Dating Someone From A Thai Culture
Met someone from those Thailand personals you're subscribed to? Are you daring enough to meet her personally and ask her out for a date? Will this be your first time dating someone from a culture different to yours? If yes, what's there to do?
If you are interested in dating Thai girls, then learning about their culture and beliefs will help you to get along with them and understand their manners and to avoid culture shock. Here are some tips below to make sure you and your partner have mutual respect for each other while paving way for a more serious romance or marriage perhaps.
Be Open About Your Beliefs
Feel free to express about your religious beliefs or the lack of it, but please choose the appropriate time and setting for it. You don't come all the way from America or Europe to preach to her, right?
If you are Buddhist, then you won't find it hard to connect with your date and be okay about going with her to temples, burn incense or joss sticks, offer gifts and pray to the Buddha. This will surely help to create common ground between you two.
But what if you are a non-Buddhist or irreligious? The only thing is to respect and understand what they believe. Your date would surely understand that you come from a different religious background and will strive to get along with you. Buddhists are generally tolerant towards other faiths.
Understand The Thai Dating Culture
Don't be surprised if your date refuses sexual encounter with you even after a few dates. Call them prudes but it's just in their dating culture. Sex is after marriage for the general Thai woman.
If in case your date does agree to sleep with you, it could mean that she loves you and want to keep you. If she does so, please don't see this as something you can abuse. If you respect her culture, you can refuse, right?
Understand That Dating Could Have Practical Reasons
The dating culture in Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia is far different from the West. Because of the public's general perception that Western guys are moneyed chaps, it is common for families to press their daughters into dating Westerners. Don't be surprised if your date will start asking you about your job or income or else request you to buy her gifts.
Talk To Your Date About Cultural Differences
Take time to talk with your date about differences in culture, religion, heritage, etc, to find common ground. But do so with the utmost sensitivity and respect. If you might have a hard time understanding certain aspects of her culture, better not to blurt out any remarks which she could take as an insult. Better say nothing at all.
Introduce your date to your culture if you can so she can also learn more about you. Moreover, be open when she does the same thing with you. Both of you are just trying to learn about each other.
At the early stages of the dating process, better both of you open up to avoid disappointments and remove any unrealistic expectation you or your date might have. Last tip here: Enjoy!
If you are interested in dating Thai girls, then learning about their culture and beliefs will help you to get along with them and understand their manners and to avoid culture shock. Here are some tips below to make sure you and your partner have mutual respect for each other while paving way for a more serious romance or marriage perhaps.
Be Open About Your Beliefs
Feel free to express about your religious beliefs or the lack of it, but please choose the appropriate time and setting for it. You don't come all the way from America or Europe to preach to her, right?
If you are Buddhist, then you won't find it hard to connect with your date and be okay about going with her to temples, burn incense or joss sticks, offer gifts and pray to the Buddha. This will surely help to create common ground between you two.
But what if you are a non-Buddhist or irreligious? The only thing is to respect and understand what they believe. Your date would surely understand that you come from a different religious background and will strive to get along with you. Buddhists are generally tolerant towards other faiths.
Understand The Thai Dating Culture
Don't be surprised if your date refuses sexual encounter with you even after a few dates. Call them prudes but it's just in their dating culture. Sex is after marriage for the general Thai woman.
If in case your date does agree to sleep with you, it could mean that she loves you and want to keep you. If she does so, please don't see this as something you can abuse. If you respect her culture, you can refuse, right?
Understand That Dating Could Have Practical Reasons
The dating culture in Thailand and the rest of Southeast Asia is far different from the West. Because of the public's general perception that Western guys are moneyed chaps, it is common for families to press their daughters into dating Westerners. Don't be surprised if your date will start asking you about your job or income or else request you to buy her gifts.
Talk To Your Date About Cultural Differences
Take time to talk with your date about differences in culture, religion, heritage, etc, to find common ground. But do so with the utmost sensitivity and respect. If you might have a hard time understanding certain aspects of her culture, better not to blurt out any remarks which she could take as an insult. Better say nothing at all.
Introduce your date to your culture if you can so she can also learn more about you. Moreover, be open when she does the same thing with you. Both of you are just trying to learn about each other.
At the early stages of the dating process, better both of you open up to avoid disappointments and remove any unrealistic expectation you or your date might have. Last tip here: Enjoy!
