Expats v Tourists Behavior

[old-timer]

Its easy to go to a bar and pay 1,000 - 2,000 baht for a girl, but more fun and more of a challenge to find a real one.

I totally agree with that rick, however there are plenty of traps for tourists to fall into with "real ones", and generally speaking, the "real ones" will turn out a lot more expensive in the long run. I have never met a falang that has a Thai girlfriend and not bought her anything. It normally starts with a bit of gold and then moves very quickly to a motorbike and so on.

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[KHONDAHM]

Its easy to go to a bar and pay 1,000 - 2,000 baht for a girl, but more fun and more of a challenge to find a real one.

I totally agree with that rick, however there are plenty of traps for tourists to fall into with "real ones", and generally speaking, the "real ones" will turn out a lot more expensive in the long run. I have never met a falang that has a Thai girlfriend and not bought her anything. It normally starts with a bit of gold and then moves very quickly to a motorbike and so on.

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I've never met a guy with a non-Thai gf who didn't ever buy her anything. Starts with a drink and goes up pretty quickly from there. Sorry, but we have to deduct a point for that reply.

[old-timer]

Seems the overall summary is that there is good and badly behaved Tourists and Expats. Who has the most fun though?
I would edge towards thinking tourists have the most fun in the LOS and Expats (not all) lead a mundane lifestyle which in all fairness suits most of them and drives others up the wall.

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[Philip101]

Sorry KHONDAHM,

OK i agree that men with non-thai girlfriends still start off with a drink, then it moves on to bigger things ive got no disagreement with that.

But c mon, im sure you know thailand alot more then i do but i think you know very well that ferang girls dont get anywhere near as much bought for them.

isit me or does EVERY thai girl have a sick relative??? Who ends up paying for that?? then the funeral, who ends up paying for that?? then we move on to the wedding, who ends up paying for that??? the house, the land, the car, the motorbike, the clothes, the mobile phone credit, the childs school fees, the food, the drink it goes on and on.

Please dont get me wrong, i know non-thai gf's get alot the things above paid for them but any ferang living in thailand will know what i mean.

[davecryan]

philip101

it me or does EVERY thai girl have a sick relative??? Who ends up paying for that?? then the funeral, who ends up paying for that?? then we move on to the wedding, who ends up paying for that??? the house, the land, the car, the motorbike, the clothes, the mobile phone credit, the childs school fees, the food, the drink it goes on and on.



Except for the sick buffalo, that you didnt mention ,and maybe the funeral....just the same as getting married in the UK
Other than what involves you and your TW/GF directly, the answer is "tam mai dai"

[KHONDAHM]

Sorry KHONDAHM,

OK i agree that men with non-thai girlfriends still start off with a drink, then it moves on to bigger things ive got no disagreement with that.

But c mon, im sure you know thailand alot more then i do but i think you know very well that ferang girls dont get anywhere near as much bought for them.

isit me or does EVERY thai girl have a sick relative??? Who ends up paying for that?? then the funeral, who ends up paying for that?? then we move on to the wedding, who ends up paying for that??? the house, the land, the car, the motorbike, the clothes, the mobile phone credit, the childs school fees, the food, the drink it goes on and on.

Please dont get me wrong, i know non-thai gf's get alot the things above paid for them but any ferang living in thailand will know what i mean.

Oh I know very well what you mean. BUT consider the response one would give a woman "back home" if she were to behave in the same way. The difference is not so much the women in Thailand as it is the punter who loses the plot after he steps off the plane thinking every TG is a Bambi he just has to save from the mean and cruel world that left her stranded without the latest mobile phone and other neccessities of her lifestyle and problems she or somebody else created (usually) from their poor choices somewhere along the line...

[rick]

oh, I met the gold and motorbike payment girl within a few days of first arriving in Udon! Ding-dong, time to move on. But every other girl (bar one) I have met there has never asked for anything beyond a few night market clothes; I am being saved for the big sinsod sting! I have been very happy with my friends on the whole. Just choosing the right one to stay with has been damn hard.

Well i will move from tourist to expat later this year, but i am pretty well behaved already . So no change there. And never spent money like water on holiday in udon, never had too. I am a man of simple needs, and udon provides sufficient luxuries for me.

Just glad i never did the Pattaya training; I think these days that would put most sensible people off of Thailand!

[jackspratt]

oh, I met the gold and motorbike payment girl within a few days of first arriving in Udon! Ding-dong, time to move on. But every other girl (bar one) I have met there has never asked for anything beyond a few night market clothes; I am being saved for the big sinsod sting! I have been very happy with my friends on the whole.

Ummm.....I gotta ask, rick - was that pun intended?

[rick]

Must have been half asleep. missed that! Was thinking of higher things.

[KHONDAHM]

whole ---> hole

It took me about 7 re-reads to get that...ugh, I'm going daft.

[old-timer]

whole ---> hole

It took me about 7 re-reads to get that...ugh, I'm going daft.

It's just Jacks well weird sense of humor..

Now, let's get back on subject, and this has been said before. You will not find any top achievers, whether tourists or ex pats living in Udon Thani, I'm talking about falangs.

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