Self respect Appearance

[NoshowJones]

3 hours ago, CharlieH said:

Nah, I,m More like my avatar too ! ????

I hope you clean the wax out of your ears. ????

[georgegeorgia]

1 hour ago, villagefarang said:

I like to keep the sun off with shirt and pants.  I sometimes take the hat off when taking a picture.  I prefer black but change it up sometimes.

 

Wow, is this you?

you look very fit !

mind me asking your age?

Do you exercise every day ?

[NoshowJones]

1 hour ago, Just Weird said:

You're kidding yourself, "chicks" do not "dig" anything about 65-year olds!

Yes they do, their wallets. ????

[georgegeorgia]

21 minutes ago, 473geo said:

Understand....... nothing more than a thong required on the Islands......although you do peel yourself off seats occasionally ????

 

I'll oil my thong up for my next visit

 

I think us Aussies mean thongs as in footwear,not undies 

[georgegeorgia]

3 minutes ago, vinniekintana said:

Dammit guys...the titillation is way too much.

Full disclosure: I'm raiding the second-hand markets regularly for US brands 

I despise brands out of Europe or anywhere else

Also...I wouldn't wear 99% of the stuff that is available in the malls here, even for free.

 

I buy between 200-300 pieces of clothing/shoes per year...most ends up as charity and such

Few items will see a second year

 

Starting from the top...Rayban sunglasses usually...Cat 5000 is my latest and prized pair

Cotton t-shirts with a surfie/skater/beach bum vibe...artificially faded if possible

A few hawaii shirts (not run-of-the-mill floral shirts)

 

Watches with silver bracelets only

 

Levis 514 ,usually non-denim varieties.

No underwear...too hot

 

Never shorts or flip-flops or sandals except at home

 

Vans or Adidas shoes mostly (all retro-type models)...no socks

 

Very short hair and semi-regular shaves

 

PS. I will never 'dress my age'..

 

Capisce?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shoes with no socks ??

im noticing a lot of that lately....and no undies??????

Edited August 4, 2019 by georgegeorgia

[ThaiBunny]

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

and no undies??

Known as "going commando"

[emptypockets]

6 hours ago, AGareth2 said:

too many questions!

Does he shave just the one nut or the pair......assuming he actually has two.

[emptypockets]

6 hours ago, brokenbone said:

well, i am overweight now and i get turned off by my own fat.

i also notice i dont wake up with a boner when im fat,

which is depressing all by its own merit

I knew an elderly chap in Australia.

He said he hated waking up with the morning stiffy.

Said he was on a pension and could not abide waste.

[marcusarelus]

46 minutes ago, possum1931 said:

My biggest hate is guys who go shirtless in public, these ignoramuses had better not sit next to me.

Shirtless guys are your biggest hate?  What are you going to do if they sit next to you?  Text them dirty words?

[villagefarang]

33 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Wow, is this you?

you look very fit !

mind me asking your age?

Do you exercise every day ?

 As I said earlier I’m 65 and thank you very much.  

[EVENKEEL]

1 hour ago, possum1931 said:

Nothing wrong with wearing shorts, but they certainly are not stylish.

I live close to the beach in a small fishing village and do my best to personify the beach look, it's the man not the clothes.

[Joe Mcseismic]

Self-respect and appearance have nothing to do with each other.

Your appearance is an attempt to influence others and how they perceive you. Nothing wrong with that.

[NoshowJones]

15 minutes ago, marcusarelus said:

Shirtless guys are your biggest hate?  What are you going to do if they sit next to you?  Text them dirty words?

Text them?? No! Tell them I will count to three, then If they do not move sharpish, well I'm

sure you can figure out the rest.

[Joe Mcseismic]

1 minute ago, possum1931 said:

Text them?? No! Tell them I will count to three, then If they do not move sharpish, well I'm

sure you can figure out the rest.

....and what if they are fitter and bigger than you? I guess you'll be the one moving, right?

[NoshowJones]

3 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I live close to the beach in a small fishing village and do my best to personify the beach look, it's the man not the clothes.

