Bonobojt

I've gotten use to it now after a year, can barely hear it when I'm working or outside but when I go to sleep and everything is silent then it's loud. 

There is an app on my phone that plays nature sounds like rain or ocean noise, I use that or play a YouTube video, I sleep fine, but still knowing I'll never hear pure silence again at a young age of 26 is a bit sad, but I consider myself lucky my tinnitus isn't extremely loud and life destroying. 

2 hours ago, Tofer said:

You don't need to be old (enough) if you plan properly and focus on your goal. I never paid into a pension plan, except the UK government NI scheme (best return ever on a meagre investment). IMHO occupational, private pensions and financial investments are a pure gamble, some have been lucky / clever and some have lost their shirts, particularly with the recent disappearing schemes, and the current rates of growth are paltry.

 

You don't say what your job is. I've met some retirees on very comfortable and secure occupational pensions, e.g. Policeman, that got out of work at a relatively young age.

 

It's not for everyone, but I found property development / investment to be the best residual income to suit my experience as an architect. If you have the confidence and acumen, are not averse to an element of calculated risk and hard work, it can pay handsom dividends. The downside in my case, now retired in Thailand, is that I am totally reliant on a third party (letting agent) to manage my portfolio. It took me 12 years, hands on, to create a comfortable residual income and substantial capital assets, if you start now and at the relatively slow, risk averse, pace I proceeded at, you could be retired by the time you are 40. Your assets and income are inflationary linked.

 

I almost got started at near your age, but was having too much fun hoofing around the world, earning and spending good money as an expat. Had a lot of good experiences, but could have been retired much sooner had I knuckled down and got serious earlier. You pay your money and take your choice! I've no regrets, as I was 'experiencing' the world as a young man (23 onwards) in an era when 'fun' was relatively risk free. Memories go with you to the grave - not money.

 

I am a kitchen Porter a University in the south of England, the university has its own Pension scheme, and I don't work many hours, around 30 hours a week, and get paid around £750 a month after tax and pension etc...  

I don't have a degree, I'm debt free, I don't have any credit cards also, I'm single, no kids, and have travelled to 14 countries solo so far and have had my fun, now time to get serious, I will stay at home for 1 more year and save money, then I'll move out and rent a room for around £300 - £400 per month, that why I have money for my Thailand visits every year. 

I have to accept what kind of man I am in this world, I'm not intelligent, I am just your average bloke, I can't get a great well paid job and do property investments or developments, but thanks for the advice 

54 minutes ago, jeab1980 said:

Thats 68 now you can forget that it will climb to at least 70 before then

guess it depends on who's in government 

3 hours ago, jeab1980 said:

By the time you get to pension age (state) what is it now for your age 70? It will probably be 75 by then. Finish work on a friday draw pension on monday get fitted for coffin friday. Best advise save like mad now whilst you can invest that saving in a good off shore pension fund. Organise it so you can retire at your leisure when you want to.

I just checked, I'll reach state pension age at 68, in the year 2059.. I could be alive still if I look after myself, eat heathy and world war 3 doesn't start ..

I'm a young 26 year old guy from the UK, have a job and paying a pension, hopefully I can retire in Thailand when I'm old enough

but who knows what will happen in the future, what rules and laws will change, not to mention how different the world will be by the time I'm in my 60s and 70s

Great News !

she just had her period !

I'm a free man again !!

that was a close one.. 

she still hasn't had her period yet, says her boobs are sore, and just now told me her stomach was hurting today, which could be early signs of pregnancy but can also be a sign her period is coming 

just a waiting game at the moment, still don't feel 100% confident she's not pregnant despite the negative home pregnancy test result 

about the pregnancy, I don't 100% safe yet, she still hasn't had her period, which she said is 13 days late now, i was wrong, I thought only 8 days late but she tells me its 13, and she still has early pregnancy signs like hard and sore nipples, and of course false negatives are possible, so until she has her period I still feel slightly worried.

1 minute ago, Rc2702 said:

You need to open your eyes office job?

 

You mean connecting to the internet firing up a VPN and getting a Skype regionalised phone number and appearing to be in an office. So you work 5 hours a day and do what for 8 hours more?

 

PS2? Tommy tanker? Completing halo?

