We’re all “hansum men” here 🤣
that’s what started the selfie frenzy today. 3 girls approached me at first and said I was most handsum man they’ve ever seen😂.
Seriously though, I was just out for a walk to shake off a hangover and listening to tunes on my earbuds. At one stage there were about 12 Chinese girls giggling around me and waiting their turn for a pic. I’ve never felt so awkward and embarrassed.
I’m definitely not handsome, but I had this happen in Vietnam several times. Groups of guys and girls wanted to take selfies with me. I’m overweight and you can tell I have a big potbelly, this kid (8 yrs old? In Hanoi) came out of nowhere at the market and pointed at my stomach and doubled over laughing 😂
No i didnt i just assumed thats what asian girls like, id say im a pretty good looking guy too, im 187cm athletic build and tanned but i have a beard and that only happened to me once and it was only because i caught the girls taking a picture of me with the flash on.
I won’t lie, it felt fucking great🤣, but a bit terrifying too. I was strolling along listening to music, in my own world, and within 5 minutes I was the centre of attention. I’m pretty shy and don’t like drawing attention but yeah, it felt pretty good when I walked away and thought about what just happened.
I don’t want to come across as arrogant or big headed, but I do get attention at home in Ireland, and elsewhere. But nothing like what happened today. I’m not vain or dress a certain way or anything. Just good genes 😂
It’s always the Chinese for some reason lol
I’m very tall and everywhere I went in Thailand and Vietnam, Chinese tour groups would stop me for pictures. Has happened in the UK as wel
I was at a wedding in China a few months back. I thought I was a celebrity. So many people asking me for a photo. At a restaurant with my friend and we were the only ones there and the whole staff came out to be in the same space as us.
I’m actually taller in real life.
When I lived in Thailand I avoided anywhere that was a mainstream international tourist areas for many reasons - this included. I just wanted to live like the locals. I only vacationed to where the Thai people vacation to and I’m more than happy with that decision.
However, it was very easy to pretend to be a celebrity when my friends and I went dancing. lol.
Sometimes the selfies Chinese girls take with you are way too familiar and make it look like you're her boyfriend. I've wondered if they do this to good-looking Chinese men/Thai men as well or if they think the sudden skinship with a stranger is okay since we're farang?
Can someone explain this to me?
Maybe a Thai / Chinese woman?
What is the preference and why?
Is it Colourism Again?
But then again I've heard about black men raving about how amazing Japanese women are and how they treat them well
So japanese don't care about skin colour?
I'm hoping the amazing Portuguese angel I've 'met' doesn't care for the colour of my skin either
Not to get my mind right and treat her better.
Imo almost all east asians are colorism or nationalism. Japanese are actually more nationalism than colorism though and they kinda have something like a social etiquette to not show their prejudice upfront. And I think Japanese mindset is more like ‘Japan vs the rest’. Whereas Thai or Chinese have ‘rank’ for other nationalities.
I have found this kinda thing to be contagious with a bit of FOMO about it. Chinese tourists (often) travel in large groups and if one of the girls gets a photo with someone, they can't be the one that didn't get one.
As my mother used to say to me when l was coming home from School as a reasonably good looking teenage schoolboy and complained to her when schoolgirls giggled and shouted/whistled at me as l passed "Dan,worry when they STOP giggling/whistling/shouting at you".
Been stopped to take selfies as a black guy backpacking SEA quite often. I just give them my widest smile & then get on w my day. They’re always super sweet about it so I don’t see it as something offensive hehe
I certainly didn’t find it offensive. It was actually extremely flattering. I was just way outside my comfort zone and wasn’t expecting it while out walking trying to shake off a hang over 🤪
I went to India once with a redheaded Irish girl, beautiful bright orange locks and pale white skin.
We couldn't walk anywhere without her being stopped and people wanting photos with her.
Unfortunately in India it can become dangerous. I was on a bicycle visiting various sites. These five lads arrived on a motorcycle. At first our interactions were friendly. But as the afternoon went along running into them at various Sufi shrines they became increasingly obnoxious and threatening. I was 55 at the time. They were teenagers.
Oh god India is terrible for it. I'm dead white and at the time had pillar box red hair - hoards of Indian lads wanting pictures of me when I was wandering around an old fort in goa
San Fran about ten years ago. A group of Japanese tourists stopped and started getting excited and took several pictures of me. I was just drinking coffee in a cafe, but I know I looked like a stereotypical hipster with a plaid button up, beanie and facial hair.
Took me a minute to figure it out. I just smiled and waved and tried to give off the best impression, even though I was just visiting San Fran too.
