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Old 19-08-2006, 17:53
CeeGee CeeGee is offline
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Question How strong is the family link

Looking for some advice from BMs married or in a strong relationship with a Thai girl.
Met someone a year ago in Phuket(35 year old non BG) who lives in Pattaya with her older sister and son aged 17.Have been back to Thailand four times and speak on the telephone each day.Done the usual, been up country, Nakon Sawan, to meet family and friends. I send her 5/10K Baht every month or so to help pay rent.Now she is coming over to the UK for a month.

Ok, that the background.
Now the problem, I am thinking of in a few years buying a small property in Pattaya as a semi retirement home and in my plans are for my Thai (it seems silly to call a 35 year old woman, GF) friend, to live with me and maybe eventually get married. I accept that her son will probably live with us and that ok.The problem is the (older)sister.My friend runs a small shop from her house and her sister has a small laundry.My friend assumes that her sister will also move in with us(this means I have to buy a three bedroom house and not a two as intended).Now I am not to keen on this but maybe I will have to accept this.However, if she moves in with us, I have no intention of turning my home into a laundry, so she will have no income. I have no problem in supportinmg my friend(maybe wife) and accept her son comes as part of the package. But supporting totally her sister as well seems a bit much(there are other brothers and sister scattered about Thailand but they dont seem to come into the equation.)I tried to mention this problem and I got a flood of tears and "this thai way".Ok guys over to you, am I onto a loser as far as the sister problem is concerned or has anyone else had a similar experience who can give some advice. Thanks

As my friend is coming for a month, this might be a good time to raise the subject again

Last edited by CeeGee : 19-08-2006 at 17:55. Reason: typo
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