 

give me a break you got a decent amount of time to chip away at something else and your not taking advantage of that?

 

Your 26 and your earning a pension getting paid and you have 19 hours a day for what exactly?

well I might save up money for a year and go on an adventure, walk around, camp, travel, maybe try and get a job abroad but that could be risky

no I don't play video games, I might exercise and then go home and use the internet, but I understand where your coming from, this is the year I need to decide what I'm doing and sort myself out

I could stay at my porter job, rent a room, or travel and try and get a job abroad or look for another job in England, the main goal is to be happy with my life....

7 minutes ago, chickenslegs said:

Give him credit. This topic has reached 8 pages (so far) - longer than his "I think I've got cancer" and his "Stubbed my toe, should I go to hospital" topics.

I'll admit the 'I think I've got Cancer'  was way too much, overreaction I know, I wish I could delete it but I can't

9 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

This thread is absolute bangers the geezer always had one problem or another which was "in the air" I'm surprised he did not create a

 

"how to use bum gun thread I'm stuck on toilet with no loo roll"

yeah I've had some bad luck over the last year, its no joke but I can see how I may of overreacted in my posts, I still have problems but I'm able to travel and have fun in Thailand still 

thanks for the replies, no this is not a troll post, this really happened and I have evidence for it via Facebook  but won't waste my time with that

anyway, she has sent me her home pregnancy test results, including images of the test, and she has told me that she is NOT pregnant 

I've learnt some things from this,  always use good quality condoms like Durex, flush your condom down the toilet or wash out your semen then put in bin, never have unprotected sex..

ok so recently I was in Bangkok for a couple of months (june and july), and I ended up meeting a girl I knew from last year, we had some fun last year and she liked me a lot, but we stopped talking for a while after I went back to the UK, but we matched again on Tinder (an online dating app) on my recent trip and she ended up staying at my hotel and we ended up having sex with a condom. I liked her, so I didn't meet any other girls for the rest of my trip, just kept meeting her every weekend and we would have sex and hang out, we always used condoms, Durex condoms.

about this girl, she's young, 21 years old University student, lives with her sister and dad, she never wanted kids, I'm 26 years old from England, and I still live at home but I have a average paid job as a kitchen porter at a University, I never wanted kids also. This wasn't just a one night stand hook up thing, she likes me a lot but I always say no to a relationship because I don't live in Thailand and I don't want a long distance relationship. I don't have a University degree so I can't even work as an English Teacher in Bangkok, and to be honest I don't want to at this time.

anyway, 2 weeks after I get back to the UK, she tells me her period is late, as I'm writing this now, her period is around 8 days late I believe, she said the date her period was due (13th) only a little bit of blood came out, so that make her worried. 

there is some hope, she did have an illness for a while, she had a sore throat and cough and did take medication for it, which I've read online that that can effect a women's period, I always wore a condom and when I took the condom off I never noticed any holes, leakage etc.. she will take a home pregnancy test tomorrow morning, she doesn't want a abortion if she is Pregnant, which I can understand. She said she would unfriend and block me on Facebook if I wanted her to have an abortion.

my question is, if she is pregnant, are, what the hell do I do, are there any laws that require me to give he money ? if I don't want to be a father then should I even try to be a part of this kids life ? 

11 hours ago, Rc2702 said:

Yes and your username you Nancy. 

Not all Bonobos are Bisexual I think

2 minutes ago, Rc2702 said:

Did you charge thai and western men the same price?

don't get it, was that meant to be a joke ?

12 hours ago, wildewillie89 said:

Where did you get those stats from? In Australia the competition is between the Koreans and the Chinese. With 'wars on turf' if you like. A percentage of those people will be illegal forced workers, the rest are university students generally, predominantly from Korea, China. Australia, Singapore, Hong Kong, Taiwanese, Thais etc. 

Why do they not make up 75% of the trade, as getting visas is so much more difficult for Thais, than other countries. For example, a Taiwanese person can have the potential to get a 2 year working visa, whereas a Thai can only get 1 year. Koreans, Chinese etc are more likely to be able to afford the study fees to get a student visa. Did a sex and crime unit in university a while ago, so covered it a bit.

I don't think the OP is seeking sex workers anyway. He is looking for more fun. 

