Reader-submitted Thailand stories covering first trips, nightlife, Pattaya experiences, relationships, expat life and successful marriages. Real experiences from visitors and long-time Thailand regulars.
My Thai girlfriend’s family currently think I’m an expert on pigs. I’m not. I was a plumber in Brisbane for 38 years. The closest I’ve ever come to farming was growing tomatoes badly. This started because I’ve got a terrible habit of pretending I understand Thai when I don’t. I’ve been coming to Thailand for…
Table of Contents Toggle Meeting My Thai Wife in Bangkok Money Demands and Emotional Pressure in a Thai Relationship Why I Went to Thailand Thai Girlfriend Expectations About Money and Lifestyle From a Bangkok Nightlife Worker to a Serious Relationship Why Dating a Bangkok Bar Girl Became Serious Life With My Thai Girlfriend in Bangkok…
Story 1: How I Met a Thai Girl in Pattaya He got played badly, sent her money twice for new phones and appendix operation and all the usual stories. I thought he was mentally ill because I believed that could never happen to me. I thought I had a good grip on reality. It was…
Table of Contents Toggle Meeting a Thai Woman in Bangkok The Secret My Thai Girlfriend Kept Meeting a Thai Woman in Bangkok That’s actually my first name. I’m 36 Australian and originally from Brisbane. I’ve never been married. I don’t have kids and I work remotely doing website development and online advertising. I first visited…
Meeting a Thai Girlfriend in Chiang Mai My name is Alan. You can use my real first name if you want. I’m 52 and from just outside Abedine in Scotland. I’ve worked offshore for most of my adult life. I’m divorced. I’ve got two grown-up daughters and I first came to Thailand in 2018. The…
A Life of Stress, Worry, and Hard Work A typical day for me throughout most of my life was a constant mix of stress, worry, and extremely hard work. For over 30 years, aside from weekends and very occasional holidays, there wouldn’t be a day where I would get out of bed any later than…
It was just a random thing that we decided we wanted to do, a bit of fun before we were due to go and meet some friends that we’d been to see a few times before. We were going to be a bit early, so we thought, “Let’s kill an hour. “ I’d always wanted…
Table of Contents Toggle Story 1 Pattaya Meeting and Lessons The Girl from Mix Wonder Woman Talking with Wonder Woman (Ratner) The Five Drink Minimum Spending Time with Ratner The Rooftop Bar Luang: The Afternoon Girl Six Years Later Story 2 Motorway Pileup on Sai The Family Court My Thoughts on This Story Story 3…
Background from My Mongering Career I did monger in Thailand for more than 10 years prior to this. I married a Thai lady from Isan. When I met her, she was 20 and a year out of college, 15 years my junior, and part owner of a phone shop in Khon Kaen. You know the…