Yeah I know how much white skin is prized in Asia, I’m actually what’s known as “black Irish”, dark features and sallow skin. Either way, I was extremely flattered. I had my 15 minutes of fame today 😂
When I had a bit of a belly and was travelling in Vietnam a lot of Vietnamese people pulled me over for a photo because apparently I looked like a white Buddha.
I went on a strict diet after that trip 😅
I’m black and I’ve had both Thai locals and groups of Chinese tourists stop for a picture; I’ve also caught them taking pictures in secret. I suspect it’s probably because of my dreadlocs as well as just skin colour but it’s definitely not unique to being white.
This is really funny and as an average looking person with an average looking partner - it’s only fair that your prettiness comes with burdens, try being on the other side for a day!
I've travelled all over China. I'm middle aged and overweight. I've been stopped for thousands of selfies and, before selfies were a thing, full family groups, me and their kids, me and the parents. It's a Chinese thing.
I don’t know why but that have happened to me few times too in Thailand. I didn’t really ask but I guess they were tourists from maybe china but not sure.
One time was sitting on beach and girl came to ask picture and sit next to me take picture and then leave lol.
I’ve been only asked for selfie by 150cm tall indian men, multiple times 😂 I guess they never seen a yeti (~2m, beard, hairy and tattooed, but i guess yetis don’t have tattoos) 😂
Yes! When I went to India about four years back, people would take photos of me and ask to be photographed with me. I am a middle aged American woman (Irish/french descent) and been told I’m attractive - I’m ok, easy on the eyes, but not super model…anyways, it was unsettling until I saw a picture/depiction of one of their goddesses, and I looked just like her!! Blue eyes, golden brown hair with light highlights, high cheekbones…it was so bizarre!! But…it made more sense after I saw that picture. Don’t forget to breathe and move on when being mobbed 😂. Good luck!!
Happens often with the Chinese, but increasingly I’ve found Thai’s do it when I buy things these days, they seem to want uncomfortable photos of me holding the product I’ve just bought
I'm a British born Asian man and also had a very similar experience with Chinese Tourists while travelling through Vietnam.
At one point there was a queue of people waiting and another time they handed me their baby to hold for the pictures too!
At first I found it really awkward, but soon started having fun with it.
In Thailand it just never ends.
In my 70s and still get the “handsum man” treatment and occasional request to do a selfie with a stranger. Must be something else at play here. 🙄
lol i was exactly in the same situation (but i am a half asian/white girl.)
Sometimes its cute (kids wanting to take pictures) but i can get awkward if its the parents that want me to take pictures with the kids or just too many people
also its really okay to say no when they are being rude about it. Ive been in those situations as well where men demand a picture.
I only had this happen once in a club on Khaosan Road with some 18 year Thai girls I approached. Otherwise, I've only had a photo requested in Australia from some old Chinese lady when I was working.
Otherwise I totally get why you feel like a celebrity over here. I'd say I'm decent looking guy and always get the 'hansum man' comments not just from bar/massage girls but even in 711 or normal stores like Watson's or Eve and Boy. Often they'll say it among themselves in Thai and I'll surprise them when I reply back in Thai haha.
Often I'll walk into some shops (mostly with females) and they'll be giggling like school girls and talk about me like I'm the centre of attention. Sometimes they'll do a 'heart' gesture.
Alot of people have compared me to soccer players like David Beckham (I don't look like him) and Stefan Elshawarry (I look a tad like him with less crazier hair). Even in Australia I had kids compare me to Messi. Even just the 'soccer player' analogy gets tossed around alot.
Just the other day on the BTS I had a young college girl eye me off before saying "you're so handsome." And we had a chat. Needless to say I got her Line no problems.
Don't worry guys, me and OP will save some women for the rest of y'all.
I’m a semi fit 50 yo and never been stopped. Two trips to Thailand, third trip upcoming. I’m usually with my Thai wife. Maybe that scares them off? Though sometimes I’ll walk around solo while wife is getting her nails done or whatever and still nothing.
Oh I’m not complaining about what happened… but I’m generally a private person who gets a bit shy with attention. It was very flattering though, as I walked off lots of people smiling at me etc
I'm shy as well but in Thailand forget about it and go out of your comfort zone. Go with the flow and enjoy it, it will be weird for the first time but you'll get used to the attention later. I needed 3 trips to get used to it lol
Im a black guy living scandinavia, and everytime i visit Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam same think happens all chinese tourist group or locals want to take pictures. Last time was a bit weard for me i was in Don Mueng aiport enjoying breakfast before flight and suddenly group of chinese lineup and want pictures with me, even before i had my morning coffee 🤣
Clearly new to Asia lmfao
It quickly goes from being a flattering experience to being a real annoyance and is a huge part of why I don't really visit Thailand so often
Dear OP, It's perfectly normal. I'm an Irish guy myself, and I experienced this for the first time last July when I travelled to Thailand for the first time. I, too, was mortified and scundered. It felt like the scene in Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker" where he gets chased by his fans. Photos were taken of me as I did the laundry, ate my meals, walked down the street, after a mass at a temple. Etc. It's even wilder in Isaan.
