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Whether she does or does not hardly matters. She is my wife, and yes, she has a job. All I'm saying is simply that relationships are what you make them, however you choose!

The real gem in this article is the part it seems everyone missed. One of these guys had a cache of child pornography. I don't care how adults choose to make money as long as they are not harming others, but when children are exploited and abused for profit, it's a terrible thing.

Over 10 years with mine, and she is still fulfilling my fantasies. Every relationship is a risk. I'll never try to give anyone relationship advice beyond, "Open your eyes and live in reality, at least 80% of the time!"

I learned this lesson the hard way. My wife and I went for a foot massage, as we often do. It is typical for the masseuse to finish with a few minutes on the shoulders, neck, and head. This would have been fine, except the masseuse decided to crack my neck. It was quick and without my consent but still, I did not think much about it until pain set in. Over the next few days, it did not get better, and sometimes there was a shooting pain that was so intense it caused me to scream. I went to the doctor and had x-rays and therapy. It took about six months but I eventually healed. Never again will I allow that to happen.

Nothing new here, and nothing will change. Why should it? I stopped judging others years ago. As long as there is a need, whether sexual, companionship, or both, everything remains status quo. Do we really have a right to judge others based on how they make this happen? Where adults make their own adult decisions. Sometimes, it's a business deal; other times, it's an emotional need, so what!

The article starts out by stating "a well-known Thai Pizza Chain", Pizza, The Hut, as you call it is hardly a Thai Pizza Chain, or I guess we can imagine that it's now a Thai pizza chain if it makes you feel better.

The big news here is that he is American! It would have been big news if he was European or Japanese or a Monkey. Some of these things you read about stronger Visa rules or foreigners are bad for Thailand are just ridiculous. Thai's abuse their young as much as any other culture and it's a well know fact that many pedophiles come to places like Thailand or the Philippines because it's easier to do here than in their countries. What they should be talking about is more enforcement, more task forces, more resources and a greater public knowledge to make it less attractive for Thais or any other nationality to attempt such acts in Thailand. America and European countries have committed many resources to these people, and they work with countries like Thailand to share information. This has nothing to do with nationality. It's a human scum problem.

We have a nice Western Style house in the village and my wife is tighter with our money then I. She tells all the village people we are poor, just worked hard and saved our money to build a nice house but nothing extra except a monthly allowance. If you don't flaunt it, easy enough to control.

Very sad for anyone who was injured or lost everything but looking at the timeline, and give the complexity of the area pretty impressive for the firefighter to get the fire out in all of 2 3/4 hours from the original report.

Upcoming in what year? Other countries have been talking about trashing the USD for my whole lifetime and I'm 68

No Comment! I plead the 5th????

Of course, you all know it has nothing to do with tomato's, right?

I think everyone has to weigh costs based on their desired lifestyle. What I'm reading here are many are changing apples to apples comparing things that just don't add up. example... If you own a house that's paid off then of course your cost ratio is different but that's totally off point. I live 6 months a year in the US and the rest in Thailand. I maintain residence in Bangkok and Tampa Florida. I have a Thai wife and she and I are both still working. She lives 12 months a year in BKK. My monthly cost in Bangkok when we are both there is still way less than my single cost in Tampa. We are not living an extravagant lifestyle in either place but we live well. I'm also building a house in Northern Thailand and it's a nice house designed to be energy efficient and mostly off the grid. My cost in doing this is far less than I could even begin to imagine if I built the same anywhere in the USA. Yes, I realize that's if I chose to do so in BKK the costs would be far greater and that's why we chose Northern Thailand. We can come back to BKK or go to the beach whenever we want. We can fly in, Airbnb for a week and it's still cheaper than living a daily life in the USA trying to maintain a similar lifestyle. I’ve done the math and We have lived the math but my choices and my math is different than yours.