SIN SOD question. How much?

[isanbirder]

I can only speak of what I have seen in my village and neighbouring villages.  Not once has sin sod been returned in 10 years.

The times when the money is returned are when the Thai family is relatively well off, i.e. in most cases an urban family, not peasant farmers.

[dundeemk6]

A few years ago an english bloke was asked to tranfer 100.000 baht for his sinsot ... they didn't mention baht ... so the bloke made a transfer of 100.000 £ ... the pound was still strong at that time ... you can image the party and number of new cars that were bought !!! Whatever happened after this? I don't know ... did the marriage took place or not, you have to ask people from Ban Kruat ...
Isn't life beautifull ?!?

[manupete]

I can only speak of what I have seen in my village and neighbouring villages.  Not once has sin sod been returned in 10 years.

Have to agree here Nick ,I have never seen it given back,apart from one time ,some was kept for a new roof and the rest returned.( A sin sod paid and the rest for show but this was a Thai/Farang wedding so the farang paid for the party) At one Thai/farang wedding the guy was even told by his new lovely bride  that all wedding gift money ( the money tied around their wrist's) had to be give to the parents as well as he was taking her to the UK and that was the local custom.The parents got 100k sin sod ,the party paid for  and the money off the couples wrist's,so lots of smiling faces that day.
The funny thing is that a sin sod is wavered many times in a Thai/farang wedding as the new husband pays for a big wedding in the village but hardly ever in a Thai/Thai wedding !!!
But at the same time you wouldn't expert  the Thai family to pay for everything ,its all down to what make everybody happy.
We even have a few professional Thai brides in the village that have been married to 4 or 5 to Thai guys and a Sin Sod paid each time,the families have a nice house's.!!!

[den Buut]

A few years ago an english bloke was asked to tranfer 100.000 baht for his sinsot ... they didn't mention baht ... so the bloke made a transfer of 100.000 £ ... the pound was still strong at that time ... you can image the party and number of new cars that were bought !!! Whatever happened after this? I don't know ... did the marriage took place or not, you have to ask people from Ban Kruat ...
Isn't life beautifull ?!?

He must have been the dumbest man on the planet, after JtT ofcourse.

[manupete]

BTW....to put things into perspective.......What we mustn't forget though is that an average wedding cost in the UK are £20,000 ( 1,00,000 Baht) but with the help of this site ( http://www.weddingguideuk.com/articles/planning/budget.asp ) you can get it down to £11,000 ( 550,000 baht ) so even if you pay a sin sod it's still cheap .

[Prakhonchai Nick]

There aren't many average weddings in the UK anymore, In fact there aren't nearly as many weddings as there used to be. People have more sense!

[manupete]

There aren't many average weddings in the UK anymore, In fact there aren't nearly as many weddings as there used to be. People have more sense!

Yes Nick ,when I got married in the UK it was a small affair ,as it was May 19th and FA cup day ,me and the father in law managed to insult most of the guest  so they would leave by 3pm to we could watch the game in peace. 

[Pee Nuu]

A few years ago an english bloke was asked to tranfer 100.000 baht for his sinsot ... they didn't mention baht ... so the bloke made a transfer of 100.000 £ ... the pound was still strong at that time ... you can image the party and number of new cars that were bought !!! Whatever happened after this? I don't know ... did the marriage took place or not, you have to ask people from Ban Kruat ...
Isn't life beautifull ?!?

Yes, must be lovely to be a dumb-butt.

[manupete]

A few years ago an english bloke was asked to tranfer 100.000 baht for his sinsot ... they didn't mention baht ... so the bloke made a transfer of 100.000 £ ... the pound was still strong at that time ... you can image the party and number of new cars that were bought !!! Whatever happened after this? I don't know ... did the marriage took place or not, you have to ask people from Ban Kruat ...
Isn't life beautifull ?!?

Yes, must be lovely to be a dumb-butt.

Urban Myth   

[Pee Nuu]

I can only speak of what I have seen in my village and neighbouring villages.  Not once has sin sod been returned in 10 years.

Have to agree here Nick ,I have never seen it given back,apart from one time ,some was kept for a new roof and the rest returned.( A sin sod paid and the rest for show but this was a Thai/Farang wedding so the farang paid for the party) At one Thai/farang wedding the guy was even told by his new lovely bride  that all wedding gift money ( the money tied around their wrist's) had to be give to the parents as well as he was taking her to the UK and that was the local custom.The parents got 100k sin sod ,the party paid for  and the money off the couples wrist's,so lots of smiling faces that day.
The funny thing is that a sin sod is wavered many times in a Thai/farang wedding as the new husband pays for a big wedding in the village but hardly ever in a Thai/Thai wedding !!!
But at the same time you wouldn't expert  the Thai family to pay for everything ,its all down to what make everybody happy.
We even have a few professional Thai brides in the village that have been married to 4 or 5 to Thai guys and a Sin Sod paid each time,the families have a nice house's.!!!

In many cases, the poorer countryside dwellers will forgo the sin sod with a sorta guarantee of "being looked after" by their newly enshrined Farang SIL. Again, the ideal of a future security is in place.

[Vombatus]

If I had paid sin sod to my 2 Falang wives they would have got less in the divorce.

Apparently, you can't get blood out of a stone !

[Dave the Dude]

There aren't many average weddings in the UK anymore, In fact there aren't nearly as many weddings as there used to be. People have more sense!

Yes Nick ,when I got married in the UK it was a small affair ,as it was May 19th and FA cup day ,me and the father in law managed to insult most of the guest  so they would leave by 3pm to we could watch the game in peace. 

Who won?

[Prakhonchai Nick]

Planning obviously not your strong point Manupete

[manupete]

There aren't many average weddings in the UK anymore, In fact there aren't nearly as many weddings as there used to be. People have more sense!

Yes Nick ,when I got married in the UK it was a small affair ,as it was May 19th and FA cup day ,me and the father in law managed to insult most of the guest  so they would leave by 3pm to we could watch the game in peace. 

Who won?

Me .I ended up with the house.

[manupete]

Planning obviously not your strong point Manupete

My fiancée was 4 months pregnant and it was the only date available for months ,yes planning ( family )  was not my strong point