I recently talked to one man online about how Thais think about us. I said they would be happy to get our money every month and send us home if they could and he said he chooses Thai morality over western any day.
I have been here 14 years and he i'm not sure maybe3-4. He said his friends say im wrong and am just bitter and i said i just don't lie to my self about how it is here. which leads me to my friend.
He was here 38-39 years i knew him for 6y and he was one of the most understanding person about Real Thai culture that i have met to date. why do i say Real Thai culture, well he knew about the bar life but most important he knew about everyday life and it's ins and outs. He would not just be able to tell what a person would do but explain why in very simple but completly understandable terms. He taught be many thing. Including how to divorce without losing anything. which i did and am happier for it. because of him i learned about face how to give it and how to make someone lose it without dieing for it. I learned how to live here and be happy when before i always felt i must protect myself. So to me he was a great guy, he loved Thailand he respected Thailand but most of all he knew Thailand. So when chatting with this other man and he said some thing it reminded me of my friend. Not as i remember him, but as he became in the end. you see after 39y and all his understanding he forgot the rules.
Rules
1. we are GUESTS here and always will be. I get reminded of that everyday if i want it or not.
2.Thai loc Thai means Thai choose"love" Thai every time, means we are on the out if it comes down to it.
3. You will never be Thai or be acepted as Thai no matter how much you think you are
So does this make me bitter? No, but it does help me to understand my place. My friend forgot his after 39y. he ended up old broke and sent home with his tail between his legs. So to all you who think you are to smart to ever get taken or fall prey to someone think about this story and remember it comes to all of us sooner or later if you stay somewhere your not wanted.
Yes I am going to stay but I also will not confuse someone being nice to me as me being seen as an equal. Here you are not equal and we will never be equal that is just how it is. if you can live with that then stay and find some happiness like me, if not lie to yourself and sooner or later you will get taken.
Sad But true.
Ok tear in to me im ready.
I have been here 14 years and he i'm not sure maybe3-4. He said his friends say im wrong and am just bitter and i said i just don't lie to my self about how it is here. which leads me to my friend.
He was here 38-39 years i knew him for 6y and he was one of the most understanding person about Real Thai culture that i have met to date. why do i say Real Thai culture, well he knew about the bar life but most important he knew about everyday life and it's ins and outs. He would not just be able to tell what a person would do but explain why in very simple but completly understandable terms. He taught be many thing. Including how to divorce without losing anything. which i did and am happier for it. because of him i learned about face how to give it and how to make someone lose it without dieing for it. I learned how to live here and be happy when before i always felt i must protect myself. So to me he was a great guy, he loved Thailand he respected Thailand but most of all he knew Thailand. So when chatting with this other man and he said some thing it reminded me of my friend. Not as i remember him, but as he became in the end. you see after 39y and all his understanding he forgot the rules.
Rules
1. we are GUESTS here and always will be. I get reminded of that everyday if i want it or not.
2.Thai loc Thai means Thai choose"love" Thai every time, means we are on the out if it comes down to it.
3. You will never be Thai or be acepted as Thai no matter how much you think you are
So does this make me bitter? No, but it does help me to understand my place. My friend forgot his after 39y. he ended up old broke and sent home with his tail between his legs. So to all you who think you are to smart to ever get taken or fall prey to someone think about this story and remember it comes to all of us sooner or later if you stay somewhere your not wanted.
Yes I am going to stay but I also will not confuse someone being nice to me as me being seen as an equal. Here you are not equal and we will never be equal that is just how it is. if you can live with that then stay and find some happiness like me, if not lie to yourself and sooner or later you will get taken.
Sad But true.
Ok tear in to me im ready.