Gay Boy Thailand

No sooner had the ladyboy-in-training walked me home than he became possessive. I realised this when I was in the Internet café and two kids from the slum came in. I don’t know their names, they are just barefoot children, but if they have names it must be “twenty baht?” because this is what they usually say.

The kids came over to me. One of them poked my ribs and said in Thai “twenty baht?”

The ladyboy-in-training sat two computers away and watched this with alarm. His face turned angry.

- Money no have, I said.

- Have, said the kids.

The ladyboy-in-training listened to this conversation while thunderclouds formed above his head.

It is rarely a good idea to give money to Thai kids. Give to one and another fifty appear out of nowhere to demand the same. Actually you should not let them know you understand Thai either. That’s the safest way.

But being the softie I am I searched for a way to help them without receiving the punishment that usually accompanies good deeds in Thailand. I had two free Internet coupons in my wallet. The Internet café had given me those as a bonus. Each coupon was worth one hour of Internet time. I gave the coupons to the kids.

Then the two coupon kids came back with a third child. What about him, they said? He needs a coupon too. I said I was out of them. Sorry. Shop closed. Disappointment spread across the face of the new kid.

So they managed to punish me even for this.

The ladyboy-in-training gave me dark looks but he seemed to accept the outcome. At least I didn’t give them money. The ladyboy-in-training seems to consider my wallet as his property already.

This is developing too fast. If the ladyboy-in-training has claims on me, should he not have done something for me first? It is not like he has bent over forward to please me.