Sinsot, pay to marry your great love
Imagine you fall in love with a beautiful Thai woman. In this story we call her Lek. After a few romantic vacations and getting acquainted with your future in-laws in Isaan, take the plunge and ask her to marry you. Nice you will think, but then the thunder starts. You have to negotiate with her parents about a Sinsot. A what…? Sinsot, what is that again? Ehhh, imagine her parents kidnapped her and you have to buy her freedom, something like that. Do you understand?
Reader question: Do Thai women have two faces?
I have been in a relationship with a Thai woman (from the Isaan region of Khon Kaen) for 4,5 years. She is now in her mid-30s – no children, not married, but studied but works in a shop (family business).
Reader question: To pay a dowry or not (Sinsod)?
I want to propose to my girlfriend. Now I hear that it is customary to give my girlfriend's parents some kind of lump sum for my girlfriend's education. I also hear from others that if she is already married and has 2 adult children and is already 46 years old, this is no longer necessary.
In our village in Isaan, it is rumored that a 14-year-old girl and a 16-year-old boy are getting married before the Buddha. Those two like each other, there is nothing wrong with that, but there also seems to be a Sinsod of 50.000 baht for the girl. That money goes to the grandparents who take care of their grandchild.
I would like to know from you whether you paid sin-sood (สินสอด = dowry) when marrying a Thai lady.
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Sinsod in Isan (Part 2, Closing)
Brother-in-law is still single and will be for a while. Despite the mediation of several villagers, the asking price remains too high for the family.
Sinsod in Isan (Part 1)
Every Thailand lover knows this phenomenon. dowry. Many farangs hate it, including The Inquisitor. This is one of the few things that he cannot understand, even now, with more knowledge, he still does not agree.
Reader Submission: Appearance
We Dutch people clearly deal with this differently than the Thai, but there are those farangs who go along with it just to impress the girlfriend and her Thai family.
Is it customary to give an engagement ring and if so what finger is it worn on? My girlfriend has been married twice to a Thai man and has a son. Will Sinsod still be given? And is getting married more important to Buddha than being legally married?
Wan di, wan mai di (part 8)
Chris de Boer lives in a condominium building in Bangkok. Every day there is something for it. Sometimes good, sometimes bad. In part 8 of 'Wan di, wan mai di' problems with a dowry and a fine.
Love drama about Sinsod: Stealing to get married
What should have been a festive day turned into a tragedy for the 23-year-old groom who was handcuffed for the theft of 100.000 baht just hours before his wedding. He had stolen this amount from his employer to pay the dowry.
A lot of digital ink has already flown over the Sinsod. I don't want to talk about this Thai tradition and its meaning right now. But I do have this question:
“What if you really can't afford the Sinsod?” No marriage? End of relationship?
I still hear it regularly left and right; men who pay Sinsod for their Thai love. A tradition that is still common in rural Thailand but is no longer of this time.
My wife has an 18 year old son who wants to marry a 16 year old girl. The son has a small income and unfortunately his girlfriend is pregnant.
Is there an obligation under all circumstances for a man to pay a dowry to the parents of his lover?
Reader question: Is it fair that sinsod is required for the same daughter for the second time?
My girlfriend and I met each other more than six months ago through Dutch/Thai friends. My question is: "to what extent is it fair that a sinsod is required for the same daughter for a second time"?