Lost all my friends. 

Friend from Chiang Mai, is always busy with his Thai GF. 

Friend from Lamphun, had thai GF problems and went back to Australia. 

Friend from Udon Thani, does not want to see anyone because his thai GF left him for better euro ATM.. 

 

Yes, We are still chatting online.

 

It is easy to find a drinking buddy, but not a friend!

 

I'll be your friend, sir.

 

You're never alone with imaginary friends

 

Ye're dedonthair, bytheway, Cowboy

My wife doesn't allow me any friends and if she sees me chatting with a woman she cuts my allowance.

SoonOh,   I don't have any friends either ............  

geeeeze it's great  !!! 

Just get yourself onto one or more of those Thai dating sights. You'll have a hundred new friends in a day or two, a thousand in a few weeks.

17 minutes ago, steven100 said:

SoonOh,   I don't have any friends either ............  

geeeeze it's great  !!! 

I will be your friend Steven, then you will have 2, me and little p.

As men get older, the number of genuine friends reduces. It gets to a point where eventually you have only one “real friend”. Often you keep that one in your life just so you don’t feel like a complete misfit.

Try making friends with younger farang, as they are still wired to hang out in groups. Join a pool league. Talk to people at the gym. Or better yet, learn to speak Thai, and talk to the people around you.

You are unlikely to find friends here, it’s all invalids, barflies and old-curmudgeons-in-training.

1 minute ago, SuperTed said:

You are unlikely to find friends here, it’s all invalids, barflies and old-curmudgeons-in-training.

Hey! I resemble that remark!

 

Lol, spot on sir 

11 minutes ago, SuperTed said:

You are unlikely to find friends here, it’s all invalids, barflies and old-curmudgeons-in-training.

What about us perverts?

Sounds like discrimination.....

58 minutes ago, colinneil said:

I will be your friend Steven, then you will have 2, me and little p.

 

polin neil?

8 hours ago, SoonOh said:

It is easy to find a drinking buddy, but not a friend!

I always say I have acquaintances the friend meaning doesn't fit my logical thought process.  

We are lucky to have any real friends. Most of the people we like to call friends are aquaintances.

I had some "friends" of 30 years duration. One did me out of a years' income and the other smoked too much of the funny stuff and went insane. Of the rest of my "friends", I rarely see them as people now never stay in one place, and they are all over the country.

Also, living overseas for a long time is a sure way to lose friends.

6 hours ago, Pravda said:

My wife doesn't allow me any friends and if she sees me chatting with a woman she cuts my allowance.

good job that's all she cuts.  be afraid, be very afraid. 

I agree with the old saying that a friend in need is a pain in the ass.  keep clear of 'friends'  if you can.  

At 76 given up on forming any close friendships in Thailand. As I no longer frequent bars or play golf the choices are limited, but besides that I can't be really bothered.

On 4/5/2019 at 8:07 AM, SuperTed said:

You are unlikely to find friends here, it’s all invalids, barflies and old-curmudgeons-in-training.

There is a larger and more genuine Thailand beyond the barstools of tourist resorts... 

In Thailand so called 'friends' seem to come and go.

I only have a few real friends,all in the old country.

Have known them for many years,when i see them again it is like

i have never left.

The word 'friend'is easely misused these days.

Dont even start with facebook friends,all illusion.

Learn to be your own best friend,you will always have a buddy that way.

I was close to get a friend 5 years ago.

 

A compatriot came in my favorite pub and asked for me (knew my real Nick Name) so the Landlord pointed towards me sitting at the table having dinner.

The guy went over, took a chair and introduced himself (with a pretty harsh mouth)

Then he asked me "I heard you just returned from a job and you are fresh?"

I didn't get what he meant. 

He hooked after and said: "Let me cut a long story short. I own a bar in 2nd rd that threw out millions but needs a renovation to lure the customers back in and as a compatriot he would like to borrow some cash" 

I almost choked on my steak and the alarm bells and horns and inner screams went off.

I replied "if he has been asking already at his Bank the manager if he is fresh

...and further I do not borrow money to strangers with such a big mouth"

He kicked the chair beside and left with some rude words like "arrogant ass**le, typical ignorant German and whatever" 

 

So I lost the opportunity having a great friend, really a pity that I am always so suspiciously when some new friends ask for some financial help.

 

My real friends (3 in total with who my wife allows me to hang around), told me later they knew the guy and his reputation.

The white dust in his nose was no prove he was a baker but a real party lion... 

BTW he died 2 years ago escaped into the Philippines and left a lot debt in Pattaya.. 

7 hours ago, jvs said:

Learn to be your own best friend,you will always have a buddy that way.

Learn to be your own lover too you save time, money and hassle. Call yourself hansum and pull 500 baht ( you want cheap anyway, yes) out of your wallet and stick it in your other pocket. That way too you always enjoy it too, even if it is all about you. 

3 minutes ago, Nyezhov said:

Learn to be your own lover too you save time, money and hassle. Call yourself hansum and pull 500 baht ( you want cheap anyway, yes) out of your wallet and stick it in your other pocket. That way too you always enjoy it too, even if it is all about you. 

Maybe use your other hand once in awhile,feels like you are cheating.Only do this when you are not the jealous type,could get you in all kinds of trouble and we all know therapy can be expensive!

4 hours ago, jvs said:

Maybe use your other hand once in awhile,feels like you are cheating.Only do this when you are not the jealous type,could get you in all kinds of trouble and we all know therapy can be expensive!

My right hand tried to call a lawyer once so I ripped the phone out of it and smacked it around. Taught that grabby grasper a thing or two

Before I gave up drinking I had many so called friends in the pubs. But when I became very sick (from the booze) not one of them ever came to visit me in the hospital.

   I realize today that who I thought were "friends"...were actually just "acquaintances"...You should have no problem finding one, two or a thousand....The pubs and bars are full of them.

14 minutes ago, dotpoom said:

Before I gave up drinking I had many so called friends in the pubs. But when I became very sick (from the booze) not one of them ever came to visit me in the hospital.

   I realize today that who I thought were "friends"...were actually just "acquaintances"...You should have no problem finding one, two or a thousand....The pubs and bars are full of them.

That's what pubs are for...????

23 minutes ago, dotpoom said:

Before I gave up drinking I had many so called friends in the pubs. But when I became very sick (from the booze) not one of them ever came to visit me in the hospital.

   I realize today that who I thought were "friends"...were actually just "acquaintances"...You should have no problem finding one, two or a thousand....The pubs and bars are full of them.

most heavy/binge drinkers are the most selfish people in the world and the majority die alone..

There’s an old saying acquaintances I have many friends I have few  I think this applies to any were in the world might be

46 minutes ago, from the home of CC said:

most heavy/binge drinkers are the most selfish people in the world and the majority die alone..

I ain't selfish......

1 hour ago, dotpoom said:

But when I became very sick (from the booze) not one of them ever came to visit me in the hospital

sorry to hear that, I would have visited you.

BTW ... i drink every day ...  what made you sick from the booze ??

Keep the drinking buddies on Beer Can Alley at arm's length, especially if you are vulnerable to drinking too much.  Get out of Thailand at least once a year for a sanity check. 

 

If the people you socialise with here aren't the type of people you were friends with back home, they're unlikely to become your friends here either. 

 

Much as we enjoy meeting people from all over the world and from the full social spectrum, real friends are most likely to belong to the same race/culture/socio-economic background as you.  There are many exceptions of course (getting in before the "my best friend is a....." flames).