If you had to leave the Land of Smiles, what would you miss?

[RichardColeman]

As I am currently stuck in the UK, I miss my wife and child.

 

Not much else. If they were here in the UK, I'd be ok with not returning

[anchadian]

I would miss the non-congested roads, the parks and greenery, the very few road fatalities, the so called beautiful girls and above all, the friendly and helpful government.

[rott]

Many things, I am just very comfortable with this country. 

In reality I would miss bum guns, can't imagine not having one. 

[3NUMBAS]

street food is always a loss..never had bad guts either

 

after a movie in centre world accross to the food market for a slap up meal with booze and just a small fee

[DrTuner]

Not sure I'd miss anything. Family I'd take with me, with the exception of MIL who'd stay. I'd probably miss her from time to time. Anything else, available elsewhere. I've been on my way out since a few years already.

Edited September 1, 2020 by DrTuner

[ThailandRyan]

I left once, went to the Philippines, Cebu, and after 4 months moved back.  To me the Philippines just did not have the food, yet you could buy everything you could in the USA through S&R.  Just was not my cup of tea.

[trucking]

The wife.

 

Nothing else I can think of , assuming I could take most of my stuff with me.

[Antonymous]

I've had a long and happy life working and then retiring in Thailand and at this stage I am at the happiest I have ever been. Everything I've ever wanted in life, I have it right now. There is certainly no place else I'd rather be.

 

If I really had to leave I'd be leaving behind all that is dear to me including dearest friends, a solid support network (good Thai connections), a dream lifestyle (too many things to list) and a 30 year accumulation of artifacts that could not be purchased outside Thailand.

 

The least of my worries would be financial. I have all my investments in Thailand, but I've been very careful to establish solid safeguards and ways to get my money out, even after I've left, if the SHTF.

 

[holy cow cm]

My family - wife and kids, dogs, house, and just living here. Been here so long I almost don't know anything else with a better easier feeling. This is home base and travel is out and then coming home. Still a lot of fun.

[againstthewind]

I'd miss:

- the luxury of not having to think about wearing a jacket

- the daily dose of friendly people

- the energy / water prices

- the every now and then sight of a stunning beauty ...

[remobb]

Not having to notify my address every 90 days which I have done for 20 years already.

Double pricing.

XXL shirts that fit skinny people.

 Apart from that, nothing.

[Saraburi121]

-The old lady down the road that sells fried bananas, best around.  Always puts a bit extra in the bag for regulars with a smile. 
-Cheaper electric bills than any other place I have lived.  Japan and Singapore over 700 USD per month, Hawaii 500 per month. Here 2500 baht

-elders in the village. Always want to lend a hand and bringing a laugh over the evening beer. 

[crazykopite]

The hot climate in the South where I live.

[ThailandRyan]

55 minutes ago, remobb said:

XXL shirts that fit skinny people.

Yes that is a bitch.  The GF looked at my clothes in the closet, saw the shirts were 2XL, went out and bought me 5 nice polo shirts.  Came back and surprised me. Waited as I tried the first one on at which time she proudly proclaimed "Your pompuey",  I laughed and went to my closet and held up one of my shirts and one she had bought, and she started to cry.  Told her not to worry we could give them to my Son when he visits on Holiday.  Then Covid hit.  Going to collect dust sitting in the closet, or if the doctor gets his wish and I drop to 80kg from 98 then maybe they might fit, but not in the shoulders I am afraid.

[ChipButty]

Sitting around the pool at 5pm having a couple of beers Id miss that

[George Aylesham]

6 hours ago, userabcd said:

Everything about Thailand.

Yes, and the smiles for a start. Then the unbelievably good service in shops and repairers.

[George Aylesham]

6 hours ago, bert bloggs said:

 my wife ,my son ,my family ,my house ,my car ,the sun ,the food the list is to long to print.

and clean loos!

[NoshowJones]

My wife, and then my motorbike.

[natway09]

The warm weather for these old bones for a start.

Living in a non nanny state.

Company I keep does not take life too seriously.

