PingRoundTheWorld

That's exactly what I was thinking - both parts. Leave her off with a bit to get her started on her way back to work, but I've done my fair share and way way more than it aleady. Yep. I realize how insane this is. Yeah, I've met many women who are well off, and they actually expect MORE money than the poor isaan folk. I have a 24yo born-in-Bangkok regular who likes rough sex, comes from money. I don't give her much, but she keeps telling me how guys will throw 10-20k at her for one night. Actually saw her bargaining with a guy last night (I was with another girl) and the guy visibly balked at how much she was asking, but eventually accepted. I couldn't hear the conversation but I'm pretty sure how it went... Worth a thought, but I have no drama of my own. Zero. I think more to the point I take on their drama because it intrigues me - because I have none.

Yep. I've been trying to play the angle of not having it anymore, in debt back home etc - but that helps for about 2 days before she starts asking for more again. Kind of like an employee - you can't cut salaries once expectations are set. Yep. I know. Getting laid in Thailand was never a problem, lol. I think it's more in my head because I promised her I'll take care of her (when I was giving her 20k a month), but I never agreed to these crazy amounts that she escalated to. She has a keycard to my condo (yes I know - stupid), so I would have to at least keep communication until she gives that back. Or can re-key but I'm not sure how that works. haha, done!

Yep. That's what I thought. Thank you. Agreed. Money is not the root of all evil - LACK of money is. Can't escape from that mentality when you were born into it I guess. I've made it a habit to not respond to money requests- I get many (other than her) but 99% of the time I ignore it. As they say no good deed goes unpunished and if you help a damsel in distress she'll always remember you first, when she's in distress again.

Jesus. Taking home a fat ladyboy from khao san road. What could go wrong?? Probably should've clarified it was a ladyboy. Not obvious except they arrested MR....

Important parts in bold, you can skip the rest unless you're bored. What would be a typical/normal cost of living for a family (mom, grandma, 2 kids) in a village near Buriram? Here's the situation: During Covid I met my gf in a club. She was looking for a sponsor bf so I was aware from the start she's essentially working. Due to Covid I was stuck in my home country for long periods, where I have family but no friends or any type of contact with women - I've lived abroad for 20+ years so little interest in the women back home. I was ok with the idea of helping her with her cost of living in echange for some company - even if virtual. Later on I actually moved back to Thailand and we were living together for a year, during which she was great taking care of me - cooking, cleaning, the whole deal. Her mom was taking care of her kids, but when her daughter started school she wanted to be there, and I wanted to live in Bangkok - which she hates - so we decided it would be for the best for her to live with her mom and come visit me occasionally. I enjoy the freedom so that works for me. Now here comes the problem- back when we started she wasn't asking for much. Just a few thousand baht here and there. Little by little she started asking for more and more until I realized I'm giving her insane amounts like 70-90k baht a month and dialed it back. I told her I will give her 1500 baht a day (45k a month) and she should use that to cover her expenses. That worked for about two days before she started to ask for more "can I have 1500 for electricity bill?" "can I have 1000 baht to go buy food". I tried to ask her what is she spending the daily 1500 on?? it's supposed to cover these expenses. I do send her some extras here and there when there is a big bill etc, but knowing cost of living here there is no possible way in my mind that she could be spending north of 50k baht a month on cost of living - most Thais don't make anywhere close to this, and for sure not in a village in isaan. My thinking is she's either saving most of the money I give her and trying to get more as much as she can, or she's spending it on someone/something other than family - either a Thai bf or gambling or mooching family - I don't know the actual reason but I know this makes no sense. Am I crazy to assume there's no possible way a family in a village in isaan spends +50k baht a month?? P.S. Please don't offer moral judgement or "you need to dump her" advice - I'm fully aware she's working and taking advantage of me - eventually I will end it, but not today.

It's him for sure. His name is a misspelled translation of Elias in Hebrew so unlikely two people by the same name would make that mistake. And yes it does seem like he's had a dozen assault, stalking, and drug charges in Israel and spent time in jail. Thailand really should be a bit more viligant on letting people with an extensive criminal record in the country - this kind of guy doesn't belong anywhere other than jail or a mental institution - zero control when he gets angry.

If she was disabled it would've probably been mentioned. Much more likely both her and the grandmother are just lazy and figured they'd make more sitting at home and mooching from a man than going to work for a low wage. I have more respect for hookers who go out and sell themselves so they can take care of their kid(s) than I do for a lazy sack of potatos who'd literally rather stay with a man that raped her daughter than work. When there is a will there is a way. I've met so many Thais carving out a living with their claws, what makes this snowflake special?

Her options are getting a J-O-B and not being a lazy sack of **** relying on a pedophile rapist to pay her bills. In another country a mother would stab the SOB - here they "forgive him" because it's easier than going to work. There is no excuse. Given the daughter's age and his age the mother is probably in her early 30's, and the grandmother around 50 - nowhere near retirement age and both could work, if they wanted to.

Phuket is not Thailand. I've lived in Phuket, Bangkok, and Pattaya and the one place I have no desire to ever go back to is Phuket. Hoardes of obnoxious tourists, highest prices in Thailand, worst taxi mafia in Thailand, worst gold diggers (hookers looking for a sponsor bf), and loads of mafia types of all sorts (French, Russian, etc) intimidating people and starting fights. Ohh, did I mention the condos are ridiculously overpriced for apartments that are literally falling apart? The salty air, lack of maintenance, and greedy cheap landlords are a lethal combination. I think we can sum up Patong in one sentence: where expired hookers go to find a retirement plan. Your mate could've just moved to Bangkok if he was sick of Phuket. Has no beach but still beats Blackpool.

