sidjameson

Very few people are ever really motivated the tell the truth. Every situation someone is selling and someone is buying.

Bangkok if I have enough money. Chiang Rai if I don't. 3. Chiang Mai.

Yes, you're right.....my "10" is actually a "good as you can reasonably expect 10" not a "Hugh Hefner on opium 10"

No great transformation for me. A solid 7 in the UK and an 8 in Thailand. Would be 10 here if I could have avoided ageing. Because retired my daily routine is very similar in both places. Bit too much home based I'm sure.

Feel lucky. My UK house it's 13bht a unit. 4 sounds great.

There has always been an inherent need to rank ourselves, and feel good about it or feel we can improve our standing. That's why sport all around the world uses league tables. Humans growing up with social media feel poor and ugly compared to everyone they see online. So hopeless that it feels pointless to compete. Striving to move from bottom to second to bottom ain't fun. Virtue signalling is the new game in town for all those who will never be attractive enough to be an influencer on YouTube.

Everyone wants to feel good about themselves. Tons of research shows a man with the first motor bike in the village is happy but the man riding a motor bike is miserable if every other man has a car. We all know accumulation of wealth has little correlation with a man's worth but we are trapped inside the rules of that game regardless. The real reason outside central Bangkok and perhaps CM is cheaper is that there is no hidden assault on well being at passing a man get out his expensive car and walk into a sushi restaurant with a girl that he wouldn't have if he couldn't afford those things.

Worse in asia. Nearly all the westerners in south East Asia are racist against male Asians.

When the thrill is gone, old men join forums.

Anybody know if this actually results in less strays?

Hmm....are you saying the old guys in Pattaya look and act younger than their age?

Yes. The "I want to improve myself set" has never had access to so much good advice on nutrition and exercise. Improving themselves tends to lead them to the cities. The "I have no interested in improving myself" set have never had so much access to cheap crap food and phone entertainment. They tend to have no interest leaving the village either. The gap will only get wider.

Found I love my new routine. I exercise with dumbbells. Need to be in Bangkok a month. Near mass transit. Small gym ...even just one dumbbell. Budget 25k Hotel or Airbnb near a gym ok too. Any ideas?

Money pays for pleasures that can distract you from your misery. Money also provides comforts while you search for fulfillment. These days comforts and pleasures can be had so easily but misery still as common as fulfillment is absent. It's complicated.

Hard not to what the death penalty for Singha..

Probably worried she will use the wrong name.

Pls share mate. Pm if you prefer

I learned to enjoy reading more than drinking. Cooking more than restaurants. Using charm to get women more than money. Having girlfriends more than having kids. Exercise more than owning cars. With those preferences even a lazy git like me could work a bit and retire by 45 I'm surprised how easy life has been.

Do you have a link to that infamous thread by chance ????

The wife constantly urging caution if reported accurately suggests he was reckless in some way.

chicken fried if I had the choice.

I've always dreamed of being the guy who was perfectly content living in the jungle with just a knife, piece of string and a needle. Alas I like watching the premier league too much.

Im 55 and in the UK living off my modest savings I feel I'm in the 3rd class carriage of life. In Thailand I feel like I'm riding 2nd class. And occasionally allowed into the 1st class dining area.

Very nicely written. I've followed your posts thru the years, just wondering where you settled on for now?

Is your Thai good enough to ask that question? Understand the answer?