Getting Married In Thailand: A Western Perspective (2.49)

Today Greg looks back to his Thai wedding to help us
discuss just how much you can expect to spend on your own happy
day in Thailand. That's after a brief talk about avoiding floods
and transit-hacking in Bangkok, obviously. Good
news: we're not flooded out, though plenty of the world is right
now. Perhaps influenced by the terrible news from Bangladesh,
Houston, and much of the Caribbean, the government issued
warnings about flooding on the Chao Phraya River, which both of
us see every day. But what we didn't see was any part of the
river exceeding its boundaries here in Bangkok, so we're calling
ourselves safe. For now. But weren't we here to talk about Thai
weddings? A few years back, Greg wrote a blog post
about how much his Thai wedding cost, a
post that remains one of his most popular. That and the fact that
Greg still gets questions about getting married in Thailand,
we're dedicating this episode to all the nitty gritty details,
what went right, what went wrong, and what you can expect if you
decide to get married to a Thai in Thailand. It's bananas. No,
literally. Bananas are involved. You've got to listen to this
episode and compare it to your nuptial experience. Or
experiences, if you're a repeater.
Love, Loathe, or Leave

Since we're talking Thai weddings, we discuss the touchy
subject of the dowry. You probably don't have to think to hard to
hear how a couple of Western dudes feel about the sometimes
symbolic, sometimes all too real concept of paying the family for
a bride, but you should listen in anyhow. And then tell us if you
agree with our summation or not!
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time, Kurt Martens has the honors. Greg found out that Kurt was
not just a track star in his younger days, but a track hacker.
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