^ Exactly. Well played I say to the uneducated farm girls in their 20's that constantly out-wit these old men with more money than sense. No sympathy here.
^ Exactly. Well played I say to the uneducated farm girls in their 20's that constantly out-wit these old men with more money than sense. No sympathy here.
Utter bollocksOriginally Posted by Wasp
Aren't all marriages really just a contract in much the same way as an old fallang teaming up with a young Thai ? When you marry you even sign a contract in front of your witnesses .
And what you are agreeing to in a regular marriage in say Germany is not very different to what you are agreeing to in a Thai relationship .
It's not about " love ". It's just about two people having their needs met .
Thank You Wasp,very interesting and I am pleased that you took the time to share this with us. I never tire of hearing of these warnings,it is what makes Thailand interesting and there are no Male equivalent of advice centers for Men in relationships with women.
Today I was listening to a local Man,who married a Thai women and he was taken to the cleaners,he was in tears,and has been hospitalised 3 times because of the stress. She was ruthless,he was too kind.
He thought he was saving her from a life in Pattaya.
I gave him this web site today,so he may want to share his story one day.
Basically what I have come to realise is this,I was raised in Christianity,god punished sinners,liers and thieves went to hell after death.The Christain principal of being kind to another,love your neighbour,help the poor,do good in your life.
Then a Man with these basic western principals meets a HARDENED bar girl,she sings a seductive song. The Pattaya fiddler calls the tune and He is led on a merry dance.
Does the women feel any quilt. No NONE at all.Her culture does not teach it.Her lifestyle hardens her and their are no reprocussions for her charming ways,only REWARD. And rewarded they are,life is good,the more they lie the greater the reward.
Good comment and interesting timing; I had a Thai co-worker I've known for 6 years who left the school to start a business venture with some foreign friend from Britain. He always seemed Ok, was well liked at work and I never had any problems with him, in fact we got along fine and he speaks reasonably good English.
He was talking about the new business venture last month and how was learning to export a product (I'm being deliberately vague) to the USA, Britain and Canada with his British partner, then he said "I'm learning how to do it and soon I'll be able to do it myself, I won't need him."
I have not been able to get that comment out of my mind; it really shocked me, especially the way he said it. No embarrassment, no thought about that being a betrayal or that he is using someone, it really surprised and disappointed me, and I'm not even an involved party.
Shame for the poor guy, but he sounds like he had all his wits about him and at his age you would think he'd be wise enough not to put himself in that position..The condos were in his name, the warehouse business would be in company name you would assume, albeit she would be a shareholder, but he'd would have the lions share in that also...So for what reason would he give her power of attorney?? He wasn't lying in some hospital bed unable to access his bank account...I don't understand this really
There was never a need to put the temptation in front of her..was with a mate the other night having dinner in a hotel, me him and our two women anyway at the end he gives his lady his ATM and tell her to go and pull 4k from the machine..to me that's daft, why wouldn't he just go and do it himself, then she would never need to know his pin..I've been with my lady for 12years and she don't know my pin and I don't know hers...Just don't put temptation in front of people when there's no need ..
If this poor fellow has a few friends why dont they kick the tin and raise enough for a hit to be put on her and any b/friend?
Surely there would be grounds for a civil suit as the money was lost by participating in illegal activity - gambling is illegal in Thailand isn't it? - at least he can get her thrown in jail for or something. May never get the money back but the bitch can rot in hell for while.
ah, sure life in this crazy world is all about TRADE.Originally Posted by grasshopper
Let's make a deal duck.
To Koojo .............. I say again He WAS smart enough . He clearly WAS smart enough --- because he warned me very specifically and more than once !
So how could it happen then ?
Fear of loneliness . Wanting to trust someone .Remember the title that started this thread said it's only the ones that you trust that can hurt you .
And that's the whole point of the thread . No good you saying to me
" Um, no, if he was smart enough he'd still have his money. "
Because he WAS smart enough and he still got destroyed .............. and it was trusting someone that did it .
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You seem very religious , wasabi . Very Christian .
I was brought up to be religious though I'm not now . However I still admire and adhere to the things that Christianity instilled in me . Including feeling guilt if I lie .
I do feel bad if I lie . And it astonishes me that people of a different culture can feel no guilt at all . But certainly - as you say - in Thailand there seems no guilt at all about lying , cheating , scamming . But it can devastate the poor soul on the receiving end .
That attitude of " ... soon I'll be able to do it myself, I won't need him " is not a new attitude or by any means confined to Thailand .
It happens all the time in many countries . Hairdressers do it . Solicitors do it . Estate agents do it . Bond dealers do it .
But they don't usually SAY it as openly and as callously as your Thai acquaintance said it !!
Again it's that feeling of having no qualms at all about doing somebody over !!
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You're right . You're completely right . But the point of this whole thread is that it's the people that you trust who can ( and often will ) crucify you . That is my whole point .
You're right he had no need to do any of the things that he did . He was stupid . But he wasn't thick --- because he had warned ME on about 4 occasions and yet he STILL went and did it himself !!
Was he trying to show her how much he trusted her ? I don't know . Just don't know. But people need to be as sensible as you have been . DON'T for any reason give away PINs or Powers of Attorney ! Don't do it .
As you say " Just don't put temptation in front of people when there's no need "
And as I say .......... " It's only the people that you trust who can hurt you !!! "
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This is a whole new direction, Davearn . And it's a separate matter .
In Court it was decided that as he gave her Power of Attorney she was deemed to be acting as his agent .
So she was using power that he had freely given her and she had done nothing illegal against him .
What she DID with the money is then a separate issue .
Yes it's illegal . But there would be no recourse against her that would retrieve his money .
So as you say ---- all that's left is the satisfaction of seeing her jailed .
I would most certainly do that . He decided not to ............ and here's a bombshell for anyone who has been following this ----
He is hoping they can patch things up !!!!
Now don't go blasting me or him for that !!! There hasn't been a machine invented that could measure the depth of stupidity in this .
But that's what he wants to do .
Along with you Davearn I would derive much pleasure seeing her behind bars ........but such can be the fear of utter loneliness !!!
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It's amazing how often you hear of Thais in debt due to gambling yet the courts and the police just can't seem to catch the people running the gambling. I think the guy deserves justice one way or another. The girl deserves whatever she gets from the law or otherwise.
The police don't catch up with the gambling scene because the Police don't WANT to catch up with them . They get a monthly kickback and that keeps them quiet .
The girl ..... will get no punishment from the law because the law says she did nothing that technically was wrong .
And sadly they are right .
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That's an action that might give a few hours of satisfaction but it gets you into a jail that is truly truly horrific .
I knew a guy in Pattaya who lost his girlfriend . He got a bit drunk and went round to her condo with a toy plastic gun . Police came and kicked seven shits out of him .
I went to see him in the lockup in Pattaya ..... in a cell big enough for maybe 8 guys and there were about 70 guys in there and also some children. There were visa overstayers mixed with guys who had stabbed someone , guys who were just drunk , my idiot friend --- and children who had been brought in ' lost' . It was horrible . It really honestly was like Midnight Express .
Idiot friend got 14 years but died in prison in 2 years .
It's tempting to want to go and get your revenge against a bitch like that .
It's not worth actually doing it .
I tell you with utter belief . It's never worth putting yourself into a position where you can be jailed in Thailand .
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