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I left school in the 2000s and grew up on a council estate. I know quite a few women from my high school who have never had a job, and the same goes for their parents. My mum was a single parent. She worked full-time from the moment I started school, and before that, she worked part-time while I was in nursery. Yes, we received child benefits top-ups and lived in subsidised social housing, but I was still raised seeing someone get up and go to work every day. That made a difference.

Not saying this isn't true to a degree but single mothers on welfare in the west have been jumping on OF at a massive rate, lots of people are greedy and want more. Welfare generally becomes the family business, pump out kids every few years to ensure the money keeps flowing and you don't have to interview at the benefits office. Where is Thailand going to get this money from? It seems like barely anyone pays taxes over here, so join the mass debt spiral of the west by being in huge deficits every year? Now you could say the government could do more to enforce that Fathers pay their way if they leave

This is what I don't get, like fly into the EU, at least if you are caught you'll get a nice cell, an education and meals etc

Then Thailand would jail her, dealing with the court case, the British Embassy, etc. It would be easier to let them get caught on arrival. If I was in charge it's what I'd do, nice export deal.

Also she was a former air hostess for TUI, the phrasing makes it sound like she was a British Air (ways) hostess, she's still British but a former air hostess

The generation of women brought up on Instagram is doing anything to keep up with the Kardashians. Onlyfans and escorting aren't covering the lifestyle for 99.5% of them, so drug smuggling is the latest profession. So dumb

what are you on about, I'm talking about the original owner does not receive the land back it gets gobbled up by the state

There was a report around the start of the year that they were reworking the 99 year lease bill to have the land transferred to the government/land registry department (not sure the official language which was used) who then issue the lease (or something like that) then reverts to the state at the end of the lease, this was privately owned land. It was long term land grab language.

As someone who would like a 99-year lease (I'm under 40) over a 30, I love the sound of it, but the previous rumour that the owner(well, descendant of the owner) doesn't receive the land back, and it goes to the state, is terrible. Land grabs, no way I would participate in that.

Tourist visa I understand, you are physically going to apply for something which already needed this (last time I was on a 60+30 TV I had to show 60k baht at Georgetown), visa on arrival free entry is dumb, after booking a 14 days all-inclusive in Phuket who's going to want to print out 3 months of bank statements to show at the airport....

The gaming ones were smart, the clubs were too, charge a membership and not relying so much on the weed sales

Considering there's more weed shops/cafes/bars than massage shops on the island these days I'm guessing most of the <deleted>ty ones who sell very low quality weed (because they don't have a clue about it) etc are a front for illegal narcotics.

It's crazy these days, 21-year-old girls look mid-30s, and 28-year-old men look 15. We know men on average have far lower T levels than previous generations, but the women, I'm completely guessing, are due to a vast majority going on the pill at a younger age than previous generations

Let's guess her defence - I'm going with she lost her money/ran out, needed a way to get home, and some man offered her some money to take a case, which she didn't know what was inside, to Georgia, then to head home. I imagine she was getting smashed by some flash Georgian in Pattaya and was just offered straight cash to do it.

It's very common in KPG, perhaps not around Haad Rin where the Full Moon party is, but Sri Thanu, Bantai and Tong Sala it's almost all fully enclosed restaurants and cafes

Sure, Israeli money built this country.... lol Sorry, but your fellow citizens (along with 2 other nations at war at the moment) are destroying the Islands with your illegal (95% of listings are not via company) subletting of every rental property, exploiting the country. Signed a British Jew

You do you, I hope he gets all he deserves for pretending to help Elephants for his own enrichment, if its via being a dick to a Thai oh well

You could be correct, or he could be just going somewhere frugally, who knows, who really should care. As long as he isn't doing the begpacker <deleted> then it's fine.

Possible too, but he's an adult and would appear to be here legally, I just find on this forum that everyone either assumes people in their 20s are broke or have no right to be in Thailand. I think it's more they are relating to their own circumstances in their 20s and have no idea how different the world is and can't comprehend worldwide remote working.

I cut my mother out for the best part of a decade, and it was the best thing to do for our relationship. We are now closer than ever and talk daily. Sometimes, space is needed for both parties to reflect on their part in the issues and finally listen to each other.

saw this last night, was waiting for the elbow, don't <deleted> around in Thailand even at 6'2+ there's a good chance you'll get <deleted> up even if it's only a leg kick warning shot.

26 not 16... could be a dropshipping millionaire, lottery winner, just have a remote job etc. He could be on a DTV. You have no idea of his situation.

This is just weird, his family could be toxic for all you know, jumping to assumptions. If he wants no contact with his family then that's his choice he's 26 and not asking for anything and probably annoyed at being tracked down by the police for no reason

He criticized Trump and is now acceptable in liberal circles in some weird way just like the Cheneys, wild timeline

TBF we do have this reputation, like Germans with sunbeds, Russians and Vodka etc. Stop getting your panties in a twist, I don't drink but this is the British reputation