Reading between the lines...
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Originally Posted by TrickyRich
It is hard when I am working and he has nothing to do but keep house (he is definitely not a ladyboy, and keeping house is not his forte,...Any relationship with an age gap (he is 30 and I am 48), and cultural differences as profound as Thai to UK, is going to be hard work. But for now at least I have decided to keep on working at it.
This is how I read it:
"I'm stuck with him. After all that time and money spent bringing him over and telling the whole world about it, I realise that we are not compatible in more ways than one, not least of which is that he is a lazy ass and probably straight. I'll carry on pretending that he actually loves me in a mystical, unfathomable Thai way until I've gone completely broke and made a total fool of myself."
Re: Reading between the lines...
Quote:
Originally Posted by Yimsuai
Quote:
Originally Posted by TrickyRich
It is hard when I am working and he has nothing to do but keep house (he is definitely not a ladyboy, and keeping house is not his forte,...Any relationship with an age gap (he is 30 and I am 48), and cultural differences as profound as Thai to UK, is going to be hard work. But for now at least I have decided to keep on working at it.
This is how I read it:
"I'm stuck with him. After all that time and money spent bringing him over and telling the whole world about it, I realise that we are not compatible in more ways than one, not least of which is that he is a lazy ass and probably straight. I'll carry on pretending that he actually loves me in a mystical, unfathomable
Thai way until I've gone completely broke and made a total fool of myself."
Sounds spot on to me Yimsuai.
Also, if the Thai man doesn't want it to work, this may be his way of saying it instead of the confrontational route.