Tell me I'm not crazy...

[colmx]

Oh, he doesn't need to try and show off. He's doing just fine in the financial department.

Seems you have a lot to (still) learn about young people from poor families in SE Asia... Of course they have to try and show off... all too many times all they care about "keeping up with the jones" and attempting to gain supposed "face" by showing off

[cdnmatt]

Seems you have a lot to (still) learn about young people from poor families in SE Asia... Of course they have to try and show off... all too many times all they care about "keeping up with the jones" and attempting to gain supposed "face" by showing off

He was a novice monk for 7 years. I can promise you he's the furthest thing from someone who wants to show off.

Sure, he wants to show off to some extent, which is why he wants that Basi ceremony in his village. However, again, his mother taught him well, and he's very conservative with his money.

There is no way his story is true.

[frequent]

He was a novice monk for 7 years ... There is no way his story is true.

Did he learn to lie as a novice monk maybe?

[cdnmatt]

Did he learn to lie as a novice monk maybe?

He doesn't know how to lie. I'm a horrible liar myself, and he's even worse than me, which is why it's so easy to catch him out in a lie.

[francois]

He doesn't know how to lie. I'm a horrible liar myself, and he's even worse than me, which is why it's so easy to catch him out in a lie.

Don't be down on yourself, matt, I believe every word you write.

[joe552]

He was a novice monk for 7 years. I can promise you he's the furthest thing from someone who wants to show off.

Sure, he wants to show off to some extent, which is why he wants that Basi ceremony in his village. However, again, his mother taught him well, and he's very conservative with his money.

There is no way his story is true.

So if you've concluded his story is not true, why are we discussing it? Surely you've made a decision.