Paypal is also possible if she has one set up.

GL
Learn Live Love Life

Maybe this has something to do with Filipinas leaning on their farang boyfriends to support them, while Thai girls don't even ask (um, good luck).

Websites like iKobo charge about $20 for a first transfer, and, since 1000 THB is only about $30, this is hardly cost effective. I assume WU is worse, I'll find out.

Since this is a one-fer (I have never sent my friend money, even though we have taken several trips together, of course I do compensate for her time when we are together) I'll encourage her to borrow the 1000 baht (she only makes 6000 baht per month, so this is not a small sum) so she will have her passport in hand when we head south to Malaysia together next month.

Meanwhile, I'll look into Paypal and look forward to other suggestions.

Now who taught her Japanese and Korean?

Biker

Just a warning, don't be fooled by the low cost of the transfer, they can burn you with a crappy exchange rate. So figure it all ways and go with the better deal.

I seem to recall there was a flower/gift service that would send flowers/gifts and money to Thai girls...I forget the name...something like "mythaigirl.com" or "mythaibargirl.com" But they would hand deliver her cash and flowers or whatever...

I would particularly like to note that a member of this board who has not always been a fan of mine privately and generously offered to arrange the transfer through his personal bank account.

I practiced my Thai-language conversation skills with my Thai-language tutor yesterday, in advance of my phone call to my girl in Thailand yesterday evening. I had "bank account" and "bank transfer" and "passport office" and lots of important words ready in Thai (I speak Thai with my girl).

I expected her to say "mai mii sa-dtaang" which roughly translates as "I'm flat broke." To my considerable surprise, she said she has 1000 baht and will get her passport without my immediate financial assistance. Of course I'll pay her back next month when I see her. Now we'll see if she can hold onto her 1000 baht long enough to actually get her passport.

Thanks again all, Roger

what could go wrong with that plan?

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The point of my update was that TGF does not need a money transfusion to obtain her passport, thus no need to send her money at this time....to my considerable surprise. Maybe she is finally beginning to grow up...or maybe not...do Thai girls ever grow up?

It is unlikely that there will be a next time, as I do not send money to Thai girls, preferring to be generous when we are together. The present case is an exception, as she needs the passport to accompany me to Malaysia....this will be her first trip outside Thailand....and....based on prior travel experience together...we should have a good time.

btw, you (FH) have met this girl, we had dinner together at Lan Na Thai on soi 38 a year or two ago.

For the rest of you, Lan Na Thai is a very lovely restaurant in an old teak house, expensive but very pretty.

http://www.facebars.com/en/bangkok/restaurant/Lanna-thai/

i'm sure he was sincere and was only offering to do you a favor -- he was handing out 1k baht notes to thais for christmas, so i doubt he's going to use you to intercept 1k baht meant for a thai woman.

but it was still fun for me to make the smart-ass comment.

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I am just pleased that TGF says she actually had 1000 baht to obtain her passport....so I didn't need anyone's assistance in getting the money to her if advance of seeing her.

Your smart-ass comments are always welcome, although I am getting a bit tired of your contribution to over-use of "whore." Which of course is your point anyway.

Wait a minute, did I see that you used the word "whore"!

Glad your TG came through on her own. Have a grand time in Malaysia and keep treating her good when you see her.

it's not easy to work it into every post, thus the signature.

it's not a word i'd commonly use -- except as slang in situations where few would consider it offensive and in those cases, rarely am i using it accurately.

the issue is that those who are bothered by its use are so damned righteous about others not using it, even when used entirely accurately.

a word used accurately doesn't merit complaints. a word is a word. though if it weren't for everybody complaining, i'd use hooker or prostitute instead of whore. and if the word weren't being actively censored from usage in some RB forums, i wouldn't make a point of using it.

and as zingy mentioned, the stigma attached to the word is _increased_ by trying to prevent its use. i like what gays did with the word "queer." now it's totally acceptable to call a gay man a queer. no blood, no foul. of course, you have to resort to calling him a faggot if you actually intend to insult him... i guess every rose has its thorn.

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I have run this question by quite a few women, that is, "would you be more offended to be called a whore, a hooker a prostitute etc..." Most said they would be equally offended to be called any of those names. 1 did say she found whore slightly more derogatory. Almost all the women I ask say they would be offended only if it were intended as a direct insult, rather than an observation. That is, "YOU FUCKING WHORE!" yelled would be an insult vs "those shoes make you look like a whore..."

Oddly, almost ALL the women said they would be more insulted if a woman called them a whore as opposed to a man calling them a whore. Most found "kitty" (WTF? I typed C**T) and "bitch" to be among the most offensive insults.
1-2 women did say "how could I be offended if I was actually a whore? None of the women I have asked to this point have been whores. I think I'll ask Jeanie next time she blows me.

Some people object to my use of the word whore, others object to Surfer using LBFM. I personally find "provider," "RA" "Session" etc to be lame pussified and sanitized. Which is one of the many reasons I choose to use the words I do when talking about fucking whores.

Selling sex may be dehumanizing, degrading and exploitative, but the same could be said about buying sex. There is nothing holy in any of this, on either side. It is ridiculous to me that words are censored on a board that is dedicated to whoring and buying sex. We graphically discuss our sexual exploits but we can't use certain words...I typed c**t above and it was changed to "kitty" how pussified. (get it, kitty, pussified?)

I am a hard core punter in love with the game and I will make no apologies to anyone for my involvement in it, or how I express myself regarding it. The PC crowd can line up and make like whores and suck my dick.