I keep trying, but nothing really seems to work. I guess it comes down to attitude and shyness. I've been visiting Thailand for nearly 30 years now and have lived here for a year. Internally, I know a lot of Thai, but putting that to any practical use has proved next to impossible. One problem is that Ms. B is quite fluent in English so I don't have a great incentive to learn Thai.

I guess the other problem is that I'm just plain dumb.