DeathShroud

Red Flag signs of a Bar girl / Local Talent: Any girl that shouts at you in the night, especially phrases like "Hello you!, Where you come from?" "Where you go? / optional: I go with you." "Khun ja bai nai?" All the places listed in BKK, Soi Cowboy, Et al. Pattaya, Ratyong, blah blah. Jomtien Beach. Women that have had multiple foreign boyfriends / husbands / Casual Foreigner male friends. Sideline girls, for the most part. Depends. Some of them are less mercenary. When I was in America, I knew a girl that worked her way through nursing school, working as a "Cocktail Waitress" at a place in Sand Diego that was locally infamous as a hangout for sailors and marines. When she got her degree, she left that world behind her. In Chiang Mai, all the places on Loi Krokh Road (With the notable exception of My Place Lounge), or The Massage shops within .5 Km of Loi Kroh, or shops on Kampanding Road, and most on Sridonchai Road west of Pantip Plaza. Any girl that works in a place listed on Chiangmailocator. Definitely any girl working in the many "Erotic Spas" in CM. Fishbowls, etc. etc. Most of the clubs have freelancers. Zoe is about 60/40, I think. I stopped going there almost a decade ago. I am confident in saying it takes years of experience here to figure out what is what, and a few failed relationships (unless you are very picky or very lucky) to find a woman that you can eventually trust.. to a point. Please note that most Thai women are just trying to help themselves to a good life. you do not have to hook up with a bar girl to lose everything. Also, lots of Office / mall / kiosk girls are hoping for a nice quiet life with someone to take care, and not usually a foreigner, but the money is nice for them, if he has means. Most government office workers are not taking nightly side income, but many of them are looking for someone to supplement their salary in an LTR, and surprising numbers of them are corrupt within their own domain of power, etc. Truth is a relative thing also. very difficult to be here, and at the same time be a guy that loves 100% control, certainty, or stability. it takes a while to learn to navigate Thai relationships, and how to hold the reins. Trading up is a thing. Be wary.

I just looked at my Wise. Right now it looks like you can't transfer out because the baht is falling rapidly. Very likely if they have stashes of cash in Banks here they're going to lose money if they transfer out right now. You could call them and ask them. For me, Wise has been pretty reliable for doing overseas transfers in... US } TH, that are applicable to my Kasikorn bank account for my monthly deposit from my U.S. pension to support my ongoing retirement Visa.

Constant alcohol spraying, as soon as we get home she takes charge of the clothes to wash them, multiple showers per day it's okay I like feeling clean because when I was in the Navy we got one shower every 3 days because of water rationing at Sea because the fresh water was used to cool the engines. And her using alcohol spray and doing all this other stuff gives her a sense of control which I understand and so since I've had both shots and she hasn't had any, I'm not going to argue with her... So I said hey let's washing hands let's do this you know in helps the relationship because she feels like I'm on board with the process. And I figure I know that everywhere I go the people that I'm talking to or interacting with their phones and money so I actually think maybe I should have done this before because since covid I haven't got sick.

We're not married, but she's my wife. If we were in America, she would be my common-law wife. (Depending on the State). Her family has a lot of juice in government and police, a few of them live in houses that were constructed out of teakwood, so it's not going to be a problem, I think. She knows people all over the country, she's been assigned everywhere. Lots of people owe her favors. I do everything I can to support her dreams, while I live a quiet Life in CM as a retired military veteran.

An internet dating site, 4 years ago. I thought from her uniform that she was military. Chatting, "Hello." We chatted hours per day for 5 weeks, about our lives. Met in person when her assignment changed to CM, from the South. Love at first sight. Together ever since. In a few years, she'll be a General. Literally works her ass off at her office, keeps the house clean, tirelessly helps many people. Looks great in a dress, clean, healthy. Does not watch TV, reads, speaks more languages than I do. A credit to her country.

I get my pay from the US government into a bank in America. I have four Thai Bank accounts. Initially when i came here, I was set up with Bangkok Bank, a direct deposit account for SSI and other government pension. I never used it. For three years, I used Income verification with U.S. Consulate CM documents. Easy peasy. Now that U.S. Consulate has stopped that, I transfer money over to a Thai bank, via WISE. I tried U.S. >> Wise >> Bangkok Bank. No help. Plus they had dropped the Visa cards, using rabbit pay. Useless for buying where I need to. For years, I liked SCB Bank. I had a Nice debit card from them. So I thought, U.S. Bank >> Wise >> SCB. It ended up as interior Thailand Transfer. I went to them, and tried to straighten it out. Though I had multiple San Baht in the bank, they said it was a problem "They Could not solve." In fact, the account guy at SCB on Nimman in CM Said, Quote, "He could not help me." Wow. Drew out all of my baht that day (to their bemused consternation.) Called Wise, in Finland and talked to some high powered people. Friended them up on Twitter. They directed me to their Australia Office. Called them LD, using Skype. After lengthy verification (Which I thought was good security), they said, "You need to use Kasikorn Bank. That is our local partner there in Chiang Mai." Walked to Kasikorn Bank, walked in with a pile of cash, my passport, and explained to the day manager what I needed... "Overseas Funds Transfer Account for Immigration annual extension of retirement Visa. Can you do that?" He said, "Oh yes, we are perfect for that." He points to a woman that speaks English. "Set this man up with an account." Now I transfer U.S. >> Wise >> Kasikorn Bank. Zero problems. Shown as international transfer. Their phone app works smooth. The only problem is sometimes, I guess for security, I have to reboot my phone. Great. First world problem. in my account, No deposit amount minimum, I am going with multiple 1000 USD inbound, monthly. I easily exceed the 65k Minimum, per month. I am happy. Smooth Sailing. All I have to worry about is if the Baht rises to 20 per USD. Probably not. Or if the USD Crashes. C'est la vie. I survived a deployment to the Gulf, I can hack it.