BritManToo

If OP had rented in Thailand and not bought,he wouldn't have encountered this problem!

OK, so the answer in no chance as there are no decent women, you may find one you think is decent, but if you both live long enough you'll find out she wasn't. Your best hope is one of you dying before she decides to betray you. By decent I mean, one that will put you first, love you for yourself and care about your feelings. They always put themselves and their children first, they have no loyalty to any man. Yes, I agree it's sad, but that's life!

Thought we were discussing retirement? From what I've seen most kids ignore their parents after they've left home, maybe a couple of phone calls a year and one afternoon visit ........ Back to the op, Don't really care, too old now, no future for me.

Nearly 70 now, been with my wife 15 years, my son is 12. I'm doing ok, about as happy as any pensioner could be. I'm certainly living a better retirement than I ever imagined.

When I came to live here in 2009 I was getting 50bht to the pound, I've lost 8% over 15 years on currency exchange, but my pension has doubled.

They are prepared to rent their daughter's at bargain prices.

Outdated old man thinking. In western society only single men can own a home, why hand your assets to a woman?

Gentleman of Moscow, Strangely woke, plenty of blacks and a few from India in 1920 Moscow, but no Russian Asians. I guess the Russian Asians never made it to Hollywood. Bit dull as well!

All women lie! I tend not to listen to them much. As for boasting on sex conquests, men divide by 5, women multiply by 10.

If you're gonna let people choose their sex, then you should allow them an unrestricted choice. The wokes want to pick and choose!

I think too many people are easily offended these days, live and let live, it's not the end of the world!

I think they tell everyone it's legal, but tourists have no legal place to smoke, so what do you expect them to do?

Think that's a lady boy.

They knock on our door every year to collect our 300bht. They point at the bin, show me a receipt, no Thai required.

Most western men average less that 5 in their lifetime. That would have been about it for me too, were it not for Thailand/Philippines/Cambodia/Vietnam.

It's 10.6 partners a week.

Seems bigger than I thought, compared to my 60" LG just behind it.

Never had a problem getting stuff like that done.

No need to converse with Thais at all, they have nothing to say that I have an interest in hearing. Simple commerce can be done using photos on my smart phone. As for my partner, everything a woman says is to manipulate and extort money. Best not to be too chatty with them.

Central Thai is a worthless language only spoken by 40% of the Thai population as a 1st language. My family all speak English, if I wanted to speak another language (in addition to English French and Spanish) it'd probably be Chinese.

Have most of my house with WiFi switches and no neutral, just capacitor across LED in ceiling. No buzzes, no problems. Don't know about dimming as I have none. https://s.lazada.co.th/s.nRG63

My $60 glasses have progressive lens and titanium frames. After 12-18 months I just order again and chuck the old ones. You aren't getting the answers you wanted because nobody is daft enough to purchase from Thai opticians more than once.

All women are bad 'serious relationship prospects'. Women were genetically designed for 'short-time'.

I've not found 'decent Thai women' to be any different to bar girls. Women naturally steal, cheat, lie, betray and manipulate. Your pal needs to learn they're all interchangeable, and when you lose your turn with one, just move onto another one. That's what's great about Thailand, no months long wait between losing one and finding another, you can be in bed with the next one that same evening.

I'm currently drinking frozen daiquiri. 1.5 Oz Hong Thong, 2 squeezed limes, 3-4 teaspoons sugar, 8-10 ice cubes and blend into a slush. So what are you guys mixing?