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    get married in Thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 10/06/2002, Last updated on: 21/01/2008

    » I want to get married, but a civil wedding, not religious. I am from Spain and we want to come to Thailand for holidays and marry. What do I have to do to find a judge?

    • Anonymous commented : You have to be very careful about this. A lot of tricks are played against farangs in modern Thailand, beginning with this "dowery"/ bride-price system. Though sometimes it works well. Be well aware that : 1) foreigners can not own land, 2) foreigners can only own 49% of a company, 3) that Thai police usually take the Thai person's side, and anyhow want money for whatever they do, and 4) that all of the above are means by which many, many farang are fleeced by their Thai wife's family - to the point of economic ruin for the farang : after which the woman moves on to her next, unsuspecting victim.

    • 23 replies, 13,567 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 : als - except for Tsunami victims. Until Thailand modernises - i.e. liberalises - it's economy, aid is mostly money down the drain.

    • 8 replies, 6,665 views

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    Dowery

    By Anonymous, Created on: 26/05/2004, Last updated on: 09/03/2007

    » Hello and thanks to all that responded to my last questions. Those of you who have been following my last questions thanks. I am set to marry in Nov or Dec and I talked to her family. My dowery is set at 2 milllion bath and I already gave a 200,000 bath strater to show that I was interested. What...

    • Anonymous commented : It's also because you married 30 years ago. Thailand has changed a lot since - not all for the better. For lots of Thai women and their families nowadays, marrying a farang is simply a scam to fleece as much money out of him as they can. Then move onto their next victim. This way - to an even easier life than they already have (many already don't work).

    • 61 replies, 27,697 views

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    RE: My Mom doesn't Like Farangs

    By Anonymous, Created on: 07/12/2004, Last updated on: 19/09/2007

    » Your mom is right baby. Most farangs could'nt be entrusted. They consider your country as a backyard brothel that should yield to all their queer demands and nature. They look for cheap sex and free service. Sex that act on the woman as if she were a sex tool that responds automatically without resistance....

    • Anonymous commented : such criminals with the poor victims. If Thailand caught and punished severely the Thais that are profiting from these atrocities, the supply would dry up. Punish every one from supply to demand. I mean punish to the extreme, like life in prison. But once again, it should not matter what race the offender is. Punish all of them.

    • 26 replies, 12,679 views

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    divorce and marriage law in thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 23/04/2005, Last updated on: 12/07/2007

    » can any one advise me the following matter. a friend of mine will be getting married to his thai fiancee in 12 days time in thailand. what i would like to know is if the marriage should sadly break down and then his wife goes back to thailand after say they have lived in england for about 6 months...

    • Anonymous commented : Zebedee Aug 24th..............Mate ! forget it , you are becoming the victim of a scam.

    • Anonymous commented : Michael Boyd - you are victim number one million and one !! There's a very good book written about these scams by Jeremy Seabrook. It's called Travels In The Flesh Trade.

    • 66 replies, 27,286 views

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    bringing her back to the uk.

    By Anonymous, Created on: 23/11/2005, Last updated on: 31/08/2007

    » I am a 30 year ole optician from london who has met a girl while on holiday in thailand. I am going back out there to see her in may, what sort of complications are there going to be in bringigng her back to the uk? I assume marriage is a given.

    • Anonymous commented : Well said Rooster. Well-educated, hard-working, responsible Thais are more than welcome in farang countries. The problem is : too many bar-girl marriages - where the wife, and her family, are simply tricking the farang spouse into 1) easy entry into the farang country, 2) scamming as much out of their victim as possible. The latter made easier by Thailand's laws banning foreigners from owning in Thailand : farang countries should have reciprocal laws !

    • 17 replies, 7,003 views

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    marraige in thailand

    By Anonymous, Created on: 09/01/2006, Last updated on: 15/10/2006

    » Contradictor to popular demand, it’s NOT mandatory to have a translator translate the “certificate” from the Embassy when your going to get married. ANYONE according to Thai law can translate it; all they have to do is sign the bottom of the translation. The crap that both the US...

