Is it creepy to sit alone outside riverside bars and restaurants?
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Re: Is it creepy to sit alone outside riverside bars and restaurants?
Well, you know how the system works here and Asia in general. First impressions and appearances are everything. If you dress poor or look dirty local people will look down on you.Jamie_Lambo wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 11:53 pm tbh i go out dressed smarter in Cambodia than i do in England
Unlike our home countries in the west where they seem to dress down after work and on weekends, don't dress up to go to the shops and heck, you could see a guy step out of his Merc in stubby shorts, T shirt and thongs.
It amazes me sometimes the effort khmers go to to keep their cars clean yet they might live in a crumby shophouse. Again appearances, status. It's like the cultures are diametrically opposed in this regard.
I've overheard discussions between my GF and her work colleagues about why barangs are so casual or look poor. Especially as they often presume all barangs have money but then they realise some don't when they do a runner and don't pay the bill..
I've had guys say to me over the years..Oh, why don't I have any luck with the nice girls in the bar? Yet they couldn't be bothered to make the effort to present well...dress up, get a hair cut, put on deodorant et al or behave badly or drink too much. The girls are not just about the money..
Re: Is it creepy to sit alone outside riverside bars and restaurants?
I hope he is learning, and his posts will get better from now on."
Strange. That is my reaction to your Khmer language posts. Inadvertent humour is indeed uplifting.
Strange. That is my reaction to your Khmer language posts. Inadvertent humour is indeed uplifting.
Re: Is it creepy to sit alone outside riverside bars and restaurants?
Not sure if i fully agree.Bluelabel wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:21 pmAppearance's can decieve, looking poor isnt always a bad thing in asia especially is you dont like being pestered by beggers and book sellersAlbror wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:39 pm Nothing wrong to be comfortable spending time on your own but its often easy to see if its by choice. Well dressed, clean, nice haircut, looks happy VS dirty, broken clothes, eyes of a rapist, piss-stains etc.
Got to be quite rare for single women to travel from west to Cambodia to meet men thus we dont see them.
Dressing proper can signal that you are not the average tourist sucker. I always had the feeling that people give up on me much faster when im outside in jeans and a long sleeved shirt then shorts and tank-top. Dress respect-worthy and you will be given more respect. It can even save you some money as its in favor for you when you haggle on prices. Hookers will charge you more if you look dirty as well.
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Re: Is it creepy to sit alone outside riverside bars and restaurants?
youre not far off the mark there mateAlbror wrote: ↑Sun Mar 17, 2019 3:30 pmNot sure if i fully agree.Bluelabel wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 8:21 pmAppearance's can decieve, looking poor isnt always a bad thing in asia especially is you dont like being pestered by beggers and book sellersAlbror wrote: ↑Sat Mar 16, 2019 5:39 pm Nothing wrong to be comfortable spending time on your own but its often easy to see if its by choice. Well dressed, clean, nice haircut, looks happy VS dirty, broken clothes, eyes of a rapist, piss-stains etc.
Got to be quite rare for single women to travel from west to Cambodia to meet men thus we dont see them.
Dressing proper can signal that you are not the average tourist sucker. I always had the feeling that people give up on me much faster when im outside in jeans and a long sleeved shirt then shorts and tank-top. Dress respect-worthy and you will be given more respect. It can even save you some money as its in favor for you when you haggle on prices. Hookers will charge you more if you look dirty as well.
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Re: Is it creepy to sit alone outside riverside bars and restaurants?
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