fredwiggy

If you look around, most marriages fail, and many more are still together out of fear from something. I don't pay for relationships besides losing some because of bad choices of partners with children involved, but have gotten them because I treat women well. Most relationships end because of different future plans, and aren't anyone's fault, so I see you haven't much life experience besides thinking you deserve gifts from people, although they obviously didn't mean much to you, and they were wrong about their feelings for you. By the way, I'm not 78, and not stuck in Thailand but waiting to re establish back home, which takes time. Might try thinking why you never opened up those gifts. And it wasn't advice but pointing out the obvious.

Again, don't rock the boat. Your first sentences show what's going on, and being content, comfortable, is the most important part of a relationship, even if some believe otherwise, at least for awhile. You be you, she'll be her. If a person doesn't appreciate what they're given, they won't keep it out in the open.

A possibility as one does not usually go running from a resort room at 3 AM. The CCTV might show any followers, and also if she was struck right outside the resort area.

It took me some searching to find a store with more than a couple of cards, and I give them to my girlfriend, and did to my ex wife on special occasions or just for the heck of it. I felt they never received them before, along with the flowers they received from me. My ex said she never got any as did my girlfriend. Someone who really appreciates you , especially if she never saw this before, will think they owe you and can't pay you back, so you have to let them know giving isn't an expect of a return but just because.

I'm sorry but that attitude shows a blatant disregard for the feelings of the gift giver. Maybe in the long run you didn't deserve many if not most of them?

All in the way they grew up. My ex said thank you once, and after knowing her for awhile, I knew it was hard for her as her family are a huge combination of one mental illness or another, greed and back talking, arguments and blame being commonplace. My girlfriend now thanks me for much of what I give her, as I see actual appreciation in her, even if she was also raised in a turbulent environment to this day. I rarely see locals saying thank you to other locals, though some do to foreigners. I'll still take the show of appreciation over words any day though.

Gotta deal with any living parents as long as they live close. Accepting them goes a long way, no matter how they feel about you, you treat them well and they have no ammunition to use against you. Exploding will only bring "I told you he was no good". If something isn't broken you don't fix it. Advice taken from some who aren't happy in their lives and who think dominating over a woman is a man's way, are wrong. A man treats his partner as an equal. A boy treats them as an object. The best way to get anything from a woman you want is being able to listen to her when she needs something from you.

Some people are givers and some aren't, yet give in other ways besides gifts and money. Some find it hard to accept gifts because they were never treated well before and saw little in the way of affection. I've been in relationships where the woman never or rarely saw any good treatment, or were downright abused, and for them to accept different takes a long, long time, especially if they were mistreated by their own fathers. People can get used to anything eventually, living in their own prisons with no thoughts of how to escape. If she treats you well, that's your gift from her. You might like giving small gifts, and her keeping them , especially in the open, shows they means something to her. Everyone is different on how they relate to others, and it all starts watching their parents as children.

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You can post all the opinions you want but reality is the the body needs roughage, fiber, to have the GI system work properly. I didn't start reading up on, and to this day, nutrition, in the 50's. I started in the mid 70's, reading everything I could on the subject of a healthy diet and exercise with weights. To this day, it still rings true. Humans are omnivores, and need a variety of foods to work properly, and again, facts overrule opinions, seeing the longest living humans are from the blue zone areas, who eat carbs daily. Not a good idea to promote something which is only meant, healthily, as a short term diet to lose weight, which it does. Eventually you will be deficient in something. Vitamins C and E, along with some minerals, aren't found in meat. If you incorporate carbs daily, with some form of Vitamin C, you'll have little trouble, but taking away fiber will lead to problems eventually. Following other's opinions because something works temporarily is never a good idea................https://www.health.com/weight-loss/keto-long-term................https://www.bluezones.com/2020/07/blue-zones-diet-food-secrets-of-the-worlds-longest-lived-people/

A passport is in actuality the only thing a minor needs to travel, as it's a signed permission to travel by both parents, but some agents don't see it that way. I've heard of many who just went and showed the passport and were allowed but when I went, I made sure my ex signed a letter, with her phone number, that "allowed" our daughter to travel to the US with me. The lady at Suvarnibhumi asked for one, and after I showed her, asked to call my ex, which she did and it was okay. This shouldn't happen as noted before but with humans you'll get all kinds of different ideas on what's legal or not. Best to just get a signed, and maybe notarized letter from your wife. Those remarks at the bottom seem to be when applying for a passport, where both parents need to be there, as I and my ex, along with my daughter, are going to the US embassy soon to renew our daughter's passport, and if one parent can't attend, has to get a notarized statement allowing permission to grant the passport.

