What is the biggest mistake you have made in Thailand?

[kerrysum]

I attempted to use squat toilets.

Terrible results.

It is called balance, just do not try to read a newspaper ok.? But then on second thought it does make great toilet paper?

[Searat7]

Not learning the Thai language

[blazes]

Crossing the road at a "pedestrian crossing" with the lights showing red for oncoming traffic and green for me.

[steven100]

not drinking enough piss every day and bang as much as I can fit in 24hrs. I'm 2 bottles down already and its only 10 o'clock

[misterphil]

Meeting and marrying the ex-wife.

[itsmylife]

I attempted to use squat toilets.

Terrible results.

Sit and shit at the same time .

[jcisco]

joing this forum

[Paul Laycock]

Having a hip replacement operation in a government hospital, being told initially nothing was wrong after Xray's and waiting a further month before seeking a second opinion.

[chiang mai]

joing this forum

With spelling like that I'm not surprised.

[Dellie]

My biggest misstake was about 9 years ago. Lost my temper and it cost me ALOT of money and a piece of my soul to make it go away.

[ccarbaugh]

Believing a "good Thai lady" (School teacher, devout Buddhist, 44 yr-old,...) that the new car I would help her buy would be 50/50! HAHAHAHA!!!

[Remi080]

I shall try to be possitive and honnest to you all, i'v been in thai for 15 years non stop, the best thing ever happend was: i get divorced, and learned to speak thai . The rest of the time here in thai was crap.

Moved houses 13 times, bought 12 cars, lost my child, set up businesses 17 times, lost money 5.5 mill thb. Get cought up with family crimes becouse im farang, and more. Now some may say that i am stupid or blind, but farangs who just come to thai have to belive there wife or girlfriend about culture, and the rules in thai as we step into a world that we westerners dont understand, so thai people can lie a whole new world to us, and we ofcouse belive all that crap, so the first thing what popped up in my mind, what the biggest mistake was in thailand, is stay here in thailand after my first mistake. But yeah, my stubborn attitude to never give up in life, made me get this shitty life of 15 years in thai. Now i get a new change in life, i will stay in thai now as i get a perminent residence, and found my soul mate. Keep on walking!

[thaiduncankk]

Not realising sooner that other expats (not all) will stab you in the back the minute your back is turned !

[pauleddy]

Actually going here in the first place.

[Stevemercer]

Lending the brother-in-law 500,000 Baht.

[sawadee1947]

thinking to get "healhy food" here. Since I learned from my mistake we cook by ourselves. NO MSG, never ever!

[thaiturkey]

Hiring a crooked lawyer who touts for work on this site. Caused me massive problems.

[Jeffkp]

Only been here a year, but I wish I had purchased a condo with a bigger kitchen! An oven would be very nice.

[cruisemonkey]

Going to Koh Samui.

[yimlitnoy]

Made the mistake to sever all ties with my home country, I have been here for 36 years. Of course until 1988, internet was mostly existent, contacts were via slow letters.

[1BADDAT]

Did anyone really take a look at this list of pitiful complaints---trusting the wrong people, being used by lovers, loaning money, misunderstanding cultures, eating bad food, opening a business, buying property, trusting the in-laws, taken by corruption, squat toilets, spicy food, too much drink, bad relationships, etc., ad infinitim---did you really grow up without learning to watch out for all these issues?

Unlike you, not all TV members and general people in society make stupid mistakes from time to time. After all that is the point of the thread to point out those mistakes as silly as you may find them.

Do have any mistakes that you would like to point out (maybe you already have)? If you don't, then I suggest you stay out of the thread and let others contribute on topic.

[ronwparker]

Many things,

1 .Trusting Thai women( although some are trust worthy).

2 .Buying a house ( in a Thai name).

3.. Doing business here.

4. Lending money to people.

Ron

[Stray]

My biggest mistake was not coming to Thailand sooner...

I'm in heaven....

YES!!! I can't agree more!

I wasted 20 years in Vietnam, first. Although, 'wasted' probably isn't the best term. Learnt a lot over there that prepared me for Thailand.

Thailand is easy after doing the 'hard yards' in Vietnam.

[mikiea]

Been in Thailand 19 years. The only mistake my wife and I have made......"loaning" Thai friends money. After we hiccuped on the first two 'loans' we decided if anyone asked us for money we would only give it if we considered it a gift. If we were repaid, that would be a bonus. If we weren't repaid, we didn't feel cheated. Sometimes we get the money back, and sometimes we don't. Naturally, anyone who doesn't repay the 'gift' doesn't ever get another from us.

ehhhhh......need a few baht for medical work ...ehhhh.... gift ?

[dunks]

Staying.

[mgjackson69]

Leaving Nana Plaza on the motorbike after a few too many cocktails. Took the long way home instead of going directly.

A police checkpoint at Petchaburi/Wittayu road. "You look drunk".

A nice stay in Lumpini Police station, in a holding cell with an ugly ladyboy, while waiting for the wife to show up and negotiate my "fine".

The outcome overall was good...24000 baht, "go home", no paper trail, no court.

[joshstiles]

finding this website....enormous mistake

[Ghostnigel]

Believing a "good Thai lady" (School teacher, devout Buddhist, 44 yr-old,...) that the new car I would help her buy would be 50/50! HAHAHAHA!!!

Surely thats not a mistake, its called being suckered

[Ghostnigel]

finding this website....enormous mistake

Top right hand corner......take finger, tap on 'Sign Out'.....job done.

No more mistakes!

[Stan42]

Jaywalking a highway blind drunk at 2am. I broke my foot and nearly died. That was the day I quit drinking hard liquor and became a beer expert.