They also breed - we don't. Only lesbians and bed-wetters do that sort of thing in same-sex relationships
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What are you talking about? Lots of same-sex couples have monogamous relationships. He agrees as well, as do apparently all his friends, even gay friends, back in his village.
It's not like I'm forcing anything on him. He has more than enough money in his bank account to start a new and good life for himself, so it's up to him. He can decide to either be in a monogamous relationship with me, or go at life alone and have the freedom to have all the sexual partners he wants. Same rule applies to me. We chose each other.
In my mind at least, the whole point of a relationship is to walk together through this journey called life, and both be stronger for it. Quite difficult to do that when one of you is a cheating liar.
There are lots of conformist fools everywhere, Matt. Besides, if you have an open relationship there's no cheating and no lying. You are simply imposing these Christian constraints on yourself and those around you
I'm glad you raised the point about the money in his bank account again, while claiming elsewhere he's been nothing but a poor rice farmer from Laos. Been paying him for sex have you?
That's the difference between us. I don't view him as some poor, rice farming peasant who sells his body. I view him as the intelligent, loving, compassionate, empathetic, funncy, eccentric, strong, healthy human being that he is.
But yes, I take good care of him. After all, he takes care of me. I'm blind, remember? I need to be able to trust him 100% with my life, or else this doesn't work. That's why the Vientiane move is now delayed by at least a few weeks.
Too bad too, because I just finally got my passport yesterday. He could have been on his way to Vientiane today to find a house if he didn't pull this stunt.
Yes there is the not unimportant breeding imperative behind these hetro relationships.
Your point reminds me of an interview given by R Dawkins in which he gave his views as to how a 'gay' gene has been passed on though the passing on should be oxymoronic given that gays carrying the gene don't usually breed.
Part of his answer was that some gays did breed when they were trusted among the females as camp guardians by the alpha males in 'primitive' times.
But he credits the 'sneaky fuckers' ie the bi-sexual males for being largely responsible.
A bit off topic but so what.
Did Dawkins actually use the phrase 'sneaky fuckers'?
Surely not!
This is disappointing. As we all know, the Moderators' knowledge and understanding of Thai history, culture and social mores is unparalleled. I've therefore been waiting for a riposte from them to Matt's assertion that monogamy is the norm in Thailand ("monogamous relationships. He agrees as well, as do apparently all his friends, even gay friends, back in his village"). A friend of mine says his apartment building is infested by the mia noi (minor wife) of any Thai man who can afford one. He can't move in the car park on a Saturday morning for the cars of these men who arrive to take the minor wife shopping. It's a long-standing Thai practice. The only reason they would not exist in a village would be the lack of wealth. And that's leaving out any discussion of nickels and dimes
Frequent wrote.
"As we all know, the Moderators' knowledge and understanding of Thai history, culture and social mores is unparalleled."
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Yes he did.
And he used to mean what it says;
The bi-sexual males played a double game in that they presented their 'gay' side so the alpha males would trust them with the women and when they got the chance they became fuckers of these women.
It's on utube somewhere.
I'm shocked.
He comes across as quite prim and proper.
Sneaky fucker!
Thank you, Matt.
Mind you, when Dawkins says it, it sounds quite natural and not offensive at all.
This is my thread, so I figure I'm allowed to hijack it all I want.
Don't thank me. Where's my apology.
I am actually blind. Only difference between before and now is that I'm good at being blind now.
I'm not going to let up on you until you decide to be a man, and issue an apology.
The "sheilas"?
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Anyway, looks like things will be ok for us. I don't know, I've had a REALLY hard time letting this one go.
He starts English language lessons today though, so good. 500 baht/hour though, so not exactly cheap, but hopefully quality. School is owned by some guy in his 60s from Texas, and seems like a nice guy. If you can't read, you can't learn, so price doesn't really matter -- he needs English.
Matt wrote.
" I've had a REALLY hard time letting this one go."
Well at 11 pages long I can see that. You probably should let this one go now. Give us a couple of weeks break and then you can start with the next one.
I will kick him out....forget him...oh wait I forgive....he's back...how long will this story proceed? like a continuing daytime drama hehe......Page 12 is not far off...give it to us..
This "story" will continue until such time as people stop replying to every new twist and turn.
So stand back for another 11 pages to follow!
No, no. For example, he bought some books on software development, but they've just been gathering dust for months, because he's unable to read them.
I have clients from all over the world, and everyone converses with me in English. If he wants to stand on his own feet like he desires, then first step is to up his English game. We're working on it now. :)
People will only believe what they want to believe, and listen to what they want to hear
"For example, he bought some books on software development, but they've just been gathering dust for months, because he's unable to read them."
I read this through, over time, and never felt the urge to post. But, he bought books he can't read sort of answers your question - one of your or both are crazy. Especially if you think anyone believes this.
People are buying fewer physical goods altogether - see this Bloomberg article. I don't buy any physical books, magazines or newspapers any more; I use Kindle for books and subscribe to the Twitter feed of a range of news sources which I then read via Flipboard. For magazines I subscribe via their Apps and the iTunes store. A tip for those who read sources that impose a limit on the number of articles you can read for free within a time limit. Use "In Private" browsing or a browser such as Epic Privacy and you can read as much as you like (cue for the "Cheap Charlie" accusations)
I do exactly the same thing. Hundreds of books on Kindle and magazines on my Ipad. Can't imagine buyiong a book.
Not yet, Trump put me off twitter. But, I will - thankd.
Your right! Flipboard is amazing.
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spoken like a true believer that all you need for a career in "software development" in the Internet age is a few MOOC courses - I mean who needs computer science and software engineering skills when you can develop and distribute your "killer app" on the mobile app stores with a couple of dodgy, insecure and unstable public libraries and a few code snippets from stackoverflow
but yes cdnmatt with his life savings in bitcoin and extensive "whiz" skills should have been able to direct his BF, even with limited English skills, into a suitable career path as a cdnmatt clone
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