    • Anonymous commented : What do you mean by marriage is a "civil ceremony" ? There are two types of marriage in Thailand. There are 1)traditional, village/ town marriages - these are not recognised by Western governments, and barely recognised by the Thai government. 2) there are fully legal marriages under the Kings' law : these are recognised by Western governments (at least as legitimate "overseas" marriages). Many Thai women lure unsuspecting farang into the traditonal marriage (where any translator will do!). The farang is fooled into thinking this is a proper marriage, in the Western sense. It's not - it's simply part of the woman's scheme to fleece her unsuspecting victim husband. Hence Western Embassies want legitimately translated documents

    • 5 replies, 2,648 views

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    Sin sod and in-law

    By Anonymous, Created on: 13/09/2006, Last updated on: 25/12/2008

    » I supported my gf through colleage and Uni (her parents are not rich), now that she has graduated, i wanted to marry her. But her parents are asking for 1Mil Baht for dowry. I had the money through hard earned savings (i am just a salaried worker), but i find the dowry excessive. I am afraid this...

    • fast eddy commented : It is a touchy subject - they are supposed to apply the sin sod rule if their young daughter is still 'intact'. Your culture probably dictates that her parents pay for the lot. India, which has a huge influence on Thai culture, dictates the bride's family pay you to marry their daughter - if they don't she gets a face full of acid or worse! I was in your postion and having arrived with only 500bt to my name I only had the money I was earning from teaching at a government school. I explained to my "wife to be" that my salary was 35000bt a month and though I had saved about 300,000bt most of that had gone on courting her - return flights to Chiang Mai (from Bkk), hotels, restuarants etc. I could offer a sin sod of 20,000bt which her father could keep or return on the basis that I would send him 1, 500bt per month for odds and sods (her mother had died some years ago). He went for the monthly income. I recommend that you do the same - explain your financial position to your girlfriend and offer 2000bt per month for the next ten years. The advantage of this is that you still retain some control over the situation. If there is a problem with them and they over demand you can appologise politely with a big wide Thai smile and explain '... we have our own issues and that I may not even be able to make the 2000bt payment this month! Times are tough - just watch the tv!' Rule number one - there is always a victim! Rule number two - don't be it! With the montly payment you are in control. You can also decide when not to pay by using their logic against them. 'Sorry, can't pay you for the next six months or so as our cow died at home and my family need to get a new one! I have to help my family first!' Or you can pull out the old chestnut that 'My brother needs a new pick-up and I have to send him your 2000bt! - so sorry, so sorry!' Finally, you have to understand that in Thailand it is much easier to appologise than to ask permission - that's why they put so much emphasis on their smile and the wai! You do your own thing and then grovel afterwards when it is too late. I often point this out to exchange students who live in home stays. If you ask for permission they will 9 times out of 10 say no! It's just a knee-jerk control issue. Best to do it without permission (if you think that your parents would approve and it would be deemed acceptable in your own culture) and then appologise very politely afterwards. How does this translate to your situation? You and her go ahead and marry - get it all done legally with registration etc. You can then have a village wedding at your own convenience and on your terms! You can wear a big Thai smile and enjoy that the ball is in your court. You can take all the time you like until conditions are satisfactory to you before you have your wedding! It sounds like you know that you're on a hiding to nothing if you marry into this family so don't beat yourself up trying to keep them sweet. Do your thing and plead poverty!

    • 77 replies, 64,745 views

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    International Marriage - a new type of Human Traffickings

    By Anonymous, Created on: 08/11/2006, Last updated on: 08/11/2006

    » A female teacher of Ubon was hooked up through the famous international dot com website 'M' marriage/match-making site and met a Pakistan men, who murdered her in Bangkok. A Kalasin prostitute married an American man and moved into New Jersey and finally dumped by the man and she is now...

    • 0 replies, 2,508 views

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