Thailand it break's you down..

[Chownanoi]

No matter how long you spend here or how much you love your family...you can always notice that its your turn to pay...no matter how much you have... you can be sure when they need money its always you they want to borrow from even if they have 1000 rai each...no matter how many welcomes they have to your house they never bring beer or hong tong to drink...5 baht vegetables is the norm....No matter how many tools etc they borrow and break...talk to you wife its your fault for lending....No matter how much you spend on anything....really its never enough!

[robblok]

I guess you mix with the wrong people.

[Chownanoi]

Actually this is my general view of countless people...yes they are nice and family are nice,but they want something better for their life and as you are part of there family without asking to much they expect you to help them up the ladder.

[Soutpeel]

oh dear how much they get your for or is it a case the rosey colored spectacles have just fallen off ?

just say no...

[Chownanoi]

In actual fact I don't get asked for anything much as I have a young family myself,Its just the predatory instincts of rural Thai's that pisses me off sometimes,I have lived here a long time and where I live Foreigners are still a novelty,I live in the "stop and stare world" ever day which is nothing,and my view is not against my immediate family its with the can you buy me one bottle of Lao Kao crew etc that is the Isaan region norm,Have they no respect for themselves or they're culture.

[leo202]

I never have this problem, I said no from the word go.

I do give the family some extra money for new year and some extra when they help out on our land, I keep reading these posts on TV and all I can say is man up, say no before it's too late.

[CharlieH]

The total negativity is astounding.

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