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What should I do if I no longer find my wife attractive?
GinBoy2 replied to bob smith's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Well you could well be right there. But Bob should also take a hard look at himself in the mirror! He better hope his wallet can make up for his own aging, once again pretty shallow -
It can be 'valued' at whatever you want Trouble is what it can actually sell for is quite another matter, as many a farang punter can attest too!
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What should I do if I no longer find my wife attractive?
GinBoy2 replied to bob smith's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
Interesting thread. None of us have the body we did 20, 30 years ago, thats just life. If you married her just for the body well sorry you're going to be disappointed down the road. Its a rather shallow relationship if as the looks fade you want to dump her. -
This is what always pisses me off. A farang married to a Thai jumps through hoops every year, and it's stressful Conversely a Thai married to a farang moving to farangland goes through the application stress once, then they are done. No money in the bank, no annual renewal, they are essentially a citizen without the right to vote, but everything is the same as a citizen
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I count myself lucky. We had three units in Noble Remix in Bangkok which we had rented out for years. New developments were going up around us all the time They were dependable rentals, I always had Japanese expat tenants, since they liked the area When we decided to move back to the US we sold them all. We broke even, given the fees involved with selling, but I feel lucky that we did that! With hindsight it's a brave man, or woman, that looks at the Thai condo market as a way to improve asset value
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Well, you're right, stuff happens in life and you just take another path. This young man is not the first athlete to have sustained some physical injury that precludes them from continuing in their sport. You just pick yourself up and do something different. All the Gofundme stuff is nonsense. By the time, if he even gets the money, surgery can correct this, he'll be way past his prime and a whole new generation of young pups will have taken his place Just go home get a decent job and move on
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You might have a point there. Maybe growing up in the UK with almost semi religious NHS leads them to just always expect it to be free, which of course in itself is a myth, nothing in this world is free, someone is always paying the bills. But often they seem almost bemused and confused when overseas and the sh*^t hits the fan that someone actually asks them to pay, and then it's always Gofundme, which is basically no different to a beggar in a Skytrain station with a begging bowl
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Well that hasn't been the history of condo construction. They continue to build despite horrific vacancy rates. It defies normal economic logic, but I've long since given up trying to understand the Thai property market
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This is who we used. I 'think' it was around $1500. https://www.thailandpetmover.com/
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Are you reliving your youth in Thailand?
GinBoy2 replied to bignok's topic in ASEAN NOW Community Pub
I think thats true for a lot of us that grew up in the 60/70's. There is a perception that it was all sex, drugs and rock n roll. That may well have been true in the urban areas, but for a lot us in rural area's society was still pretty much the same as it was in the 50's. Now I'm talking from an American perspective, but talking to Brits and other Europeans I think that was pretty much the same for them too. -
Well thats a sweeping statement. A lot depends on how long you're been in Thailand and your personality. Foe many what started off as cute when you first get off the boat, can over time just irritate the sh***t out of you. From garbage in the road, noise enough to burst your eardrums, power outages, it can just overwhelm you, especially I would say if you are retired and sat at home doing nothing. Then couple in visa's and God knows what else it can 'for some' eat at the soul. I've said this before, Thailand is a great place for guys mid 40's to late 50's. It's fun and different. But get into your 60's a lot of things start to change, and that when you gotta start making hard choices, not the dirt easy ones like when you first moved to Thailand!
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If Part B costs you 25% of your SS check, you really didn't pay much in to the system. Back to @Jingthing OP, I don't think you really need to do anything to maintain a good credit score, other than have a credit card and not have late payments. As he has said previously never rule anything out in life, the universe can have a malicious way of sending you curve balls!
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Well, when I first started this I thought it was just a light hearted thread about how we end up looking in our twilight years. What I have realized there is a lot of pent up therapists couch anger towards good old dad!
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Schengen Visa Rejection Rates
GinBoy2 replied to GinBoy2's topic in Visas and migration to other countries
So I think I'm good. We're planning a week in Iceland in December, then on to Sweden over Christmas. I don't foresee any issues with MrsG getting a visa since she's a US Green card holder, and applying at the Icelandic consulate in the US seems a slam dunk -
True, but... I'm a little old fashioned when it comes to parenting. I think having both mom and dad being around as kids grow up is important. I think my girls benefited having me around, since I sorta toughened them up, you only need to ask them about me teaching them how to drive! There was tears, but they are better for it, and both of them ended up strong adult women, and no man would ever mess with them. I think I taught my son how to respect women when he was in that cocky late teen phase, and today he is a great supportive husband and father, and hopefully will pass that on to my Grandson. So just giving life to a child is a very minor part of being a father in my mind
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The other thing is kids with a wide age gap relationship So some choose never to have kids, and thats fine, but we've all seen the 60 something Dad slopping around the mall with a collection of rugrats For me my children have been the love of my life, All three of them are now in their 20's and 30's, and with two grandkids I couldn't be happier I often wonder what those kids born to older Dad's miss. I've been through teenage angst, ballgames, graduations, proms, boyfriends, weddings, grandchildren. I like to think that me being a part of all that was enriching for them too. A Dad at 60 ain't gonna see or participate in a whole bunch of that, and thats sad
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It's funny how we all see things differently. Me and MrsG have been together over 20 years at this point Neither of us have the bodies we did back then, but I 'think' because we actually have a spiritual or whatever you might call it relationship, I think she's sexier now in her 50's than she ever was. I can see a pretty girl in the street, and think, Yep she's pretty, but wouldn't ever trade MrsG for a TikToc obsessed pretty face, with whom I would have nothing in common? I don't think so!