JimTripper

5-6 pints in one night? that would get me hammered even back in college. Take it easy.

A holiday in a small room is not the same as living there. Mental mindset is everything, not necessarily the environment you are living in. Ditto with having a home base vs just being stuck somewhere. it’s not all just “sucker up, buddy and go golfing!”. There’s more too it then that, reality! Same with booze. Some people can’t “just stop drinking and go golfing!”. There are more factors to consider.

Because when your skint, living in a shoebox room it’s not easy to just go golfing and feel like life is wonderful. A lot of guys are surviving on meager pensions and are not working, just surrounded by bars.

I wonder why I don’t see more vehicle accidents and such with people drinking so much. Seems like it would be a huge problem here, especially on motorbikes. Almost never see an accident. Maybe they are quickly removed from the road.

There’s a road in Pattaya that goes from the big c Pattaya Klang to an old cheap condo complex (Nirun). The expats sit in the bars during the day on that road with beers and just stare out at the road. It’s old elderly guys with skint to do. There’s not much else around there to do!

Well I walk regularly out in the heat and the last thing I want is a beer, but I would die for a soda water. when I see people with a beer I know they have good transportation options, big drinking problems or won’t make it very far.

It’s lower class Thai’s that speak loudly/make noise.

What an embarrassment ????????‍♂️

I think a lot of expats are drinking out off boredom, then it becomes a habit. When in a foreign country and not speaking the language there is simply not a lot to do unless you’re a loner and like exploring around on your own. The welcoming accessible activities for expats that are sociable in nature and don’t speak Thai are mostly bars and girls.

That’s not true anymore. I have an O-A and still needed the certificate of residence. I tried multiple banks. Stop telling people they can just walk in on a tourist visa and get an account because someone got lucky somewhere. You need to come prepared and do things the correct way.

If someone rips me off in my condo I don’t complain to the building management! It’s a private matter ????. I may ask them for video footage if I’m paying for that, but that’s as far as it goes.

The security guards at my condo are a pain. The guy sits right in front of the door and eyeballs me each time. Many Thais don’t really know how to work security. You’re not there to be a friend and address residents every time, it’s about weeding out strangers, and not interfering with regular traffic flow. If somebody enters with you as a guest and you have a key no ID should be required and you don’t need to explain who they are. Guard is overstepping boundary. Hotels are different.

The other question is whether it’s a consistent policy or uncooperative/rushed/ignorant employees. Some people may be going in and getting different answers about what can and cannot be done.

Why do you need to go into a branch when you can use any ATM?

Here’s an article I just picked at random about wingmen. https://www.shortform.com/blog/what-is-a-wingman/

Two great books you can read: 1. boys & sex 2. how to successfully meet girls and women at bars and clubs i forget the authors, but they are classics.

It actually works great. You just trade off, each time you go out, or if one guy is interested in a particular woman your buddy knows and automatically assumes the wingman role. If you don’t find anybody that’s ok too, guys just having a beer. The best wingman you can have is a guy that’s married. Women know why you are approaching and a married guy has no expectations and acts completely natural. Also (ideally), he’s never interested in the woman over you. Like I said above it’s just a way of breaking the ice without stag approaching people. Maybe your Mr. Bond and just approach people or groups of women solo and come out ahead? ???? Nothing wrong with that either. I don’t want to write a book here, but you can Google pickup gaming for info. There are all kinds of techniques, etc. even professional pickup gamers on YouTube who do videos going to pick up random strangers, etc. Again, it tends to just result in fleeting hookups imo, or the guys that do it are only into fleeting hookups ????????‍♂️.

Why are the balcony tiles polished smooth? Kind of slippery when you hose it off with water. Matte unpolished tiles are used for balconies, not polished tiles, but you already knew that Einstein.

Smash it. Problem solved.

It actually dropped for me. I don’t desire sex as much as I did when I was younger. In fact, I barely want it now. Maybe one time a week is plenty for me. I’m ok with that. There’s no reason to have a lot of sex if the desire is not there.

???? Nope

Not if he is looking for quality as he states. He’s not looking for easy sex and dates, speed dating, day gaming and all that juvenile stuff. What you end up with “gaming” is a bunch of superficial dates or “games”. It also drives away quality people because they can smell that it’s BS. The ones that do respond tend to respond to every guy who approaches. Look at your buddies who “day game”. I bet their relationships are very short duration, because that’s their approach. The Op does not want that. All that <deleted> you learned in high school does not apply to real world quality relationships, it was just good for people that did not know how to have a real conversation, but they were supposed to grow out of it.

???? I know what your talking about. That old school game stuff. Maybe your from the USA. Keep in mind though, in a lot of cases that’s not real confidence, it’s insecurity. Take a look at the guys that do that. It’s rushed and not genuine. I think it results in more dates though.

The op does not say he’s “only” using apps, he said he tried everything including apps, matchmakers, going out places daily, coffee shops, clubs, etc. It sounds like he is making an effort to meet people in person as well. Whether he cold approaches he does not specifically say. Most guys don’t cold approach unless they are looking for hookers. They lean into it by making conversation, go where others are, eat together, etc. One thing the op may benefit from is a “wingman”. A buddy or drinking partner of the same sex that makes breaking the ice a bit easier, but backs off a little once you make contact. It’s incredibly easier to talk to a group of females when there’s somebody else around to joke with etc. goes back to the having friends issue I mentioned earlier. Otherwise, he’s just going stag at venues which can be done but you need much more self confidence with that approach.

When I got my policy it said no exclusions, and it says that on my card also. I don’t think they check past records on mine after a claim, I think they already did it when I was approved for the policy.