Lets Assume - what are people thinking

[ExpatJohn]

What say yee mighty Hua Hin folk. There are some who when they see me assume and it bothers me. O.K so I am mid fifties aged male(Canadian but how would they know). It covers a gamut of groups. From the back packers who are rude to the point of blunt when I say good morning at market village to the older ladies who glare at me on how dare I interrupt their journey of discovery and what am I selling. Then there is the in between who look at me like I am a sexpat(mostly of the female variety)..sigh..I cant win. I know why should I let it bug me but it does and all these people don`t even know me they just assume..

[migrant]

I get those looks. Same age group, American, and a younger Thai wife. Personally I don't feel bothered. We have friends here in the same circumstances and they warned us, but both the wife, and I, have pretty thick skin!!

I figured the ones that assume the worst are ones I am better off not knowing anyway!

[Big Boy]

I think I get the same looks when I'm out and sat with my 25 year old son (who looks 100% Thai). Does it bother me? Not one little bit - I actually find it quite amusing - especially when they hear him speak English with a very broad Bristol accent.

[m_right]

I just feel sorry for them. Nothing I can do to enlighten them. It reminds me how lucky I am to live outside the box.

[dalmatiandave]

Sorry but really don't understand the thread. What are people meant to be assuming.

[Pleng]

I'm with dalmationdave... I have no idea what this thread is about!

[Farang]

I assume it is about assuming.

Assumers will assume.

[STEVE G]

As for the back packers, their attitude could come from having fifty odd year old males like me looking at them like they're parasites for not being at work like I was at that age and in my experience, many older ladies disapprove of so much that it's hardly worth trying to find the couple of things that don't offend them, like highland terriers and digestive biscuits. ( Perhaps they can get the latter in Tescos! )

[hhfarang]

I assume it is about assuming.

Assumers will assume.

I assume Farang's assumption is correct.

...many older ladies disapprove of so much that it's hardly worth trying to find the couple of things that don't offend them, like highland terriers and digestive biscuits. ( Perhaps they can get the latter in Tescos! )

I had a couple of highland terriers and they were offensive. Chewed up everything, even furniture.

[dalmatiandave]

I lost it at the bad English.

Anyhow I am sorry I posted, wasted my time and those adding to the thread. Must be some interesting threads here somewhere.

[hhfarang]

Nowadays I find that the problem being discussed in this thread was more apparent in Thailand that in the U.S. People we've met here since our return don't seem pay much attention to our 21 year age difference. We did get the looks from Farang families in Hua Hin, mostly tourists I think.

[Khundon1975]

Picked my son (5) up from school last week, here in UK.
The father of another boy in my sons class said to my son, "it is nice to see that your granddad is picking you up today"

My son said to the other boy "is your dad always this stupid" to which the other boy said "yes, he is". Then he went on to explain to his dad, that I was his father, not grandfather.

I just smiled and said to the other father "out of the mouths of babes". I watched him color up, as I walked away laughing.

If you assume something without knowing the facts, your an idiot.

We always get looks in the UK when my wife and I are walking together, as there is a big age difference.

Do we care, of course not. But there are a hell of a lot of idiots around.