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Trisket, I agree with the "three circle" theory that you wrote about... and I also think that the American definition of "friend" is a rather loose one. People here call me their friends who I would just call buddies.

Your most interesting point for me was

Quote[/b] ]The inner circle would be family - close relationships, which I believe for a farang in thai cultire are few and far between.

What does everyone think about that? Do you think it is true that Thai-Farang relationships are rarely brought up to the third, most intimate level?
There are a number of people here with Thai girlfriend/boyfriend/spouse - they are excellent examples showing that such intimate relationships are indeed possible.

But is it difficult to create these relationships? If so, why? Is it because of the deep cultural differences, or because of the physical distance? Perhaps because of the mutual bad reputation that permeates both Thai and Farang societies about each other?

Quote[/b] ]Following several of your posts, I noted a trend of bad spelling, for example on your last post on this thread

wow Makiyo, you actually read that stuff? I am impressed, because usually I just skip through...gotta keep my sanity, you know.

Quote[/b] ]Hasn’t anyone explained to you that god put the fossils in the rocks to test our faith in the bible?

Haha, that's a new one on me! It is the funniest stuff I heard since "Intelligent Design"!