The average Stickman reader is well aware of the often talked about issues, or downsides, of getting involved with a Thai woman. There's the sin sot (the dowry or bride price), the fact that a Western hubby will seldom rate higher than about number four in the hierarchy (below her parents, children and other siblings) and don't even get us started in the propensity of not an insignificant percentage of local women to refrain from battening down the hatches tightly.