inthepink

When I was a young buck looking for an energetic evening, I would take a female out several times, feeding and watering them in the hope of getting a leg over ( I am paying with no guarantees). Here it sure thing and at an agreed price, if thats your desire. One way or another you pay for a leg over, here its frowned by some, in the west its normal life and thats ok. Even when you are married you continue to pay for your leg overs, wherever you are.  so one way or another the man has to pay for the privelige of a jump. What one persons money is  legitimate and part of their life in their part of the world. in another land with a different culture and way that is percieved to be not really the same ticket a very different result is seen.
No matter what anybody says, THailand will be seen as a very adult destination, you dont have to go to those particular destinations but you will seen as " what possible other reason for visiting?"
Its a bit like saying dont go to London because of King Cross and Soho. It will take some time before things change, we will have to live with it and back in our home lands, the ladies in particular will look down their noses and suggest your new companion must be a lady of the night in an attempt to destroy her character, its their only way to get even ( their time and their  youth as gone). No matter how many times you shout it out Thai ladies start with a disadvantage, that at some time in her life she must have worked in the adult scene, whether she has or not.

Is Hi-So now, by default, any girl that  a TV member partners with that they met outside of a  bar?

Seems to me the original meaning is an individual with a an upper crust name, background , a ton of cash and mixing in the same circles...nothing to do with tertiary education...bit like what would be called "old money" in the UK maybe?

We could have suggestions for a new word to describe those fine ladies met outside of the bar environment since Hi-So is,in many cases, not the ideal adjective....

maybe a newspeak word like  unslut or double unbar, unbike...

BigJohnnyBKK, on 2012-03-31 23:53:25, said:

Good post, BigJohnnyBKK.  I agree entirely. I happen to hate hypocrisy in all its various forms.

inthepink, on 2012-03-30 18:46:49, said:

What, including girls who would never consider marrying a man who wasn't rich? I don't think she's be able to hold her head up in so-called "polite circles".

And all the rich mia noi's I've come across (hundreds) hold their head up high despite never having held a real job in their life. And many of them are on very civil terms with their husbands other partners - at least on the surface.

I'm not saying there's anything wrong with it, just that society is very hypocritical about what it judges (usually very negatively) to be prostitution and what it doesn't.

Thailand is much more traditional than the west, and therefore much more accepting of those arrangements.

Those with enough of an education to know how most westerners feel about such matters are likely to tailor their responses to be acceptable - ask educated Thais if they believe in the supernatural (ghosts, spirits, possession, fortune-telling etc) and they lie through their teeth because they know most educationed westerners think such beliefs are a sign of idiocy.