The girlfriend took all my clothes

[JJGreen]

  Cleaning out the wardrobe I was piling up old t-shirts shorts trousers boxer shorts into the corner.

The girl came into the room and her eyes lit up, grabbing all the items and putting them into some bags.

Heading back to see her family for the holiday weekend she decided that everything could be put to use.

 

I have visions of visiting the family and Uncles, brothers, cousins showing up to greet me wearing all too familiar clothes. i don't want to know who is wearing the boxers 

 

[smutcakes]

And? 

[lostinisaan]

Just fair when you're wearing her knickers....

[JJGreen]

2 hours ago, lostinisaan said:

Just fair when you're wearing her knickers....

 

You promised u would keep that to yourself sir!

[JJGreen]

2 hours ago, smutcakes said:

And? 

and...

please.share  a similar experience 

Edited August 12, 2016 by JJGreen

[PomRakBKK]

Thats sort of normal. We always give the clothes we don't wear anymore to our maid and she (the maid) passes it down to her family members. 

I never had a girlfriend simply grabbing my stuff and giving it away. Thats a bit awkward. 

Edited August 12, 2016 by PomRakBKK

[SgtRock]

It is called recycling and you will come to learn that Thai's are rather good at it.

 

Not much goes to waste.

[manfredtillmann]

3 minutes ago, SgtRock said:

It is called recycling and you will come to learn that Thai's are rather good at it.

 

Not much goes to waste.

other then all their food waste, plastic bags, fast food wrappers, elastic bands, construction waste, garden waste, old motor vehicles, car and moped tyres, deceased pet animals... ah, excuse me, i just realised, you wrote 'not much goes to waste'. you are 100% right, it just stays on the side of the road or ends up in the river.

[tifino]

donations to thais are done 'without any conditions'.

No one need know where nor to whom they're donations personally go to

Nor does the donating pers make anything of it - that they have donated

...unless they want the glory of winning over those who are below them

 

As she's a thai, therefore most likely buddhist,

-  just let her take the stuff by herself,

and don't show your face to those who have received the donation, at the time of donating...

 

you have nothing to worry about,

- unless you want to be forever seen as that falang is stingy  - holding things to himself

 

your wardrobe is empty, therefore having achieved your goal, she is taking care of the rest 

[lostinisaan]

I sample our family's and some friends' old cloth every year around Christmas and give all to people who can'r afford it to buy clothes. Not even second hand stuff.

 

  OP, what's so absurd that your girl took all the stuff you'd obviously taken out because you don't wear that stuff anymore.

 

     You might travel to her village in winter and see by yourself. No worries that you get a kick out of her worn stuff,  we keep that as a  secret, okay?    

 

      

Edited August 12, 2016 by lostinisaan

[JJGreen]

9 minutes ago, lostinisaan said:

I sample our family's and some friends' old cloth every year around Christmas and give all to people who can'r afford it to buy clothes. Not even second hand stuff.

 

  OP, what's so absurd that your girl took all the stuff you'd obviously taken out because you don't wear that stuff anymore.

 

     You might travel to her village in winter and see by yourself. No worries that you get a kick out of her worn stuff,  we keep that as a  secret, okay?    

 

      

nothing absurd...just making forum conversation

[MissAndry]

I'm actually impressed by the way Thais share stuff, not only with family, but with those around them.

[SgtRock]

35 minutes ago, manfredtillmann said:

other then all their food waste, plastic bags, fast food wrappers, elastic bands, construction waste, garden waste, old motor vehicles, car and moped tyres, deceased pet animals... ah, excuse me, i just realised, you wrote 'not much goes to waste'. you are 100% right, it just stays on the side of the road or ends up in the river.

 

Fantastic reply.

 

I guess you missed the part about clothes 

 

You must be great at a p!ss up 

[Shot]

The day after my FIL was burned, everyone in the area showed up to collect his clothes. Guys I have never seen coming in the "house" trying on his shoes, shirts, etc, you name it and disappearing down the road with a bag full of stuff. That was before breakfast.

[Kwasaki]

  

[manfredtillmann]

i just focused on the 'not much goes to waste', which is not a reflection of the thai -way i experienced, so far.

the issan family i married into must be some of the most wasteful people i have ever experienced - in all respects. including clothes. never seen then share anything other than gossip...

 

surprisingly sober today - queens birthday must not be ignored .

[SgtRock]

2 minutes ago, manfredtillmann said:

i just focused on the 'not much goes to waste', which is not a reflection of the thai -way i experienced, so far.

the issan family i married into must be some of the most wasteful people i have ever experienced - in all respects. including clothes. never seen then share anything other than gossip...

