happydreamer

Are you admitted for the process? My insurance will cover but only if I'm admitted

Since moving from the West to Thailand one thing has become very obvious to me. There's great importance placed on whether or not her life gets better being with you. It's as simple as that. If she's making 15K a month then her means of sending money to her family are quite minimal. In her eyes and her parents eyes, thats her obligation and most likely the reason they had children...to help support them in their old age. So if she's dating a guy who can help her to do her thing and make herself look better in her family's eyes then ya, she's gonna ask you for help. They all ask for help in one way or another. Women here are very different than women in the west. Women here want to be taken care of, whether it's a vacation, an allowance, a car, a home, or an iPhone...they want some token of affection from the guy they are giving their time to. Otherwise, what's the point of dating you? The women here don't give a sh!t how cool you are or how great you are at badminton, how much of a guitar pro you are unless you have the credentials and finances to back it. I paid for my wife's (gf at the time) Masters Degree and post-graduate studies for which she enrolled in the US and did remotely. Why, because it was a solid ask for help that would not only help her improve her life but help her improve her family's life, and ultimately help her be better in our relationship. Men provide value in their relationships...whether it's money, security, a family or all of these. If it's worth it to you then so be it. Be happy about it and dont look for validation here. Godspeed bro

Ok...the example helped clarify. Point taken. Made money off bitcoin once in December of 2017 when I sold at 14K. Who knew. Would have been pretty damn good right now had I not. As for it now, I'm in BITO because it pays dividends (for now) and is much less risky Cheers

So you're an advocate of all-in? That sounds very unlike your generation and more like a crypto bro mentality

It's an irresponsible strategy to go all in on an investment whether it plays out or not. No financial advisor or wealth manager is going to pat you on the ass and say wow I'm impressed by your great timing and diamond hands'ing that all in move broooo." It shows a lack of knowledge depth and understanding. Card counting is a strategy. All -in on anything, strategy or not isn't a prudent move. Ive done this for over 25 years and retired at 40 (ten years ago) off diligence, hedging, and diversification in the markets.

Anyone going 'all-in' on any particular instrument or commodity should stay the hell out of investments. Besides demonstrating a non-existent understanding of diversification its the absolute stupidest idea in the entire world of investments

To be honest, I never thought I'd say it but I wish they would regulate it. In my opinion the quality of tourists declined right around the time they made weed legal to purchase at every street stall in Bangkok. Ive smoked weed since I was 14 years old (I'm 50 now) but the types I see here getting stoned and about are amongst some of the lowest caste of the drug user society. I remember going to raves in the 90s and every once n a while you'd stumble upon groups of drug users and you'd notice that something about a particular group was more desperate or dire than just your happy go lucky weed smokers. I see a lot of that here lately.

This makes me really sad. When I started coming here in 2012 I started getting into the music because it was fun to be out with friends at the local hangs and know the words. The girls used to seem to dig it too. Reminds me of a really fun time in life. The bands in those early days were so good

Only buy supplements off the shops on Lazada that have the LazMall or Official Shop stamps. Otherwise you're rolling the dice. Got caught up in this a few times.

Theo did a decent job, 4 or 5 playoffs and a WS...which for the Cubs took 108 years. I was on my way here in 2017 when they won it. Saw the last inning at Incheon airport. Woke up the next morning in Bangkok to Cubs news in Thai on the back page of the Times. Got my wife into baseball so I have someone to watch with. Kinda explained to her that if you were from somewhere with non major market teams you kinda needed to pick some big market teams if you wanted to see magic in October. I dont understand Chicago in general. For a city our size they dont put money into sports teams

I bet your creative writing teacher loved you. 🙂 ":primed to deliver on their shameful pact." Thats brilliance

Nice. please beat the Cubs. Lived in Chicago 42 years before moving here. Sox management hates us fans.

Who's your team(s)

Pronouns White person guilt E-Wheels Che Guevara t-shirts Semicolon tattoos

"with a mere 10% chance of happening in a lifetime, they highlight a non-zero risk." groundbreaking revelation. Tell us wise sage...is there anything thats not a non-zero risk in life.

I can't imagine being so miserable that I wake up one day and say Im going to start a MAGA thread on a community forum for people who have left their home countries. Get over it dude. The rest of us have

If I may quote the situational articulation of Ludacris.... You doing ho activities With ho tendencies Hoes are your friends Hoes are your enemies

I can't believe someone didn't jump up and kick his ass.

I love insulting girls when I first meet them. If they stick around you now they're legit 🙂. Great story mate.

In front of the former Glow nightclub in 2018. We were trying to get in but there was a curfew going on at the time and as we were in line the place was getting shut down for the night. We both went for the same cab at the same time so I asked where her and her friend were going. Turns out they were going to the same place so we rode there together. When we got to the next place we got a table and she handed me her business card. I think that was her attempt to make it known to me she had a career and wasn't some pick-up girl. I was impressed. And that was the beginning of it. We colloquially started calling it 'BK Taxi Love Story' after our first year. Married in 2020

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Immigration will look for any way they can to find issues with your process until you either give up or give in. And ya'll know exactly what I mean by giving in. This year is my 4th time doing it and I'm still getting d1cked around and hassled.

Rent can be as cheap as 3k per month and as much as over 200k. I pay in excess of 60k to live in a place that doesn't attract short times and content creators with bad shirt collections

She was a pretty girl when they didn't try to over- sexualize her. She had that naturally beautiful facial structure that most Issan girls have. It's a shame to see it nearly erased. On a sorta related note i really dislikev LV. Never been a fan. Some of the tackiest big brand couture out there

When I moved here permanently in 2018 (after going back and forth for the first three years) I moved here with 240 lbs of things which was three suitcases and 2 moving boxes. I fit whatever I could fit into those containers and have simply rebuilt since then. I used to have a storage locker in the US with my entire life of 42 years that I spent there thinking one day I'd bring it over. Reality is...I moved here to start a new life. I married a woman from here and didn't want to bring anything from my old life and failed relationships. So I parted with a storage locker of designer furniture (Room and Board, Design within Reach, West Elm), art supplies, actual art, cameras, studio gear, you name it... I let my ex-gf pick through it so I knew it was at least going to someone who could appreciate it. It hurt but it was a lesson in letting go.