how many thai can u fit in a house?

[RT85]

short overnight stays of up to 2-3nights (MAXXXX) are somewhat okayish.. at the most i've had 2-3 in laws over... the real trouble is if they brings kids/babies... the mess.. the chaos...

and i never like the idea of anyone bringing a suitcase or large bag of clothes (a big hint it may not be 2-3nights)...

thankfully my wife (thai) also enjoys our privacy so she never suggests or outright supports any extended visits...

i must say i have double standards because when my family visit (non thai), i have no problems.. haha but hey it's not like they have their own homes to stay in thailand..

[maidee]

they can all sleep on the floor, they are used to it anyway

but probably will not sleep but keep on singing & drinking all night

[khunPer]

Check Guinness Book of Records – you may be amazed and realize that you will be far from beating the record...

On a personal level I feel little sorry for you with such an extended family visit for New Years party – however some may like it, and in that case I shall not show compassion – I think of the “horror stories” telling about that the host need to pay everything, also the tickets back and pocket money for the trip...

Wish you a Happy New Year..

[vijer]

None, in the 4 years I have been here, just lucky? Or maybe taking a shower only once a month has its benefits!

[smotherb]

Yeah, had 34 here for Thanksgiving dinner, only 16 spent the night; and my wife is not Thai. She is of Filipino ancestry; her brother, his wife and their four children are here, so is her adult niece--the adults are teachers. Our son, his Thai wife and our grandchild are here, as well as our daughter-in-law's mother, father, sister and her husband and three kids are here too--some cousins and a few friends also sneaked-in.

However, it was a family holiday gathering, and it was over the next day when the remainder left. I enjoyed it--for a while.

[seedy]

It's Family !!! What U gonna do !!!

Enjoy !!!

[pgrahmm]

Yeah, had 34 here for Thanksgiving dinner, only 16 spent the night; and my wife is not Thai. She is of Filipino ancestry; her brother, his wife and their four children are here, so is her adult niece--the adults are teachers. Our son, his Thai wife and our grandchild are here, as well as our daughter-in-law's mother, father, sister and her husband and three kids are here too--some cousins and a few friends also sneaked-in.

However, it was a family holiday gathering, and it was over the next day when the remainder left. I enjoyed it--for a while.

The filipinos give a new meaning to "full house" been to a few family gatherings of 100+ in the PI....asked if it was the whole family and was told that the whole family was about 300-400 people....not unusual to walk into a house and find 12+ people there.....really can be overwhelming for a kid raised by himself with a total of 3 cousins (3,000 miles away).....

Great Karaoke parties though in PI - (only been outscored twice in 10 years - once in the PI)........Miss that.......great fun.....

Thai families, in contrast, are smaller and more individualized units......

[Krataiboy]

If you don't put your foot down from the start, you're lost. Be tough now or spend the rest of your married life (which probably won't be long if the missus wears the trousers) wishing you had.

[herb59]

could 100. in fact 00.

[heionus heretic]

this is the first requirement of my not yet obtained thai wife: she MUST be an orphan with no rellys at all, at all

[khunPer]

Yeah, had 34 here for Thanksgiving dinner, only 16 spent the night; and my wife is not Thai. She is of Filipino ancestry; her brother, his wife and their four children are here, so is her adult niece--the adults are teachers. Our son, his Thai wife and our grandchild are here, as well as our daughter-in-law's mother, father, sister and her husband and three kids are here too--some cousins and a few friends also sneaked-in.

However, it was a family holiday gathering, and it was over the next day when the remainder left. I enjoyed it--for a while.

The filipinos give a new meaning to "full house" been to a few family gatherings of 100+ in the PI....asked if it was the whole family and was told that the whole family was about 300-400 people....not unusual to walk into a house and find 12+ people there.....really can be overwhelming for a kid raised by himself with a total of 3 cousins (3,000 miles away).....

Great Karaoke parties though in PI - (only been outscored twice in 10 years - once in the PI)........Miss that.......great fun.....

Thai families, in contrast, are smaller and more individualized units......

Thanks,

Reading that makes me happy

that I have a Thai girlfriend and not Fillipino...

[Gracas]

How many Thais can you fit in a house ?

As many as you want, SO LONG AS IT IS NOT MY HOUSE.

[Don Aleman]

12 naked Go-Go dancers and I fat ugly man, ( me ! ).