In fact I just came back from Vietnam, and I saw a fruit just like this, and the Pomelo, growing in a few places and temples, and I asked my girlfriend what it was. She named it, and said it was sour and not usually eaten, so this might be what it was. I'll have to ask her when I talk to her later. That Ponderosa Lemon description sounds right. A Pomelo and Citron cross. Edited, yes its a Ponderosa lemon and this is the Thai wording...."เลม่อนพอนเดอโรซา"lemon ponderosa .or....เลม่อนลูกผสม......mixed lemon.

As no one sees but a tiny fraction of what goes on daily anywhere, and only in the tiny fraction of the area in which they live ,the only way to know what truly happens is data, which is easily researched. A lot more goes on here than most realize, as the only way we know of current violence is TV news reports, word of mouth and data which is recorded.............https://ocindex.net/country/thailand

I don't have opinions on real life. I lived in the streets most of my life, in and near New York, San Antonio, Houston, Austin, Dallas and many others. A street fight between two people are anything goes, but 5 to 10 against one isn't a street fight but a bunch of cowards ganging up on the one because they're too afraid to tackle it individually. People use their feet to kick because they don't want to get their hands broken, or don't know how to hit with a hand, period. People who actually know how to use their feet, like I do, use them if needed in a one on one fight where both people are standing facing one another. Quite different than kicking someone when they're on the ground. Thinking all Asians know how to fight using their feet and hands, Muay Thai, Karate, Tae Kwando or any other style is ridiculous. This kind of news only comes out because as foreigners we are the very small minority. 99% of violence here is locals against locals, and the same style, many against 1.

How many acts of violence did you actually see? One, two or many? Exaggerations don't count. I lived near NYC for 30 years, and worked there, visited monthly, and spent a lot of time walking around, and never saw any violence happening. Of course it does, daily, but very few actually see violence a lot unless they live in war zones.

Looks a lot like the Pomelo or Oroblanco, which is a cross between the Pomelo and Marsh Grapefruit.

As some of our world leaders have already shown.

Exactly, you "felt" more unsafe because you heard of the violence that happened there, although you also hear it here, and it's 5 or more against 1 here a lot more often, so you should "feel" more unsafe here because of that alone. Feelings mean very little. Everyone has them every day and most mean nothing, as like all feelings, they usually pass soon and are replaced by reality. There are countless people who spend most of their time indoors and the only knowledge they have is from the media. Others, like myself, grew up on the streets and lived it daily, in big cities and the country, where we saw what went on a lot more than those who rarely went outside. I saw violence, but not very much involving more than 2 or three against one. That was usually a friend sticking up for another when someone went after them. As many have said, here it might start one against one, but the pack mentality, which is a cowardly approach, has 3,4,5 or more ganging up against the one, kicking them because they don't know how to hit with their hands, or are afraid they might break their hands on someone's face, instead of letting the 2 duke it out to see who wins. Although there are many more countries that are more unsafe than Thailand, like African, Central America and the Middle east, Thailand isn't a very safe for tourists to visit, as we've seen here more on a daily basis for the last decade or more................https://www.nationthailand.com/in-focus/30317678

Can't recommend as I haven't been there, but a coffee lover, so you could try this one. Pasha Coffee Cocktail Lounge-290/51 Beach Road-Pattaya City-Bang lamung District Chon Buri. maybe others have tried it here. It has good reviews. Here's more also............https://www.tripadvisor.com/Restaurants-g293919-c10663-Pattaya_Chonburi_Province.html

So that is how you interpreted the history you were taught in school?

I don't make up anything. Drugs are available in every country, no matter how strict the policies, because people like to get high. You can look things up as it's rather easy...........https://www.cnb.gov.sg/newsandevents/drug-situation-reports/drug-report

Read what he said again, then my reply.

This is wrong and many actually believe it. We're not carnivores and need fiber to have a healthy GI system. Look at the stats on colon cancer and see what the people who have it eat. The oldest living people on earth come from the Blue Zones, and they eat carbs, root vegetables, seeds, nuts, beans, whole grains, fruits, along with moderate proteins. can't argue with success. You eat a varied diet and you don't need supplements, unless you have a deficiency like Vitamin D. Modern science hasn't proven anything as most of the people eating carnivore haven't been doing it for many years. Nutritional deficiencies come from just eating meat. It's okay short term but shouldn't be followed forever, unless you are adding carbs daily in some form. It can also lead to cardiovascular disease.

Not a bad idea to be safe, as you never know what restaurant owners do in countries without frequent health inspections. I eat salads almost daily, but at home.

Drugs have been used here for decades, and it isn't from foreigners, meaning other than Asian countries, bringing it in but next door neighbors, especially Myanmar, which has the highest rate of meth use and production.