I’m not currently living in Thailand but I have some good thai friends I’ve known for years so every visit I see them I take us all out for a meal (3 of us and their son) and pay for the meal. After that if we get to catch up again, we pay our own ways.
I am fine with this but it got me thinking about how it works for foreigners with thai friends who live permanently in thailand. Do people find they end up treating their friends more? Does it seem to be ‘expected’ in any way because they are ‘rich foreigners’ or maybe you know some well off thais who pay for you? 😋
I do find that instinctively I end up offering to buy drinks and food for thai people I meet on each trip as well. However, obviously if I retired to Thailand I wouldn’t be able to afford to be generous all the time.
interested in your views, experiences and etiquette.