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Falling in Thai by Michael j Bradley - Gadabout Life

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"you here on a holiday?" mak<strong>in</strong>g conversation.<br />

"Naw, I live here," he declared proudly "i got a wife over<br />

here too."<br />

"You married a <strong>Thai</strong>!"<br />

"Sure. A sexy bitch named Foon. What about you?"<br />

"I've got a girlfriend here. She's cute, i love her"<br />

"Is she a bargirl?" he asked abruptly and i paused;<br />

"What if she is?" I said offended <strong>by</strong> the question.<br />

"You can't love a bar girl unless you're pay<strong>in</strong>g to" Steve<br />

proclaimed. This guy had me stumped for words!<br />

"How would you know who you can or can’t love?"<br />

"I just know,” he dropped his head and rolled his eyes,<br />

“you can't love a bar girl"<br />

"If you're such an expert, why don't you write a book?" i<br />

suggested, jok<strong>in</strong>gly yet slightly annoyed with his attitude,<br />

"You could call it; Steven's Analysis of Cross-cultural<br />

Relationships with <strong>Thai</strong> Women!"<br />

"I could. But who would buy it?"<br />

He seemed almost excited at the prospect.<br />

"I would buy it Steve" Lek popped <strong>in</strong> sweetly.<br />

"You can't read."<br />

"So..."<br />

“I would get it translated. A <strong>Thai</strong> version and an English"<br />

"One for the girls and one for the boys," i added<br />

facetiously.<br />

"No, this could be big. Bigger than the Love Guru’s How<br />

to Boom-Boom <strong>Thai</strong> Girls Handbook. Now that was a<br />

bestseller!” Steve supposed.<br />

“As if you could write someth<strong>in</strong>g like that”<br />

“You never know, perhaps i could”<br />

“You write it,” i said cutt<strong>in</strong>gly, “I’ll buy it”<br />

"All i was say<strong>in</strong>g mate is that i've been there, i know<br />

exactly what you're go<strong>in</strong>g through."<br />

"I’m not go<strong>in</strong>g through anyth<strong>in</strong>g; besides, was Foon a

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