JimTripper

That crowd are never long stayers. It's a revolving door.

Hello

You really have to be a winner to get younger attractive women in the USA these days as a man over 50. Sometimes I felt like I needed to be a famous artist or rock star when I was there to have that scene. Every date felt like a job interview that started before we even met. Prolonged texting and messages and asking someone out had an element of trepidation to it. Meeting someone on a dating app was like winning the lottery. I felt like I was competing with millionaires when I lived in the SF Bay Area. Once in awhile I met someone with spontaniety and genuine fun, but it was relatively rare. Women don't seem to trust guys and open up well where I'm from. I'm not really sure what they are looking for. ⬇️ Of course, it could be that I'm just getting older and don't look that great anymore. 😂 I don't have the energy I once had. My body has also become soft and I have a flabbier chest. I think my chance of having a chisled chest like Adonis are probably over, unless I had some sort of radical surgery which is just not worth it. I also don't look especially appealing at the pool or on the beach, or in the bedroom. Add to that some dental issues, which I'm getting taken care of, but it's not perfect like a younger guy would be. People pick up on this stuff. I will throw in not being rock hard erect all the time as well but I think I still have some years to go before that becomes a serious issue.

Very similar to a condom.

You forgot to mention the two most important things:

Masking is not that big of a deal. It's just like a scarf. Anti-maskers are people who are afraid of the barrier put up between people because they need the social interaction. Or, they have attached some conspiracy theory to the mask wearing. Similar to the Jewish star during WWII. If masking still bothers you it's well to look at why. You are fearful of government control (which is much worse in other areas then masking), or are fearful the there was a virus issue and you don't want to be reminded that it's a risk.

I still like wearing my mask on public transit, it just feels healthier. Plus, I don't like people staring at me in crowds so it helps with that as well. Also, my cloth mask it's comfortable going in & out of heavily air conditioned buildings, I don't like the temperature change. I don't talk to people much though, so having my mask on is not that big of a deal. I have a comfortable cotton mask though, not cheap, so maybe you just need a better mask. Oh yes, I almost forgot, get a nice hat also. Protects from the sun which can cause skin cancer. Standing in the sun is also sweaty and uncomfortable.

Better safe then sorry.

I saw Venom live when I was a teenager. They had a mosh pit and some fat guy fell on me and I could not get up off the floor and I felt like I was suffocating as it was very hot and sweaty in there. The fat guy could not get up off me due to his weight or just because we were all drunk. People still spinning around. Some guy reached down and pulled me up from under him. I was always thankful and wondered who that guy was that helped me up. Never saw him, it was just an arm.

A lot of that is people selling newsletters & subscriptions. They pick a big currency or commodity move that's on a huge time frame so it never really materializes, although it may be a legit move eventually. The longer people expect something to happen the harder it is to let go of the idea. Meanwhile they are paying for the subscription.

Or working. He is allowed to work there.

Church's catered to a lower socio-economic class. They were typically found in poor black neighborhoods in the USA "The Ghetto".

I need to figure this stuff out to get out of here. One way of doing that is by putting my thoughts on paper. It's mostly for my benefit. Nothing is a mistake. There's a reason why I'm here. When somone learns why you are in a certain situation it tends to "spit you out" and enables you to move on.

Keep people moving around and they don't settle in. It also costs them more to keep moving around. That's the real message under it all. They don't want people living locally on a local budget, they want them in hotels, living like tourists always moving around.

A lot of the guys who expatriate to cheaper countries just end up utilizing the services of prostitutes. Typically they don't have much in common with the local population. If they are able to overcome those cultural and communication barriers, it's a lot harder to do then it would be with someone from their home country. If a guy has that sort of game and skill to overcome those barriers with a foreign non-prostitute partner they would already have someone in their home country, or they would be relocating with their partner.

Moving to Switzerland.

Maybe they did not want to call it Church's here because of Buddhism. Church's sounds Christian.

I'm from the USA and I have never heard of it.

It's not just the roads, it's any construction. They can't get it correct and lack of education.

Here is a good article. It's been happening for years. This was six years ago. It's worse now. https://mythailand.blog/2018/03/05/chiang-mai-paradise-lost/

It depends on what you want. I almost moved into the digital nomad building, it felt very comforting to be in a foreigner oriented space with people that were doing nomad stuff. It felt like I was around people who were going to succeed, move on and be successful, rather then stuck older expats who were just existing here with nothing going on with them or broke backpackers looking for wifi. There's something really exciting about being around people who are accomplishing something and not just succumbing to a foreign environment. I don't really need it to be "Thailand" anymore for me though. I have already experienced that. I'm at the stage where I want it to feel more like home (SF Bay Area) and not Thailand. It definately feels like CM is less Thai then it was 10-20 years ago. One particular thing I found disgusting is some Thai guy scaring the pigeon's around Tha Phae gate with a loud plastic barrel and yelling loudly. He does it so they fly up and the Chinese can take pictures with the pigeon's flying around them. If that's not sick tourism, I don't know what is.

I have not noticed more actual expats in Chiang Mai, but I have noticed foreigner oriented spaces like the new co-working spaces/cafe's with their 100 baht latte's. Some of the condo complexes even have co-working areas a la San Francisco type vibey spaces for digital nomads with cold plunge pools, etc. That's not Thai at all to my mind, it's more foreigners interacting with each other and creating those types of living spaces.

If you're using money as a bargaining chip that's not a secure relationship. You can run out of money. You can also have loads, but never enough. The world is full of grey areas, however. Many people need to compromise and use the cards they have been dealt. Time waits for no man... The chance to propagate your genes can be based on luck or skill and if you get that lucky break, why not take advantage of it?

When I get continual questions about "what do you do? etc, I just don't answer. Telling anyone about your finances is a mistake unless you are alreadt in a committed relationship (years). You can't play a long game if you don't know what winning means.

Time is money.