Women asking personal questions from their assumption
I'm Thai-American who's bilingual, I've been living in Bangkok and have a business of my own. My upbringing is really western being in the US since kindergarten to college. I'm also married to a European guy and we have a kid.
Due to that we do a lot of light leisure, going to the country side that's a few hours away from Bangkok. It's been bothering me that people, generally women, have been asking me personal question apart from the whole basic of where is the hubby from etc. They've also assume I'm living OFF of him. It honestly bothers me why they would generalize things and ask me for re-confirmation to things like:
- He loves and spoils the baby?
- You're visiting family here and you live overseas with him? Is it boring being a housewife?
- Your daughter speaks both Thai and English?
- How old are you, how old is he?
- Nice to have Farang hubby who pays
- How did you get him?
Why do they ask these things for what?!
They also don't ask these when hubby is around, it's like the moment he takes the baby to the bathroom or he goes to the bathroom these questions comes. I usually just nod it to and give a very broad answer. Just wondering if it's cultural? Are there ways to avoid these?
Posted Jul 6, 2026, 1:26 PM UTC