Modern Japan

Friday, March 10, 2006

Japanese woman and Thai man

I know some people have heard of this story. Most of you heard about this one story about Tom who is the son of the former police chief in Bangkok dating a Japanese receptionist. As most of you know, Tom treats every woman the same way he handled prostitutes. Plus he dragged others into his mess, because he didn't have the balls to tell her the truth. Tom got sick of screwing the Japanese receptionist so he wanted to get rid of her, just like they way he handled prostitutes.

Well that is one story. The other story happened a few years ago, when I was in Bangkok. I hired a hotel limo driver and he shared me his experience dating a Japanese woman. He said, one day he was driving a young Japanese lady around in his limo. She found her Thai driver attractive and she asked him out on a date. The limo driver was in his flashy uniform so she assumed her driver would dress nice for the date. Not many of you know about that average Thai salary, they only make $200-$300US a month. The Japanese lady was all dressed up for the date, while the Thai driver was in his t-shirt, shorts, and sandals. When the Thai driver took the Japanese lady to an outdoor noodle shop, she got really upset and bailed on him. He asked me what he did wrong.

I laughed and explained to him, "You did nothing wrong. It was her arrogance not understanding where you are coming from."

To cheer him up I explained, "You are lucky not to have sex with her. Do you know what would have happened if you had slepted with her?"

He asked, "What?"

I smiled, "You're gonna wish you never did, because she going to ask you to buy things you can never afford. Then you go through all this trouble for bad sex. You should be happy that she walked out on you, because that's the best thing it will ever happen to you when you date a Japanese woman! Do you think I would come to Thailand if I was that happy to settle with a Japanese woman?"

He later laughed and decided not to charge me so I basically got a free limousine ride for sharing him an entertaining story.

Most people don't understand for an average Thai, a place like McDonald's or Burger King is considered too expensive for them to eat. A Japanese woman expect you to take them to a nice fancy restaurant when they date a guy, and McDonald's is not acceptable. He took her to an outdoor noodle shop where it's kind of dirty, but the food is good. Thai ladies would accept that kind of date, but never for a Japanese. When I treated my driver to Burger King, he was very grateful.