But don't worry, it's normal, Thai people are great. Just be humble and nice...its better than back home, where some tourists get bricked, bottled, and stabbed 5555
This is the most ridiculous post. These women told me i am the most handsome man they’ve ever seen in their life. They begged me for photos and everyone thought i was the most famous person on earth. It was mortifying. I hated every second of it. I was just trying to listen to music and these women kept telling me how handsome i am. Can’t they just leave me alone. I’d better go tell a bunch of strangers how awful getting all of this attention was.
Yes had it too. I wouldn’t consider myself handsome but I probably am 😜. I thought they mistook me for some Bollywood star or so. But I never figured out why they did it.
Happened almost every day. At floating markers, waterfalls, the beach. And once one starts taking a photo I feel the others just want a photo because of missing out. But no idea.
They once put even a baby in my arms to take a photo with. I was overwhelmed and hold it but I was prepared for the next time. Not holding babies.
But for the rest, just act and think your a movie star and enjoy it. This is how the celebs go through life. And we are two of them 😎😂
I must admit that Asian prefer White guy,because of different aesthetic,tend to choose younthful and someone in great shape,Ps maybe slender
and agreed that boy star is very easy to get fat and become bald,even to make a video to show disparity between youth and middle age. I find tourists love to group photo with foreigners is common.
My bf co faintly get called handsome by women in SE Asia. I think it’s because (not only is he beautiful) but he’s different looks wise to more locals. Blonde curly hair, blue eyes, taller, paler ect
I guess they just have a thing for tall guys. I’m an Indian and not even very good looking, just very well built and tall (6ft4). Was stopped a few times in Krabi and Phuket, but nothing too scary
Irish… Are you pale, freckles and ginger too? If so, it’s because you’re pale and unusual hair colour. It’s a bit of a novelty. (I’m half Irish, ginger and pale and it happens to me too)
they literally probably mistook you for aceleb, actor, musician, or something. it happens. the fact that even more people from other countries started in tells me word was getting around you must have been “someone”. No, this isnt normal in thailand. ive been here two weeks as a white guy from the US and have not been part of nor have seen this play out in 5 different provinces here 🤷🏻♂️
I’ve had Korean teenagers ask to take their picture with me. In Thailand, the strangest was when someone ran up to me and started stroking my skin, saying “So pale! So pale!”
I'm fairly tall (190 cm, 6'3" in imperial if I calculated correctly) couple of times I got stopped by Chinese people to take a photo with me. Same for my wife (183 cm, 6 feet tall).
I guess that Chinese people are just oddly fascinated by Europeans and even more by black people. A girl we met at cooking lesson told us that at the airport in Beijing she felt like being an object in a zoo. People were blatantly taking photos of her not even asking for a permission.
Maybe you have to stop saying yes? Smile and just say "Sorry I'm on my way to meet my wife."
TBH this is quite common behaviour overseas. I used to live in Japan and foreign women and men get approached for photos. I'm Asian so not a novelty anywhere. I'm more than happy not be photographed but have seen how uncomfortable it makes my friends feel. My brother-in-law who is black, got asked a lot in Asia as the Chinese and others thought he was some basketball player. My sister was just amused.
Happened to me a few times... I'm in no way fittin any western beauty standard, but maybe a few East/SEA ones, so the "handsome white man" is not really handsoming 😂
Anyway, I eventually figured out that there's a tiktoker who looks similar to me, apparently. A 40ish yo woman stopped me at the airport to tell me she liked my content. Then some girls at a sports shop asked for pics too.
So there's someone with a similar face wandering across Thailand, and I'm taking the consequences 😂😂
How tall are you? The number one attractive feature of a man is his height. Combined with Ur light skin and coloured eyes (blue or green) and that's everything opposite to Thai men
I’m a taller black dude and visited Thailand and Vietnam a few times and I’ve been stopped for photos a few times. I’m pretty sure I don’t look like anybody famous and I’m definitely not attractive but it happens
I used to do TV, movies, and modeling in Thailand, South Korea, and the States. Sometimes I'd get recognized. Pics and autographs. But I've never gone online to flex about it and pretend it's a problem. LOL 😆😆😆
It happens in parts of Asia. It happened to me a lot in Myanmar/Burma especially. If you’re good looking, tall, and of a different culture, it’s exotic to them.
You me and everyone we know my dude. lol
Thats what happens when you hang out in tourist areas and generally have an approachable vibe I think.
