Shopping with your Thai girlfriend

Your Thai girlfriend is taking you shopping and you don't know what to expect? This happens to all of us and it sure helps to be prepared when taking your tilac shopping for the first time.
If you take a Phuket bar girl to join you on your holiday in Thailand for more then a day or two then certainly at some stage you will find yourself in a shopping mall or department store alongside your new Thai girlfriend.
You probably told yourself beforehand that you would not get into this position however the Phuket girls seem to be a master in leading you into department store or Phuket mall.
So now you find yourself shopping with your Thai girlfriend for the very first time. How much is this shopping expedition going to cost you is what will most likely be on your mind when this occurs. That ofcourse depends solely on you.
The bar girl, tilac or Thai girlfriend, what ever she may be, will ofcourse test the waters and see how much you are willing to spend on her.
Some long term Thai expats compare it to the same game which young children play with their parents which allows kids to see how high they can aim for during birthdays and Christmas.
Buying Gold for Thai Girlfriend

A much requested items by Thai girls whilst shopping is Thai gold. And their request for Thai gold is often granted by the new Farang boyfriend.
I would like to state that I believe this is a big MISTAKE. Do not buy gold for them. They will list a number of reasons on why you should be buying them gold which might include:
- Other girls or her family will respect her more.
- The more gold a Thai women receives from a man indicates the way how much the man loves her.
- Gold being an investment with an ever increasing value.
- Simply that the golf is so beautiful and she will wear it every day.
I have seen on so many occasions that Thai girls from all walks in life were given gold during a shopping trip with their foreign boyfriend. Gold is actually viewed in Thailand as a currency.
If you purchase for 10,000 Baht a beautiful heart shaped necklace then you might consider it a token of your love. Your Thai girlfriend however views this necklace the same way as when you would give her 10,000 Thai Baht in cash.
The necklace will be pawned as soon as the Thai girl or Phuket bar girl find herself in a position that she needs money for couple of bottles of whiskey or for a few tables of amphetamine. Nine out of 10 times the gold is ofcourse never retrieved from the pawnshop.
Even if you send your Thai girlfriend money each month, your tilac will always find a way that she will need additional funds for shopping and the gold will be pawned. Do you really wish to purchase something valuable such as gold only to know for certain that it will be sold by your Thai girlfriend?
Shopping for Mobile Phones with Thai Girls

Shopping for mobile phones with your Thai girlfriend is another likely scenario. Your new Thai girlfriend will suddenly have lost her phone or not have one since day 1 and she will now start looking at the latest Nokia or Siemens mobile phones with the latest gadgets such as cameras, mp3 players etc.
Buying a mobile phone for your Thai girl friend can make sense if you want to stay in touch with her once you are back home. If she doesn't own a mobile phone to begin with then how could you possibly keep in touch.
That is a fair enough argument but then please buy her a simple and basic mobile phone. Thai Girls and especially Phuket bar girls are famous for loosing their mobile phones.
There is a high rate of theft of mobile phones among the Phuket girls. If you consider how drunk the bar girls get then it comes to no sunrise that they so often loose their new phones. Therefore remember that buying a top of the line Nokia for your tilac is a waste of money.
Thai Girlfriend Other Shopping Items

Going shopping with your Thai girlfriend can lead to many requests from her side. Clothing is something that many Thai girls will ask for from their boyfriends. Thai bar girls do have relatively little clothing so this is something that I would agree with.
Most Thai girls don't have very expensive taste in clothing so it will not end up costing you a small fortune. Your Thai girlfriend might also end up asking for items for her room such as a small fridge, TV or VCD player.
If you know for a fact that she does not have these items then I could imagine that these items are well worth considering. These shopping items can improve the living conditions of your Thai girlfriend a great deal and as long as she doesn't sell them. these items will help her in her daily life a great deal.
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