manxninja Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Just Been to a house party with the British husband of a thai lady. Why to Brits and other nationals feel the need to dress up in Thai traditional clothes when having a Thai get together. Does it give them a belief they are accepted as thai, all very bizarre, these people usually impress the other guests with their thai language, nothing wrong with that of course, but I'm just there for the beer not to listen to piss stains bore me with stories of how they me their wife in a university. Anyway to return to the question would you dress up in thai traditional thai clothes if your a Man for an informal get together. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mad mary Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Can't believe you're arsed TBH ! Did you bother to ask the fella why he was dressed that way? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sustento Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 What do you mean by traditional dress? A pakomah and flip flops? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAD Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Be happy you got an invite! Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
downtown Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 never heard of it. quite bizarre. a string vest for the englishman it is then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAJIC Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I have been to many English/Thai Parties,and have never seen anyone dress in any way other than casual,which would fit in anywhere. Apart from one guy who spent some time time in Pataya, 20 stone and wore some flowing multi coloured top,straight out of the mystical seventies! but i'm not counting him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bkkjames Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 I notice from time to time the odd farang in public wearing what appears be a big scarf (but I mean big) of different colours around his neck like he just got married or something? Imagine a inner tube made of colourful cloth wrapped around your neck. Don't think it has anything to do with the cold weather although might come in handy in the current environment. Sorry this is not in the UK, maybe they do that there too. I know I should probably know this after being here so long but couldn't really get up the courage to ask somebody if they lost a bet or something while keeping a straight face. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wayned Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Tank top, ripped and torn jeans and flip flops! Sounds comfortable to me! 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soihok Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Hey, that was me - sorry you didn't like my shirt but I do count. Thai national dress these days is a Man Utd shirt, innit? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manxninja Posted January 25, 2014 Author Share Posted January 25, 2014 Red silk trousers , open toes shoes and some bizarre thai silk shirt. Not really the norm in the uk in January while drinking carling. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DILLIGAD Posted January 25, 2014 Share Posted January 25, 2014 Red silk trousers , open toes shoes and some bizarre thai silk shirt. Not really the norm in the uk in January while drinking carling.Maybe he"s running away to join a Circus ?Sent from my iPhone using Thaivisa Connect Thailand mobile app 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeverSure Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Wife beater, shorts, flip flops, big gut, lots of tats and a bar girl on his arm. He should fit right in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeavyDrinker Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 I just sit on the couch in my undies, quacking out sharp but rank farts, while the video version of how I met my wife plays repeatedly on a loop just to pee off whining, ungrateful guests who can't be mithered to put on their traditional Thai gear as requested in the invitation 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sam sen Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 it was a fancy dress party! didn't you read the invite? anyway... would you let your guests decide/question what you chose to wear at your own party? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post rgs2001uk Posted January 26, 2014 Popular Post Share Posted January 26, 2014 Its been my experience most of them are Billy No Mates losers. The only friends they have are other guys married to Thais who themselves are Billy No Mates losers. these people usually impress the other guests with their thai language Believe me I have met very few who can actually string a sentence together in Thai, their language skills suck for the most part. but I'm just there for the beer not to listen to piss stains bore me with stories They live in some sort of parallel universe to us, no mates in the UK and all trying to figure out a way to get over to Thailand and "live the dream" (whatever that may be). how they me their wife in a university. LOL, yes thats one way of putting it. would you dress up in thai traditional thai clothes if your a Man for an informal get together. No, for the simple reason I stopped attending these events years ago. Nothing more than a pissing contest, who has the biggest farang mansion in Issan, who owns the most land, etc etc etc. To the decent guys I have offended (yes I know there a few out there) sorry, but I cant be doing with it all, these events are best avoided like the plague. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
plachon Posted January 26, 2014 Share Posted January 26, 2014 Yes, why not? Getting on my pakoma, sua morhom and flip-flops is my idea of comfy evening wear, and just hope the host knows how to make ping gai and somtam.saep lai lai. You usually have to put up with these terrible chavs, looking like they are straight out of Pattaya in their Singha singlets and muay thai shorts who are only there for the beer and bore you to sleep about how they met their wife in a Patpong bar. Usually they end up vomiting all over their fake Nike trainers and passing out in the bathroom, but such is the cost of tolerance and generosity by the hosts for inviting all the people they know with the minutest connection with Thailand. I say, live and let live, whatever you or others chose to wear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nignoy Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 kin ell!! used to carry a pakamah all the time when I was jungle or bush bashing, makes a great hammock, but wear it in uk never happen!used to wear it when taking an oildrum bath in the 60,s,,the grandkids use it as a hammock these days, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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