Prubangboy

Since I got here a year ago, I have had two straight up relationship propositions from attractive Thai women in their low 40's (I am 70). While I felt affinity and affection from them what I distinctly did not feel was any groinal moisture in my direction. I fear that that is now the sole province of the few oldie whitie women who can even muster it up. Yellow? I'm their 5th choice. At best. Give me a whitie 3 who's into me over a yellow 9 who wants a lap top for their kid (not that that's a true story or anything).

If I'm out in a moo ban, what does that cost to rent? Assuming no real restaurants, what's my weekly food spend? How much will Noi want to stick around without a long face? I was talking to an old hippie who was staying by Soppong Cave for 500 baht a day, all in, including a couple of big Changs at sunset.

-Have you had sex with a white woman in Thailand? -If an attractive white woman was into you here, would you hit that?

Have I wandered in to the periodic 7/11 Toasty appreciation thread?

I'm on about 120K a month. That's for me and my western wife. We live in a great area, eat every meal out, and want for nothing. So 60K is basically me without the wife, the big apartment, and the sushi and falafel habit. Very def doable here in Chiang Mai. partic if you're willing to ride the little red bus 10 minutes further out. The guy who lives next door to me lives on 40K. He has a local GF and keeps the a/c on low. An astonishingly plush life for $300 a week. His Doi Suthep view is the same as mine (for $300 a month less).

There's a nice person here who says that his dream is to retire to Thailand and counsel whitie alcoholics who are lying face down in the gutter. My purpose in life is to laugh at that guy. Other than that, I got nothing.

Phuket is nicer Miami. Samui is like crappy Maui.

This is the threadbare consolation prize advice for failures who simply could not manage to run away from their problems. Which you can observe even a roach doing.