Dating Indonesian women may not be for everyone.
Indonesian women, particularly on the island of Java, are exceptionally beautiful. They tend towards the very feminine side, with lovely skin, are not too tall, and have knock-out smiles. There’s plenty of plus on that side of things.
If wer’e to be honest we have to recognise that many men are interested in a woman who will take care of him, do the housework without complaint, and take care of other matters similarly without much bother. Your average Indonesian girl often fits the bill in this respect, certainly more than your average western woman, the less said about them the better.
On the other hand going out with Indonesian women in a romantic way can have many mysterious pitfalls.
Some women here are clearly only interested in money. Some men are unbothered by this. Others of the female variety, can, once we get to know them very well, come across as practically insane, hysterically emotional, scheming, over-possessive, inclined to, usually fake, attempts at self-harm in order to get their way. As I said, not for the faint-hearted.
There are a few Indonesia dating websites although the area is not nearly as developed as that in nearby Phillipines or Thailand. To begin your online journey on the Indonesian dating scene our very own “Meet” section has many a lady eager for company.
@Kodew:
I’ve learned a few things from this thread. 😉
@Brian: too late. I’ve already learned sarcasm, though not quite successful in applying it.. lol
Now I wonder if reactions by some would be equally apologetic if it’s the willy instead of the fanny that is put up for rent.
I have considered it but dunno if the markets there, “maidens service here”?
ET:
I still think it’s a personal choice.
After all, there wont be prostitutes/gigolos if there werent johns/janes.
This reminds me, I need to get my weekly fix of HUNG..
Ahh.. the double standards of the male world.
If a girl sleeps around she is a cheap slut.
If a man sleeps around he is a force to be reckoned with (or a male crush for wimpy males)
If a female boss is strict and a takes no nonsense kind of boss then she is a bitch.
If a male boss is strict and a takes no nonsense kind of boss then he is a good and strong boss.
That’s just how the world is.
brian –
cant disagree with that! cant say I have ever met or seen a male prostitute though. maybe if we really want to talk about male prostitutes we need some female posters on here who know whats going on with them…….
Indonesia has many of them. Bali is home to an amazing amount of gigolos and they are known to marry older mmmm much uglier Aussie women in much the same way as some of the women marry crusty old bule men. On the other side of the ledger there are straight men who go the other way and sleep with men. I knew a gay Canadian guy who used to sleep with his ojek riders who then used to go home to their wives and kids. $$$ talks.
Yep…Love is blind, but sadly it is sometimes deaf, dumb, and stupid to boot.
Who are we to judge the occupations of others. I can respect anyone and would hope that respect would be returned in kind. I am not going to judge a cup cake seller anymore than I am going to judge a woman who performs sexual services for money or kind.
@ Farah…
I respect those gado-gado/cupcakes/fried banana seller rather than prostitute.
Is this because selling gado2, cupcakes, or fried banana is an honest days work and prostitution is not?
@Mbak Farah
Dear mr kodew if my dad is high rank, i would be more than happy not to whining here. As in PNS pensiun not as high as you thought it is, unless like you are golongan 4 above or some pejabat eslon something.
I am and my 3 other sisters are VERY LUCKY if you want to know that. Like i said, at least i do not need to spread my legs to get food (or new prada bags, or oh so cute mini black dress, or branded shoes, or watch). Sure we could still give other people somemoney but, i am not some snobbish girl who travel abroad with daddy money and look down and say harsh thing about people who struggling to get money. Like oink gal say, some elite people (bwahaha !).
I came from PNS pensiun family too with gol 2 with only 350.000 wage a month supporting 4 family member, we were struggling but still we could get into school and food and alhamdullillah going to uni too by ‘gali lobang tutup lobang’. But compared to some people who live only from doing other people’s laundry, I felt so lucky. All am saying is that what u call u were struggling am sure was very different than what Brian’s girl or any bar girl’s story, so please dont judge her or any other Bar girls in general, we all here never know the real reasons right?, you keep saying u dont generalize but still from ur posts here, you do generalizing Mbak ;). Be thankful that you ‘dont have to spread ur legs’ to get food but no need to judge or calling names of others that do. Some might do it for fun, some was forced to do that. But still, dont generalize, even you see people around you had trouble with those girls.