[Spock]

My plan is as follows. 10 minutes after they have arrived and i have said hallo and welcome i will leave for a friends apartment who wont be there in jomtien. My house is in pattaya. I will return at about 9pm to share a beer or two and then go back. I will avoid all trips to the market. I paid the sin sod about 3 months ago at my wedding and will remind them this when i have a joke with them and say "mai mii tung" which means i dont have money. Then i promptly go and keep returning and doing the same thing until they leave.

'Sin sod' means what? Never mind - bride price. If you can truly pull this off without ruffling feathers then your method is not without merit.

[Ws93]

The correct answer to the OP's question is an infinite number.

This is obviously your first time being exposed to masochism on this scale. You will learn much Grasshopper, but be wary.

Don't go anywhere near an MK or anything similar. Basically stay away from any food establishment with a menu.

Give your missus a fixed amount of cash (the amount is up to you), and tell her that's all there is to feed/entertain/cloth/buy gifts/show superiority with for the duration, and there ain't no more where that came from. She will (if she's got half a brain) budget appropriately and decide that dogfood cooked at home at 30B/head is a better option than a restaurant at 250B+ per head.

Be aware of the truck that will have an empty tank when they finally decide to leave and you will be asked to cough up the baht to fill it.

Remember that a "week" in Thai speak means as long as they are having a good time. Limit their enjoyment accordingly.

Make yourself absent when it's time to pay the bins.

Maintain a stupid grin on your face at all times.

Empty all your cupboards of anything remotely resembling alcohol.

Hide all your shoes and use theirs - always choose the best pair of flip-flops.

On at least one occasion, nick their truck and drive around for 2 hours to consume fuel, and then arrive home without saying anything. This is perfectly normal. Keep YOUR truck/car keys on your person at all times.

Beware when going out the door because you will break your neck on the huge number of footwear laying around.

Take every conceivable opportunity to pilfer cigarettes and whisky from the visiting tribe.

If you don't know the Thai for "what the F are you doing", or "don't do that", or "leave that alone", then learn it.

Best of luck Grasshopper - give us an update when you've survived the ordeals.

EDIT: I almost forgot the most important thing. Make sure your wife tells them the couch and the remote control are YOURS and when you enter the room, whomever is on the couch and is holding the remote will give you a big wai, depart the couch, and offer the remote to you IMMEDIATELY. The first time somebody fails to do so, throw yourself on the couch, grab the remote and change to an English channel while saying the F word repeatedly. This is similar to a soi dog marking his territory and will be instantly understood.

this is brilliant!

[Jimbob1]

The correct answer to the OP's question is an infinite number.

This is obviously your first time being exposed to masochism on this scale. You will learn much Grasshopper, but be wary.

Don't go anywhere near an MK or anything similar. Basically stay away from any food establishment with a menu.

Give your missus a fixed amount of cash (the amount is up to you), and tell her that's all there is to feed/entertain/cloth/buy gifts/show superiority with for the duration, and there ain't no more where that came from. She will (if she's got half a brain) budget appropriately and decide that dogfood cooked at home at 30B/head is a better option than a restaurant at 250B+ per head.

Be aware of the truck that will have an empty tank when they finally decide to leave and you will be asked to cough up the baht to fill it.

Remember that a "week" in Thai speak means as long as they are having a good time. Limit their enjoyment accordingly.

Make yourself absent when it's time to pay the bins.

Maintain a stupid grin on your face at all times.

Empty all your cupboards of anything remotely resembling alcohol.

Hide all your shoes and use theirs - always choose the best pair of flip-flops.

On at least one occasion, nick their truck and drive around for 2 hours to consume fuel, and then arrive home without saying anything. This is perfectly normal. Keep YOUR truck/car keys on your person at all times.

Beware when going out the door because you will break your neck on the huge number of footwear laying around.

Take every conceivable opportunity to pilfer cigarettes and whisky from the visiting tribe.

If you don't know the Thai for "what the F are you doing", or "don't do that", or "leave that alone", then learn it.

Best of luck Grasshopper - give us an update when you've survived the ordeals.