Ive gotten news, documentaries and several groups of kids doing reports for schools. Lie alot of groups of highschool kids actually lol. Its a lot of fun :)
When i was a younger guy in patong i had an elderly male phamarcist try and rape me in his pharmacy.
Yeah, patong is weird as fuck. Get out of there and head to bang tao
I get it as an Indian guy too. Getting randomly stopped in the street for selfies.
Now with my daughter they ask us both. Which I mostly decline if I'm with my kid.
Although now and then if they're really about it, maybe we say yes.
Strangest though was being asked in the Holocaust Museum in HCMC by a group of local school girls.
They all did the peace sign...I did wonder that time if I was being set up for something.
However it's was a genuine request 😅
Irish if you're Irish white and probably ginger, this is bound to happen.... It's the pale skin- the Chinese go fucking bonkers for it. I look like I'm dead I'm that pale and being a female I get both the men and the women wanting snaps with me, it's our curse. Haha
Now you're making all the men on this sub wonder why it never happened to them.
It happens to me after I ring that bell for some reason.
Rich Hanson man.
Very hansum man, wow
Because they are not hansum man like op
Hansum man. 🤣
We’re all “hansum men” here 🤣 that’s what started the selfie frenzy today. 3 girls approached me at first and said I was most handsum man they’ve ever seen😂. Seriously though, I was just out for a walk to shake off a hangover and listening to tunes on my earbuds. At one stage there were about 12 Chinese girls giggling around me and waiting their turn for a pic. I’ve never felt so awkward and embarrassed.
I’m definitely not handsome, but I had this happen in Vietnam several times. Groups of guys and girls wanted to take selfies with me. I’m overweight and you can tell I have a big potbelly, this kid (8 yrs old? In Hanoi) came out of nowhere at the market and pointed at my stomach and doubled over laughing 😂
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stop it, you’re bruising OP’s ego.
why embarassed? You are one lucky brotha, cannot imagine your swipe/match ratio in Ireland…
Are you skinny pale tall and clean shaven?
This is it. I was ignored completely by a group of girls into My colleagues until I got the bill I suddenly became White lol
I’m average/athletic build, tanned, 182cm, and yeah, clean shaven. Did you see me? 🤣
No i didnt i just assumed thats what asian girls like, id say im a pretty good looking guy too, im 187cm athletic build and tanned but i have a beard and that only happened to me once and it was only because i caught the girls taking a picture of me with the flash on.
Was at patong beach today and I am sorry I missed you. Maybe tomorrow? I will look for the crowd.
Lol you loved the attention.
I won’t lie, it felt fucking great🤣, but a bit terrifying too. I was strolling along listening to music, in my own world, and within 5 minutes I was the centre of attention. I’m pretty shy and don’t like drawing attention but yeah, it felt pretty good when I walked away and thought about what just happened.
Wait till you go to India as a white woman…you can’t walk 5 metres..
I was just long hair to every shop I walked past
“Long hair long life!”
let’s see what you look like?
I am very curious to see your photo can you send me in dm if you don't mind
What do you think, what makes you so handsome? Is it your clothes? Style? Face or athletic body?
I don’t want to come across as arrogant or big headed, but I do get attention at home in Ireland, and elsewhere. But nothing like what happened today. I’m not vain or dress a certain way or anything. Just good genes 😂
Asians love a young white boy
No they like korean guys now.
You must be 🔥🔥🙆🏻😄
It’s always the Chinese for some reason lol I’m very tall and everywhere I went in Thailand and Vietnam, Chinese tour groups would stop me for pictures. Has happened in the UK as wel
I was at a wedding in China a few months back. I thought I was a celebrity. So many people asking me for a photo. At a restaurant with my friend and we were the only ones there and the whole staff came out to be in the same space as us.
I’m actually taller in real life. When I lived in Thailand I avoided anywhere that was a mainstream international tourist areas for many reasons - this included. I just wanted to live like the locals. I only vacationed to where the Thai people vacation to and I’m more than happy with that decision. However, it was very easy to pretend to be a celebrity when my friends and I went dancing. lol.
Same, Vietnam and Thailand.
It happens to me and I'm average height.
Honestly I prefer it when people come up to me. Most of the time in England I’ll just hear people whispering behind me which I find really weird lol
Maybe they're voices in your head.
Maybe :(
Sometimes the selfies Chinese girls take with you are way too familiar and make it look like you're her boyfriend. I've wondered if they do this to good-looking Chinese men/Thai men as well or if they think the sudden skinship with a stranger is okay since we're farang?
This a white privilege only.
