Dear Hillary
I would first like to say I love your column. I enjoy it every week. A bit of background, I married a bar girl and have been happily married for going on 14 years. And yes I know that many girls from the bar are right in some respects when they say the foreign man likes to have his cake and eat it too.
I visit Thailand at least 3-4 times a year and apart from visiting family, my wife and I visit her friends at the bar even though the girls change throughout the year as expected, but they are all basically from the same region in Thailand and know each other, and of each other. But my wife always includes me on her outings and hides nothing from me. Our marriage is very happy and she has told me that she is happy, and being together for 14 years would make me think that is correct.
I do not deny her many things and she understands when I do say no to some things. All it takes is a little co-operation between each other and that goes along way. You’d call it trusting each other.
Hillary keep up the good work. I believe you have plenty of readers both in Thailand and overseas, who turn to your page before anything else. We’ll bring you something on our next trip.
Baz and Tina
Dear Baz and Tina,
Well, aren’t you the sweetest thing? A present from China? I don’t think they make champagne over there (yes, yes, I know that “champagne” can only come from the champagne area in France), but I haven’t heard of Chinese ‘methode champenoise’ wines, but it might be fun to try? Getting real (for a change), you have hit the nail right on its head when you say, “All it takes is a little co-operation between each other and that goes along way.” That’s what Thai women are looking for, and you too admitted that “the foreign man likes to have his cake and eat it too.” If there were more foreign men like you, the world would be a happier place. Finally, Baz, are you from Australia? Your spelling was atrocious. You will see I have corrected the mistakes!
