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Just now, possum1931 said:

If a person is a real musician, he will be able to make out a melody no matter how old he is.

That's if there is a melody there and not just boom boom and thud thud with sceechy voices.

and no, I am not referring to bedroom antics here.

Clearly a record that came out some 45 years ago is a little too modern for you!

Sometimes this place just blows my tiny mind.

Just now, Gecko123 said:

You need to look in one. Your constant self-satisfied judgments are becoming rather tiresome.

Surely if you felt strongly enough about it to personally attack me, you can be a little more specific than that?

Is your 'mirror' comment intended to imply hypocrisy on my part? How so?

9 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

Hard rock and heavy metal???? That's not music, that's just pure noise.

Can you make out a melody to it? I certainly can't.

Wow. These are the kind of comments my dad would have found embarrassingly old-fashioned.

5 minutes ago, Gecko123 said:

 

Are there any mirrors in your house? Just curious.

There are indeed. Your point?

I'm sure there are plenty of love based relationships in Thailand. They don't seem to be so easy for foreigners to establish though.

10 minutes ago, smotherb said:

Doesn't it depend upon the number of young Thai girls with whom they are living?

 

And in some cases, how much they paid their parents for them...

Just now, Phom said:

Really the entire planet of females outside Thailand would never do that?

Wow, bold statement what statistics do you have to back that up?

 

I had one Australian girlfriend who was a terible gambler, are they all gamblers by that reasoning?

You might just have missed a little sarcasm there.

What a depressing insight into what passes for a 'relationship' for many expats here. Living the dream, guys. Living the dream.

Not everyone even has a bank account here.

Quite a few have posted here that they left, regretted it and came back.

How do they do it?

You know those funny noises they make at each other? Turns out its actually a language! 

I wonder what your 'missus' told her about you?

If you had doubts about the bill, you should have questioned them about it, not sneaked away like a coward.

They rarely seem to pay much attention to me. 

2 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

I agree this guy has not given one specific experience which justifies his post to any extent. Thaivisa is like any newspaper 90% bs 10% true but the reason you/we return is simply entertainment value. I enjoyed reading the sun newspaper in uk which is the gutter of journalism but I knew that and it has entertainment value and a very good football section. Point is OP after 10 years you cannot put your finger on it but the truth is IMO the relationship you had to end is the catalyst to your post and nothing  else. The country is primitive yes but I suspect a lot of people actually enjoy the challenge, I do I love walking into a restaurant and people thinking my wife's a hooker and I'm a sex tourist, then 40 minutes later they see we know each other too well for their assumption to be true. I love that, makes them realise they are no always right and log may that continue.

I think you might be over-estimating how much attention complete strangers are paying to your relationship with your wife. 

It's funny when people complain about a problem they're part of. 

3 hours ago, MissAndry said:

 

I don't want to talk with lonely and needy old men.

It's as simple as that.

And yet you use this forum?

If it's not working out for whatever reason, better to leave and be happier elsewhere than to stay here and moan about it.

Just now, JJGreen said:

FArangs resentful of seeing other farangs in their space. Body language...mannerisms..
Attitude

Not exactly conclusive, is it?

A balance of good and bad would be nice. Sadly, the relentless negativity tends to drown out anything else. 

So what was it you observed that lead you to believe people felt this way?

21 minutes ago, JJGreen said:

I wouldnt put that down as anywhere near a reason for my observations.

So what are you basing this on?

7 minutes ago, JJGreen said:

That's a different issue...and a recent thread from memory.
This is about wanting to be the only farang on the block...not about saying hello or not

So what are you basing your presumption of this desire on if not their lack of willingness to greet you?

Why would I be interested in talking to you just because we happen to have the same colour skin? We probably have bugger all else in common.

Some people seem to think farangs in Thailand are all members of some club and should acknowledge each other whenever they meet. I don't agree. You're just some random white dude I don't know. I wouldn't make a fuss over meeting you back where I came from, so I'm not going to do it here either.

20 minutes ago, GuestHouse said:

 

I can think of lots of reason why people who are not in Thailand might wish to continue posting on Thabased web forums. As many reasons as anyone might have who has lived in Thailand for a long time, intends to live/retire to Thailand, lives in Thailand part time, lives in Thailand most of the time but elsewhere part time, has a wife/girlfriend/family in Thailand - the permutations are near limitless.

 

What I can't recall are these individuals you frequently refer to in your claims of 'hating Thailand', or variations along the theme of 'Thai haters/bashers'. 

 

We've discussed the point very many times Berkshire.

 

Its all part of human nature.

 

When people are genuinely happy with the choices they have made, nobody else's opinions on those choices matter a jot. Though when people make a poor choice, or know on some level that the choice they made is not as good as they are telling themselves - then they do get upset when others criticise their choice. 

 

Be happy with the choices you have made and don't let the views of others on your choice spoil your day.   

I love it here, and I'm very happy with my choice to live here. But I still reserve my right to bemoan the fact that the most prominent online forum for those of us who live here is dominated by whiny miserable types who moved here for all the wrong reasons and then either lack the nous to get out, or do so but then spend years coming back to the forum and running the place down in some weird attempt to justify their decision. 

Thailand is an awesome place to be, and this forum ought to be a celebration of that fact. Sadly, most of the time its anything but.

3 hours ago, MissAndry said:

Flew into CNX earlier this week (from KUL), didn't fill out the back of the arrivals form, wasn't given any other forms.

I don't think I've ever filled out the back of the arrival form.