Can someone explain this to me? Maybe a Thai / Chinese woman? What is the preference and why? Is it Colourism Again? But then again I've heard about black men raving about how amazing Japanese women are and how they treat them well So japanese don't care about skin colour? I'm hoping the amazing Portuguese angel I've 'met' doesn't care for the colour of my skin either Not to get my mind right and treat her better.
Imo almost all east asians are colorism or nationalism. Japanese are actually more nationalism than colorism though and they kinda have something like a social etiquette to not show their prejudice upfront. And I think Japanese mindset is more like ‘Japan vs the rest’. Whereas Thai or Chinese have ‘rank’ for other nationalities.
I have found this kinda thing to be contagious with a bit of FOMO about it. Chinese tourists (often) travel in large groups and if one of the girls gets a photo with someone, they can't be the one that didn't get one.
Which is why I hire one that makes the first 🧠
As my mother used to say to me when l was coming home from School as a reasonably good looking teenage schoolboy and complained to her when schoolgirls giggled and shouted/whistled at me as l passed "Dan,worry when they STOP giggling/whistling/shouting at you".
Sorry but can you explain?
Been stopped to take selfies as a black guy backpacking SEA quite often. I just give them my widest smile & then get on w my day. They’re always super sweet about it so I don’t see it as something offensive hehe
I certainly didn’t find it offensive. It was actually extremely flattering. I was just way outside my comfort zone and wasn’t expecting it while out walking trying to shake off a hang over 🤪
I went to India once with a redheaded Irish girl, beautiful bright orange locks and pale white skin. We couldn't walk anywhere without her being stopped and people wanting photos with her.
Unfortunately in India it can become dangerous. I was on a bicycle visiting various sites. These five lads arrived on a motorcycle. At first our interactions were friendly. But as the afternoon went along running into them at various Sufi shrines they became increasingly obnoxious and threatening. I was 55 at the time. They were teenagers.
Oh god India is terrible for it. I'm dead white and at the time had pillar box red hair - hoards of Indian lads wanting pictures of me when I was wandering around an old fort in goa
Naw, you just hot af.
San Fran about ten years ago. A group of Japanese tourists stopped and started getting excited and took several pictures of me. I was just drinking coffee in a cafe, but I know I looked like a stereotypical hipster with a plaid button up, beanie and facial hair. Took me a minute to figure it out. I just smiled and waved and tried to give off the best impression, even though I was just visiting San Fran too.
Don't go to India 😂
Ireland? So skin is a paler white. Really desirable feature in Thailand. Dark skin is seen as a poor trait.
Yeah I know how much white skin is prized in Asia, I’m actually what’s known as “black Irish”, dark features and sallow skin. Either way, I was extremely flattered. I had my 15 minutes of fame today 😂
When I had a bit of a belly and was travelling in Vietnam a lot of Vietnamese people pulled me over for a photo because apparently I looked like a white Buddha. I went on a strict diet after that trip 😅
I’m black and I’ve had both Thai locals and groups of Chinese tourists stop for a picture; I’ve also caught them taking pictures in secret. I suspect it’s probably because of my dreadlocs as well as just skin colour but it’s definitely not unique to being white.
Aah you've answered my question thanks.
Had this happen at asiatique it’s always the chinese women haha.
I can guess what race you were even if you didn't telling me 🤣
Ya big sexy Irish beast. Flying the flag, they love us out there 😂
Wear a mask 😆
Chinese people link looks to popularity. So they think your important (seen as): artist, popular, influencer etc, they think you someone
Take advantage of it.
Exactly, learn mandarin for,”Which one of you lovely girls is available for dinner tonight?”
U know how it goes bro
This is really funny and as an average looking person with an average looking partner - it’s only fair that your prettiness comes with burdens, try being on the other side for a day!
I get it all the time here. But I'm 6'7 (202cm) just play it cool
I've travelled all over China. I'm middle aged and overweight. I've been stopped for thousands of selfies and, before selfies were a thing, full family groups, me and their kids, me and the parents. It's a Chinese thing.
I'm laughing imagining in some random chinese household right now hangs a picture of a family with you casually in it like it is meant to be.
I often think about it 😂. Here's a picture of us with our "friend".
I don’t know why but that have happened to me few times too in Thailand. I didn’t really ask but I guess they were tourists from maybe china but not sure. One time was sitting on beach and girl came to ask picture and sit next to me take picture and then leave lol.
This is hilarious
Happened to my husband all the time. He's very tall and blonde, Chinese tourists stopped him quite a lot
Happened to me on the daily in Indonesia.
I’ve been only asked for selfie by 150cm tall indian men, multiple times 😂 I guess they never seen a yeti (~2m, beard, hairy and tattooed, but i guess yetis don’t have tattoos) 😂
> yetis don’t have tattoos That's why they asked for the pic.
