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Körpergewicht des Partner immer wichtiger für Thaiehefrau.
MARRIAGE UNVEILED: Sex, debts top secrets - poll
By Subhatra Bhumiprabhas
THE NATION
Published on May 31, 2002
A third of married people wish they could wake up single, nearly half
want to tell their spouse 'please lose weight'
How would you feel if your spouse said he or she wished to be single?
The Thai edition of Reader's Digest magazine yesterday released the
results of its survey "Marriage in Thailand 2002", which found 41.5
per cent of women and 35.4 of men answered "yes" when asked if they
had ever wished that they could wake up and suddenly find they were no
longer married.
The research poll entitled "How Honest Are Couples Really?" was
conducted by pollsters from Assumption University during March. The
respondents were 1,164 married people over the age of 18 living in and
around Bangkok.
Spouses were questioned separately about their behaviour and honesty
in their married life, including what they did or did not want their
spouse to do.
The survey revealed the secrets that the couples kept from each other.
For example, more than 50 per cent of the 507 husbands questioned
confessed that they had a sexual "secret" involving experiences with
other women, consuming pornographic films or books or using the
Internet for sexual purposes.
What's more, 24 per cent of men were secret gamblers and 21 per cent
had debts such as mortgages that their wives did not know about.
Meanwhile, the most common secret that wives kept from their husbands
was about the cost for purchasing certain products.
However, 32.1 per cent of |the 657 women surveyed con-fessed they had
felt attracted to another man and 38.7 per cent |said that they had
unspoken |questions in their married life |but chose to remain silent.
The poll also showed 42 per cent of wives wanted their husbands to
stop using violence to deal with problems.
Asked about topics that they wished they could talk about with their
partners, 53 per cent of the men and 41.4 per cent of the women said
they wished they could talk openly about sex.
Only 17.4 per cent of men told their wives the full story about prior
loves, while 25.6 women said they had, the poll found. Yet, only 4 per
cent of men and 5 per cent of women said their partners knew nothing
of their previous passions.
Interestingly, body weight was an issue in married life to 48.5 per
cent of wives and 46.5 per cent of husbands. They said they wanted to
tell their partners "please lose weight".Meanwhile, 54.9 per cent of
women and 49.1 per cent of men wanted to see their spouse "be more
romantic".
Somtawin Chanyawong, editor-in-chief of the Thai edition of Reader's
Digest, said that the magazine had conducted the survey in many
countries with most countries using the same questions.
However, Somtawin said that for the Thai edition they had chosen to
use questions that better fitted Thai society. "We also asked
psychiatrists to make their comments and suggestions when the poll's
results came out," she said.Therdsak Dejkhong, a psychiatrist at the
Bureau of Mental Health Development, made suggestions in regard to
couples unease about whether they should tell their partners about
their prior love life or not. "If you want to reveal something about
your previous love life, it is best to talk about it before tying the
knot," Therdsak said.
"But if you are already married, you had better keep silent because
past loves have nothing to do with your present marriage life," the
psychiatrist suggested.
"However, if in a case of extreme stress you feel it necessary to
reveal something, do it at an appropriate moment when your spouse will
not get angry after hearing your confession," he added.
Körpergewicht des Partner immer wichtiger für Thaiehefrau.
MARRIAGE UNVEILED: Sex, debts top secrets - poll
By Subhatra Bhumiprabhas
THE NATION
Published on May 31, 2002
A third of married people wish they could wake up single, nearly half
want to tell their spouse 'please lose weight'
How would you feel if your spouse said he or she wished to be single?
The Thai edition of Reader's Digest magazine yesterday released the
results of its survey "Marriage in Thailand 2002", which found 41.5
per cent of women and 35.4 of men answered "yes" when asked if they
had ever wished that they could wake up and suddenly find they were no
longer married.
The research poll entitled "How Honest Are Couples Really?" was
conducted by pollsters from Assumption University during March. The
respondents were 1,164 married people over the age of 18 living in and
around Bangkok.
Spouses were questioned separately about their behaviour and honesty
in their married life, including what they did or did not want their
spouse to do.
The survey revealed the secrets that the couples kept from each other.
For example, more than 50 per cent of the 507 husbands questioned
confessed that they had a sexual "secret" involving experiences with
other women, consuming pornographic films or books or using the
Internet for sexual purposes.
What's more, 24 per cent of men were secret gamblers and 21 per cent
had debts such as mortgages that their wives did not know about.
Meanwhile, the most common secret that wives kept from their husbands
was about the cost for purchasing certain products.
However, 32.1 per cent of |the 657 women surveyed con-fessed they had
felt attracted to another man and 38.7 per cent |said that they had
unspoken |questions in their married life |but chose to remain silent.
The poll also showed 42 per cent of wives wanted their husbands to
stop using violence to deal with problems.
Asked about topics that they wished they could talk about with their
partners, 53 per cent of the men and 41.4 per cent of the women said
they wished they could talk openly about sex.
Only 17.4 per cent of men told their wives the full story about prior
loves, while 25.6 women said they had, the poll found. Yet, only 4 per
cent of men and 5 per cent of women said their partners knew nothing
of their previous passions.
Interestingly, body weight was an issue in married life to 48.5 per
cent of wives and 46.5 per cent of husbands. They said they wanted to
tell their partners "please lose weight".Meanwhile, 54.9 per cent of
women and 49.1 per cent of men wanted to see their spouse "be more
romantic".
Somtawin Chanyawong, editor-in-chief of the Thai edition of Reader's
Digest, said that the magazine had conducted the survey in many
countries with most countries using the same questions.
However, Somtawin said that for the Thai edition they had chosen to
use questions that better fitted Thai society. "We also asked
psychiatrists to make their comments and suggestions when the poll's
results came out," she said.Therdsak Dejkhong, a psychiatrist at the
Bureau of Mental Health Development, made suggestions in regard to
couples unease about whether they should tell their partners about
their prior love life or not. "If you want to reveal something about
your previous love life, it is best to talk about it before tying the
knot," Therdsak said.
"But if you are already married, you had better keep silent because
past loves have nothing to do with your present marriage life," the
psychiatrist suggested.
"However, if in a case of extreme stress you feel it necessary to
reveal something, do it at an appropriate moment when your spouse will
not get angry after hearing your confession," he added.
