JensenZ

I don't suppose you've much experience with those "aids". I've had a lot of experience with both. They might work well the first couple of times you use them, but their benefit wears off. That's not taking into consideration that they only work for about 60% of men, statistically. Now, if you take a dose before you hire a working girl for a few rounds, and you're excited, they could work well. I have a payback for taking 100mg of Viagra (sildenafil). I get a feeling of being hungover and heartburn that can last a day. 50mg doesn't do the job at all. Also, it's only useful for about 1 hour after it kicks in, so you have to time it perfectly.... and the part that many don't understand - you need to be excited. You require stimulation. Then there is Cialis (Tadalafil). Works for longer, but not as powerfully, and I also get side effects that I don't enjoy. But, if you live with a good-looking girl with a great body, you can't keep using these drugs every day, and even if you did, their benefit will wear off, and also your excitement will wear off if you're with the same girl every night. Note: Viagra comes in 50/100mg, but Cialis comes in lower doses; however, you can use a pill cutter and get the 20mg size. You won't get much benefit with under 10mg (erectile benefit), but 5mg a day does wonders for enlarged prostates.

That's the truth. Only a very small percentage of bargirls make any money to talk about, and they are usually the top-tier, young girls on gogo bar salaries. The majority of bargirls (In Pattaya) are 30-plus, single mothers, who would be lucky to get a lady's drink per day. They don't last long before they go back home. Some end up at the Coconut Bar.

I started to have performance issues a few years ago, and it's no joke. I sleep next to a perfect specimen half my age every night and often have to make excuses LOL. Fortunately, she has only one other guy to judge me by, her previous Thai bf. Having an experienced bargirl making comparisons from her vast experience with other horny men would be a problem, and probably one of the best reasons not to marry one.

For a large number of men, the "nob" becomes quite useless in their retirement years, even for urinating. If that's the only reason to live, you have a problem.

This is not entirely accurate. For example, in NZ and Australia, which are virtually welfare states these days, there are plenty of hookers plying their trade. In NZ, it's a taxable profession. There are many reasons why Thai girls work in bars. It's a better income for many, and they have the chance to hook a monied foreigner and live the dream.

There isn't a fixed number of genders, as gender exists on a spectrum with infinite possibilities, including male, female, non-binary, agender, and genderfluid identities. All I know for certain is that person, whatever gender "they" or "them" might be, is top of the list of most annoying AN members.

It's kind of stupid to think Trump needs to "clamour for attention". He gets more attention than anyone else on the planet.

The bottles used to be much more solid, years ago, and you couldn't crush them by hand. They must have had at least twice as much plastic in them. They now have to collect a lot more bottles to make the same money.

Which is meaningless unless we know exactly what he tested and what the results were. "Not as pure as you might hope" is quite vague.

You go to a lot of trouble for nothing. All my empty water bottles, which are easily crushed by hand, and other plastic and aluminium cans are given to a lady who sells them for recycling. I don't do this to save the planet, but to help the lady get some extra income. Even if you put your empty water bottles in the garbage bin, they will get collected by garbage scavengers during the day or night. I'm surprised you didn't know this.

I'm well aware of that, but why talk about tap water?

Label translation: "Produced from natural underground water sources. It undergoes a clean manufacturing process using a reverse osmosis system and is sterilised with UV rays and ozone. This results in pure water rich in minerals, so consumers can be confident they're drinking clean water. It's also beneficial to the body." Believe or trust anyone you like. If you don't trust it, get it analysed or visit the factory.

Well, why not just drink the bottled water? It has no taste. Some have a mineral taste, but I prefer water purified by reverse osmosis.

Have you ever tasted water from a tap in Thailand? If you're game, you should try it. At the very least, if they were filling bottles with "tap water", it would be filtered first.

I was anticipating replies such as this. You're not sure of anything at all... Apart from the fact that purity is impossible to determine unless it is analysed in a lab, it's good enough for me. It is clean and tasteless, as I expect my water to be, and I've been drinking cheap bottled water in Thailand for 20 years. The current average price for bottled drinking water in Pattaya Central is 3 packs of 0.6L x 12 for 100 baht and 3 packs of 1.5L x 6 for 100 baht. Now competition has driven the price down to 25 baht a pack (no need to buy 4) in predominantly Thai-resident areas of the city. Let's not make any more assumptions that one brand is better than another unless you can get a lab report to prove it.

