There really is no logic....the military is just flexing their muscles and everything should be over by Sunday, unless you see tanks rolling down the street this weekend....the military is just trying to get rid of the tension between the red shirts and yellow shirts in Bangkok and bring the capitol back to a healthy environment for all residents....but I don't understand turning the cable and regular TV off.....
VD...I went to Pattaya in Feb for two weeks and had such a great time that I went back in June for two more weeks. Both times I stayed in the LK Metro area which is awesome but also enjoyed Soi 6, Soi 7, Drinking Street, and Walking Street. The curfew was lifted just days before my June trip but that wouldn't have stopped me from going.
Pattaya truly is Disneyland for men and I am completely addicted. I normally go to Vegas 4 or 5 times a year but have no desire to go there anymore.
No man should die without ever experiencing a soapy massage.
Pattaya truly is Disneyland for men and I am completely addicted. I normally go to Vegas 4 or 5 times a year but have no desire to go there anymore.
No man should die without ever experiencing a soapy massage.
Will do...looking at Feb or maybe June 2015. Before Thailand, I have traveled to Vietnam, Cambodia, Bali, and Singapore. I enjoyed each place but luckily I saw them first before going to Pattaya because nothing else compares.
Thankfully the forum on Pattaya Addicts gives me a small fix while waiting for my next visit.
Yahoo News claimed this was from Thailand, the youtube comments seem to indicate it's from Indonesia.
https://autos.yahoo.com/news/um-think-truck-overloaded-001400889.html
https://autos.yahoo.com/news/um-think-truck-overloaded-001400889.html
Wasn't he warriorsfan707?
The results of a Match.com survey published recently revealed 56% of married Thais surveyed admit to being unfaithful to their partner. Amongst expats, the latest survey generated snide chuckles. The question that has to be asked is just why the Thais consistently score high in infidelity surveys.
That Thailand topped the ignominious survey was no great surprise. The results of the Match.com survey mirrored the world's largest sex survey by condom manufacturer Durex which found 59% of married Thai women were unfaithful, the second highest in the world for females, while 54% of married Thai men were said to be unfaithful, Thai men on top of the world in a category that doesn't exactly come with bragging rights.
The idea of relationships, marriage, monogamy and being faithful to one's partner is, like so many things in Thailand, kind of complicated.
Thais can become quite threatening towards their partner if they so much as suspect they are getting a bit on the side. Men have been known to severely beat up a partner who is merely suspected of cheating and the throwing of acid on the face of a cheating partner or a partner who leaves them for another man is hardly uncommon. That Thailand is reputed to have the world's best penis reattachment surgeons is testament to how far some Thai females will go if she catches her man cheating.
Hardly anyone goes in to marriage thinking their partner will be unfaithful, even when the widely publicised results of these surveys consistently show high levels of philandering in Thailand. In individual relationships, there seems to be an almost idealistic notion that their partner is different.
How can that be so with the phenomenon of mia nois (mistresses) in a country in which most over 40s publicly have very socially conservative attitudes? How do you explain the preponderance of massage parlours, karaoke houses, gentlemen's clubs and various other venues for local men where sex is for sale? And how do you explain the way many Thai men are so open - often even with strangers - about their philandering?!
On the other hand, cheating Thai women tend to keep it quiet. Thai society tends to perceive such behaviour by females in a dimmer light.
So why do so many Thais cheat in marriage?
Could it be that Thais are particularly sexual beings? Many Thais are driven by the pursuit of fun and all things pleasurable, but as for being particularly sexual, in my opinion, no, most are not. While for some Thais there is little or no guilt associated with the idea of sex simply for the fun of it, for many Thais there most certainly is.
One might turn to evolutionary biology to try and explain a man's philandering....but that does not explain the actions of females.
Is there perhaps a correlation between infidelity and corruption? Thailand doesn't fare well in the corruption index so is it that countries with rampant corruption are also countries where sleeping around is not uncommon. Each is a symptom of dishonesty, right? In the Match.com survey, the Danes placed second, notable because Denmark always rates alongside Singapore, New Zealand and the rest of Scandinavia for being as close to corruption-free as it is possible for humans to be. Does this suggest there is little or no correlation between infidelity, dishonesty and general trust issues? With most of the other countries rating high in the infidelity stakes being European (and hardly registering in the corruption index), there would appear to be no correlation between the two.
