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Done. Thank you Hanno. Sometimes a few good people can make the world a better place. I've helped people in trouble before and this is one of those cases that i think i can do it again - unless im the one that ends up in strife.

the more i think about it the more chance there is that i'm engaged. she did tell me that her father had approved of me. now im not so sure what he approved.
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helpppp wrote:"papa sick, me pain, me no food, me need rice, me need medicine etc".
Sounds promising....
i am 100% sure she did not know what a postman was even when i sent her photographs of letterboxes and postmen.
Probably because there aren't anything resembling postmen or letterboxes here.
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John Bingham wrote:
helpppp wrote:"papa sick, me pain, me no food, me need rice, me need medicine etc".
actually this was inappropriate of me . these are not the things she says. the first time i met her she actually lent me $20 and did not know if i would come back. I was stunned. and i watched as she handed $5 to a legless, armless man on the street. and she got annoyed at friends who tried to make me pay for things. I was way out of line with these comments. her only fault so far is her generosity. She pays the tuk tuks more than i do and i fear that any money she gets will be spread around people close to her. She does not have a bank account and i am sure that today was the first time she had ever been into a bank. It took an hour to explain what a bank was and finally she had to pass the phone to an english speaking tuk tuk driver.

Does anyone know if there is fee-free bank accounts for locals. I need her to get one.
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I live rurally, where education is pisspoor and only a very few get beyond grade 10, but usually grade 7. However, everyone knows what a post office or bank is. I smell troll. If this isn't the case then one Cambodian family has found their sucker, using the usual bait.
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However, everyone knows what a post office
Sure, but the OP thought that mail actually gets delivered...
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taabarang wrote:I live rurally, where education is pisspoor and only a very few get beyond grade 10, but usually grade 7. However, everyone knows what a post office or bank is. I smell troll. If this isn't the case then one Cambodian family has found their sucker, using the usual bait.
Hey, hey, hey.... maybe its just a language thing. But i am sure she had no idea what i was talking about. As for her taking advantage - i sent some money via Western Union 3 days ago. She collected it today. Now, i live in the west and i have money but if someone sends me money(other than blue chip businesses) I try to collect it asap. I would definitely not wait 3 days if i was poor and money hungry.

Maybe I an gullible but i think this family is authentic.
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I've never met a Cambodian who would give $5USD to a beggar on pub street.

Tuks tuk? Is she a disabled pensioner? Few Cambodians take tuk tuks unless they're pregnant, elderly, need the hauling capacity, or there's more than 5 and they can't fit on a motodop. When they do, they don't pay $2-3 a ride.

Troll, or sucker. If the latter, pics or GTFO.
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"her only fault so far is her generosity."

Yep generous to a fault. Why all authentic poor country girls are like that.
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Breaking News: 'Hanno busted collecting 2 Kg Cocaine from Post Office'.
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