explorer wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 11:11 am If you look at the Facebook pages of Cambodian girls, you will see some who say they are sad. Some also post pictures of girls crying.





Some also post pictures of slashed wrists, and a girl with a noose who could hang herself.

In some cases, the girls may be being light hearted, or they may be concerned about something which is not really very serious.

I recently dropped in on a family I had met in the past. I said, how are you? The daughter said in English, I am not happy. Then she said, my family doesn't love me. (Her family cannot understand English, and don't know what she said.) My first impression was, she is probably a bit immature, and overreacting to something which is not a big deal. A little while later, her older sister told me, with her listening, that she was lazy. Later on, her mother said, with her listening, they are poor, and don't have enough money to look after this daughter. She could have said, they don't have enough money for everything they want. But this daughter was the problem. To me that is sad. That was only in the short time I was there. I don't know what else have they said?

What is the real problem? It is partly the difficulty in making money in Cambodia. It is partly the fact that many Cambodians work enough to get enough money to live, they lie around doing nothing the rest of the time. It is partly because the father does some work, but not a lot.

If a job came up in a factory, she would probably be rushed off to work there.

If someone came along and said they wanted to marry her, she would probably say yes, how quick can we do it?

On the rare occasions that I might see her, I will try to encourage her.

She is too poor to have a phone or Facebook account.

You also realize some of the simpler Cambodians are not very smart at handling real life situations. In this case, I am thinking of her mother and sister.

Kohker wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 5:55 pm I believe this is an accurate picture of the op

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:46 pm Why don't you post about the issues facing young Khmer men?
I'd love you men to actually discuss 'men's issues' once in a while.

explorer wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 3:55 am

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:46 pm Why don't you post about the issues facing young Khmer men?
I'd love you men to actually discuss 'men's issues' once in a while.

You could start the discussion.