Nothing wrong with that.

[NoshowJones]

1 minute ago, Joe Mcseismic said:

....and what if they are fitter and bigger than you? I guess you'll be the one moving, right?

I think you will find that these shirtless slobs are so unfit and lazy that when they see me they won't be long in moving.

[Joe Mcseismic]

1 minute ago, possum1931 said:

I think you will find that these shirtless slobs are so unfit and lazy that when they see me they won't be long in moving.

Maybe read my post again.......

[55Jay]

Indeed, the slow descent into "I don't give a s**t."

 

I think that's more pronounced with age and even before that, some sense of financial security - when you're done amassing, you have 'enough', and simply don't give a s**t, because you don't need to play the game anymore.  So who cares?

 

I'm retired military.  Got the lobotomy.   But I admit, after the first few years of living in Thailand out in the sticks, my standards slipped a bit.  Not entirely, but "a bit", and I got lazy.  But not to the extent you (OP) have described.  I saw that in others around me, and it made me catch my breath.  They had fallen.  A bit too much. 

 

So yes. Pull yourself up.  You don't need to be a model, or get your balls waxed, but keep yourself tidy; at least in public.   Also, stay off the booze and beer.  That s**t will bring a man down faster than the sunset.  

 

Stay clean and tidy.  Exercise daily.  Keep reading books - whatever - just keep reading and keep your mind active.  Oh yeah, travel.  Get out of dodge, even if it's to another Thai town.  Better, get out of Thailand every year or two, to keep your sanity. 

Edited August 4, 2019 by 55Jay

[Andrew Dwyer]

I’m 58, a little overweight ( currently 79 kg, my ideal weight is 75 kg ).
Shower 3 times a day, more if working, in the house and garden shorts and no shirt unless we have visitors then I always throw a shirt on, leave one ready incase someone visits.
Shave every day, teeth twice a day, haircut by gf, short !
Sun cream moisturiser daytime and moisturiser nightime ( face only ).

Outside i wear shorts, tee shirts and sandals ( or crocs ) no socks, if going to immigration or DLT etc i wear jeans, button down shirt ( short sleeves ) and shoes ansocks.

Didn’t used to bother trimming the man garden but since a Japanese soldier came out waving a white flag i now keep it trimmed short !!

[Isaanbiker]

5 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Europe

Now you're being very unfair. Where do the biggest people come from?

 

For sure not from Europe. 

[totally thaied up]

I am 6ft tall and 94kg. Due to medications, losing weight has been a never-ending battle. The medications, since  they are anti-psychotics not weigh neutral and even with the best of diets and exercise, the weight is hard to move. I do not drink or smoke. I will turn 50 tomorrow.

 

I go for a swim most days, so I gather I bath twice daily. That, in fact, for someone who is bipolar is a pretty good mission statement as most  time when I was single, I would forget to bath for days on end, not tooth brush and look god damn awful. Just signs that are part of the sickness. With my wife now, well swimming most days and the fact she likes to bath me in the shower, keeps me clean. I do the dentist thing every six months.

 

In a former life, it was suits and ties for me at all times. When I first came to Thailand, I gave up on dressing well for a few years. Just shorts and tee-shirts. I met my wife and she now has got me to dress back in long-sleeve shirts and tailored pants if I go out at night with her, to the bank or Immigration. If we just hang around home, it is basics but going out, she makes sure I am dressed well and have nice aftershave on. I go to the hairdressers every four days and get a hair wash and massage and get my hair dried. My hair is long, something like Legolas out of Lord of the Rings and very well looked after.

 

Life here is pretty easy and keeping looking good I think is important for my wife. When we went to Australia recently, I had to dress much more upmarket due to my parents and the social life they have. I see a lot of guys here massively over weight and just wonder looking at myself, I do not want to get to that level. I just hope by not drinking and eating half a horse everyday, doing intermittent fasting (16-8),I can keep it together. Not easy to do. 

Edited August 4, 2019 by totally thaied up

[4MyEgo]

13 hours ago, Isaanbiker said:

Now you're being very unfair. Where do the biggest people come from?

