theblether

I agree with that. We all have our own Thailand and people like me have several versions as we float between tourist Thailand, expat Thailand, urban Thai and, rural Thai. I don't have a problem with the sex tourists who are world experts on one square mile of Pattaya until they start talking about life in a Thai village. We all have our own version of Thailand. If you know about Pattaya, great - about life in a Thai village, excellent - create your own bubble but make sure the bubble isn't marked "delusion - made in your own head."

And that's enough. My Thai is not up to standard but I can hold my own. I only ask people who live in the country can function enough to say things like "where is the toilet" or "not spicy please." In fact, maybe roll out fancy phrases such as "how much?" and know what is said in reply. That would be a great start.

There's a difference between looking for guidance and needing a carer for your basic human needs.

No one is asking you to be fluent. Fluency in Thai is near on impossible for foreigners. The ability to count and ask where the toilet is would be a great start.

Interesting you say "illusion." Illusion is fine - delusion is something else altogether and far too many expats throughout the world live in a state of delusion. Experienced expats know that - from the beaches of Spain to the oil-rich compounds of Saudi Arabia, there's always someone living in a fantasy world/ A world which will inevitably crash and burn.

The worst I ever met was a man who boasted about visiting Thailand for the first time in 1969, and who had been married to a Thai while living in Thailand for 16 years. This guy did not know the Thai word for toilet. My mutual friend told me that his Thai family treat him as if he was intellectually disabled. Truthfully, he deserves it.

Far too many "expats" in Thailand are effectively adult special needs children. They rely upon their "wives" who are effectively care workers to wheel them through life, holding their hands like the old blue bus brigade we used to see going to special schools back in the UK. This is the same brigade that go red with rage when immigrants refuse to integrate into their home countries. The hypocrisy is astounding and any man that sets out to reduce themselves to the intellectual capacity of a child in society has something wrong with their head.

I'm not obsessing about anything. I'm pointing out the bare faced lie by 51 intelligence officers. A lie Democats believed.

And.......you're just being pathetic again. This is exactly what I mean. 51 intelligence agents say the laptop is Russian disinformation. Three years later the FBI testify under oath the laptop is real. inderpland goes on a merry-go-round of obfuscation of utter drivel. Hilarious.

Pathetic. This is MTG levels of obfuscation, utterly pathetic.

You forgot the part where the FBI testified the laptop was real. Why did you chose to ignore that?

Have you checked how much is owed to the hospital? Also, if its a UK state pension then the pension is now defunct.

You mean the laptop where the FBI admitted under oath in a court of law that the contents of the laptop were real? And Hunter was convicted? That one? 😬

I've got to say - anyone accusing MAGA of "conspiracy theories" who believed the well debunked Russia Hoax and "51 intelligence agents/Biden laptop" stories should sit this one out. We now have a nutter on here convinced that Trump is going to perpetrate some form of a coup and prevent President-elect Harris from being inaugurated if she wins. Anyway - all Democrats should be forced to recount "I never believed the Russia Hoax" before posting on the Internet. There would be silence cos they showed themselves to be the most gullible constituents on planet earth.

I was trying to be nice but I must say threads like this show there's something fundamentally evil within the expatriate community. And that's not an exaggeration.

Why are you are you arguing with me? I have no idea why two 14 year olds were on the streets at 5am, maybe they were heading to the market to help their families? But I do know is that it takes a special kind of dumb to post "taxis are plentiful" on a topic where the OP states the kids ran out of fuel and had to summon help. By the way - there are zero taxis or tuk-tuks in my village, not a single one. Nada, zilch.

The places I frequent? Oh, just be quiet. What was that I was saying about morons again?

5am in Thailand. Tell me how you would use public transport. Not taxis. Public transport to get home. Some of you need to wake up

Give it a rest Jingthing. You know you're not in my intellectual.league and I can see right through your poisonous obsfucation. I have seen no one else propose that Trump will enact a coup after the election. Only you - but you've always been a special type of Internet "personality."

I agree. The change in the last 15 years is already astonishing. By 2040 the city will no longer be attractive to retirees. The same applies to Phuket. There will be no "idyllic bubbles" left. Property developers will.make sure of that.

My first stint as an expat was as a child in 1970, in West Africa. I bet most of you hadn't been further than Bognor Regis by that point. Over the last fifty-four years I've observed more than my fair share of morons, alcoholics, mentally ill, personality disordered weirdos in the expat community. And before you start, you will have met them too so you know I'm correct. Here today we have someone saying - my Thai wife couldn't get me Thai citizenship or the ability to buy land - so I won't bother ensuring she has access to UK citizenship. Some of you really need to think before you post.

Off topic, just be quiet and go back to punishing your wife for things beyond her control. Cos that literally is what you are proposing. "Did your THAI wife get you to get citizenship in Thailand? Did your Thai wife help you buy a house/land in Thailand?" Farcical, repulsive answer.

Correct, utterly absurd article which tries to move the blame to the government for the husbands failing.

The bizarre thing is, you think that's a clever answer. Wake up.

Scooters are a poverty indicator, a thing that most farangs fail to recognise. My first question here was why are two 14 year olds on the road at 5am? Were they coming home from a party, were they heading for a morning market to help out their family - I don't know. Where they drunk? I don't know. But there certainly was another poverty indicator here - they ran out of fuel. Like any parent I wince when I see the age of kids on motorcycles in Thailand, but unlike the sanctimonious brigade of farangs, I know it's all down to poverty and a shocking lack of public transport alternatives. Anyway, I'm sorry for this tragic loss of life.