Prubangboy

Laos is a bit pricey if you want to be downtown (and you do). I'm going to say 50% more than BKK to be in Vientiane. Nepal, similar. Cambo is the only one that screams cheap to me.

Why is he Indian? Possibly because his parents are Indian. Why are they Indian? Going way back, I'll bet they were very Indian. Pretend-pondering the relative, made up in your own head "injustice of this" is virtue signaling. Karma belief sorts out from the get-go what you haplessly wrestle with. I don't personally believe in Karma. But I broadly live an "As If"-life; I live as if it really exists, like Christians do with Heaven.

It's unquantifiable and has no bearing on the present moment. As you carefully -inexplicably- weigh your life's ups and downs (and now mine too?), consider:

Thai people's belief in reincarnation and karma frees them of this stupid and useless neurosis.

Gagging to hear this story and can easily match it with something worse (or better) from my own sordid past in return.

Agreed, guys who move to Asia for sex are pragmatists and sexual adventurers, not even 1% will ever even think of taking one week millionaire vacation. As per Red Pill, they have found a beta bux scenario that they can live with. They want thin and friendly, that's hard to come by past 50 where they come from. A very imperfect solution is better than no solution. Guys that no one wants in the west meet up with women that the Thai's typically don't want. 'Can't fault it. Typically, the more moderate they are in their woman-demands and age gap, the likelier they are to have a reasonable romantic relationship here. This forum is possibly unique in the world in showing successful Thai/Whitie relationships. I can't think of anywhere else where such relationships are not portrayed negatively. Feminists are happy that these men are leaving the dating pool. They're like, "Bon Voyage, and don't come back". Google Trump voters can't get dates. Rightward men are pretty much sexual untouchables these days, at any age. They want to date leftward woman (for a greater potential of sex happening), but it's a hard limit for lefty women to even date a moderate -which how rightward guys typically describe themselves, just to get a swipe back. Women only swipe right on 6% of the men in total. And .01% of the self-described conservative men. Heading off to a place where most of the woman could not identify a picture of Trump is a very rational idea.

I agree, at least at the extreme end. The average woman def likes to get a little dewey damp watching True Crime on Netflix, but few will actually jump into the gangsta end of the pool. I have an inlaw who's gone to prison 4 times and impregnated 4 women, either right before, or via conjugal visits. 3 of those women have their kids supported by cops! So yeah, the Alpha/fux Beta bux model def has some truth to it. As per Hotel California: We are all prisoners of our own devise.

I think not. Guys who get on a plane to have sex are very rare. Guys who dream about it? Prob 1 in 5. Reading Purple Pill, I see the young wrestling with the same contradictions as when I was young. The women want a sensitive CEO type. But usually, the CEO is not all that sensitive. They want men who don't exist: 6 foot tall+, 100K+, and politically liberal. That rare guy will not be pounding some fatty loudmouth. Men want trad wives, but are not particularly trad themselves. They want them to be educated and interesting, but still deferential. They want good girls who are also very sexual -so basically Stepford Wives: She messes up the bed with you and then is frantic to re-make it. Treat 'em mean to keep 'em keen is still the #1 go-to for those good looking enough to be able to pull it off (for both sexes). Nothing ever really changes.

I look in on Purple Pill Debate a bit. Women def do seem to have taken the ball and gone home, partic the young. They're willing to go without partners if the guy isn't statusy, good looking, or liberal enough. Much, much less leeway these days. TBL is right, a lot of them have checked out. The young guys dream of Thailand. They think that Thai women are submissive.

Steve goes back to the early Stickman days and has lots of long ago witty essays in the readers contribution section. Met him; super-guy. I live on a very instagrammed corner. I see people taking pics several times a day. No interest in it myself. Nimman1 Mall has a couple of arches with many little lights. It's rare not to see a Jap-couple photoing each other in front of them. A giant plastic durian statue is another must-photo for Chinese vacationers. Often they are amusingly posing like they're holding their noses. This person has a rare talent for Thai architectural pics: https://www.genevievefields.com/blog-1/an-afternoon-in-hat-yai

I once quoted a renaissance artist and had as my dating profile headline: Genius, Swordsman, Lover. I pulled from it. So def respect for Dan. The internet is no place for false modesty.

