However, even if you are not carousing with bar girls, but with the so-called 'good girls of Thailand', is there something like 'free sex' like in the West?
From a previous Stickman Bangkok Weekly:
"I believe that in Thai society there is a pay off in most interactions between people. One person does something for another person - and they then expect a favour in return. You buy lunch for someone today, and expect they will do the same or similar for you soon. An underling helps the big guy with his every request and if the underling gets in trouble, the big guy will be there to help him out.
The idea that there is a pay off of some sort in all interactions helps to explain some concepts in Thailand.
The Thais often refer to "free sex" - a woman having sex for a man without any payment, be it direct or indirect - as a Western concept and some Thais, especially older Thais, simply cannot get their head around the idea of a woman sleeping with a man without getting something in return. (It is this belief that is one of the contributing factors that allows prostitution to flourish in Thailand)." ...
"After a period of time in a relationship a Thai woman might ask her Western boyfriend for a gold chain, or perhaps some money to send home to her parents. She is of the belief that she had been providing sex - without charge - and now it is his time to "pay". (That he picks up the tab for everything is considered irrelevant and not part of the pay off.) When he becomes aghast at this outrageous request for money and refuses, she will likely feel that she has been cheated. She had been giving for so long, and when she asked for something in return, he declined. The relationship will almost certainly go tits up."
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