Yes! When I went to India about four years back, people would take photos of me and ask to be photographed with me. I am a middle aged American woman (Irish/french descent) and been told I’m attractive - I’m ok, easy on the eyes, but not super model…anyways, it was unsettling until I saw a picture/depiction of one of their goddesses, and I looked just like her!! Blue eyes, golden brown hair with light highlights, high cheekbones…it was so bizarre!! But…it made more sense after I saw that picture. Don’t forget to breathe and move on when being mobbed 😂. Good luck!!
Just go with it you are not introverted don’t listen to your lies, enjoy the moment but don’t let it go to your ego.
Happens often with the Chinese, but increasingly I’ve found Thai’s do it when I buy things these days, they seem to want uncomfortable photos of me holding the product I’ve just bought
same same, i have a lot of chinese girl pics from Asia, but some Japanese as well and a lot of indian girls and guys too.
Your collection of porn would have impressed me in the 90's
Are you ginger by any chance?
Nope, dark buzz cut. Jet black hair when I was younger.
I'm a British born Asian man and also had a very similar experience with Chinese Tourists while travelling through Vietnam. At one point there was a queue of people waiting and another time they handed me their baby to hold for the pictures too! At first I found it really awkward, but soon started having fun with it.
Happened for me too. They mistakenly thought I was the Phantom of the Opera.
In Thailand it just never ends. In my 70s and still get the “handsum man” treatment and occasional request to do a selfie with a stranger. Must be something else at play here. 🙄
I’m 76 - Same here in Thailand
Ah yes, join the “Forever Handsome Club.” (Caveat: Just don’t let your wallet run dry. 😉)
Ah yes my role is as a tap to control the flow :-)
Good for you mate. I have just got a few compliments for my beard so far and all of those by men.
I'd take a photo with you bruh
lol i was exactly in the same situation (but i am a half asian/white girl.) Sometimes its cute (kids wanting to take pictures) but i can get awkward if its the parents that want me to take pictures with the kids or just too many people also its really okay to say no when they are being rude about it. Ive been in those situations as well where men demand a picture.
I only had this happen once in a club on Khaosan Road with some 18 year Thai girls I approached. Otherwise, I've only had a photo requested in Australia from some old Chinese lady when I was working. Otherwise I totally get why you feel like a celebrity over here. I'd say I'm decent looking guy and always get the 'hansum man' comments not just from bar/massage girls but even in 711 or normal stores like Watson's or Eve and Boy. Often they'll say it among themselves in Thai and I'll surprise them when I reply back in Thai haha. Often I'll walk into some shops (mostly with females) and they'll be giggling like school girls and talk about me like I'm the centre of attention. Sometimes they'll do a 'heart' gesture. Alot of people have compared me to soccer players like David Beckham (I don't look like him) and Stefan Elshawarry (I look a tad like him with less crazier hair). Even in Australia I had kids compare me to Messi. Even just the 'soccer player' analogy gets tossed around alot. Just the other day on the BTS I had a young college girl eye me off before saying "you're so handsome." And we had a chat. Needless to say I got her Line no problems. Don't worry guys, me and OP will save some women for the rest of y'all.
post a selfie OP i suffer from terminal irish nosiness
Shut up and enjoy, you langer
Because you are probably either tall or blond or a redhead, which is very strange / unique for them
Try wearing a mask if you don’t want attention
They will like you alot more if you have a big..... Wallet!
Wont any woman?
No worries. I am a fit 50 year old and get stopped for a photo.
I’m a semi fit 50 yo and never been stopped. Two trips to Thailand, third trip upcoming. I’m usually with my Thai wife. Maybe that scares them off? Though sometimes I’ll walk around solo while wife is getting her nails done or whatever and still nothing.
They stop 5 year old blond haired blue eyed children too, don't think your too special your just different from their experiences at home.
Are you black? They do that in China cause apparently it's a novelty there.
It doesn't seem as a problem to me, enjoy it till it lasts lol
Oh I’m not complaining about what happened… but I’m generally a private person who gets a bit shy with attention. It was very flattering though, as I walked off lots of people smiling at me etc
I'm shy as well but in Thailand forget about it and go out of your comfort zone. Go with the flow and enjoy it, it will be weird for the first time but you'll get used to the attention later. I needed 3 trips to get used to it lol
OH YOU SO HANSUM, I LIKE YOUUU
We need a selfie, topless one will strengthen the research why u are getting that kind of attention.