Just east of the railway line in Pattaya (or on the railway road), water vendors are now selling 6 x 1.5L and 12 x 0.6L for 25 baht each. These outlets are all over the place, where you can just pull over and they'll put it in your car or on your scooter. I have at least 4 near where I live.

I hit the needle in a haystack, too, regarding kids. Originally, I was looking around for women in their early 40s who had kids of adult age already, until I found a 33-year-old who doesn't want them. It must be in the family, as her younger sister doesn't want any either. When you date women with young children, you're almost invisible other than providing support. As Cameroni mentioned above, you're a distant 2nd or 3rd place, depending on how many she has.

I'm in good shape and muscular, but putting my rapidly wrinkling, sun-damaged skin next to my babe's perfect, velvet, unblemished skin can be a bit embarrassing. It makes me more aware of my age. You can build the muscles and lose the fat, but there's not much you can do about the skin.

Girls age at different rates depending on their lifestyles. My girl doesn't drink or smoke, eats healthy, exercises and stays out of the sun (works office jobs). She also doesn't have the burden of children or an extended family to support. That's why she looks 10 years younger than her real age. My ex-wife, whom I met at 18, also looked at least 10 years younger than her real age after she hit 30. Also, no children, etc. You seem very focused on age. What do you do when they hit 30 or they want to start a family? Do you trade them in for a younger model?

The whole article is total nonsense. There will be no surge or major increase in prices until the tourists are actually here and bookings get tight, which is very unlikely. There is a major oversupply of accommodation in Pattaya, along with all other services, which keeps the prices down. The market determines prices, not some fool writing stupid articles. The stupidest comment was about taking alternative routes. Any alternative routes have already been taken and are already congested. There is no easy way for cars to navigate the roads in Pattaya. Thai residents with cars have already choked all the roads, before the peak season arrives. Why would tourists need routes anyway? They don't normally rent cars to drive around.

Especially if you've been for a walk or two ON the beach. I've walked the entire length of sand from Walking Street to the other end many times this year, and the most accurate description I can make is "giant ashtray", as every square meter of sand is full of cigarette butts. There are some quite clean beaches, but I won't give their location away as I want them to stay clean LOL. Here are some photos I took on a Jomtien Beach walk, back in early June 2025. That was the last time I walked on that beach. On that day, I was barefoot, which was quite dangerous.

My current girlfriend will often insist on paying the entire restaurant bill when we go out. The other day we went for dinner with her father and partner, and she paid the whole bill. She wouldn't take my money.

Mine doesn't get bored even when not working, but she works 9 to 6, 6 days a week for a real estate development company, so I have a lot of personal space. You said you're young? How young is that? I'm now 66 and I've had enough adventure. I prefer a more mature partner in her 30s without children. At 34, she has perfect skin and still looks 20-something, though, and she trains in my gym too, to keep her body in perfect condition. After my divorce in 2023, I had a few trials, including a few in their 20s (24 and 26) and also some in their early 40s. It takes some experimentation to get it right LOL.

The "rental" on a 24-year-old is likely to be very high, once they have left the bar. If they don't already have children, they likely want some. If they are dating an older guy, they want the good life to compensate for sleeping next to an old prune LOL. That means they will be focused on owning some real estate and a car, the bare minimum, not to mention taking good care of their extended family. There are no free lunches in this game. They will have a troop of older sisters (close friends) showing them the way. I forgot to mention, bar girls at 24 years of age are mentally very immature, and you will not be able to communicate with them in any meaningful way. They won't want to hang out with "papa", but be with their younger friends, doing what youngsters like to do. So basically, I'm saying that a 24-year-old would be one of the worst possible choices for an older expat. If you need to have sex with one, just hire one for a few hours and get it out of your system.

Boredom proneness is considered a personality trait. If you have one of those, you're in for a rough ride. You'll be spending your days trying to keep her occupied.