GinBoy2

So, did somewhat odd post work out for you in your life? Did you not post some time ago about being celibate? For the horn dogs that frequent this forum, I think they'll pass up on the factory girl and head straight to the bar girl!

Wise words. We are supposed to learn from the mistakes of youth, a lesson many of the wife beater Chang vest wearing folks seem to have flunked

Maybe we're all just wired a little differently. I thoroughly enjoyed my party days when I was young. Would I want to relive them now? Hell No, it probably would border on the creepy for a man my age! Now I fully enjoy being at home, wife, cats, Grandkids. So No, didn't waste my life, I just did age appropriate stuff and didn't try to relive what I should have done in my 20's in my 50/60's, which is a popular theme for many Thai farangs

So I am but a loud American, with an uber loud Thai wife tourist and we did an Australian vacation about 10 years ago. I have to say of all the cities we visited I loved Perth the most. Not the biggest, not the noisiest, but by far the nicest.

There seems to me an underlying thread, boredom equates to not having sex. Now I'm a boring fella, been with my wife 20+ years, we've lived in several countries along the way, but my ability to have sex never really factored in to whether I was bored or not. I met my wife in Singapore and thats a great place, but after a few years I got bored with that, it's a small island. Moved to Thailand, against my wife's better judgement, and I got bored after seeing every temple known to man, and discovered as predicted by my all knowing wife, that not working in retirement drove me crazy. Curiously I was having sex all the time, and my boredom wasn't in the slightest connected to my sex life, which for some on here it seems it is!

Me and Mrs G were talking about this the other night, and honestly neither of us miss the weather in Thailand. It's hot, or just hot and wet. We've had a super hot summer, and frankly, stick a fork in me, i'm done and looking forward to some cooler weather. We tend not to get too much rain, but at altitude we get powder snow, which I'll take any day over being soaked in rain

Interesting. I was a material science grad started off in Aerospace then the semiconductor industry for my working career.. I think I railroaded myself into management throughout my career, which ultimately I hated. I loved the science and the technology, but hated all the man management and politics of it. Given a 'do over' I would pursue a much more academic path. But we are where we are, and at this point it's all over

Hmmm, I agree and disagree at the same time. My eldest unmarried daughter is very much cut from the same cloth as me. She's strong and wants her own way. Yet a weak man who would let her win every time would infuriate her. Me and my wife can debate/argue about almost everything from the pros/con's of nuclear energy to the cost of a gallon of milk. Yet somehow it seems to get the blood flowing, and this combative relationship seems to have worked for us for 20+ years, without either of us getting bored, or one us getting murdered

Well, lend/lease was paid off in 2006, so that won't help! Anyhoo, as the resident US Anglophile I'll chip in for locations. I started visiting and working in the UK back in the 80's. By far the greatest locations are on the Welsh coast. Isolated, welcoming people, and breathtaking scenery. Scotland was all a bit too Braveheart for me, and the locals not so welcoming. As for how you could ever get a a non work visa to live there, you might need to marry one of the local toothless octogenarian's

After 10 pages this has confirmed why I'm a cat guy. My psychopath female cat I think wants to rip my throat out at times, but she's 10lbs dripping wet, so that ain't happening. She terrifies the other two male cats however!

I know I'm not talking about the UK, but I would agree if you live like a Farang in Thailand, housing excluded it's pretty pricey. The flipside however, here in the US our farang costs are low, but our Thai food costs are through the roof! lol

As frikkin bizarre a turn of events this is. I worked in the UK for a few of years back in the 1990's, and I was tracked down out of the blue by the UK tax folks to tell me they owed my £620 in a tax rebate. I think at the time that was worth $750. At this rate I'll be lucky to get $620, but thats all dependent on how long it takes me to figure out how they are going to pay me. They sent me a UK check which is worthless since I can't cash it here in the US

Well this is the problem. All CMRA's need to be registered, so regardless of how the address appears if the financial institutions software is looking for it, it'll get flagged. The CMRA's that operate in States, primarily non tax, that let you establish residency, get a DL, vote etc are great, But......... None of them can ever say they can be used for financial purposes because of all the laws regarding money laundering. Your financial institution is the one that decides how hard they are looking!