 

surprisingly sober today - queens birthday must not be ignored .

 

That's what happens when you focus too much and not use your peripheral vision.

 

You mistake fly-tipping for recycling.

 

Perhaps you should have married into a more focused family. You must be typing in braille if you have seen Thai's share nothing but gossip. 

[JJGreen]

12 minutes ago, Shot said:

The day after my FIL was burned, everyone in the area showed up to collect his clothes. Guys I have never seen coming in the "house" trying on his shoes, shirts, etc, you name it and disappearing down the road with a bag full of stuff. That was before breakfast.

I like it. People I know back home wouldn't touch old clothes or someone else's oldies 

Edited August 12, 2016 by JJGreen

[NickJ]

I have a broken blender that I can't seem to throw away no matter what I do.The Gf thinks I can get it fixed. Its at least eight years old. She also had a fit when she noticed I had made some rags out of ancient tee shirts the other day.

That being said. When I was in college. My roommates dad came for a visit. He was a super wealthy trial lawyer from New York city. He lived bargains. At a thrift store he bought 18 used white cotton dress shirts. Some lady had no doubt donated her dead husbands clothes and they ended up at this thrift store. He bought them for five bucks each. They were from Nordstums Dept store. They have a 100% return policy. He got 70 bucks each for them.

 

[pgrahmm]

I instructed a Daughter to do that once....Abusive husband....Told her to wait until he passed out sans outer clothes, grab ALL his clothes & car keys, take the kids & go - he was left in his skivies with no vehicle to use......

 

I flew to another state, joined them in a different city & took them back to CA - helped get them a new start........

 

You treating your girl right?

Edited August 12, 2016 by pgrahmm

[SOTIRIOS]

...a chestful....and around 10 bags full...

 

 

..first time around it was 'genuine brand name  jeans and jean jackets for the whole family'....

 

..never saw anyone wear any of them....

 

...an anonymous source told me they were sold....

 

[oxo1947]

Its sad that we broke up---but I am glad we are now both going to move on, is it OK if I come over Friday and pick the rest of my clothes up

 

.

 

W..T...F,..........................

Edited August 13, 2016 by oxo1947

[colinneil]

14 hours ago, MissAndry said:

I'm actually impressed by the way Thais share stuff, not only with family, but with those around them.

Yes Thais share many things, but once i suggested    to the wife  she share me, i was threatened with a wayne bobbit.

Edited August 13, 2016 by colinneil

[Bangkok Barry]

15 hours ago, Shot said:

The day after my FIL was burned, everyone in the area showed up to collect his clothes. Guys I have never seen coming in the "house" trying on his shoes, shirts, etc, you name it and disappearing down the road with a bag full of stuff. That was before breakfast.

 

They were slow. They were round at my place within 24 hours of him dying.

When I moved up-country and stopped being a Bangkok city boy I gave away over 80 percent of my clothes to the locals, mostly family, and I've still got far more than I need. As soon as things look a little frayed or worn I pass it on.

[Bangkok Barry]

I have a relative who was a tour guide, and I guess that one night he must have taken a fancy to one of his customers but maybe upset her as the next morning he had to phone his wife to bring him a pair of trousers. She'd taken his. Hard to explain away something like that.....

[Ulic]

I am impressed that you are of a small enough size that her Thai relatives

can make use of your had me downs. Slim, trim, fun to be with hansum man.

[steve0367]

When my wife returned home from Australia she took a lot of my old jumpers that I have outgrown or I just didn't wear any more. It was quite amusing to see her mother, aunts and cousins all wearing my clothes when I last visited her village 

[lostinisaan]

5 hours ago, steve0367 said:

When my wife returned home from Australia she took a lot of my old jumpers that I have outgrown or I just didn't wear any more. It was quite amusing to see her mother, aunts and cousins all wearing my clothes when I last visited her village 

 

 Why is that quite amusing to see that other people have less clothes and less money than you? You might reincarnate and find yourself in a small Isaan village and be thankful for anything that you can't afford.

 

When you see me, please bark three times and I know that you were a TVF member before. 

[steve0367]

Maybe amusing was the wrong word to use. 

I was more than happy to see my old clothes being put to good use. After all it was me that gave them to her to take home

[tomyumchai]

On Friday, August 12, 2016 at 1:32 PM, MissAndry said:

I'm actually impressed by the way Thais share stuff, not only with family, but with those around them.

555! You've never tried to buy an old car or bike off them then! Its either 'not for sale' because they couldnt bear someone else fixing it and using it or they want the price of a new vigo for a POS worth 500bt.