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  1. sbk, my intentions were good... maybe i really know her... who knows... if you think its not a nice comment then sorry samart... just trying to help out... i know the feeling just hope that the ex i've been with is like you. and i hope sbk will not be rude to an honest comment... :o

  2. <----- born catholic, but now, only believe in one God.

    My stay in Thailand had confuse my faith in my religion (maybe because I am weak :D ). Had tried to study Islam, but the model wasn't good (was an ex US BF, converted Islam, says he devote himself to Allah but had ladies everywhere and a supposed best friend but talks about you behind your back :o ). So, I decided to stand for myself. I believe in God, yes, no one can take that away but I take no religion. :D

  3. Hi Angel,

    Thanks for the story on what your friend's friend did.  Is it possible for your Thai friend or their farang friend to send me a PM on this topic?  I would like to know more details on their strategy...  BTW, I am quite fluent in basic Thai... 

    This does seem to be a rather tricky do it yourself project...  I will be back in Thailand for 2 weeks at Xmas time and I am hoping to be able to help out with this if I can... 

    Any tips on specific immigration attorneys who are clever with this kind of case?  Any tips on contacting specific officials at the American Embassy in BKK on this? 

    I tend to agree that it is better to not make a public mess out of this.  Thais are very concerned about "losing face" and making the story public might very easily backfire on us... 

    Thanks for the input so far...  Other specific suggestions are very much appreciated.  For specific names or phone numbers or contacts, feel free to send me a personal message.  I am very discrete and I am happy to talk directly with anyone on this.  (I will happily pay the phone charges...)

    Thanks again.  Let's try to keep this thread active for a while longer because my guess is that we are not the only ones struggling with these relatively arbitrary and crazy-making rules... 

    Kawp kuhn mak!

    dseawarrior

    (SF & Chiang Mai) 

    :o

    hi dseawarrior,

    i really wana help you but aside from that my friend no longer communicate with me right after she receives her thai passport and thai card, we had a misunderstanding. the effect of getting the passport and thai card had gotten into her head. i told you this story so you would know that its possible.

    anyway, let me see what i can do. leave me your email address and i'll try to contact her and give her your email so you can contact her directly, but please don't expect too much.

    -=angel=-

  4. 2 weeks ago I tied the knot with Wan, my Thai GF. (Sorry for not posting earlier but we have been honeymooning...)

    Here's a quick rundown of history and events:

    I've lived in Thailand for 3 years now, and met some good and not so good girls.  Wan might be classed by some as falling into the latter category, since she had been working in the bars.  But I felt differently and we were both determined to try to make our relationship work.  Beearing in mind that past events cannot be changed, we looked only to the future.

    Well, the early days were not easy, (hence my member status! - check previous postings!).  There were tears on both sides.  But we both worked at our relationship and we have been able to 'pull away' from past experiences and enjoy a very happy time together.

    Wan is now 3 months pregnant and so we needed this wedding without delay.  This was a village ceronmony in Northern Issan.

    Some 400 people or so attended the event which was held at her parents' home.  I had the support of Chris - an English friend, but I was on my own apart from that!

    I was given the honour of eating fresh buffolo afterbirth...  (Is this an Issan ritual or just some joke they play on farangs??)

    The wedding went very well in all respects.  I paid a sinsot, not because I agreed with this practice, but because no sinsot would mean a serious lost of face for her family.  (Please don't tell me that you never pay sinsot for an ex BG, especially one with a child.  I've heard it all before and this was my decision!)

    After the wedding the food and dancing began.  Some 16 'stars' from the Issan Music venue in BKK travelled up to Issan and entertained the crowd for several hours.  This Issan music event was broadcast live on the local radio station.

    The whole wedding ceronmony and entertainment was captured by a camera crew from TV channel 3, (although I don't know if/when this is to be broadcast...)

    After the wedding, we spent a few days in Phuket.  Our plans are to relax there with our new baby, before moving to Samui in about 1 year.

    I've got lots of photos, but I'll just bore you with one :D

    Simon & Wan

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    :o:D:D CONGRATSSS!!!! :D:D:D

  5. what does balloon chasers mean?

    Many places (bars, restaurants) put up ballons when they are hosting a "special" function (birthdays, stag parties, anniversaries, divorce parties, what ever).

    Quite often, there is free food available at these functions. For example, I'm hosting a party in Pattaya for a bunch of the guys I work with here in Afghanistan.

    The bar the party is being held at will put up a banner and a whack of balloons, plus arrange for a mess of food for who ever shows up.

    There are some people who look for these signs (especially the balloons), knowing there should be free food and possible a few free drinks if someone at the party rings the bell.

    :o i see... thanks :D

  6. I don't know what is the easiest/ best way through this, so the more information and ideas the better... 

    Many thanks! 

    dseawarrior

    (SF & Chiang Mai)

    :o

    well, I have a friend who doesn't have a thai card nor a thai passport. she is somewhat considered as what sting says not a thai national even thou she was born here. I don't really know how she did it or how her friend did it, but based on her explanation, it goes like this: She did the thai card first. her farang friend know some people who can do this for her in exchange of course for thousands of baht. Only then she got the thai passport, same friend had helped her and of course in exchange again for more thousands of baht. shes now preparing for her US visa.

    My suggestion is for you to come here and see for yourself how it goes. Coz if you let your gf do this alone, it will really take her a long time. Especially if she doesn't know any people who could help her and the authorities will just look at her and do nothing even if she paid them already. At least, if you're here the authorities would think that she really has the money.

    Thats only my suggestion, still up to you.

    P.S. my so called friend's thai card and passport took only a few months to process

  7. The unique thing about this story is...

    Can you really blame the girl? She has not taken him to the cleaners, was a good wife for a number of years, suffered the emotional abuse in his home town, and finally found love with someone closer to her age and obviously she's more attracted to.

    When this guys almost 70 and she's in her prime, what did he expect?

    no you cannot. just that she shouldn't had gone with another man when she knows her husband is really down, emotionally and financially. not judging thou. just saying my opinion... :o

  8. There are some people who have a hard time talking in english but are very very good when they write.

    sugarspice... talk to him. Tell him that the way he teaches you is somehow offending. He will understand, I think. If his really a good guy by heart and by deeds then you should stick to him. Only few men left who are like that. Farang and non-Farang. :o

    Smile coz he loves you!

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