GinBoy2

Well I met my Thai wife in Singapore, sordid office romance

But pretty sure I would have ended up with some version of Asian if I'd stayed in California.

Walk down any street in San Francisco and probably 50% of the couples you see are white male and asian female.

For whatever reason evolution seems to have us attracted to certain types

Contact AisianTigers

I've done it the reverse direction but they deal with shippers in the US and can probably take care of you

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On 7/6/2025 at 5:17 PM, SAFETY FIRST said:

costly lesson, costing Emilia valuable time and a hospital visit amounting to approximately 500 Thai Baht

500 baht doesn't seem too costly. 

 

Nice photo.

Reminds me of Debbie does Dallas 

 

 

You're showing your age.

The kids will have no idea of how icon porn 'Debbie Does Dallas' was

This is what the aftermath looks like!

7 hours ago, watchcat said:

 

But there's risk for skin canser when you get older...

Yeah it doesn't happen overnight.

I was 55 when it raised it's ugly head for me.

One of the downsides of living in Thailand is the ability to buy practically any medication you want without a prescription.

I'd self 'diagnosed' eczema on my cheek and was buying stronger and stronger cortisone creams until one day after the creams were just making the lesion on my face more angry when I was in BKK I went to see an actual doctor in Brumrungrad who did a biopsy bingo, cancer.

Skin cancer creeps up on you over decades, not overnight

4 hours ago, Photoguy21 said:

If you don't work you get taken care of. Free money is not exactly an incentive to get people into a job. Then of course the Woke ideology that they cant get a job because they dress up like an animal or something else equally ridiculous. Some people in society are genuinely unable to work but the majority are not. Put them in a position what ever is available and make that the only source of their income.

The Woke nonsense does not help either with these stupid gender ideology and pronouns. You are either a male or a female. You can not be something else.

In the UK it pays to not work and many will take advantage of it. Doctors will in many cases sign them off as unfit to work.

Are your Doctor's at the heart of the problem?

I'm sure the easiest thing for them to do is just sign a piece of paper and get these folks outta their hair, rather than having to go through the rigamarole of telling them to 'shape up' 

On 6/30/2025 at 12:30 AM, StandardIssue said:

Absolutely, I've seen a few Doctors over the years at Bangkok Hospital and the like and they can be way behind in the latest advances in medicine. Many are just glorified pill salesman.

 

All very true IMHO

Anyone that has ever been to a Thai doctor knows, from a common cold to terminal cancer you walk out off the office with multiple baggies of pills!

Was there a special strain of COVId that infected British youth that they became so mentally distressed they couldn't work?

Seems like in the rest of the world that particular strain never appeared 

We all feel down in the dumps sometimes, but you dust yourself off and go to work.

You know I'm a total Anglofile, I love your country, but the ability for a 20 yo to say his/her mental health prevents them from working and the State pays them money for 'feeling down'' is absurd.

Men came back from war after seeing some pretty bad stuff and  I'm sure pretty traumatized and went back to work

I'm not saying real mental illness isn't a thing, but seriously so many young Brits can't work cos they're mentally impaired!

1 hour ago, StandardIssue said:

 

Man, anyone who decides to do the expat life and doesn't put in place provisions for old age health care  is really just asking for trouble. I pity the man, but his troubles could have easily been avoided by making sure he had an exit plan.

 

This is fair warning for all trying to "live the dream"

 Have medical insurance and continued care in your home country. If you cannot then DON'T sell it all and come. 

 

Anyone with an ounce of common sense would not soley rely on the Thai health care community for all health care needs.

 

This man should have setup a way for him too easily go back to the home country in the case of medical emergency and get care. If not able too then he should have not gotten himself stuck here.

 

This kind of thing is absurd but all too common. 

All very true

Trouble is a large majority when they arrive in their 50's believe they are immortal, it's a common misconception prevalent across a lot of the males of the species 

So he is running outta funds, no insurance reliant on whatever he can get from a government hospital, which I know I will piss off some, are close to quacks posing as Doctors

Now would be the time, strap yourself into an airline seat and go home

On 6/22/2025 at 5:40 AM, KhunLA said:

Holding my partners hand at times is standard with all my partners, here in TH, or USA.   It  can be a little warm and uncomfortable here, TH.   Especially outdoors and depending how far walking, along if walkway allows 2 abreast.

Been with Mrs G over 20 years.

Now in our twilight years, still very much in love but the holding hands in public thing somehow smacks of young love, and neither of us are young!

Insurance is such a minefield, and of course it's very State dependant.

I live in a townhouse HOA and we had a collective policy.

Then it got to the point insurance was just ridiculously expensive, and for HOA's the insurance phrase is 'walls out' and you're on the hook for everything inside the walls

Previously it was the rule multi family dwellings couldn't self insure so we thought we were stuck.

Then things all loosened up and we got individual coverage for wall in and out , which coupled with our cars dropped the monthly cost by close to 50%

My rentals are in a multi level structure, still working on that

So I think from what I read these US bunker buster bombs can burrow themselves 200ft before they explode.

The enrichment chamber is 290ft in the mountain.

