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**sessoorale** · 09-24-2006, 07:00 AM

It is not the son in law that supports the family, it is the children help support their old parents.
Sin Sod is not set up to support the parents, and it is mostly set at the grooms ability to pay and is a show of good faith.
If the folks are ni need then they usually sell some land, either to the kids or just for money.
We have bought land from my mother in law.
If it is a farang then he usually is in a better shape to give a little more than the other kids if there is a need, but is not a rule of custom.
And Sin Sod is generally returned, so has nothing to do with lasting need.

I was at the other forum and they were discussing about this sin sot issue as well. So this guy was asking whether is it fair for his future wife who's from the village and in her mid 30s, and divorcee to ask for 400,000baht sin sot and 2 baht gold? He further adds actually its the mother who was requesting it.... so the feedbacks as we can imagine range from, "oh, you should pay as long as you can afford" to "you're a fool to pay for used goods". I think one of the best questions posted was "why are you paying what the Thai man won't normally be paying?"

09-24-2006, 07:00 AM	#8
sessoorale Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 463 Senior Member	It is not the son in law that supports the family, it is the children help support their old parents. Sin Sod is not set up to support the parents, and it is mostly set at the grooms ability to pay and is a show of good faith. If the folks are ni need then they usually sell some land, either to the kids or just for money. We have bought land from my mother in law. If it is a farang then he usually is in a better shape to give a little more than the other kids if there is a need, but is not a rule of custom. And Sin Sod is generally returned, so has nothing to do with lasting need. I was at the other forum and they were discussing about this sin sot issue as well. So this guy was asking whether is it fair for his future wife who's from the village and in her mid 30s, and divorcee to ask for 400,000baht sin sot and 2 baht gold? He further adds actually its the mother who was requesting it.... so the feedbacks as we can imagine range from, "oh, you should pay as long as you can afford" to "you're a fool to pay for used goods". I think one of the best questions posted was "why are you paying what the Thai man won't normally be paying?"
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