Ladies forum is for women in thailand not about women in thailand

How old are you ?

Given that Papa is seemingly a title bestowed on any male foreigner over a certain age it strikes me as somewhat strange that the OP has never heard/been called it before.

Maybe he is used to being called Hansum Man.

Sub flyover inhabitant methinks. Linguistic inconsistencies.

I went to collect a piece of registered mail from the postman with my 4 year old daughter and the chap asked my daughter if I was her grandpa. The nerve of the guy!

They call boyfriend "papa" in the Philippines.

Suspicious mind

I wouldn't worry yourself too much, it's quite common for a younger person to call a couple older than themselves Papa and Mama, in a similar way that if speaking Thai to you they would call you 'P'. The first time I heard a Thai person referring to an 'older' Western couple by these names I was quite shocked - but I came to realize that in fact it is a term of respect and endearment.... So I wouldn't worry yourself about it too much, besides, she probably gets referred to as 'Mama' by that same person anyhow!!

I went to collect a piece of registered mail from the postman with my 4 year old daughter and the chap asked my daughter if I was her grandpa. The nerve of the guy!

Yeh, know the feeling. 12 years ago a jet ski young operator asked my then 6 year old if I was her grandpa. The old jet ski operator smacked his head and winked at me.

At a posh black tie do I sat at a big table of 7 "couples". We took it in turn to buy rounds of drinks, When it was my turn I asked a guy what he was drinking and what would his daughter like - he replied " My wife would ......". He looked daggers at me the rest of the night,

In this case, I don't think the employee meant anything, other than "papa and mama" references. But, I'd worry if something like that made me suspicious.

When I came to Thailand,almost 30 years ago, bar-girls used to call me hansum man.

When I go now (much less often) they call me Papaa.

All my Thai family, (except my wife), and my staff, call me Papaa.

I just told Sam 22s story to my wife. She said that Paa also means "rich man".

I went to collect a piece of registered mail from the postman with my 4 year old daughter and the chap asked my daughter if I was her grandpa. The nerve of the guy!

Yeh, know the feeling. 12 years ago a jet ski young operator asked my then 6 year old if I was her grandpa. The old jet ski operator smacked his head and winked at me.

At a posh black tie do I sat at a big table of 7 "couples". We took it in turn to buy rounds of drinks, When it was my turn I asked a guy what he was drinking and what would his daughter like - he replied " My wife would ......". He looked daggers at me the rest of the night,

In this case, I don't think the employee meant anything, other than "papa and mama" references. But, I'd worry if something like that made me suspicious.

I don't look a day over 50

I think the main reason that most of the Thais I know call me Papa

is because they have problems pronouncing my name in English......

so Papa it is....and I have no problem with that .