 

For sure not from Europe. 

Indonesia ????

 

[shy coconut]

19 hours ago, possum1931 said:

I think you will find that these shirtless slobs are so unfit and lazy that when they see me they won't be long in moving.

So, if that Sharkey guy sat down next to you, you would utter some mysterious words

and he would run away?

[elgenon]

OP where do you get Brut 33?

I have seen missives such as the man who said at home he always wears suits so he would in Pattaya. Anything less would be disgusting. And the man who hated flip flops. Where I come from even rich people wear shorts and flip flops to nice restaurants.

Different strokes for different blokes. At minimum, cleanliness is a good start.

BTW I personally don't like terms like mansexual, manbuns, etc. Label it and put it in a slot. I think labels like that trivialize things IMHO. Your mileage may vary.

[NoshowJones]

2 hours ago, shy coconut said:

So, if that Sharkey guy sat down next to you, you would utter some mysterious words

and he would run away?

No, I would run away.????

[marcusarelus]

22 hours ago, possum1931 said:

I think you will find that these shirtless slobs are so unfit and lazy that when they see me they won't be long in moving.

Estonian man dies following attack on Walking Street.  A lot of brave guys in Pattaya.  

 

Australian man dies after bar fight in Thailand's Pattaya.

 

Norwegian Dies Following Bar Brawl At Central Pattaya Beer Bar.

 

I'm an old guy can't run very fast so I carry 3 deadly weapons at all times in Pattaya.  I don't fight fair cause I was in a couple of wars and no one else fought fair.  I'm a pussy cat to the Russian mob with their Estonian bosses in Pattaya.

 

[BritManToo]

22 hours ago, totally thaied up said:

I am 6ft tall and 94kg. Due to medications, losing weight has been a never-ending battle. The medications, since  they are anti-psychotics not weigh neutral and even with the best of diets and exercise, the weight is hard to move. I do not drink or smoke. I will turn 50 tomorrow.

 

I see a lot of guys here massively over weight and just wonder looking at myself, I do not want to get to that level.

If you weight too much, you're eating too much and/or not exercising enough.

The drugs may make you lazier, or hungrier but the same "food in energy out" laws of physics always apply.

 

Newsflash

6' and 95Kg is already massively overweight.

I'm 6' and 78Kg, that's me 3Kg overweight, I really don't want to cycle 25Km every morning, but if I don't want to get bigger I have to.

Edited August 5, 2019 by BritManToo

[pgrahmm]

2 hours ago, elgenon said:

OP where do you get Brut 33?

I have seen missives such as the man who said at home he always wears suits so he would in Pattaya. Anything less would be disgusting. And the man who hated flip flops. Where I come from even rich people wear shorts and flip flops to nice restaurants.

Different strokes for different blokes. At minimum, cleanliness is a good start.

BTW I personally don't like terms like mansexual, manbuns, etc. Label it and put it in a slot. I think labels like that trivialize things IMHO. Your mileage may vary.

 

[seancbk]

On 8/4/2019 at 6:10 AM, georgegeorgia said:

How many of you take care of your appearance in Thailand or you have gave up and sport a overweight belly, long beard, smelly armpits ,nose hairs etc 

 

I'm 51.  6'1"  69 kgs (I was 82 kgs but switched to Intermittent fasting to lose weight).  Being slim and not having a fat gut is extremely important to me.  I would be too ashamed to go out if I looked like a fat slob. 

I check my nose hairs, eyebrows and ear hair every day. I don't shave every day but I never go more than a couple of days as I don't like to look scruffy.  I keep my hair cut very short although to be fair I've not got a full head of hair anymore either.  

I always try to dress smart and that means always wearing nice shoes like these that I bought recently and are the type of thing I wear on a daily basis. 

 

 

 

[Stevemercer]

I take the attitude that everyone likes to see a neatly dressed woman, someone who has put a little effort into her appearance.

 

I guess it is the same with blokes, especially here in Thailand where first impressions really seem to count.

Edited August 5, 2019 by Stevemercer