Quote Originally Posted by sglad View Post
This whole buying dinner, paying for taxi, picking up the tab business may be the S.O.P. for the typical farang-moneyboy liaison but may not be the case with everybody. Never assume that your new friend has no money or of inferior socio-economic status to you. Bangkok is full of young, friendly, attractive gay guys from across the socio-economic spectrum, many of whom can pay their own way. There are plenty of gorgeous professional Thai guys in their mid twenties to early thirties who will take you out and entertain you if you fit the bill of what they're looking for.
Most of those I met make sure in one way or another that I'm going to pay, or rather make it precondition for meeting. That someone invites me is extremely rare in Thailand (but happens often in Myanmar and in the southern provinces: Songkla, Pattani).