sidjameson

Thank you everyone, lots of great ideas. Really appreciate the time put in. Core exercises have been a real help. Spasms seem to have been 95% eliminated. Hard bed helps a lot too. Strangely sitting crossed legged in Buddha position seems to help.

Bad back prone to stiffness and spasms. I love to travel but fear a debilitating episode. What's the strongest pain killer one can buy over the counter? Actually 99% of the time it's not as bad as I fear and I struggle thru. I really don't like taking medicines. It's more the peace of mind knowing it's there if I need it.

After being here a long time why are you going to restaurants tourists go?

You think every relationship between a man and a woman is transactional.

Ohh...I am bald!!! Lol I'm in Bangkok and I will try the peroxide drops you suggested thanks.

Where would I go? Any idea of costs for both ears?

" I'm mad as hell and I'm not going to take it anymore"

Some people are good at saving while some are good at spending. Ironically very rare to meet a man good at both.

The old adage of financial planning of making a retirement budget for Thailand then doubling it didn't apply to me. I'm spending less than I thought. In planning I had populated the future with a larger appetite than I had. In fact the opposite was true. I needed less beer than I had planned, less Aircon, less restaurants, less dating etc Budgeted 70k a month life but only spend 50k. How about others?

Somewhere in that is a fantastic metaphor for life

Start a group based on your interest. Drink slowly when in a bar. Make your last drink non alcoholic. Choose Thai food out, maybe not healthy, but it's not junk or ultra processed.

Do you mind saying your monthly expenses in Thailand; what city? and then siem reap?

Average age in Thailand is 40, UK is 41

Centre of bkk is young, rest of Thailand aging very fast. But I do agree with your sentiments.

In your opinion when is a man at his peak?

What do you do with all those extra hours now you're neither drinking or socialising?

I agree. Aim for 1 to 1.5 higher and on average you'll get a good result. But many think they can get higher than this and come unstuck.

Sure Everyone has a score out of 10. "Out of his league" refers to the wimpy 5 aiming for the cheerleader 10. If a western man in his home country was a 6 and therefore got 6's. And then in Thailand he is with a 6 and claims he gets the same level wherever he is. He doesn't understand that his score changes depending on location. In the UK I'm a 6. In Thailand about a 7.5 If I moved to Saudi I'd guess a 1. (Because I'm not a Muslim) Relationships are transactions and everybody wants the best they can get. So if a western guy came to Thailand and his new isn't better than his ex he has short changed himself.

If a man is with the same quality of woman here as he got back home he's doing something wrong.

What future pleasure do you imagine you'll enjoy more than enjoying a still substantial pleasure you could afford today?

You're very insightful on posts I've seen. Not a Christian but would love to know why you are and a more biblical literalist one too.

Why do people get married or have a kid based on a girls personality without waiting the prerequisite time to know her character?

You have premier league footballers paying tax on 50 million a year and an Albanian family next to my mother claiming every benefit going. This "net contribution" of a whole group is useless imo.

What makes you think you're not qualified to teach her?

You think non virgins are better in bed I presume. Why wouldn't you want to be the man who teaches her? You'd rather other men did that for your future wife?