EDIT: I almost forgot the most important thing. Make sure your wife tells them the couch and the remote control are YOURS and when you enter the room, whomever is on the couch and is holding the remote will give you a big wai, depart the couch, and offer the remote to you IMMEDIATELY. The first time somebody fails to do so, throw yourself on the couch, grab the remote and change to an English channel while saying the F word repeatedly. This is similar to a soi dog marking his territory and will be instantly understood.

this is brilliant!

I think not just brilliant but it shows a "Master" at the game who has had a lot of experience here that could only have been obtained through practical means... so I am to assume a wealth of experience of being used is the reason for such astute observations that I must agree ALL make the best defence when dealing with the Thai family and friends ...

( I can attest to that with the wife having 12 brothers and sisters )

Don't forget the duck ... no not to eat but used as a verb ... Duck when you see them coming ...

[MAJIC]

I once stayed in an apartment block of one main Bedroom and a Bathroom for a few months,and the shoes outside the door across from me never went below 12 pairs. Now that's what I call economy. The room was 3000 bahts a month plus electricity! which makes the students across the corridor rent, 250 baht plus electricity!

I'm not going to calculate the daily rate!

[misterphil]

You say your wife's family is coming to stay in "Your" house and that there will be a small army for "Your" two spare bedrooms.

Obviously not "Your" house is it if she's dictating who's staying in "Her" house is it?

Get a grip and grow a pair.

[seedy]

I can't believe some of the feelings expressed in this thread.

They are your family ! Here for a good time, not a long time.

My house, my wife, my my my ...

Some have bigger issues than visitors I would hazard.

[Chao Lao Beach]

Get a lock on your bedroom door and make sure there is a bolt on the inside to stop the hordes getting in and ensuring some privacy.

Thankfully, Ive never had the family to stay in any of my places.

Put your stuff in your room, get a lockable door handle, even kitchen appliances, if can be be broken, they will break it.

[Lex Talionis]

The correct answer to the OP's question is an infinite number.

This is obviously your first time being exposed to masochism on this scale. You will learn much Grasshopper, but be wary.

Don't go anywhere near an MK or anything similar. Basically stay away from any food establishment with a menu.

Give your missus a fixed amount of cash (the amount is up to you), and tell her that's all there is to feed/entertain/cloth/buy gifts/show superiority with for the duration, and there ain't no more where that came from. She will (if she's got half a brain) budget appropriately and decide that dogfood cooked at home at 30B/head is a better option than a restaurant at 250B+ per head.

Be aware of the truck that will have an empty tank when they finally decide to leave and you will be asked to cough up the baht to fill it.

Remember that a "week" in Thai speak means as long as they are having a good time. Limit their enjoyment accordingly.

Make yourself absent when it's time to pay the bins.

Maintain a stupid grin on your face at all times.

Empty all your cupboards of anything remotely resembling alcohol.

Hide all your shoes and use theirs - always choose the best pair of flip-flops.

On at least one occasion, nick their truck and drive around for 2 hours to consume fuel, and then arrive home without saying anything. This is perfectly normal. Keep YOUR truck/car keys on your person at all times.

Beware when going out the door because you will break your neck on the huge number of footwear laying around.

Take every conceivable opportunity to pilfer cigarettes and whisky from the visiting tribe.

If you don't know the Thai for "what the F are you doing", or "don't do that", or "leave that alone", then learn it.

Best of luck Grasshopper - give us an update when you've survived the ordeals.

EDIT: I almost forgot the most important thing. Make sure your wife tells them the couch and the remote control are YOURS and when you enter the room, whomever is on the couch and is holding the remote will give you a big wai, depart the couch, and offer the remote to you IMMEDIATELY. The first time somebody fails to do so, throw yourself on the couch, grab the remote and change to an English channel while saying the F word repeatedly. This is similar to a soi dog marking his territory and will be instantly understood.

Classic!

[German Viking]

I can just picture 2 or 3 pick ups turning into my driveway with all these smiling, excited thais in the back with there small mattreses. Time for me to leave for a few days. Unfortunatly i got the home loan in my wifes name and she pays half the repayments and she is taking full advantage of it.

Sounds like you are screwed.

Let my guess she pays 51%, caused means 100'% power.

Never let a girl have the power over you and money is the best power men can have.

Carpe diem

[slipperylobster]

Set the limit to 7. Same amount that can ride on one scooter.

[crickets]

Well they have come. Only 14 and a dog. Now i am told they are staying 3 extra days. Give em a meter and they take a mile.