rozzieoz wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 4:32 am I tend to stick to what I know. You should do the same.

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.

Meatwand wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:23 am I saw a mild moto accident once near the canal with a small crowd of khmer bystanders. A gutted ambulance showed up. The young woman who was clearly unhurt in any way, even shock, was pretending to be unconscious with her head on some guys knees. Another khmer was using one phone as a bright light and his other as a video camera. They put her on a stretcher, loaded her up and she began to raise her legs and talk to the side, dangling her arm.

atst wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 10:02 am

Meatwand wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:23 am I saw a mild moto accident once near the canal with a small crowd of khmer bystanders. A gutted ambulance showed up. The young woman who was clearly unhurt in any way, even shock, was pretending to be unconscious with her head on some guys knees. Another khmer was using one phone as a bright light and his other as a video camera. They put her on a stretcher, loaded her up and she began to raise her legs and talk to the side, dangling her arm.

She could be a professional footballer

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 9:15 am You're becoming really creepy Explorer.

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:03 pm I don't claim to understand young Khmer men and their issues, I don't have any single, young men friends and even if I did, I certainly wouldn't try to explain their issues to other people.
You could have far more of an impact if you became a positive role model for young Cambodian men. I could never be that.

rozzieoz wrote: ↑Tue Jul 28, 2020 5:03 pm I don't claim to understand young Khmer men and their issues, I don't have any single, young men friends and even if I did, I certainly wouldn't try to explain their issues to other people.
You could have far more of an impact if you became a positive role model for young Cambodian men. I could never be that.