Religion, climate and economic strength can all probably be ruled out with none a common factor amongst all the countries which score highest in infidelity surveys.
Certainly we shouldn't be too hard on the Thais when it comes to infidelity because while they may top the charts, they're not the only country represented and others are snapping at their heels.
I've long felt that in these parts that there is a notion that if you can do something which might not be necessarily right nor admired - and which might in fact be considered plain wrong or even illegal, so long as you are absolutely certain you can get away with it then you do it anyway.
Are the reports of widespread infidelity simply symptomatic of a scofflaw attitude where almost anything is ok so long as you don't get caught?
Getting back to the 56% of married Thais in the Match.com survey who responded that they had cheated, I wonder what percentage of Thais involved with foreigners play around? But the number I'd really like to know is the percentage of foreign men married to a Thai woman and living in Thailand who play around. That number just has to be higher than 56%!
http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/StickmanWeeklyColumn2015/Thailand-infidelity-rate.htm
That Thailand topped the ignominious survey was no great surprise. The results of the Match.com survey mirrored the world's largest sex survey by condom manufacturer Durex which found 59% of married Thai women were unfaithful, the second highest in the world for females, while 54% of married Thai men were said to be unfaithful, Thai men on top of the world in a category that doesn't exactly come with bragging rights.
The idea of relationships, marriage, monogamy and being faithful to one's partner is, like so many things in Thailand, kind of complicated.
Thais can become quite threatening towards their partner if they so much as suspect they are getting a bit on the side. Men have been known to severely beat up a partner who is merely suspected of cheating and the throwing of acid on the face of a cheating partner or a partner who leaves them for another man is hardly uncommon. That Thailand is reputed to have the world's best penis reattachment surgeons is testament to how far some Thai females will go if she catches her man cheating.
Hardly anyone goes in to marriage thinking their partner will be unfaithful, even when the widely publicised results of these surveys consistently show high levels of philandering in Thailand. In individual relationships, there seems to be an almost idealistic notion that their partner is different.
How can that be so with the phenomenon of mia nois (mistresses) in a country in which most over 40s publicly have very socially conservative attitudes? How do you explain the preponderance of massage parlours, karaoke houses, gentlemen's clubs and various other venues for local men where sex is for sale? And how do you explain the way many Thai men are so open - often even with strangers - about their philandering?!
On the other hand, cheating Thai women tend to keep it quiet. Thai society tends to perceive such behaviour by females in a dimmer light.
So why do so many Thais cheat in marriage?
Could it be that Thais are particularly sexual beings? Many Thais are driven by the pursuit of fun and all things pleasurable, but as for being particularly sexual, in my opinion, no, most are not. While for some Thais there is little or no guilt associated with the idea of sex simply for the fun of it, for many Thais there most certainly is.
One might turn to evolutionary biology to try and explain a man's philandering....but that does not explain the actions of females.
Is there perhaps a correlation between infidelity and corruption? Thailand doesn't fare well in the corruption index so is it that countries with rampant corruption are also countries where sleeping around is not uncommon. Each is a symptom of dishonesty, right? In the Match.com survey, the Danes placed second, notable because Denmark always rates alongside Singapore, New Zealand and the rest of Scandinavia for being as close to corruption-free as it is possible for humans to be. Does this suggest there is little or no correlation between infidelity, dishonesty and general trust issues? With most of the other countries rating high in the infidelity stakes being European (and hardly registering in the corruption index), there would appear to be no correlation between the two.
Religion, climate and economic strength can all probably be ruled out with none a common factor amongst all the countries which score highest in infidelity surveys.
Certainly we shouldn't be too hard on the Thais when it comes to infidelity because while they may top the charts, they're not the only country represented and others are snapping at their heels.
I've long felt that in these parts that there is a notion that if you can do something which might not be necessarily right nor admired - and which might in fact be considered plain wrong or even illegal, so long as you are absolutely certain you can get away with it then you do it anyway.
Are the reports of widespread infidelity simply symptomatic of a scofflaw attitude where almost anything is ok so long as you don't get caught?
Getting back to the 56% of married Thais in the Match.com survey who responded that they had cheated, I wonder what percentage of Thais involved with foreigners play around? But the number I'd really like to know is the percentage of foreign men married to a Thai woman and living in Thailand who play around. That number just has to be higher than 56%!
http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/StickmanWeeklyColumn2015/Thailand-infidelity-rate.htm
