I have a few questions
What is Sin Sot
All so getting married I'am I the lucky one and pick up the total cost
Has any one gone thru this and what was the cost getting married in Kranuan what can I expect
thanks a lot C J
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I have a few questions
What is Sin Sot
All so getting married I'am I the lucky one and pick up the total cost
Has any one gone thru this and what was the cost getting married in Kranuan what can I expect
thanks a lot C J
Money you pay to the brides parents. Dont get fleeced.
Money you pay to the parents for a virgin bride
If she ain't a virgin then don't pay.
Think of a number. Double it. Can you pay it? Double it again. Etc.Quote:
Originally Posted by CalifJerry
Code for rip off farang,
Don't ever pay for something you know nothing about.....period.
Even if you know the meaning, still you shouldn't have to pay for it.
try searching this forum. sure this has been talked about 100 times or more.
How much do the buggers want off you, will it all be returned or not? Don't pay what they ask for or they will consider you a push over in the future. I think even for a 'virgin' and uni educated 100-200k is quite enough, any more and they are taking the piss. If a bar woker or already been married/has kids don't pay anything, no Thai would and you are being asked to follow the Thai way of doing things.
someone should tell the Thais that then as the last wedding I went to sinsot was around 50K, one baht gold for the new wife and the rest paid for the partyQuote:
Originally Posted by Thetyim
Even a poor village lad will be expected to cough up 100k for bride and party in our areaQuote:
Originally Posted by Travelmate
Not convinced.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rigger
Old wives tale. More likely. :)
Not true from what I have seen and yes Thais some will pay sinsot for a used one with kidsQuote:
Originally Posted by crazy dog
Pay nothing, she's lucky to have a farang.
As for wedding, the guests should bring about 200 to 300 baht each to cover the food etc. I doubt you will see any of that though.
More info needed from your good self about the situation.
After more than 6 years living out in a small village I can only tell you what I have seenQuote:
Originally Posted by Travelmate
Negotiate a price for sinsot and wedding party combined.
That way your costs cannot escalate and if the parents want to have a 'big face party' then they will end up with less at the end of the day.
Hope not! :)Quote:
Originally Posted by Rigger
Sin Sot is the fucking you take for the fucking you hope you are going to get.
Marry a ladyboy they don't want owt do they?
It's the name for the money you give to purchase your wife from her parents. Usually the Westerner's sin-sot is 10 times that of what a local lad would have to pay.
Of course, if you have decided you're happy to buy your wife, she is yours to do whatever the hell you want with, and you make damn sure you don't take any crap from her (same as if you buy a dog or a car).
This is how Papa will calculate the sin sot.
Your age minus her age X Million Baht.
Less 1 baht per child she has.
Less 1 baht for every trick she has pulled in the go go. That's about 100,000 baht on average.
Then double the total figure and add 1 buffalo.
There will also be an annual rental fee of 1 new roof or motorbike.
^
aahhh....we have the formula!Quote:
Originally Posted by the dogcatcher
LOL:)
Agreed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rigger
Or suggest that you are married in farang style in California and Papa will have to foot the whole bill, including all the air fares.
Not round here.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandajoy
Err... more likely the op will still have to pay for the airfair too, farangs always pay for everything around here, u knowQuote:
Originally Posted by the dogcatcher
Anyway, and least likely she can get the visa anyway, or very slim chance of it.
My secretarys younger unemployed layabout brother just got married. Rice farming family. Sin sot - 60K was the asking (I think they negotiated it down a tad). Mind you the girl was 14.....( to which nobody batted an eye lid of course).Quote:
Originally Posted by jandajoy
No insist on a farang wedding and traditions, or the weddings off. In the west papa pays,"sorry darling that's the tradition".
Why do so many people get shafted by "Thai" tradition. Why does everything have to be done the Thai way. I know, it's because it suits the bloody Thais.
60K? I wouldn't pay 60 satang for Laosy.
What if I tell you that in the thai tradition ....the bride side supposed to pay for the wedding? Will anyone here believe me?Quote:
Originally Posted by the dogcatcher
I mean for the cost of the ceremony itself,
but the reception cost is negotiable, however most times the groom side pays for the reception.
:chitown:
What about the new Toyota pickup?Quote:
Originally Posted by the dogcatcher
You forgot to mention that.
You paid..... :)Quote:
Originally Posted by jandajoy
Which breed of dogs don't crap then ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Marmite the Dog
sa'peaking of weddings, 'ave a gander at these piccies...
Quote:
Originally Posted by nidhoggMy secretarys younger unemployed layabout brother just got married. Rice farming family. Sin sot - 60K was the asking (I think they negotiated it down a tad). Mind you the girl was 14.....( to which nobody batted an eye lid of course).Quote:
Originally Posted by jandajoy
Times are tuff everone is cutting back :)
Buy the lass some nice gold and pay for a big party so all in 100 to 200k, Now if you cant affored that well you shouldnt get married because even if you do most probably aint going to last long if you cant give her a life upgrade.
If they ask for more than 200k then they are just being greedy barsteds and you should tell them so.
The BIL had lovely little bitch of wife that I always thought was a nice bird until she ran off to pattaya to catch a farang and found out it wasnt so easy, came back and kissed ass to get her husband back and has just run off to Pattaya again and told the BIL she doesnt want to work for a living and wants to catch a farang.
This girl had a decent edumcation and the family owns around 100 rai and is a dental assistant in Khon kaen, I guess she wasnt as bright as I thought, BIL is a decent hard working young lad that didnt belt her or drink to excess.
I wonder how she is going to go chewing on a wrinkly cock
Solly. I thought a brand new pick up, top of the range of course, went without saying. I mean everybody knows that.Quote:
Originally Posted by blackgang
Anything you say you Moon unit. And I thought I was bad for cherry picking the bits of Thai culture that suited me.Quote:
Originally Posted by mooncakeWhat if I tell you that in the thai tradition ....the bride side supposed to pay for the wedding? Will anyone here believe me?Quote:
Originally Posted by the dogcatcher
I mean for the cost of the ceremony itself,
but the reception cost is negotiable, however most times the groom side pays for the reception.
:chitown:
If I remember well, the family that take care of our land asked for 200,000 for their eldest daughter, about 10 years salary for the groom, a local guy, his mother paid.Quote:
Originally Posted by jandajoy
The daughter was already pregnant, her mother said that if her daughter husband leave at least they will have the Sin Sod to help raise the kid.
The daughter is completely useless and now want to go to Bangkok to work. I don't know what I'm going to say if one day she comes back with a falang ...
Sounds like she just wanted the money. Obviously she knew Mama was good for it.
Yea most people, esp the farangs don’t know "that little fact" of the thai traditionQuote:
Originally Posted by the dogcatcherAnything you say you Moon unit. And I thought I was bad for cherry picking the bits of Thai culture that suited me.Quote:
Originally Posted by mooncakeWhat if I tell you that in the thai tradition ....the bride side supposed to pay for the wedding? Will anyone here believe me?Quote:
Originally Posted by the dogcatcher
I mean for the cost of the ceremony itself,
but the reception cost is negotiable, however most times the groom side pays for the reception.
:chitown:
Here….
The Bride side….pays for
The morning wedding, her own dress, the monks, foods for the guests, including flowers, & plastic chairs (unless you can borrow from a temple)
The groom side….pays for
Most times the reception, the rings, house that they will be living in, and whatever the couple needs to start a life togethe.
Oh the car too, unless it’s gifted by his/her parents.
The entire money from those envelopes suppose to go to the couple only, most parents do not keep those, not even a part of it.
The above is just a typical norm in Thailand.
Are you married Mooncake?