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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 13:44:43 GMT 7
Mistress culture is rampant in Hong Kong, yet mention of its existence is still considered taboo. I came across this article in Starbucks today from an old edition. It is not restricted to HK by any means. Or gender either. However antiquated this ideal is, big culture play here too, I thought about it some. In a western society sure it exists as well as many Asian countries. To be a 'kept woman' here is a step up the ladder for some. Never judge. For the woman there is financial security, for the man there is the young hottie and he's twenty again. Read below and comment:  Vertiginous high heels, a dash of red smeared on the collar, an unknown number on the caller ID – the mistress, or the other woman, is often more a symbol than a reality in society’s ideological views of sex and all its titillating infidelities. But those who have spent some time in Hong Kong’s skin, whether in the upper echelons of society or in chance, hush-hush conversations at cha chaan tengs, will be aware of the city’s arrangements of kept women. It’s strange then, that in the very city where you can walk into Wan Chai and slap down money for a night of pleasure, talking about mistress culture and its financial contracts is still considered taboo. But what’s at the root of this culture – and how did it develop into a full-blown phenomenon? The price of milk There’s an old adage, ‘why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free?’ The concept isn’t new – why force a marriage when you can have a bit on the side? – but in Hong Kong, the phrase denotes a fluid boundary, rife with vague definitions and moral grey areas. Yinai, the slang term for women who embark on these relationships (usually with a married, older man), translates roughly as ‘second milk’ in Cantonese, but of course, these women aren’t ‘free’. There’s an arrangement. The contract is often verbal: in return for their physical and emotional affections, sometimes even love, they are rewarded with cold, hard cash, up to hundreds of thousands of dollars every month, as well as receiving lavish gifts, apartments, cars and other material objects. Thus the meaning of ‘free’ in this context, if we are to look at the culture of yinai (and ‘xiaosan’, another term for mistresses which translates as ‘third person’), relates to the freedom of adultery, which is now its own breeding culture rather than a by-product in the realm of relationships. www.timeout.com.hk/big-smog/features/68457/hong-kongs-mistress-culture.html |
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 13:46:22 GMT 7
When I was working in BKK, I had two university students who supported their studies in these types of relationships. The farang who put them through uni.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 13:50:51 GMT 7
But does it work out for anyone or is it just a service provider? China's most despised woman: The professional mistress who refused to keep quietYuan Ren reports on the shameless socialite and social media celebrity who pulled back the curtain on the China's mistress culture - and has paid with her freedom.  Four years ago, at the age of 19, one girl single-handedly tarnished the reputation of the charity sector in China. She became one of the most infamous women in the country and, at the same time, pulled back the curtain on the nation’s modern mistress culture. A few days ago, that same girl, Guo Meimei, now 24 - whose name has since become synonymous with the immoral pursuit of wealth - made national headlines again. China’s popular Sina News ran a live update of court proceedings, as she was tried on charges of operating an illegal gambling den. She was sentenced on the same day to five years in prison. A teenager in 2011, Guo Meimei caused one of the biggest scandals of the social media era when it was noticed that her account on Weibo (the popular Chinese platform) listed her as ‘Commercial General Manager of the Red Cross Society of China’ – one of the biggest (and government backed) charities. Pictures on her 'Guo Meimei Baby' profile showed a doll-eyed young girl driving a white Maserati and displaying her designer handbag collection. Her Weibo account revealed a Paris Hilton-a-like; vulgar but pretty normal for a Chinese fuerdai – the offspring of China’s nouveau riche.  But Guo Meimei was certainly no fuerdai, nor was she an employee of the Red Cross in China. She was from a humble background: born of a single mother who once worked as a foot masseuse, family members, including her father, had criminal records. To many her lifestyle screamed corruption. Further digging, however, revealed a status that was more akin to that of a professional mistress. Guo Meimei revealed it was her ‘gan die’, or sugar daddy - a shareholder in an investment-holding group affiliated with the Red Cross - who fuelled her lifestyle. The incident damaged the reputation of both her high-profile lover and the charity. Although the Red Cross in China denied any connection with Guo Meimei (and she confessed to having falsified her position there) it did lead to a number of other scandals coming to light, including funds for victims of the 2008 Sichuan earthquake having been misappropriated. Donations fell by 80 per cent. Over the next four years, Guo Meimei - China's 'material girl' popped up again and again in Chinese media. Despite the controversy surrounding her, online followers came thick and fast, as fascination with this young woman went into overdrive. www.telegraph.co.uk/women/womens-life/11869331/China-Mistress-Guo-Meimei-who-refused-to-keep-quiet.html |
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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 15, 2015 14:35:30 GMT 7
Best of luck to these young girls empowering themselves, they all know the rules, always the bridesmaid never the bride.
Would love to see what kind of "creative accounting" goes on, what %age is written off each year by companies to pay for this.
See it all around me here in Bkk.
Personally I cant be doing with these sort of women, not for what they do, but the way they dress act and speak, spoilt wannabe HiSo brats the lot of them.
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 14:49:19 GMT 7
Ms Pretty's quest to cash in:
I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in HK.
My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you?
Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit.
If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the Hk, $250k annual income is not enough.
I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches are only average-looking? I've met a few girls who don't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys.
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)
Ms. Pretty
The answering salvo:
Dear Ms. Pretty,
I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor.
My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here.
From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain.
Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money" : Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square.
However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year.
Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worse 10 years later.
By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position".
If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased".
Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income.This has better chance than finding a rich fool.
Hope this reply helps.
signed,
J.P. Morgan CEO
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Post by Deleted on Oct 15, 2015 14:50:05 GMT 7
From a funny on Craiglist.
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Post by buhi on Oct 15, 2015 18:14:29 GMT 7
Where are you going, my pretty maid?
I'm going a milking, sir, she said.
May I go with you, my pretty maid?
You're kindly welcome, sir, she said.
What is your father, my pretty maid?
My father's a farmer, sir, she said.
What is your fortune, my pretty maid?
My face is my fortune, sir, she said.
Then I won't marry you, my pretty maid.
Nobody asked you, sir, she said.
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Post by rgs2001uk on Oct 15, 2015 21:08:45 GMT 7
Where are you going, my pretty maid? I'm going a milking, sir, she said. May I go with you, my pretty maid? You're kindly welcome, sir, she said. What is your father, my pretty maid? My father's a farmer, sir, she said. What is your fortune, my pretty maid? My face is my fortune, sir, she said. Then I won't marry you, my pretty maid. Nobody asked you, sir, she said. Utterly brilliant. Never even got to sin sot negotiations, khun por never got his hip transplant, khun mae had no one to pay off her hi lo gambling debts, and the bone idle lazy hammock swinging brother never got his new Fino. Sir, obviously was not new round here. |
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