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    Getting married

    By Anonymous, Created on: 04/04/2003, Last updated on: 18/04/2006

    » I have a girl friend from Thailand whom I would like to marry. I am concerned though about the differences between Thai culture and my own. (USA) I often don't understand her. We lack intimacy in our relationship which she doesn't seem concerned about. She says it is because I am not Thai. I...

    • Anonymous commented : I have been married to a Thai for 24 years. The cultural differences you speak of will become less of a problem when you are actualy together as man and wife. There will be plenty of other things to worry about. It is difficult though at times, things from your upbringing that you think everyone should know, she won't know. You sometimes forget that she actualy came from the other side of the world. She also will wonder about your lack of knowledge. As for the intimacy, I beleive there is a difference in the way little Thai girls are raised and the relationship with their male family members. My wife is not one to do a lot of hugging. Now when you get down to the real deal, everything is fine. There will always be some moral, religous and ethical differences, both of you must be open minded for it to work. Also I have noticed that the more that each of you socialize with the people in the country you choose to live in, the better your relationship. If you live in Thailand and all you do is seek out Americans to be friends with, you will not have much to talk about. The Thai ladies that live here in a tight little group complain about racism more than the ladies that go into the local society and try to make friends. My wife's best friends are a Jewish lady and a white Anglican lady with deep old south values. Both of you need to try to become one of the neighborhood and you will get along better with each other.

    • 18 replies, 7,812 views

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    Malaysia Muslim get marru in Thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 09/04/2003, Last updated on: 04/11/2015

    » As we know, in Malaysian Shariah Law, it's not easy to get marry without permission with parents or qualified member in family . But when we think wisely, It's not wrong to get marry in Thailand. It's legal in Islam but illegal for Malaysia Law. They go there to get marry because of certain reasons...

    • Anonymous commented : I'm an American, my girlfriend is a FIlipina. She has been separated for many years from her legal 'husband' who will not give her an annulment. She has heard from numerous sources that we could get married in Thailand if she just has an official Legal Separation document from the Philippines, that a finalized annulment is not necessary, only a Legal Separation. Is this correct? Thank you!

    • Anonymous commented : Hi .. I'm Indonesian girl and my boyfriend is an American.We've been together for 2 years now and we're planning to get married in Thailand. Is it possible ? Need ANY advise soon ...

    • 39 replies, 63,949 views

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    Pre-Marital Sex. - Part I.

    By Anonymous, Created on: 18/06/2003, Last updated on: 26/04/2007

    » Hello Mr. Rooster ; I moved this discussion to this more appropriate thread. Mr. Rooster wrote : "People are like animals, and their sexual drives will involve some types of pre-marital sex. So prostitution will be there to provide needed service. " The sexual urge is indeed extraordinarily powerful,...

    • Anonymous commented : Hello All ; Another startling cut from the Bangkok Post , July 24, 2003. "Epic Marriage Ends" " Taipei - The 103-year-old wife in the world's longest-lasting marriage has died. Liu Yang-wan from Taiwan was married in 1917 to Liu Yung-yang, who is now 104. Their daughter-in-law said Mrs. Liu died peacefully from natural causes. Their 86 year marriage was the longest registered in the Guiness Book of World Records, beating former American record holders by three years. According to ancient tradition, Liu Yang-wan was sent to live with her future husband's family at the age of 5, to take care of him and do household chores, relatives said. - Reuters." After the "new thinkers" get over their horror, let's take a closer look at this. Apparently, the boy was 6 and the girl was 5 when they were brought together by the familes. As a result of this arrangement, the fabric of the childrens's lives becomes so inter-twined that the very thought of separation becomes UNTHINKABLE. This is a true soul mate. This is so important that I want to say it again : if you can successfully inter-twine the children's lives, the thought of separation becomes UNTHINKABLE. This is what you need to strive for if you want a low divorce rate. Contrast this to our current "wisdom", which strives for independance, self sufficiency, strength, women's rights, men's right's, children's right's, and the whole "dating game", which takes our children's precious hearts and rips them to shreds. The new thinking cannot solve any of today's problems. Rather, it is the cause of today's problems. Who do you think will have a lower divorce rate, the "ancient tradition" mentioned above, or our "new thinking" tradition? I believe things could improve substantially if we try to fuse some of the elements of "ancient tradition" with the rigors and "artificial environments" of modern life. This is entirely possible, but so far our sociologists and cultural leaders (both in the West and in Thailand) have failed to even identify the root cause of the problems. This is why everyone is spinning out of control, and this is why I know that things will continue to get worse, MUCH, MUCH worse before they get better. Cheers!!

    • 20 replies, 16,987 views

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    Learning about Thai ladies in marriage and culture

    By Anonymous, Created on: 23/08/2003, Last updated on: 21/10/2007

    » I would like to learn about the Thai lady in marriage and the Thai culture. The reason for this, is that after literally travelling the world for many years, during work commitments, and meeting along the way many ladies for serious relationships. I met along the way a lady from Thailand. We met many...

