@Ron ***

tell me what is so funny and I'll laugh with you 🤣

@Jacqui ********

I don't know that but I have a Thai girlfriend myself. We have been together for more than 3 years. I'm lucky because our relationship is not based on money. She has a job, never ever asked me to send any money (She is not a bargirl, not even a cashier in a bar 😂 Because know that's the first thing sad people will comment 😂 We living together in Thailand. I pay the rent, bills, buying food, all the stuff... So all her money is hers and she can do anything with that money... But I'm sure if i start providing less, it doesn't matter how much she loves me I'm sure slowly she will start looking after a better option. And I can understand completely. 😉

No offense but making $3000 that'll be barely enough for him/them to survive... I guess on that money he played a "king" in Thailand... Totally understandable if the girl is looking after someone else who can provide her a better life... Don't make any sense for her to move into a foreign country and get the worst life than she has before... I'm sure back in Thailand it was a lot of partying, he bought her a lot of stuff, etc... No this is all gone.. Of course she will be looking after someone else... Better to send her home... Or find out how to make more money because as we know money can solve the problem....

@Garry *******

possible 🤣🤣

@James ******

why? 🤔

How long is a piece of string?

@Andreea *****

I'm not learning anything that isn't used nowadays. Hard enough to know, remember all of this. 🤣🤣

@Andreea *****

I wasn't wrong. Yes originally 32 but 28 used/teached nowadays. (Just like the 2 consonants ;) ) Even in our school there was 26. But here is the photo about my course material so you can see.

@Bruce ********

Very easy answer. Many people are not interested in learning a very hard language (I'm learning myself and after I speak 3 other languages Thai is crazy hard in many ways. And I'm not even talking about reading and writing, that's a different story. )

If you are not living in the rural part of the country where very few people can speak English, you can get very far with English. 99% of them live in areas that are full of expats and other long-term foreign people. So they can communicate in English/ their own language. So no much need to speak Thai.

A big part of the long-term foreign are old expats. I don't know because I'm only 40. But I guess when you are 60-70+, you have a really small motivation to learn a very hard, new language when you can live a comfortable life without it.

For me is easy. I always learning the language of the country where I'm living. I'm learning basic phrases in every country I'm visiting because I feel better myself if at least I can say Hello, Thank you, This is good, Very tasty, etc. in a local language. For me an extra motivation is my partner is Thai and her parents don't speak any English (They even speak Isaan, just to make my life more fun/harder 🤣 ) So I want to be able to speak with them even on a very basic level, but more than Hello and How are you. (I can do that already)

So before you start judging people, just think a little bit. Everyone has a different reason. Even if that's just laziness, an "I don't care attitude" is still their decision.

@Andreea *****

Reading and writing is fun. Like cracking the code 🤣🤣 Only 28 vowels, not 32. The 4 tone marks are not vowels. 😉 And my favourite Vowels can appear before, above, after, or below a consonant. 🤣 But it is a good feeling when you can read that signs/writing even you don't know what is mean.

The language itself is very logical and self-explanatory, but the 5 tones make your life hard. Without that will be an "easy" language to learn.