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Originally Posted by Sarahpers
Dear alphanumeric
thanks for your great answer again .
and for the last question about this part : "surgeries and to a certain extent, take care of their families."
its mean that you paid just for compassion? if she havent any families or dont want to surgery , and just for fun life, you dont pay enough to it ?
and about my previous question. my question is for example you are American . and ladyboys in Thailand , because knows that you are American , tell you that you should more than normal rate ! then in this situation you pay more ? or tell her i'll just pay normal rate in your country ,Instead of 800 $ just 80 $ ?
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I'll pop in here and tell you what some LB bar girls I know have told me. First, while Thai culture is generally more accepting of LBs that the US or Europe, the LBs are still considered "sons" and are expected to help the family financially - no getting around that.
My LB friends send the majority of their pay home after paying rent in a small room with 3-4 other working girls, food, and maybe some new clothes and makeup (upkeep for their job) and a little saved for surgeries. In many cases it's the LBs who are paying for younger siblings to go to school.
There is not much room for negotiation on price. Thai culture is very focused on saving "face" or keeping one's good name and reputation. It would be considered very rude to be seen as cheep and you would be insulting the lady if you pressed for an extremely low price.
Things can happen and a gal can like your look or think you are nice and lower her price, or more likely, give you some no-cost time later. I know one gal who totally liked a Japanese guy so much she not only spent a weekend with him for free (well he paid all the expenses), she paid her bar fine so she didn't have to work those nights.
But haggling over the price would force your perspective LB to save face and tell you to get lost. She'd then tell her friends and soon enough, you are just a "Cheap Charlie" and will have a very hard time living down a bad reputation.