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Why would 50% of men still date a Thai bar girl? By Dan Cheeseman in DEBATE LIFESTYLE BLOG Never has a vote, since Brexit, been so divisive and its the hot topic in Thailand of bar girls. Take a look at the votes from my Facebook page for yourself, it is neck and neck. On face value we are all flesh and blood right, so should it matter? Well I guess it comes down to your own perception on matters but also there needs to be a reality check here. I have heard some expats define going with a bar girl not like prostitution but rather more akin to ‘renting a girlfriend’. If you were in Kings Cross London and go with a prostitute it is all about a quick transaction. You pay your money and you get sex. The dynamics can be slightly different in Thailand and you could stay with your ‘rented girlfriend’ for the duration of your holiday. I always struggled with the idea of dating a bar girl, and I have to admit I have ‘been there, done that’ but was always uncomfortable with what I was doing. It was in my early years of living in Pattaya and all my friends had taken their girlfriends from the bars and I fooled myself into thinking this was the only way if you wanted to live over here. My circles back then were bar related and I had yet to find a job. One comment to my poll seems to summarise the situation: “You can take the girl out of the bar but you can’t take the bar out of the girl”. Often the girl is tainted by other bar girl talk and they have an expectation for what they should be entitled to being in a ‘farang’ relationship. Paying a ‘retainer’ to the girl each month for starters, but remember my point on perception, some foreigners would defend it by saying you would look after a regular girlfriend in the same way. I cannot look at it in this way, the bar girl expects this money in order to stay with you, a normal girlfriend would be supportive of you. The other thing I found nuts – and I am not talking about the ladyboys crown jewels – when dating a bar girl all those years back was telling lies to my friends and family. When asked how I met I certainly didn’t say she was a prostitute and that our first ‘date’ cost me one thousand baht! What if I went on to have children with her and my kids asked the same question of how we met?! Full story: https://danaboutthailand.com/2019/05/02/why-would-50-of-men-still-date-a-thai-bar-girl/ Weekly Vlogs and Blogs from in and around Thailand

Meet Attila the Hun(garian) - not such a quality tourist Image: Daily News Chiang Mai police announced the arrest of a Hungarian tourist who they say has been thieving all over Chiang Mai. Attila Kantor, 44, told cops that he had fallen in love with Chiang Mai but had run out of money and didn't want to go back to his homeland. So he tuned to theft so he could stay on in Thailand, selling on things that he stole. He was arrested yesterday after he stole an iPhone 6 from the Nit Noi Mobile shop in Prasingh Road downtown Chiang Mai. He had gone into the shop feigning interest in buying a phone but had grabbed one and taken off on his Honda Click 125. Police followed his trail from CCTV and found him but he escaped only to collide with another person and cause an injury. He was then taken into custody. Police said that he was responsible for renting bikes and selling them rather than return them. He had also been eating meals and racing off without paying. He was detained and readied for prosecution for theft. Source: Daily News -- 2016-07-10