But i suspect that with  multiple strikes that concrete shell ain't gonna work

If ever there was a time for Iran to negotiate, this would be it 

I have several Iranian friends in the US who dream of a day when the regime will fall and they can go home, hopefully that is that pivotal time.

As much as I don't like the idea of war, pressure them to to point that the population fight back

Oh and for the geeks, Yes the last sentence of my post was a paraphrase of George Smiley, who I love!

Thing is the expat population does fall into two camps.

Those who could if they wanted to, leave, and those where boats have been burnt and they're stuck.

You tend to find the ones with the ability to leave are usually pretty honest about the pluses and minuses of Thailand, the good the bad and the ugly

But then you get to the next category.

Because for whatever reason they ended up stuck, and it's usually money, they will make excuses (reasons) for almost anything that happens in Thailand to justify them staying in Thailand

You could probably tell them their daughter was being sexually abused by the local monk and there would be an excuse for it

A zealot who protests too hard always has something to hide

So I do like German breakfasts, cold cuts great bread etc.

That being said.

As a young man I used to do a lot of work in the UK, and was introduced to this wonder breakfast item 'Fried bread'

I'm pretty sure my arteries have suffered, but OMG, white bread, and fry it! Stuff to die for.

German cold cuts as much as I like it can't beat fried bread

19 minutes ago, unblocktheplanet said:

For me, only thing is that my grown kids don't like my Thai wife. They think it's somehow supporting their Mum. Not true, former & I are in touch every week at least.

Thats unfortunate.

Thankfully all my adult kids get along with themselves and with Mom's.

My Thai son when he came to the US for college lived with my eldest daughter in Chicago, then after graduation moved with her to Denver.

Now we on to grandkids, and for them, both of them are nana (name)

I think when I first got divorced my daughters did hold some resentment against my Thai wife.

But as I explained to them, it wasn't her that cheated on their Mom, it was me!

But now all water long under the bridge, and I can almost forget it ever happened

I'm pretty OK with seeing a US flag displayed with a flag of whatever State I'm living in

Whats the deal with a UK flag next to a Scottish, English, Welsh or NI flag?

I'm American, born in California, Hispanic do I really give a rats ass about flags,

Just grow up

6 hours ago, Keeps said:

Face - every 48 hours.

 

Bits and bobs - every 96 hours. Give or take (depends whether I am on public transport or similar when the deadline approaches).

 

Hate shaving. Would have full body laser removal if it was practical. As I get older I am losing hair where you should have it and gaining it where you shouldn't.

As a hairdresser I had in California once said to me...

Men don't lose hair, it simply relocates!

You could ask the same question; 'are you bitter about Thai women' that could unleash the floodgates!

Divorce can be bad, but I think for quite a largely unreported number we get through it OK. 

I'm still very friendly with my ex, mother of two of my kids, we talk several times a week, and she gets on great with my Thai wife, primarily because when they are together they love nothing more than to bitch about me!

How many stories have we all read on AN from bitter guys who got fleeced by their Thai gf/wife? 

So relationship breakups are always hard, but I think the bitterness comes from the degree of, and I hate to say it, the money that gets lost.

Me and my ex did a mutual separation agreement, never needed a lawyer, we filed it with the court it cost us $50 and six weeks later it was done.

Neither of us got all that we wanted, but it was fair and we got on with our lives

Pretty sure Bitterness=Money

3 hours ago, save the frogs said:

 

Well, just read a story about a Brit who got knocked off by his bargirl gf and her Thai bf. 

She was 30 years younger.

So in some rare cases, they get tired of waiting for you to die and accelerate the process.

Especially if you put property in her name and she doesnt need your money any more. 

Personally, I don't want to be with a woman who is waiting for me to die. 

 

Well I'm sure there are more than a few willing to 'accelerate' the process!

How many get caught, that's another question,

Thai justice is as we all know dubious, and I'm sure 'Natural Causes' is the default cause for any older dead farang with a sweetie young enough to be his daughter or granddaughter, 

On 6/14/2025 at 11:08 PM, save the frogs said:

 

How long do those arrangements last (on average) when the girl is 35+ years younger?

 

The girl stays with the guy until the end usually ... or ?? 

 

Well there is that.

The 'girl' has to lag it out a few years until the old guy finally departs this world.

Weird relationship, but I guess it works for more than a few in Thailand

So this is one of those topics that we go around and around with here..

But it always fascinates, a little like watching reality TV. I hate myself for watching it, but can't help myself.

Of course over the years I've run in to many a couple, obvious ex bar girl and older farang.

They tend to be decades apart in age.

What the heck do you talk about, generally young enough to be daughters, if not granddaughters.

I talk to my daughters but it's on a whole different level, we almost don't speak the same language

So I guess if it's just all about sex, thats fine, but I do just kinda like hanging out with my old lady, same age age similar life experiences, don't think I could deal with the girl child thing

Stupid Hallmark holidays.

I'd kinda slap any of my kids if they sent me some stupid gift

....they all know better!

3 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

This tops the list as the most boring pizza. 

 

Nope the perfect margarita pizza if made correctly is just perfect simplicity, can't be beaten