PattayaDaz Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Surprised there isn't a queue of Kiwi's,Welshmen,Arabs and Turks a mile long all off to India to find an Indian bride...and the all important fringe benefit....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WiCKeDBiRD Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 When I was in Tunisia, someone offered me 4 camels for my girlfriend. same here....but in the end we settled on 10 Marlboro light LOL ... Oiiiiiiiiiiiii this ONE is a BETTER laugh .... PS.. I wont settle for anything BUT..... Benson. 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patric Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 Does the expression..."Vivaaa Las Vegass" help this subject?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farangnbkk Posted October 13, 2005 Report Share Posted October 13, 2005 I find the people who really have questions about sin sot are the ones who really don't understand the culture and probably shouldn't be getting married in the first place. But everyone has to make their own mistakes. Sin sot is not dowry. Sin sot is given from the groom to the bride's family. Dowry is given from the girl's family to the groom. Traditional chinese betrothal includes negotiation for betrothal gifts from the groom's family to the bride's and the dowry from the bride's family to the groom. Practice is much different in India. In Thailand it seems to be more chinese (middle class and up) where discussions of sin sot take place and a concrete number is arrived at but often enough in Thai settings, the bride's family returns the sin sot to the couple in the form of gifts. How well the bride's family trust the groom can be seen by whether the gifts are bought in the bride's name only or given to the couple. Lots of nuances too about the gifts given blah blah blah. But old biddy's will gossip about anything. At the poorer levels of society it's more likely to go one way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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