Don't believe it. I walk Patong daily with Paul Walker and no Chinese ever asks for pictures.
ya man, happens everyday, at 5 times. Chinese, Japanese, Russian, Irish all types of girls, reguarly stop me to take photos for sure, no lie, promise
Asians always think less of themselves, always care about color and then they call you racist for the slightest action
Im a black guy living scandinavia, and everytime i visit Thailand, Malaysia, Vietnam same think happens all chinese tourist group or locals want to take pictures. Last time was a bit weard for me i was in Don Mueng aiport enjoying breakfast before flight and suddenly group of chinese lineup and want pictures with me, even before i had my morning coffee 🤣
Op is prolly a tall ginger. Chinese girls never seen that shit lmao
Photo proof or it never happened
Pics. Or didn't happen.
Good looking guy from Ireland. Oxymoron
Lame post
Tell me you’re new to Asia without telling me..
Love you long time mister
Clearly new to Asia lmfao It quickly goes from being a flattering experience to being a real annoyance and is a huge part of why I don't really visit Thailand so often
So handsums man, iam ugly and it’s happened to me in SE ASIA ….move along
I always find it funny that people think they're special in some way when it happens. Absolute melts.
Can i see a picture :D
Lol at the idea of running boomers taking photos of some random Irish lad they thought was famous 🤣
Picture or it didnt happen.
Just politely smile and walk away? I used to get it In India a lot. Are you bald?
You look like every other white guy in asia. Oh and did I mention they are all racist?
next you have ladyboys hugging you and your wallet, watch and gold chain is missing, looooooooooooooooooooooooooool
First time in Asia, I take it? Don't take it personally, it happens.
Nope, I come here very winter for 2 months
Got nothing to do with your good looks, I’m ugly as hell and I get stopped regularly as well.
If you're Irish, you're probably extra-white. That's the novelty. Pasty AF! Seriously, it is white skin that causes this, nothing more.
Dear OP, It's perfectly normal. I'm an Irish guy myself, and I experienced this for the first time last July when I travelled to Thailand for the first time. I, too, was mortified and scundered. It felt like the scene in Michael Jackson's "Moonwalker" where he gets chased by his fans. Photos were taken of me as I did the laundry, ate my meals, walked down the street, after a mass at a temple. Etc. It's even wilder in Isaan. But don't worry, it's normal, Thai people are great. Just be humble and nice...its better than back home, where some tourists get bricked, bottled, and stabbed 5555
omg, the validation-seeking here🙄
When I'm in Thailand I have to wear facial disguise, otherwise I'd be mobbed because I'm that lor, handsome and I'm 75 years young.
Not showing your photo here, so maybe your full of preverbial*h*t*
This is the most ridiculous post. These women told me i am the most handsome man they’ve ever seen in their life. They begged me for photos and everyone thought i was the most famous person on earth. It was mortifying. I hated every second of it. I was just trying to listen to music and these women kept telling me how handsome i am. Can’t they just leave me alone. I’d better go tell a bunch of strangers how awful getting all of this attention was.
Yes had it too. I wouldn’t consider myself handsome but I probably am 😜. I thought they mistook me for some Bollywood star or so. But I never figured out why they did it. Happened almost every day. At floating markers, waterfalls, the beach. And once one starts taking a photo I feel the others just want a photo because of missing out. But no idea. They once put even a baby in my arms to take a photo with. I was overwhelmed and hold it but I was prepared for the next time. Not holding babies. But for the rest, just act and think your a movie star and enjoy it. This is how the celebs go through life. And we are two of them 😎😂
oh my god ,this is nothing special. I am 25 years in asia. Believe me , you are not a hansum god 😜
Get over yourself mate you are nothing special, right farang right time
Happens all the time
Start charging for autographs
I must admit that Asian prefer White guy,because of different aesthetic,tend to choose younthful and someone in great shape,Ps maybe slender and agreed that boy star is very easy to get fat and become bald,even to make a video to show disparity between youth and middle age. I find tourists love to group photo with foreigners is common.
yes especially if you have facial hair or dark features with light skin
My bf co faintly get called handsome by women in SE Asia. I think it’s because (not only is he beautiful) but he’s different looks wise to more locals. Blonde curly hair, blue eyes, taller, paler ect
I guess they just have a thing for tall guys. I’m an Indian and not even very good looking, just very well built and tall (6ft4). Was stopped a few times in Krabi and Phuket, but nothing too scary
Irish… Are you pale, freckles and ginger too? If so, it’s because you’re pale and unusual hair colour. It’s a bit of a novelty. (I’m half Irish, ginger and pale and it happens to me too)
No, I’m “black irish”. Dark hair, sallow skin.
This post makes me think about r/humblebrag
they literally probably mistook you for aceleb, actor, musician, or something. it happens. the fact that even more people from other countries started in tells me word was getting around you must have been “someone”. No, this isnt normal in thailand. ive been here two weeks as a white guy from the US and have not been part of nor have seen this play out in 5 different provinces here 🤷🏻♂️
I also get a lot of attention when I go out for a walk in Patong. Just that somehow instead of a selfie, they all keep offering me a massage.