    • Anonymous commented : Yes, they would asking a lot of questions too if they are to visit USA or other foreign countries. Thais are taught that, "when ...in foreign country, ...do what foreigners do" or i.e. we should simply go with the flow. I too asked a lot of questions when I first came back to visit Thailand more than 10 years ago. I found that understanding the language is the most important thing. Laughter does have different meanings in Thai culture like "sanook and sabai sabai" or "have fun and don't worry, be happy." Lives are hard already in the rural area so people tried to relax. By nature, Thais are not selfish people. Zemran mentioned cartoon t-shirt. Cartoon characters on t-shirts from foreign countries are also rare commodity in Thailand like those American cartoon characters. Thai children or adults love to read them Marvel comic books and wearing their favor characters on t-shirts too.

    • Anonymous commented : s apart, most dont understand americans way of being independant, since the family is the core, follow your heart, go by instincts, ask questions, i know i am going to slip up and goof up somewhere along the line, my fear of emabarrasing myself my be one thing i can live with that but to be disrespectful by ignorance or not knowing is another, i am goin to copy and paste my ladys sisters fiance from virgina and his words here.................Well its good to meet you, and I am sure Mali had some thoughts behind this. She has fears that I will feel lonely in Thailand, so she is trying to make things a little better for me, lol. You will discover that the Thai people do not really understand that most Americans are kind of independent, this is not their way at all. They love their families, the children, and us older people. The Thai's also have strong morals, no public displays, kissing in public could bring the neighbors talking to the family. They really do not like to see Farangs wearing cut offs, or tank tops, and laugh when they can't take the heat. But they are also quick to help, and show respect to you. Also be careful about touching the head, it comes from Buddhism, and it is disrespectful to touch the head. When you rub your face, or scratch it, they think something is wrong with you. Oh yeah, don't set down and point your feet at someone, that is also very disrespectful, fold them backwards, if you can. I know a few words, and if you wish to learn a little, buy a tape. Many Thai words have more than one meaning, it depends on the tone you use, when saying it as to which one it means. Good luck with everything, and let me know how it is going. i hope any of this helps don

    • 27 replies, 16,641 views

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    Does thai society accept intermarriages?

    By Anonymous, Created on: 19/09/2003, Last updated on: 09/05/2006

    » The thai men that are undesirable are usually uneducated ones who try to get through life by being sleazy. This is why alot of thai women are turned off by marrying a thai man. Typical thai males are fairly unambitious, narrow-minded, and judgemental. I think that its the society that is teaching...

    • Anonymous commented : How about mentioning the responsible ones -some educated and as well as not so ones , Chad? Or you just don't know of any? Or you just don't speak Thai?! I've lived and am still iving abroad most of my life. And I've never come across any lazy Thais, be they men or women. So generalisation is a form of racism. And maybe you should open your mind a little. During my visits in Thailand, I've come across many lazy, aggressive and low class type Farangs that I never knew of over here. I spend my life dodging confrontational Farangs, be they English - who love a good fight on Saturday nights, agonising types as well as gentle but snobbish Frenchmen and nuerotic Americans and these bullying Russians who suffer from superiority complex in Thailand that can't speak English properly, let alone Thai, because they think they're too good to do so. Learn Thai properly, and you will have better understanding of the culture of the land you are living in. Imagine that the other way around? There was a time when I was growing up in, 'Krungthep', I knew of many Farangs who wouldn't eat any Thai food except, 'Khao phatd'. Now the English won't even look back on their inferior cuisine and only serve Thai food in pubs all over London. I wish you good luck with your endeavours, if you have any. My regards.

    • 8 replies, 6,665 views

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    family visa

    By Anonymous, Created on: 02/01/2004, Last updated on: 12/09/2006

    » When the Thai government will allow foreigners with Thai spouse and children to own a one year visa without the need to travel out of the country every 3 month or to show 800 thousands bahts in a bank account, this is very unfair and even most of the Thais don't earn this sum per year, why this discrimination...

    • Anonymous commented : As an American, who also had "trouble' in bringing his Thai girlfriend here into The US, when asking various Embassy officials, "Why the problem?"...( answer) "Too many Thai rsidence, who come to America, just disapear, and never come back to Thailand"...

    • Anonymous commented : Hey Stan ; I had the same trouble with getting a visa for my Thai girlfriend. But one time I was talking to a bar girl and she told me she had visitied the US. Stunned, as she was clearly unqualified to get a visa (no assets, no education, no job), I asked her how she got a visa. She said "Oh, my boyfriend works at the embassy." Now you know. Those guys at the embassy have a responsibility to the American people to keep out unqualified applicants, but apparently use different rules for themselves. Someone should do a study to see what is the average rate of visa rejection for embassy employees and compare it to the average rate of visa rejection for the rest of us. Could be interesting. It wouldn't surprise me if the rate of rejection is zero (or very close to it) for embassy employees. Makes sense. After all, they know what to do, what to say, the best answers to the questions, and they know the guy holding the visa stamp. Surely not every Thai girlfriend of embassy employees is qualified.

    • Anonymous commented : I have a sister in America, she use settle down there about 10 years cause she has family plus she already get a green card. So she doing for the papers to get me there. I don't know about how long it take time the process to get visa. I also have a American boy friend there who intend to get married. I just wondering case I doing get a visa from my sister process after then if I going to get married, Is it possible? What is problem with my visa? Please give me information who know, thank you.

    • 65 replies, 24,845 views

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