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theguyfromanotherforum

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  1. 6 hours ago, totally thaied up said:

    I am pretty much a loser.  I have a serious mental disorder and been living in Thailand for 10 years now.  I have nothing and I repeat "nothing" to offer my wife. 

     

    I watch all my so call friends buy cars for the girl friends,  renovate kitchens and outdoor areas for them.  It makes me feel truly inadequate as a person.

     

    Yet over time I see the cars and girls disappear an these guys left with nothing.  Yes,  they are very,  very rich men but I have seen them crying over loss of property given.  Yet my wife is still with me. 

     

    A close school friend died this week.  Net worth was 17 million dollars.  Had pancreatic cancer. Not married but married to his business.

     

    He was 49 and I am 48.

     

    Maybe I am not a loser then as I am still alive. I just gather,  life is as you make it and the decisions you make. 

     

    Kinda my story too.

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  2. 18 hours ago, elgenon said:

    I have met many girls with Uni degrees (Hospitality is a favorite) who work in bars.

     

    I always lolz at this. Considering it's basically in their job description to lie through their teeth, you of course believe them. Did they also manage to pull the degree out of their behind while negotiating the price?

     

    Yes, it makes perfect sense spend money and commit yourself through years of education only to realize at the end... hey, I'm off to Patterz.

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  3. 34 minutes ago, Merkaba said:

     

     

     

    Thank you - We had the METV visa in 2013 when we visited the first time, and again in 2015. 

    We wanted something a little more permanent that would grant us not to be taxed in Sweden, meaning we would have to be out of Sweden for at least 6 months per year. 

    Not sure if we will still be taxed in Sweden if we are only in Thailand on a turist visa.

    Maybe we just need to take a little extra "vacation" to Kuala Lumpur once every 3 months and make sure to stay in Thailand more than 183 days. 

     

    Wrong forum.

     

    It's never that easy with the government. You don't get to decide if you are a resident for tax purposes or not even if you don't spend a single day in Sweden again.

     

    You need an accountant first then worry about the visa.

  4. 5 hours ago, cyberfarang said:

    To westerners they consider homes as their castles, but the reality is, that in most owned western homes the buyers are mortgaged up to their necks and therefore have to keep their properties up to certain standards otherwise they won`t be able to sell and the banks/mortgage lenders won`t give loans on properties that are in dilapidated conditions. In other words, property owners in western countries become trapped in a system where they have to live and work for many years for the upkeep of their properties.

     

    In Thailand whereas they place more emphasis on land values and properties can be cheaply built, they consider their homes as just roofs over their heads not as assets of investment value.

     

    Now you know.

     

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  5. 11 hours ago, starky said:

    Only in the Pattaya forum do posters become some so personal and abusive so quickly. 

     

    Same with people living in Chiang Mai. They get all defensive if you don't agree it's one of the best places to live while in fact it's one of the filthiest.

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