The dot points are all obviously matters of personal observation.. Not a matter of being 'Thai'. You may get a very different observation within different sections of the community or families within 'rural' areas. The same in any country. 

yes I'm not looking for sex workers, been down that road and its expensive and not worth it, lonely lifestyle, risky health wise, now I'm more wiser with my money

does anyone know if any Isaan cites has a park with a free public gym, like pull up bars, tricep dip bars etc like the one in Lumphini Park ?

I've decided I'm gonna stay in Bangkok, and maybe get a girlfriend instead of meeting many women, I've learned that the more women you meet the complications it can cause,as these women still want to be friends and keep in contact, meet again, I think having one girl is better.

On 6/16/2017 at 6:25 PM, bwpage3 said:

"In England girls just don't like me much, but here its a different world"

 

You already figured it out; expect different world means girls that will do anything for money.

 

If girls in your own country don't like you much, maybe you should look in the mirror and ask yourself why?

 

Thailand is surely no gage for "sexy men" such as yourself.

 

Thai's still believe ALL foreigners are rich, even if told otherwise and hang onto that thought like it is their last breath.

 

Your just a sex tourist in Thailand because you cannot get any women anywhere else.

 

The rest of the world calls it prostitution, in Thailand it is dumbed down to fun.

 

Doesn't say much for you mate having to travel half way round the world for sex.

 

 

 

 

- humans are sexual beings, I'm just doing whats natural for young guys in their 20s, call it sex tourism if you like, I'm a laid back guy, I just think of it as I'm on holiday for 3 months and I fancy having sex with a women,  its not that I have to come to Thailand to get sex, I don't really bother to try and get sex in England, I prefer Asian women.

Am I right in saying that Koh Chang would have less rain than Koh Samui?
Also are there any free public gym equipment anywhere else in Thailand? like the one in lumphini
I think I'll go to an island next week but I'm not sure which island
I want to eat cheap 40 - 50 baht food, exercise (pull ups, tricep dips, push ups) and meet women from tinder and Thai friendly

thanks for the replies, It looks like Khon Kaen might be the place to try and hook up in Isaan, then Koh Samui or another island, a friend told me Koh Chang would have less rain in the rain season.

I met a beautiful sexy 33 year old Thai women last night for drinks, no sex, she was from Isaan actually, she kissed me on the lips before I got in the taxi to go home.

I have Thai Friendly and Tinder, I'm not a sex addict, I don't want sex every night, I just enjoy fun, enjoy meeting women, enjoy the beautiful naked female form, normal for a single guy my age.

2 hours ago, bermannor said:

in how many month? I assume cash flow (unidirectional) is not a problem at all for you. Nowhere in Thailand, cheap charlies are favourites, specially on the islands.

And Isaan is quite nice now as it is monsoon right now.

I met the first woman last Saturday and the second woman on Monday this week

thanks for the replies, I am having success in Bangkok, and of course I make it clear the girls that I am not looking for anything serious, its fairly easy in Bangkok to meet girls for fun or friendship, I just like to move around and see new places, I always use a condom, so far I've had fun with 2 older women, one was 33 and the other was 35. 

In England girls just don't like me much, but here its a different world, Thai women seem to like me, I am tall, slim, I have ginger beard which some thai women find sexy because its different. I'm sex starved in the UK so I enjoy having fun over here in Thailand.

maybe I can do both, Isaan for a week to see how it goes, and then a island, not sure which province to go to in isaan.

I'm on a 3 month trip, currently in Bangkok, I'm looking to meet Thai Women for friends and fun, I'm not sure where to go next, Isaan or one of the Thai Islands, I also like to eat non spicy cheap Thai food, exercise on the free gym equipment like in lumphini park etc my only worry with Isaan is safety and lack of English speaking Thais, if any guys can help me out I'd appreciate it or if you know a place thats good to meet Thai women anywhere in Thailand can you let me know (I'm 25 years old from the UK) 

I'm currently in Bangkok, I have bad posture, i.e Anteria Pelvic Tilt, my pelvic muscles are tight, and I am working on fixing the posture issues with exercise and stretches but I also need a Massage once or twice a week,  does anyone recommend a place that can help with tight pelvic muscles or should I just walk in to any thai massage shop and explain my issues to them and what I need ?