Sinsod - The amount of money you have to pay to your Thai girl's parents in order to get their permission to marry their daughter. Why is that? Why do the parents need the money when their daughters find someone they love and choose to spend the rest of their lives with? Their daughters are supposed to have good life and her husband will take care of her, why do the parents still need more money from the husbands? Of course those questions come to your head when you think about sinsod but what to do.
If you have Thai girlfriend, please realize that sinsod is something you have to deal with especially when your relationship gets serious. I suggest that you should talk about it with your girl that you agree with her on it or not. In that case, your girlfriend will know in advance and she might be able to talk about it with her parents first.
But most of Thai families still hold this tradition and sinsod is something to prove to the society that their daughters are going to have good lives with their husbands. In case you can't avoid sinsod tradition with your Thai girl's family, what you can do is negotiate. You don't want to go broke because of getting married.
Most of westerners who married Thai girls seemed to agree with sinsod agreement and they can both agree to what they want both parents and the groom. You don't have to frustrated about this situation, just learn how to make it end well with her parents. But if you are not agree with this tradition at all, I wish you know about this first before getting into serious relationship with your Thai girlfriend.
Kanokkarn (Goy) Yoshihira is one of Thailand youngest professional and she has been featured in both in radio shows and on many expats blogs. She is runs two Thai florists Bangkok Flower Shop and Thailand Flowers Delivery.
ไม่มีความคิดเห็น:
แสดงความคิดเห็น