Hotel rates are up by a third since the spring. Grabcab fares about the same. Eating out, at least 20% more. Christmas and the 3 weeks after it will be huge. Nimman completely packs out on the weekends, with many Bangkok people flying up for the the EDM raves that happen every weekend out in the sticks. I went to one; it's like The Beach circa '96. All nationalities partying together, more mushrooms than MDMA. The Chinese have been light here of late, but they were def back in force for the lantern festival. They're big ravers too. Relatedly, a friend just got back from Pai and said the walking street was wall to wall people. In the middle of the week. Even Chiang Dao is a bit busy.

Take a look at the 66 Realty site. Diana was our agent.

I'm glad the white girl issue is settled.

You're living my nightmare. But if it works..... Prob not a good idea, mental health-wise, to consider the internet as a "place" that you go to. Partic when you are otherwise very idle.

I go to the Jett Gym chain. They have daily classes (called Kombat) that are OK for all fitness levels. I researched the various fitness "camps" in Phuket and found them to be expensive for what you get and not that great in terms of trainers and facilities (often, no AC). I had a private training session at Jett's Gym and found it impossible to complete the hour. It's a huge stress on the hips. As an old, out of shape person, low impact exercise is much better for you. Alternately, when I was staying in Pai, there were a few oldies taking classes that were much modified for tourists. Most were happy with it No contact except for hitting a giant pillow. One on one Muay Thai classes start at 1,500 baht an hour. You'd have to train for about a year first to get much out of one.

Long may your blissful union run. Does she have Thai female friends where you live? That seems to be the common denominator for relationship longevity. Poss harder for her to find on an island.

Finally, a monger with a vision and a plan. Sir, I salute you. Problem: They've seen plenty of your game-type before. And you're new to the rodeo. I don't see how you keep the plates spinning without regular cash infusions. In which case, game over. I have a 52 year old friend with a similar problem in America. He'd like to have 3-4 monogamous relationships a year via Tinder. The percentage of 40-52 year old women who think similarly is bumping along zero, And the rare few who on that same page have plenty of better options. Game that worked for him even 2 years ago is now falling on deaf ears. The women have gotten shrewder from being strung along by his smarmy ilk and he has no further game to bring to bear to offset that. His solution: Go fatter. They've been passed over, so have been less gamed. I hope this is helpful to your noble mission, which I 100% support.

It's the cruise demographic that kills the cruise as an entertainment option. It's like being trapped with GeorgieGeorgia in a small space. That and going to very interesting Carib islands and seeing only fake villages selling fake diamonds. I did a cruise and could discern no diff between fake Haiti and fake Jamaica. Tho fair play, the old guys playing music at the fake Haitian buffet on the fake Haitian beach were killer. It turned out they were Tabou Combo, who are the equivalent of being the Haitian Beatles. Did anyone even bother to look up from their hamburgers?

As a certifiable retard, it is your privilege to run away from yet another comically veiled threat. How many of these retard-blustery he-man moves have you made here? I'm going going to put the number at about 6. What gets into you?

Seinfeld said, "An old guy need a place to go to". I go to the gym, the pot store for a little hang, and then to a we-work space. If I were staring at the sea all day, very little book-reading would occur.

If you're ceaselessly prone to repeatedly challenging strangers to fights in foreign countries, is that not the very definition of a retard?

I don't have the wisdom to glean between people with real problems and the people who have made-up problems, so I don't try. If they say they have a problem, I try to give them the benefit of the doubt. Or just go along with what is usually their self-diagnosis that seems to suit what they want to do anyway. It's just easier to treat the fake-crazy and the real-crazy the same. If they don't go on and on about it, we can be friends. I get off the train when they start to diagnose others. Narcissism affects merely the tiniest sliver of the world, and yet every third person claims to have been massively affected by it. If I disagree with them and they tell me I'm gaslighting, as a "toxic" person, it's time to hard-next them. A lot of people who say they're depressed are simply unhappy. A shrink can't cure unhappiness. That said, I know a fair few depressed people who are alive today due to antidepressants. That women over 40 are the big users makes me sad. I am def skeptical about the out of nowhere epidemic of ADHD. I have taken those people's drugs recreationally and loved them, partic when mixed with pot.

'"I went there. It was bad. I stayed one night. I saw hookers. Just standing around". -This from someone who aspires to his own Youtube Channel.

Perhaps the trickiest, thorniest life style enhancer to line up. My long ago time on Ko Chang often had a guy move into the hut next to me with a girlfriend du jour. I'd ask to move or check out. That lady wants to be back with her friends, not trapped with horny, bored Farang Curuso and nothing to do. Loud fighting ensuing no later than the morning of day 2.