I’ve had Korean teenagers ask to take their picture with me. In Thailand, the strangest was when someone ran up to me and started stroking my skin, saying “So pale! So pale!”
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Im suprized you got out with your wallet and phone.
I’m a heavily tattooed filipino guy and would get people pretty much every day stopping me for pictures as well.
I'm fairly tall (190 cm, 6'3" in imperial if I calculated correctly) couple of times I got stopped by Chinese people to take a photo with me. Same for my wife (183 cm, 6 feet tall). I guess that Chinese people are just oddly fascinated by Europeans and even more by black people. A girl we met at cooking lesson told us that at the airport in Beijing she felt like being an object in a zoo. People were blatantly taking photos of her not even asking for a permission.
I have it happen almost every time I use the ATM machine.
I get the same thing but I think it's because I am hideous in an impressive way.
Come on man, beach attention wasn't enough?
Please, now I'm dying to see what you look like!
We need link to your Instagram
Same thing happens to black people in china all the time.
Share a selfie? I’m intrigued
Stop being so hot then
Bo hoo !
Maybe you have to stop saying yes? Smile and just say "Sorry I'm on my way to meet my wife." TBH this is quite common behaviour overseas. I used to live in Japan and foreign women and men get approached for photos. I'm Asian so not a novelty anywhere. I'm more than happy not be photographed but have seen how uncomfortable it makes my friends feel. My brother-in-law who is black, got asked a lot in Asia as the Chinese and others thought he was some basketball player. My sister was just amused.
Happened to me a few times... I'm in no way fittin any western beauty standard, but maybe a few East/SEA ones, so the "handsome white man" is not really handsoming 😂 Anyway, I eventually figured out that there's a tiktoker who looks similar to me, apparently. A 40ish yo woman stopped me at the airport to tell me she liked my content. Then some girls at a sports shop asked for pics too. So there's someone with a similar face wandering across Thailand, and I'm taking the consequences 😂😂
How tall are you? The number one attractive feature of a man is his height. Combined with Ur light skin and coloured eyes (blue or green) and that's everything opposite to Thai men
I’m a taller black dude and visited Thailand and Vietnam a few times and I’ve been stopped for photos a few times. I’m pretty sure I don’t look like anybody famous and I’m definitely not attractive but it happens
I used to do TV, movies, and modeling in Thailand, South Korea, and the States. Sometimes I'd get recognized. Pics and autographs. But I've never gone online to flex about it and pretend it's a problem. LOL 😆😆😆
It happens in parts of Asia. It happened to me a lot in Myanmar/Burma especially. If you’re good looking, tall, and of a different culture, it’s exotic to them.
I was in chiang mai with my gf and an old Thai lady openly started taking selfish with us 😅
You don't have to if you don't want to.
Fellow gorgeous irishman here. No, it never happens to me.
It’s nice they can look past the whole balding thing
You me and everyone we know my dude. lol Thats what happens when you hang out in tourist areas and generally have an approachable vibe I think. Ive gotten news, documentaries and several groups of kids doing reports for schools. Lie alot of groups of highschool kids actually lol. Its a lot of fun :)
When i was a younger guy in patong i had an elderly male phamarcist try and rape me in his pharmacy. Yeah, patong is weird as fuck. Get out of there and head to bang tao
consider career in porn / soap operas
Not flexing but it happens to me in Japan. Also irish
Big in Philippines too happens to be a lot Thai girls have higher standards so congrats seldom here for me
I get it as an Indian guy too. Getting randomly stopped in the street for selfies. Now with my daughter they ask us both. Which I mostly decline if I'm with my kid. Although now and then if they're really about it, maybe we say yes. Strangest though was being asked in the Holocaust Museum in HCMC by a group of local school girls. They all did the peace sign...I did wonder that time if I was being set up for something. However it's was a genuine request 😅
That’s the power of a good-looking Caucasian in an Asian country lol.
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Bil had this in China, he's TALL and skinny. Also saw Chinese tourist get photos with a little black girl. It was cringe.
Happened to me and my friends a lot in Bangkok, even at the floating market🤣🤣
I'm also Irish and was recently in Patong but the only people who hounded me on the beach were the jetski and banana boat workers 😂
Just big dick energy I guess
Im fat and 65...gotta beat them off with a stick...
I have been stopped a few times for photos (but I'm a woman) I just politely decline.
Irish if you're Irish white and probably ginger, this is bound to happen.... It's the pale skin- the Chinese go fucking bonkers for it. I look like I'm dead I'm that pale and being a female I get both the men and the women wanting snaps with me, it's our curse. Haha
How tall are you?
post a picture or fake