& yes, the smiles, almost non existant in the so called first world.

Cost of living to live modestly is half.

My darling, (as she will not come with me)

[davemos]

Tm 30 ,90 day report ?

[Dickp]

Retired and moved here 29 + years ago, seen it change so much over those years that I could leave the next day and not have any regrets.  Oh forgot health care is good and cheap here, and with my insurance I go to only the Best hospitals, I would miss that.

[Thingamabob]

I would miss many things, but most of all my pussies.

[Caldera]

I would miss the abundance of morally uninhibited people to have fun with. ????

 

[Farmerslife]

Apart from the obvious, family, friends, food, weather, the abbot and monks at our local temple, I'd miss the space.  A 36 rai farm here, then there's the generous petrol station forecourts with their plethora of places to eat and public toilets that can accommodate a bus load of visitors at a time and, a pet favourite of mine, frontage roads - what a great idea.   

[Meat Pie 47]

Nothing at all

[richard_smith237]

11 hours ago, Orton Rd said:

The music, glad to see the back of the rest, I certainly would not miss the women.

 

We really need a ‘satire’ or ‘sarcasm’ emoticon......  No one seems to have understood the ‘stone faced dryness’ of this response.... 

 

 

[richard_smith237]

Positives and negatives everywhere. 

 

The list of things which are better in Thailand is huge, the list of things which are better in the UK is also huge. 

 

I’m perfectly happy living in either place but have lately started to develop a preference towards living in the UK - perhaps because I think its better for my son. 

 

 

Where ever I am (beautiful quiet UK Countryside or Bangkok hustle) there is something to be missed on the other side of the fence - its not really comparing apples to apples. 

 

I have lived in London and didn’t like it, yet I like it in Bangkok. I have never lived in the depths of the Thai countryside as I know I’d hate it, but I love living in the countryside in the UK.

 

 

A wealth of good friends in both locations also bridges the geographical dichotomy.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[vermin on arrival]

Well, I already planned to leave and know what I would miss. The easy smiles you get from people when you smile at them, the general kindness and gentleness of daily life, the fact that I never felt that I would be mugged anywhere I have been in LOS (cheated yes, maybe surreptitiously robbed or conned, but never felt the fear of casual violence that there is in the west). Not having to listen to people yelling in daily life, lots of the food, the way food is always offered when you visit someone, the way Thai people like to joke. It's a shame that the negatives have pushed me out. But yes, many things I would miss. I'm sure I left out things.

[richard_smith237]

8 hours ago, RichardColeman said:

As I am currently stuck in the UK, I miss my wife and child.

 

Not much else. If they were here in the UK, I'd be ok with not returning

 

Ouch.... heartbreaking...   I was in the same situation (managed to get back to BKK a month ago). 

 

While in the UK I realised I didn’t really miss Thailand, I missed my Wife & Son - if they were with me in the UK, then I’d perhaps start missing other facets of Thailand but those facets are ‘decoration’...  

 

....swap beaches for mountains, swap Japanese restaurant for outdoor BBQ’s, swap swimming in the mooban pool for bicycle rides along countryside paths, swap street food for quality organic veg, swap weekend visits to HH for a weekend camping, swap chaotic traffic for crappy potholed country roads!, swap Lazada for Amazon, swap bi-weekly football for making a Westfield in my garage), swap getting too hot riding a motorcycle for getting too cold, swap speeding for 500 baht for ouch, £100 and 3 points, swap getting home safely without issues for chancing your luck with a drunk taxi driver and other drunks on the road, swap dangerous driver for selfrighteous drivers with road rage.... and on and on and on...  

 

Its not really better in Thailand - anywhere is what you make of it and ultimately, what you make of it depends on your frame of mind - my mind is better when I’m not prevented contact from those I care about. 

 

I sincerely hope you manage to get back to your family as soon as possible (RC). 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Orton Rd]

46 minutes ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

We really need a ‘satire’ or ‘sarcasm’ emoticon......  No one seems to have understood the ‘stone faced dryness’ of this response.... 

 

 

which one is the honest or truthful one? ????