so strange to see your dad without a beard - Very moving - thank-you

Beautiful and moving. Ralph and Jenny must be very proud of their son. Fond memories of Calstock.

Very good, balanced, thought-provoking, moving... excellent all round. Not the same age difference, but as a Chiang Mai expat myself, with a younger wife and two inherited kids, many chords indeed were struck.

Really impressed by the maturity of the son.

Impressive and very touching. Your mother and father must be proud of you.

Wow, moving stuff, well filmed and true to the point, being here in Bangkok and leaving 3 daughters behind in UK albeit they had all reached 16 ! How similar !

"I'm part of the village". Obviously Dad doesn't know he's the village idiot.

Som Num Na farang.

Best Foreign Husband Competition:
youtube.com/watch?v=XyItcYF0tqM

Superb.

I really, really feel sorry for this guy's son. But the young man seems to see through his father's bullshit.
As for the father, he's the spitting image of 90% of the old

UK farts here. Know-it-alls ALL

Village idiot.

i think david is jealous

i knew lorne from when he was a student in plymouth. he's older than me so it would be ironic to say i think the way he bonded with his father showed maturity. but it's no surprise to me, he was always a fun nice guy. and his mother was a great teacher.
also i was seperated from dad growing up (admittedly, only by twenty miles) and today is his birthday. watching this has moved me to tears and made me feel lucky and guilty in equal parts.
and its great to hear the local cornish accent on screen

Great stuff mate!

You have created something very moving, and found a positive twist on something that must have been very tough for you.

Happiness comes in different ways. A very good documentary. Better than reading 'No money, No honey'.

Came to this video through a link at globalpost.com/notebook/thailand/090710/mee-and-my-dad. Really amazing and touching video.

After watching this I kissed and hugged my father, so grateful for having a father like mine - and NOT like the one depicted in this film. My father didn't desert me, my sister, and two brothers when any of us were 16 and take an economic slave for a wife. We just celebrated my father's 80th birthday, in the home I grew up in, here with my mother, his wife of 56 years.
Although their marriage has not always been perfect, I am so SO glad I didn't have to experience the grief and pain this poor young man has had to experience, from his father's selfishness in moving to the other side of the world, and then secondly choosing this kind of woman for a wife. This marriage is just a few steps above slave-hood, and only a step above prostitution (and that is being kind). What is also remarkable is how the men of her family, just sit by and allow their daughter, their country to fall prey to wealthy old white men like this. Deep down these men of Thailand must HATE these white men for coming in and buying up all they do in property, people, and things. How can this man even consider himself to be a member of this village, to be one with them?
What a brave young man to get through and to bless this wedding- and to make film of his entire experience. It was a great film, and anyone can see, he tried to make the best of the situation. However - I don't envy him for having a deserting father like that, over a father like mine that stayed home and saw things through...
Thank you for reminding me to how fortunate I am, for having the father I have....