Dear mr kodew
btw, am not a tranny :P, peace mbak 😉
@Rima
Who you learn the most from? 😉
Oh yawn!!.. Oinkgal..really? DO try and rise above the level of a common troll or at least try something with a bit of humour.
“And even goverment not put all of pns children into medical insurance just the first and the 2nd child. So as a civil servant family that have more than 2 children, being sick just sucks (mom will upset if i was sick, hehe)”
Dearie me, well that just places you several tiers higher on the survivalability ladder than 85% of the Indonesian population.
Actually the civil servant and…naggh too easy.
I won’t judge anyone that struggle through their life to even get food.
Ah you are serious! That’s the point, No one really cares about yet another spoilt little one but you have been judging others the whole time which started this conversation, invariably those who did not have the advantages you did. It’s your (typical) lack of empathy and worse the fact you don’t even grasp the fact that lack empathy (although that is must to sleep at night I guess)
In fact this is comical..
I won’t judge anyone that struggle through their life to even get food.
Followed by:
if everyone does generalize the rental units and think they are they most unlucky people.
I know i’ve been bit harsh to say things about them, but hey they do realize when they do this, they have brain, they could choose.
Mmmm dunno maybe just me, sounds like a judgement to me 🙂
Seems to me you have lot be be thankful for rather than looking down your nose at others. Its true that some may well choose the occupation but its just as true many many people never have the opportunities that you did Farah, its just a shame you can’t grasp that cold reality.
Are you seriously suggesting that if you got sick your family could not find the money for treatment? Unfortunately, that happens every day to thousands in Indonesia, finding millions of rupiah is not easy nor does it come from selling cupcakes. Under that kind of pressure people make “poor” life choices but understandable choices.
BTW.. You have the boarding school all arse about (like most of life)..Its not a “boarding school” like you are thinkings (aka private school) spoilt one…more reformatory. Then again a natural assumption from people who cannot see below them.
Laugh 🙂
Funny “its not about me” you sure talk a lot of trash about yourself then..
I always judge people sweetie but try and show a bit more empathy than some and I certainly don’t write stupid comments in Bold and the sentences later start calling people rental units… 🙂
In fact you have been weight and measured and came up short in the humanity stakes (not to mention the logical debate market).
Dating Indonesia Girls….Well someone needs to be dated thats for sure…
Now unless you can do better than the last little rant, I must move on you really are becoming a “one trick pony” Hi di ho
@Farah
I personally think it’s not nice to think low of those girls working as a prostitute. Life isn’t as easy as 1 2 3, and I really think that when someone ‘decided’ to become a prostitute, it’s not because they’re too lazy to get other job. At least not that simple. If you think it is that easy for a girl to have sex to someone they hardly know, or like, well, you better think again.
I won’t say much about this, since I don’t know much about this prostitution business. I myself have been called/named as a whore for numerous of time, but I wouldn’t consider me as one :D. I knew a little about prostitution while working on a paper in university, and from there I got a deeper knowledge about it, which completely change my point of view. I think these women need help instead of being judge, and if we can’t help, the least thing we can do is not saying bad things about them. Especially to generalize them like that, when they can’t defend theirselves.
Oh, and if you wonder, I’m Indonesian, have a child out of wedlock, and I’m pregnant with my second one, with different father who also not my husband (and actually just last week he told me to never contact him ever again – he wants me to get an abortion and he was furious to find out that I was still pregt) – now you understand why I’m called a whore by the people around me – they’re religious people who can’t accept this kind of behaviour.
