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Assuming again. Might want to further your education. What you've learned hasn't been helping you.

Teenage wisdom is bountiful here

At last a topic almost everyone can agree on. Most if not all coffee drinkers know instant doesn't compare to fresh ground, and some coffees are much better than others, something most coffee drinkers will also agree on. I never drank coffee until it was around the year 2008, when my then wife, a coffee drinker, had me interested. I had a couple sips of iced coffee from my dad's glass when I was a kid, but not again until when my wife and i got married. I always thought it wasn't for me, until I started reading that coffee can actually help your health. I tried many different brands, and only had a Keurig after awhile, one cup at a time. It was okay, but I still thought the fresh grounds I tried were better. After awhile, I was a regular at Starbucks and other coffee drive- throughs in Texas, having it every morning before work ,hunting or fishing. They're coffee is pretty good, especially if you try different blends. I always wanted to get a good coffee maker, and send for different beans, especially hearing that Vietnamese coffee is at the top. Still haven't tried it, but was thinking of visiting Vietnam next year so that will be on the menu. I also don't think it's snobbery to go to any length to have the best in food and drink. I'm not near wealthy, but I've drank wine that the rich do many, many times. For those inclined, I've had a 1953 Chateau Latour, 1960 Chateau Lafite, 1976 Bernkasteler Doktor Auslese, 1976 Chateau St. Jean Selected Bunch Late Harvest Riesling, and 1976 Chateau Margaux, just to name a few of the thousands of bottles I've shared with friends. Not a snob, just like the taste of good wine, just like coffee drinkers here, who can understand. Someday soon I will have that coffee maker. Doesn't need to be at the top. Just good enough to do what's needed, because the ingredients matter more.

Followed by 10 minutes in the bathroom

I don't think any more embarrassed than the multitude of 70+ year olds here that do.

I would have said that about him, and now you, Peas in a pod. In your case, a flying monkey.

Take away their phones, and they would learn to communicate normally.

Hard gainers need to use weight training to put on muscle. If you're eating healthy, have no underlying conditions and are happy with the way you look, then consider yourself lucky.

Toxic people, even if they are family, should be kept at a distance. Stress from these kinds isn't helpful in your life.

Usually happens unless the child recognizes that the mom or dad isn't "right" and tries to be different. The longer they spend with their parents, whatever they are like, the more ingrained the parents habits become, and the harder to break if they need to.

Mutual interests are a great bond, along with communication, trust and loyalty. I didn't have that with this one besides the intimacy, cooking and her not being overly greedy. It was other things that ruined it. Things she learned as a child from neglective and abusive parents.

Already did

I'm not depressed. Thailand is boring to me, so I'll be going back as soon as I can re locate with my daughter. Thailand isn't a bad place. I just don't like some of what goes on here and can't enjoy my hobbies either. Doesn't matter where a person lives. If they are knowledgeable about a subject from research and study, you can take their advice. Advice given has to be put into your own life and arranged so it fits you.

I gave up junk food a long time ago, when I started working out at 17. I do have a piece of chocolate now and then, and pizza once a month or so, which isn't bad anyway, just heavy. I'm trying to stay away from the bad health problems like Diabetes, heart problems, and others associated with extra weight. My brother died at 66 a few years back from a heart attack brought on by diabetes. It's been in my family all along and I'm hoping stays away from me. My son who's 32 also has it. My brother was always active until later years, and he spent more and more time on the computer and less outside doing things. he gained weight and wouldn't listen when they told him he needed to lose it. His heart was always okay, low blood pressure and resting pulse. After awhile, he needed to take heart medicine also, along with insulin. Caught up with him. One never knows what will happen, as there are people who exercise all their lives and eat healthy,and die at 40, and others who smoke cigars, eat red meat daily, don't exercise much , and drink whiskey and live to 102. There are foods I miss, but I enjoy healthy food, and my girlfriend cooks very good Thai food every week, so I'm not missing too much taste along the way.

