BangCock in ThighLand

So I’m going on a phoren trip later this year. Singapore, to see the Formula 1 race (tickets are a lot cheaper than you might think, if like us you’re willing to forego a grandstand seat); Bangkok and Pattaya, to chill; and Adelaide, to visit my dad, who’s there for a year (as a result of which I was lucky enough to have my mom’s car sent to me from home. She’s whacked his, of course.) More on all that closer to the date, viz. end-September.

My folks agreed to Singapore readily enough, because we have family there; but the Thailand leg was planned later on. When I told my mom about it, she thought for a minute and asked me, “Do I need to talk you about ‘viral diseases’ there?” :D

No no, you don’t, I told her. We have a “don’t ask don’t tell” understanding regarding my sex life {and, (ew!), hers}, although the ”Do you have a girlfriend?” question is asked almost every time we meet.

Nevertheless, this morning she sent me a link to this BBC video. It’s part of their ‘campaign to normalise condom use in India’, apparently. Let me just quote from the page:

In this clip – a scene, played out at a wedding: a mobile ringtone buzzes with a loud refrain “condom! condom!”. Embarrassing for the person holding the mobile phone? Not a bit of it – the reaction of those around the red-faced man is to see him as smart and responsible. The message: “smart men use condoms” (55secs)

I pretend to waffle both ways about it, but if push comes to hard push, I doubt I’ll ever pay for sex. So the mother ship needn’t worry, really. (The chances of meeting a nice Thai girl who wants to sleep with me for free are, shall we say, slim.)

What reply do I send her, though?!