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That 1960s Hollies hit gets a lot of play in Pattaya, only bargirls have changed to words to suit their need for subtefuge.

“He not boyfriend. He my brother.”

The tenacles of an extended Thai family are more tangled than a cluster of fornicating rattlesnakes. The second cousin of a third aunt from your sister’s second marriage is family as is almost anyone from your village. Farangs have a hard time getting their head around this galaxy of uncles, aunts, sisters, and cousins, even when the ‘cousin’ or brother’ seems awfully tight with their wife.

“He not boyfriend. He my brother.”

And not wanting to call your wife a liar many farangs chose to turn a blind eye to the obvious.

“He ain’t her brother, he’s her boyfriend.”

The words fit the tune this way too.

100%.

In 1983 I was living with Brigitte Yorke in Paris. She had a husband in the South of France. her explanaiton of our living situation was that I was gay. Guy accepted my pederastism, because I would show up with a gay friend whenever he came to town plus Brigittie was using me as a beard for her many affairs.

I’m not gay.

Really, but when i eard my mia noi explain that her ‘cousin’ was gay, I rewrote the words to the Hollies’ hit.

“He ain’t gay, he’s your boyfriend.”

Did i end it with her?

What for?

He’s good fun.

After all we’re both gay.

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That 1960s Hollies hit gets a lot of play in Pattaya, only bargirls have changed to words to suit their need for subtefuge.

“He not boyfriend. He my brother.”

The tenacles of an extended Thai family are more tangled than a cluster of fornicating rattlesnakes. The second cousin of a third aunt from your sister’s second marriage is family as is almost anyone from your village. Farangs have a hard time getting their head around this galaxy of uncles, aunts, sisters, and cousins, even when the ‘cousin’ or brother’ seems awfully tight with their wife.

“He not boyfriend. He my brother.”

And not wanting to call your wife a liar many farangs chose to turn a blind eye to the obvious.

“He ain’t her brother, he’s her boyfriend.”

The words fit the tune this way too.

100%.

In 1983 I was living with Brigitte Yorke in Paris. She had a husband in the South of France. her explanaiton of our living situation was that I was gay. Guy accepted my pederastism, because I would show up with a gay friend whenever he came to town plus Brigittie was using me as a beard for her many affairs.

I’m not gay.

Really, but when i eard my mia noi explain that her ‘cousin’ was gay, I rewrote the words to the Hollies’ hit.

“He ain’t gay, he’s your boyfriend.”

Did i end it with her?

What for?

He’s good fun.

After all we’re both gay.

For a related article click on this URL

http://www.mangozeen.com/13-thai-words-for-smile.htm

posted on Monday, November 12th, 2007 at 11:48 pm and filed under Relationships - comments feed | leave a comment | trackback url