Pretty harsh and not deserving I would think. Many people come here to complain, and to seek advice. Some are given good advice, some are degraded for asking advice, as you just did. People sometimes come here because they know many of us have lived in Thai situations and understand what's going on and what we did to alleviate the situation. Some do come just to rile up the troops, and they get the business. I don't see him as anything but wanting help because he knows we've been there. Thai women, although sharing all other women's traits, have a few which stand out more than many others. Living here you see them. He has gotten some good advice and some bad advice. His decision what to do because he's the one living it. Every relationship takes time besides the one's where the other shows their true colors right off the bat. usually it's subtle clues you have to read. What are red flags to some is just a woman's fear to others. You can hide everything forever. This may be a good woman that's just fearful of men and not deceptive and hiding other men from him. And a mother doesn't make a man a man. That's the father's job, or another good male role model that's around when a boy is growing up.

it isn't being a health freak when you're concerned about what you put in your mouth. Consistent good food choices gives you more protection from diseases, obesity being a major problem which leads to others. Granted, breakfast can be the biggest meal of the day and should be, because you have the whole day to burn off the calories.

But when you find the right one, you stay. Hardest thing to find on earth but you never know when it will come. Running from the wrong ones is a given, the one's who aren't honest, faithful and are takers.

Actually, any Christian woman will. Have had many conversations over the years with women who love God. You'd be surprised how any woman can go on for a long time with a subject that interests them. The easiest way to get closer to a woman is to communicate with her. Yes, women usually do most of the talking but that's the point entirely.

Try telling that to any woman you want to be with. Only the low self esteem ones with no other prospects will stay, and also the one's you can purchase.

True, and this is what gives the rest of the women here a bad rap from men, because not all are con artists. If a woman wants to cheat, there's a reason for it, and it's not always the man's "fault". She is disturbed in her thinking, and feels entitled, no matter how good or bad she is otherwise. No one wins in cheating except the man she's cheating with. He doesn't care what happens because there's always another woman he can fool.

A "normal" girl doesn't have to be hiding something if she is just scared of men in general. Most people will lie to protect themselves, and it's not always to hide something but to not let down their guard because they don't want to be hurt. Women who are damaged from childhood, and don't have a good male role model don't know how to act around men, using whatever tactics they know to keep distance, which makes them more comfortable. This girl shows attraction but isn't letting her guard down. is she hiding something or just scared? Time tells. That's up to him to see if any red flags are just that or a defensive mechanism. And also, psychos aren't normal girls.

You don't understand because it isn't I think I'm trying to help. It is that I do help. Your assumptions that I have delusions are based on ignorance. Anyone can argue with someone because they have been told something by another they believe to be true, and think the person they are arguing with is wrong, while the whole time that person they learned something from was wrong, and so are they. Anyone can argue a point, then go and research to find a link that another made using their opinion, and try and use that to bolster your argument. I have no delusions. I see things as they are. I try to not make opinions like you are doing, because they are not always valid, meaning yours are biased on your beliefs, your bias based on your experiences and not based on facts. You don't know a thing about me, nor anyone else on this forum, unless you have met them in person. if you did, you would be very embarrassed and shy away. Don't assume you know me because I differ from your opinions. If you are an adult, you already should know this, and not waste time trying to prove otherwise. You aren't looking smart to anyone here, besides the few clueless that are narcissists also. I have tried to help many here with knowledge I've gained over 67 years of studying various topics, reading constantly about psychology, narcissism, depression, nutrition and health, among other personal hobbies. In other words, I'm not a bu**shi**er.

Let your heart lead the way.

Just like back home in the US, yes.

What you say is true, but not with all Thai women. Hard to tell who's what but again, that takes time. Many reasons a woman acts erratic, and not all involve infidelity. One thing many Thai women only get after awhile, along with all other women. When you cheat on someone that is good to you, when you lose that good man, you end up with someone who cheated with you, and surely will do it to you as son as he gets the chance. they think they are slick, all the while too stupid to understand that locals will not stay but a fraction of the time, and if they have children, that translates to never. Hit and run, a lot because the court system here is beyond broken, as far as making sure men here that have children will support them. The women end up alone, used and confused. They might have a house to live in, and a car, but they'll be the talk of the town, their "friends" talking behind their back and looking down on them, miserable because they ruined the only good thing they'll ever have. Gold doesn't make a warm bed partner.