I think the Brits consider you invented almost everything, although never made any money, so get her studying on everything from every drug known to man, jet engines and television lol Just joking of course you know I love you guys

Well the divorce rate may well be due to a major fundamental reason when 60 something Brit guy takes his 20/30 something bride back to the UK. Suddenly she's presented with a wealth of men her own age, who shock/horror have as much money as hubby, if not more. It would be an interesting statistic what the percentage of Thai divorcee's return to Thailand or stay in the UK (insert whatever western country you want) I know I'll get some hate for this!

Actually son was a US citizen she wasn't. She jokes, well I think she's joking, that she made me marry her legally to get a green card. In point of fact we were married at the Amphur two days after Momma got the call from our son! That woman was, I kid you not on a mission. But seriously getting a spouse into the US is a pain, but it really is a box ticking exercise, you do it pay the money and a green card shows up in the mail 2 weeks after you land. I appreciate from everything I have read here that for Brits it's a little more arduous, language tests, civics tests etc, plus the entry to your semi Religious NHS. So the OP would have a few more hurdles than we did, but sometimes you do what you have to do for love!

Thats a good question. For me, Yes I was bored with Thailand, but when our son decided he wasn't coming back to Thailand after college, Momma Bear was headed to the US come Hell or high water, and I was tagging along for the ride

As I've said previously I'm a big Anglophile. I first visited the UK in 1980 and many times after that. It isn't all about London, which I think you do once and you're done, but the country as a whole is wonderful. I especially like Wales and it's coastline and have spent many happy vacations there. I like Thailand, I like being back in the US but I could equally see me being happy living in the UK.. For OP it's really a case of whether or not he wants to let his lady experience a life outside of Thailand. My Thai wife grew up in her teenage years in Chicago after her parents died and went to live with her aunt and uncle. We met when we were both working in Singapore before moving back to Thailand then back to the US. Neither of us can say we regretted any of our moves. Maybe we could have been richer money wise staying in one place, but I'd say we're richer in many other ways having experienced different countries and lifestyles

All the pitbull lovers just can't deny the statistics. You can defend them all you like, but the numbers don't lie https://www.warriorsforjustice.com/dog-biting-statistics-by-breed/#:~:text=Pit Bulls%2C Rottweilers%2C German Shepherds%2C Presa Canarios%2C and,statistics for bite attacks. Others worth mentioning are%3A The figures of attacks and deaths compared to the next dangerous breed, Rottweiler, are staggering. To the apologists there must be an awful lot of folks not training their killer animals!

One of my favorite British actors in a rather intriguing show

So as a man of a certain age I loved to original Quantum Leap with Scott Bakula Watched the first episode of the re-boot, shows potential promise

I love this show, no spoiler but it was a sad if predictable end to EP1

Well what you say raises the issue that 'Farangland' is not one magical place, it's a wide open <deleted> shoot. For the OP London would be horribly difficult, it was super expensive when I was visiting 20 years ago. Outside of London I'm sure things are affordable. You say you are moving back to the midwest. That in itself varies widely, within region, city and State. We live in western South Dakota which straddles the midwest and the rocky mountain west. My daughter lives 6 hours south of us in Denver and is currently looking to buy a house. Everything she's looking at is at least double what we would pay here. As for work, well, flipping burgers makes you $17/hr and literally everyone is desperate for staff, every billboard you pass is advertising for help. So I think it's hard to paint a single picture of a farang's prospects on return to their home country

Well maybe no legal issues, the morality of it, I'd question that!

Now I can't really comment on some of the practicalities of getting your lady to the UK, but..... I'm an American Anglophile I've loved your country since I first visited back in the 80's, actually before that when I lived my teenage nerd life listening to the BBC WS on shortwave. Maybe you should let her experience life there, at least for a while. Nothing is forever, maybe she'll hate it, maybe love it. But if you say a absolute NO, it might become that mythical magical 'farang land' and she'll resent you for not letting her experience it