Have no real idea about the Face thing in Asia. Just my first experience with it years ago.
Once my TGF made a big puplicity for an event in a restaurant she knew. There should come a famous thai musician with traditional thai music. So everybody she knew she told to come to this event , as they made some advertisement for the music and there should be a buffet also. Entrence fee about 50 D-Mark inclusive food that time.
So i had no time and no interesst at that time and stayed at home. The next day she was bloody p1ssed off. Asking what happened she answered the music was bad and not the musician as told. Eating was awfull and really less. Ok i answered and why are you so pissed of?
She told me she had to pay the entrance fee back to all the people she told of this event ( about 14 of her friends came = 14 x 50 DM = 350 € now) plus she invited them all for dinner after. I was totally shocked! Why you have to pay them i asked and she just answered she lost her face ......
Well at that night my misses blow about 800-900 euro in the air just to make her friends feel well again. I couldnt speak one word anymore. She said you dont understand me.... end of discussion