In Koh Phangan? anything is possible...

It's a misspelling of Elias - which is a common name for Israelis of Spanish/Portuguese descent. Unfortunately in Israel the legal system is extremely lenient towards violent crimes, so psychos like this walk free even when they commit heinous acts of violence. Stabbings and worse offences are common. A lot of these goons are also involved in mafia/criminal organizations, which would explain how this human trash had that much money to settle the case. Sadly it seems like he'll walk to commit another atrocity in the future - until one day he actually murders someone, which he will, and money won't be able to solve it.

Huh?? A taxi driver rigging his meter DESERVES to have his life ruined. He's not a "poor person", he's a thief. He belongs in jail, not just on tiktok.

Um what? 10,703 units valued at 52,259 million baht? 4882 baht per unit? that's awfully cheap for a condo. The math is obviously completely off/wrong on this. Also the whole sentiment is wrong: the Chinese are not buying like they used to, and neither are other nationalities. Articles like this just serve to artificially inflate prices even though there's no market demand. Prices will rise, units will sit empty for months/years, great job everyone. Edit: guess I was reading it wrong, and it's 4,882,000 baht per unit.. which makes more sense.

What relevance does it have how much the tiktok guy makes? the driver is obviously a bad driver and should not be allowed to be a taxi driver.

Throw them in jail for a few months. "Teenagers" is not an excuse. On the contrary - they need a strong lesson and not leniency. Won't happen though.

It sounds like you are assuming the money will be laying around doing nothing while he only depletes it. That's one way to do it, but not how most do. Even a conservative investment can easily get you 5-6% a year and probably more. Judging by the criteria you posted 175k/mo - even after tax - should be plenty to keep him afloat without ever touching the original 35mil, so age is irrelevant. Realistically 35mil is on the high side, but the typical problem in Pattaya is that guys get a gf/wife and end up spending significantly more than they originally planned as those ladies have a talent for bleeding you dry. If he keeps single and sticks to ONLY ST he could do it every day and still be within his budget. Another factor is alcohol and partying - it depends on your personal style but it could be anything from a minor expense to many thousands a day.

Why would you keep 13mil in a checking account?? they should be invested.

Allow 24/7 sales, advertising, and posting on social media. There is zero reason to restrict any of these and it's completely ridiculous that they are restricted. People will always want what they can't have, so restricting it is achieving the opposite effect encouraging people to drink more. Allow all of these, and ENFORCE drunk driving laws (it's not that hard!). But who am I kidding - it won't happen.

Your age is showing. Cannabis is not a gateway drug and will not cause you to "upgrade" to harder drugs - that's a completely false narrative spread many years ago. I personally don't use drugs at all, including Cannabis, but this is just false propaganda.

It's not that they cannot - it's that they chose not to because there's not enough incentive. If they actually wanted to I'm sure they could enforce both.

While I did not live with her 24/7, my previous girlfriend took about a year to turn from a complete sweetheart who showed zero signs of jealousy and was always supportive to a raging jealous monster who demanded we get married, went through my phone while I was drunk blocking and deleting any woman she could find, went through my cabinets and threw away bottle tickets and a lucrative membership discount card, and in general turned into a crazy *****. Turns out she was crazy all along - she did similar things with her past boyfriends too - but she was just very good at hiding it. She even said she was hiding it at first because she didn't want to scare me off. Eventually I cut it off because you can't fix a broken woman - it only gets worse. So yeah, give it PLENTY of time before you marry a woman. Live with her for a while. See what she's really like behind the mask.

Stupid. They should let people smoke at home as it hurts no one - just ban it in public and ENFORCE IT. Same goes for vapes - ban it in public and ENFORCE - they've completely stopped enforcing and every other person is blowing toxicfumes in your face nonstop everywhere.

I think you missed the part where some of them actually married him. Gold diggers? maybe. Fishing for a Green Card? maybe. But prostitutes don't normally marry their clients. If anything it sounds like he was picking them based on them having a relatively high paying job and they were the ones who sponsored him, not the other way around. A word has to be said about the women though - the guy is a walking red flag - why would an American "soldier" live in Thailand, be on a tourist visa, fly in and out all the time, and live in Bang Yai of all places. Even if there were no character indications at first just the weirdness of his living situation should've tipped them off something was not right. If a foreigner is living in the cheapest possible place they can find or immediately moving in with her then there's 0% chance he's really an American solider with decent income. Sounds like the guy is traveling around making homemade "porn" without their consent and selling it. Hopefully they'll catch him and send him to jail for a very long time. The abuse is bad enough, but the videos will remain online essentially forever.

Phuket, the gift that keeps on giving.

I don't have kids, but if I did they would of course be priority #1. On the upside- kids in Thailand aren't nearly as expensive as back home. Obviously I wouldn't pay to put someone else's kids through expensive education etc, but basic needs like food etc sure - why not. Back home I would not want to take care of someone else's kids, simply because the cost is prohibitive. In Thailand (to me) it is small money so I don't care. But why even go there? you can easily get a girl who isn't a mom if that bothers you.