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Home » Reader call » Call: Thai girlfriend seeks contact with other Thai women (Apeldoorn area)
Dear readers,
My Thai girlfriend has been in the Netherlands for a few weeks now. She would like to get in touch with other Thai women in the Apeldoorn area.
Who can help my girlfriend with a contact or knows how best to make new contacts. My girlfriend (Toon, 33 years old) is in the Netherlands for the first time and is very curious how other Thai women experience the Netherlands.
Greetings,
Johan
Moderator: Comment removed at Khun Peter's request.
@Johan: Go shopping in Thai stores. You will easily come across Thai women. Have some patience and wait until she starts an integration course, she is not the only Thai who recently came to live in A'doorn. Thai women quickly make contact and introduce each other. Many Thai women know several Thai women who have settled here and there throughout the country. A group of acquaintances soon emerges.
After that, the first misunderstandings also arise, due to: bragging about who one has been lucky and how well one has done it, about results achieved during the courses, also by persuading each other to go to a casino, by lending each other money, by being forced to money donations to a temple, etc. etc. Many people know cases of bullying. Please note: Thais cannot say no, are not assertive, are guided by the 'strongest'. She must come from a good background if she wants to put herself up for a fight. Thais are quite afraid of being left out of the group, and afraid of being alone. (That may already be the case with your girlfriend!)
My wife was very selective at the time: she wanted to establish her own place in NL, without TH interference. Of course she needed to see TH people with whom she could share her first experiences. She went to visit acquaintances who lived far away from us, and made clear agreements with them about mutual visits, and - very important - that money would not be discussed.
In our hometown she met many Thai women: with some of them close friendships were struck. Thai women who only surrendered to 'the pleasures of life' were banned. To this day, now that we live in TH, those friendships exist. Some of them now also live in TH, some (still) in NL, and they visit us during their holidays in TH.
In short: the moral of my argument - it is not all cake and egg in TH, and that is taken to NL. Be critical of who you meet, and what intentions they have. You don't have to be suspicious, but guileless is another matter. In addition: she came to NL for you, and not for TH.
Dear Soi, would you like to send me an email. I am very interested in your experiences, because I am planning something similar. Mail address [email protected]. Thanks for your response
I have had a Thai wife for 14 years now...in the beginning you met other Thai ladies. At first things go well... but after a while, cracks appear in this "friendship" as Soi describes it... that's exactly right. Mutual envy...they don't want to be inferior to each other...it's all about money and possessions.
My wife had had enough of this a few years ago...with the result that she doesn't go anywhere anymore...and hardly meets any Thai people anymore.
We do a lot together ourselves.. and it goes fine without all those so-called "Thai friendship clubs"
Go to Arnhem Toko Oriental .. you will meet them there. Apeldoorn also has a Thai restaurant.
I also know this story from the past , but it did not apply to me .
My Thai spouse did not live in the Netherlands, but she had made Thai acquaintances during her 3 monthly visa period when I was still working in Holland.
Otherwise I would certainly have separated her from those so-called Thai acquaintances.
It is better that your wife gathers Dutch acquaintances living and perhaps also working.
Simply integrate into Dutch society while retaining your knowledge and Thai norms and values.
Jan Beute.
Think carefully first. We don't have a good experience with it either.
Totally agree with the other comments. My girlfriend also doesn't want to have contact with her ex girlfriends anymore. And I really don't miss it either.
John,
i totally agree with the comments above.
Your Thai girlfriend's mood will certainly not improve by bringing her into contact with other Thais.
over the years they keep 1 or 2 acquaintances.
Competition is common among the Thai in the Netherlands (and also among the Philippine).
the gold chains are always clearly visible.
There are also groups;: if you are in one group, you are not welcome in the other group.
The market, namely the stalls where tropical products are sold, the tokos and the Thai temples (Waalwijk, Musselkanaal, Amsterdam, Aachen) are the meeting places for the newcomers.
Let them come into contact with Dutch children, the elderly and married couples. and quickly start speaking Dutch to each other.
Go to the Thai What in Waalwijk.
May also contact me.
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Soi , has it explained to you do not despise that advice ! Those things have destroyed my relationship ( in Belgium ) , but as far as Thai is concerned it is the same here !
Tips and warnings enough. Could also do a story but enough about that already.
The fact is that the lady in question feels alone and needs social contacts?
Can get in there, this is not abnormal at all; that's how it goes for most people.
There is generally a group spirit among Thais. They don't like to be alone and like to chat. Are they alone, they are constantly on the phone. Telecom typhoon Thaksin had seen good money in that.
Visiting the temple doesn't seem like a bad idea, if only to feed the Thainess. You might like it yourself.
Furthermore, you cannot expect a migrant to reveal his individuality and culture. On the other hand, he is expected to integrate.
The Dutch or Belgians in Thailand sometimes like a plate of prak and other typical things from their home country. Why are there Dutch and Belgian associations in Thailand, eateries and cafes.
Good luck in your relationship.
Can't resist adding something else, in good faith.
There is no question that bad girlfriends make relationships fail.
So tell me, maybe it will help you.
My Thai boyfriend had also made bad friends. Our relationship was almost over.
Gambling, money matters, … he also did in Thailand, but never extreme. Was in the nature of the beast so to speak, then of course it goes wrong faster in bad conditions.
Those 'bad friends' really sucked him into a downward spiral, playing cards for days on end, going to the casino, embezzling money, even to a hard drug addiction. He had never done these last things before. Luckily we got over that. Has cost a lot of difficult moments and money. Just when things got back to normal between us, the little guy passed away after a short illness, this aside.
But it's hard to lock up your partner, or deprive them of the right to make some Thai friends.
Please talk about that matter. Allow the freedom of social contacts. But you can also make your position clear; that you know about the influence of bad girlfriends on the relationship. Examples abound through the many responses to your question. By discussing your anxiety, you prove once again that your partner is worth a lot to you. She will soon realize that.
Furthermore, it is clear that many bloggers want to share their experiences, especially to protect you how not to do it.
Once again good luck with your relationship!
Moderator: please respond to the reader's question, otherwise it's chatting.
That's how I lost my wife.. because of the influence of other Thai women.
That's just the way it is. Exceptions to this are more than rare.
When looking for and/or meeting (Thai) friends or acquaintances, I always ask my wife if this person could also be a friend in Thailand. You just have to be able to fit together. I also don't become a friend of my neighbor, because he is my neighbor.
I would therefore like to give Johan some good advice by telling her to take it easy. When she meets a Thai woman (and she certainly will) look the cat out of the tree first. In the beginning we also had a house full. This was fun, but in the end it didn't click with a large number of these women. She now has a few acquaintances, with whom she has occasional contact. When she needs to talk to other Thais, she calls her family in Thailand. This is also typically Thai. In Thailand there is no friendship like here. Everything is much more about the family.
I have not been here in the Netherlands for a long time and can not speak well in the Netherlands yet I am welcome if I can help you wife can contact me at this email then we can contact each other and can also visit me.
\not so afraid they what someone from above what wants to happen just let yourself go me experience injured learn with good knives you want to choose yourself if you like to meet me contact me for friendship at the email address welcome .