My parents are wealthy, I got my first car (actually all 4 of their children) when I was 17, and they also provide each of us with a small house, and yes, I went travelling abroad since I was 5, and boy how I love Prada and Jimmy Choo and lucky enought to be able to keep few of their items as my fashion collection.
But Farah, just because my parents have more money than some other people (tho I wouldn’t call them rich since I know lots of people who have more money), doesn’t mean I work less hard than them, nor I’m less a people than those who aren’t as fortunate as myself. I don’t need to brag about it since I don’t have to impress anyone. One thing I want to share is I lost everything – which I work hard and honest for it and not for something that daddy made grants to me – within second, not because of a prostitute, but because of this guy who I thought I loved (I don’t think I love him that much anymore that I found out he is irresponsible. He really turns me off). When Dad found out I was about to get an abortion in Spore (and I had to stay there for almost a month for some problems due to my pregnancy) he closed down my business, he took my 2 gals (I have an adopted daughter), I had to sell my car and apt to be able to pay for my medication in Spore and to be able to send money for my children (my God helps me I’d rather die than to loose my children).
Now I live in a kos which cost less than my concealer and the size is less than my bathroom at home (oh, and no private bathroom!!!!!!), and go to work by bus. 4 months ago I spent as much as I earn now within 2 nights in Bali.
Yes I still can thankful now that I still can get a job, and next month I will get a better job with better salary so I’m really happy at the moment. But just in case, things turn worse that I might expect, and I got no other choice than to ‘sell’ my body to a stranger in order to keep my gals (Dad knows my weakness, my children. He knows by taking them away from me will kill me slowly. He’d rather me to keep a child out of wedlock and face all the bad things people say about him being not a good parent for me, rather than to think that he’d raised a killer), I’ll do it. I swear I’ll do. I will even sell my organ if necessary.
I don’t care if people think I’m a bad person, spoiled brat, a whore, or not as good as you (who condsider yourself as) middle class people who struggle for your life without spreading your legs… as long as I my children think I’m a good mother, that’s enough for me.
Oh, I was about to say that this guy, who isn’t a (male) prostitute, has too ruined my life. Part of it is my fault, but this Aussie guy could’ve saved my @$$ if he did something when I needed him. I’ve done my mistake, I’m paying for it. I don’t have much time to complain, I have kids to feed, which reminds me I have to get back to work.
Have a nice afternoon everyone. I really hope you have a wonderful life to lead.
“Rental units” i just quote that from my fella expatriate workers. Its not just come out from my dictionary just like that. I think its even better than call them a prostitute or a wh*re, or sl*t maybe. I just think what ever the name is thats what they do, they renting their properties, just like people did coruption called corruptors,
Thanks Farah..You are without a doubt, your own worst enemy in a debate but at least you a not judging them ROFLMAO
@Mbak Farah,
You didnt say ALL, i know, but then you write as if you know Brian’s girl or any other bar girls by judging them and ‘ngenyek’ (‘menghina’ in boso jawa timuran ker!) like :
The girl you love do everything for money, cant you see that ? what made you think she will stay with you if she found someone with much more money? or more cute? or younger?
isnt she such a gentle heart in a mean world.. aaaawwwwwww.. what an angelic diva……
you dont know her right Mbak Farah? but easily you judge her, dont you think it cames from ‘generalizing’? 😉 and no, nothing’s wrong with the english just the sense you bring with ur posts Mbak:)
And dont worry, it’s not all about you kok, but you write things that catch people’s attention Mbak (i know you didnt mean to, right 😉 )
And dont worry you can say anything different and you are right, it’s normal being bit different and definetely Pak Harto Era had gone. Am sure some people here who said their opinion towards you only responded what you wrote. Jaman reformasi memang jamannya orang bebas berpendapat mbak tapi bebas yang bertanggung jawab, biar nggak kebablasan ( i speak this in general, not about you ya mbak 🙂 )
Btw, am still a Mbak, not Pak 😀
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@Rima
you wanna learn sum? 😉 can you learn from this thread? lol