GinBoy2

Actually the Capt. doesn't really care about how 'happy' a passenger is. What he cares about is the safety of the flight, thats his job, and thats exactly what the Capt. did in returning to the gate, nothing to do with keeping some numbnut 'happy'

Just the fuel burn alone to taxi back to the gate is in the thousands of $. Depending on how long this incident lasted they would have had to get the fueler back, no small deal. Then factor in the disruption the crew and aircraft scheduling it's huge. The cost of these kind of things is huge, and all for a bag, which would have been forwarded on the next flight!

Oh you would be amazed how common this is. I work for Delta, and I can't tell you how many times we have passengers leaving bags, phones, wallets in the gate area. Then on the flip side so many gate checked bags passengers forget to collect at their destination! In this case, in US at least and I think most Western countries, upon arrival back at the gate the passenger would have been greeted by law enforcement, reunited with his bag followed by a trip to the local jail.

When I first wrote this, I was primarily talking about physical appearance as we age. As with many of you I don't think I resemble my Dad in my mental state in the slightest. My Dad was a down to earth kinda guy, worked in the fields all his life. It was my Mom who nurtured and encouraged me to go on to be the first in my family to go to college. So in many ways my Mom made my mind, but sure as Hell my Dad made how I look physically today

I was talking to some of the kids at work, and I happened to say, enjoy your hair while you have it. It may not last, look at your Dad. It got me thinking, how many of us now look in the mirror, and think "My God I've turned into my Dad" My Dad, as I suspect for most on here, is long dead, but sure as sh**t every morning I look in that mirror and I see him staring right back at me

I just listened to Funky Moped. That must be a ethnic special

I had to do a web search for 'Huw' I guess he's a TV guy in the UK got caught trolling young gay guy's

Still love Karen Carpenter's voice. Sadly went too soon Recognize almost all of them

Mrs G might be among the olderThai wives here, she's mid 50's She always hoped for the best, but expected the worst. Her attitude was this is groundhog day. Nothing has yet fundamentally changed in Thailand. Next come the street protests, and ultimately another military 'intervention' Are we allowed to use the co.p word?

Didn't mean to be condescending at all. Sex is a huge part of our lives as adults. But all I wanted to say, maybe not so well is that I would put my kids before anything else in my life. I would die for them, put my own happiness aside to keep them. I'm not disparaging anyone else, we all make our own choices, but this happens to be my line in the sand, which hopefully I will never have to cross

JT, many of us on the bleeding heart left are a little conflicted about all of this, so give us some space

This is where my liberal bleeding heart kinda breaks down in turmoil. Whether it's a pageant or sports, I struggle with a trans woman competing. I think I'm OK with pageants, since that's just beauty, but then you get to sports and not so sure about that

The other thing to consider. Many a married man, or woman can pretend to be single when it suits them!

I don't want to derail this thread but the Washington Post makes one very valid point about Thai debt; '1. How bad is the situation? Pretty bad. Thai borrowers have high debt with low ability to pay back' The key phrase there is; low ability to pay back. Thailand isn't the highest personal debt country, but it's up there. In fact Switzerland, according to the IMF is #1 https://www.imf.org/external/datamapper/HH_LS@GDD/CAN/GBR/USA/DEU/ITA/FRA/JPN/VNM The difference is I would suggest, that the Swiss, unlike Thai's with high personal debt have a very high ability to pay back

If that boy is only 45, poster child on why to stay off the ex!!

That's actually really sad. I couldn't imagine a situation where I didn't talk to my daughters and Grandkids. I'm kinda lucky my 2 American daughters are only a few years older than my Thai son, he lives a block away from my eldest daughter in Denver, with his new wife and baby. My other daughter has given us two Grandkids, and I couldn't be happier. Kids without the hassle and sleepless nights of having kids! Couldn't ever imagine what I would feel if I'd given that up because of my sex life choices

Sorry if you took that as an attack, it wasn't meant to be. I really just wanted to make the point that i would always put my biological kids ahead of anything.

Oh come on, this is one of the more probable Thai/Farang relationships. Similar ages all good. As for bringing up another mans kid, well thats not unusual. I work with a young guy, just got married to his gf. Her daughter is as much his, if not more than the biological dad

There are single Mom's I agree, but you aren't dead! The single Mom who at 25 married a 70 year old guy is going to have a child with a dead Father before that kid is an adult

The other thing goes through my head is the fate of kids born of age disparate relationships. You may alienate kids from previous relationships since your new gf/wife may well be the same age as them, but what about the kids you spawn with that 20 something Thai gf? We've all seen it, the 60/70 something with the 20 something slopping around the mall with a couple of rugrats. Those kids are never going to experience growing up with Dad. First prom, first terrifying meeting with bf/gf, Dad teaching them how drive, just goofing off playing ball, and the delight of grandkids. Thats part of a kids upbringing and for many a child of an elderly Dad those things just ain't gonna happen

I get that For me it's more language. After all these years I still translate Thai and Lao in my head as I speak. English and Spanish swirl in my head fluidly, i don't even think about it. I dream in my native languages, yet never once have I dreamt in Thai Lao or Mandarin Mt wife is Thai, speaks Thai English and Lao but she grew up as a teenager in the US. She has the same issues, but for her all three are native and she dreams as such So maybe thats what I mean about familiarity rather than a physical place

I'd like to believe that, but color does matter. I hope my Grandson is born into world where color doesn't matter so much. But I fear the same cr***p I grew up with as an Hispanic kid at college still exists, But as a red headed Hispanic/Thai boy, he'll be a hit with the ladies for sure

Well thats the other factor often overlooked. That 20 something, with the 60 something is probably educated to middle school level at best. They have no conversation, let alone a real adult relationship. Kids see that, and know it for what it is. I'm happy that my Thai wife is old enough to be my American daughters Mom, and they treat her as such. If I'd have a Thai wife their age, things would be very different

Well I'd like to think my kids love me a little bit more than just what I'm gonna leave them. I'd dump any woman if it meant keeping my children on side. At the end of the day, you are related to your children by blood, some random gf you pick up, will drop you like a pair of dirty underwear when the money runs out

Well ditto that. I would have serious issues if either of my daughters were dating a man my age. Of course my daughters are American, so the money/power dynamic doesn't really come into play as in so many(most) Thai/Farang older man younger woman relationships. I know the fantasy is that when you take your 'younger than my daughter' wife/gf home, other men are envious. Truth is men and women find it kinda creepy