Dear Hillary,
Last week you had someone from Australia saying that all women are different, and bar girls in particular, and roving males should “stop feeling sorry for themselves and get out and enjoy the company of the ladies in the bars. That’s what they’re there for. You don’t have to buy the library when you want to read a book.” He was suggesting that every male should go straight to the beer bars because that is where they can really enjoy themselves. I thought you gave him good advice, Hillary, when you wrote that bar girls are “A girl for the good times in life, not a girl who is good for life times.” The biggest problem is that these guys forget that, get suckered in by the sweet talk, hands massaging thighs and rubbing up against this warm and very available, girl. They can’t be blamed I suppose, but even though you are correct, how do we get the message through to the men out there? Especially after “One moah beer?”
Fredrik

Dear Fredrick,
I wish I knew too, my Petal. But then again, if we didn’t have the western warriors falling A over T for the local ladies, what a dull column this would turn out to be. You interest me though. You seem to know all the lady bar girl tricks. Did you once fall under the spell of “One moah”?

Dear Hillary,
Is there some sort of private investigator group in Pattaya that can look at a Thai lady and tell foreigners whether they can be trusted or something? I’m not in Thailand for six months of the year, and I think my Thai GF is playing me for a sucker, with constant calls for more money for one reason or another. Friends who live in Pattaya tell me she is back in the bar, and very friendly with some Thai guy. I send her money so she didn’t have to go back to the bar, and she tells me she isn’t, but if that is correct, where is the money going. I send her 50K each month, and she never tells me where the money goes to. I need to find out before I send any more money.
Ulf

Dear Ulf,
Yes there are private investigators you can hire to keep a lookout on the lady, but is this necessary? You obviously do not trust her. Will you just be throwing good money after bad? I think you have to look at your relationship a bit more, Petal. Expecting 100 percent loyalty from a bar lady, is probably expecting a bit much. If you want to support this girl, you should also have arranged to get her some training for a real job, so she has something to do and not just go back to the bar to gossip with friends. Even 50K a month does not stop her getting lonely. I think you have to evaluate your relationship.

Dear Hillary,
I enjoy your bits each week and the advice is right on. Somebody said you should get a raise from your editor and I reckon so too. You are doing a public service so you should get the top dollar. All the ones in the US like Oprah get big money, so should you. Keep up the good work. And what about a book? It would have to be a best seller.
Hugh

Dear Hugh,
Aren’t you just the nicest man! Comparing poor little Hillary with the mighty Oprah! However there are some differences between us, you know. She’s in America, for one! You worry me though, when you say you “enjoy my bits” each week. What “bits” are we talking about here? Some of my bits are never discussed here in the column. This is a family newspaper Hughie. As far as a raise is concerned, I’ll show your letter to the editor, but he’ll just laugh and say I made it up. Hmm, perhaps a book is the answer. I’ll look into that, thanks Petal.

Dear Hillary,
If one was to ask the question; ‘Are all women the same, will my wife rip me off when our relationship ends?’ Ask Greg Norman ($103m), Paul McCartney ($48.7m), Prince Charles ($45.2m), etc. etc. That covers 99 percent. I can only say thank god for the 1 percent and hope that your correspondents have found, or do find, a lady from amongst that small group. Bless you Hillary for trying to protect the uninitiated or naïve from the rapacious amongst the gentler sex. Do please qualify the advice though by saying, that a Thai Bar Girl is really no different from many other ladies, bar girls or not.
David, Western Australia

Dear David from Western Australia,
Oh dearie, dearie me, my Petal. I detect just a touch of bitterness here. Are you still hurting? However, divorce payments are really a vexed question. It can be said that the man earned the money, so why give some of it away? It can also be said that the woman did not get the opportunity to make the money, so deserves some of it. I have to side with the ladies, sorry David.