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Originally Posted by dizbuster
My original plan was to rent somewhere, get my GF to live there with her kids and I come over as often as possible, whilst in the meanwhile trying to get a job/contract in the s.e.Asia region where I could then reassess the situation and consider the options. The one thing that has blighted this, is the GF's point blank refusal to live in rented accomodation. In the past I picked up on LivinLOS's point of view about renting being the best way in Thailand as it's a lot less risky etc and agreed. However GF won't entertain the idea at all. Perhaps it has something to do with the "face" issue and she's worried about what people would say just living in a rented place whilst she has a farang ATM in tow !?!
I suppose in some ways, my plan (dream) is similar to that of CeeGee's but that I'm a bit further away from realising it, as the idea of a nice house with car in the carport and not too far from one of the larger Issan towns does sound like an appealing retreat. I just need to make sure that are plenty of places to go fishing nearby, satelite is available and I can connect to the internet make some equine investments  |
The very idea of a woman who refuses to live in a rental house is laughable here in Thailand. You could rent some really nice houses all over Thailand that would probably be much better than what she's been living in.
Forget the face thing if the woman loves you for you she will live in a nice rental house with you, you shouldn't have to buy a house for her.
The fact your GF has kids and you are ready to accept them should make her happy as most Thai men will not accept a woman with kids. Sounds like she is not appreciating this fact as well.
Don't buy her a house Diz.