How do you break the news to your friends and family about moving to Thailand?

[mommysboy]

Just say you're popping out to buy a bottle of milk and don't come back.

[BangkokReady]

23 minutes ago, MRToMRT said:

Catch a plane, go to somewhere you've never been before. Start up a conversion with a stranger, tell them you live in Thailand. Watch for look in their eye. :+)

 

Like this:

 

 

People are so disgustingly narrow minded.

 

Just because my wife is 40 years younger than me, cannot read or write, speaks no English, and I pay her family a set amount of money each month, I'm somehow deserving of judgment!

[toofarnorth]

I think I joined in a similar one a few weeks ago.

I came out here first time on a motor cycle trip. Royal Enfields were the bikes . I had one in England so that helped.  Great riding , good friends and at a restaurant in Chiang Khan I think it was , 3 girls on a scooter smiled at us.  About then I decided to return. FOR EVER.

At a bit of a do someone said ' I don't think your wife will like it , too hot '.  I said she is not going.   Not all took it badly , my eldest daughter still comes out with grand children when covid allows .  Best move of my life. See my avatar .

[Salerno]

2 minutes ago, toofarnorth said:

See my avatar .

 

        ?

 

[RafPinto]

Tell them that you can't find a decent Bady Loy in your home country and are forced to move to Thighland for gender reasons.

[RafPinto]

4 minutes ago, Salerno said:

 

        ?

 

nice

[worgeordie]

"How do you break the news to your friends and family about moving to Thailand?"

 

I didn't, they found out when they got the postcard, Thailand was not the country

I was planning to go to,just passing through , and got stuck here, no regrets but.

regards Worgeordie

[Chris.B]

43 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said:

Start with: I have to tell you something. I met this great Thai girl. She is different! ???? 

 

 

 

OneMoreFarang, you need to finish that story......

 

I met this great Thai girl. She is different! We went back to my hotel room and had a party then we fell asleep in each others arms. In the morning I slowly woke up and could feel something sticking into my backside. What could this be I wondered but it felt nice. Then it slowly dawned on me my 'girlfriend' was in fact a 'boyfriend' and now we want to get married. Is that okay Mum & Dad?  ????????

 

[The Cipher]

1 hour ago, Chris.B said:

What Visa will you obtain to be able to live in Thailand?

 

This is a good question. OP does say "I’d say in about 2 years I will be able to make the move" so maybe he's saving for the Elite Visa ????‍♂️

 

Two years is a long time though. Who knows what the situation will be like then.

 

The much more important question is how OP will generate income from here - not just for his day to day expenses, but also enough to provision for his future too.

 

Hopefully he'll make sure he's able to stash cash early to take advantage of investment compounding over the rest of his life. Miss that boat and it never comes back.

[rumak]

1 hour ago, nightfox said:

I moved to Thailand in my early 20s and never looked back. Sure my parents told me to come back home etc....but after my dad came to visit me for the first time and me taking him out at night to go go bars, ping pong shows and even got him a soapy massage he realized its another world out here and never mentioned to me to come back home ever again.......

 

ah shucks,   i was waiting for the part saying " he moved here 6 years ago" .

[Pravda]

Has OP considered the possibility that once he moves to Thailand he will be posting on the forum all day long?

[rumak]

Just now, Pravda said:

Has OP considered the possibility that once he moves to Thailand he will be posting on the forum all day long?

 

I came here in my thirties.    Didn't even think of posting (or reading)  till a few years ago.

That would be about 30 years after my arrival     ????????

[OneMoreFarang]

54 minutes ago, Chris.B said:

 

OneMoreFarang, you need to finish that story......

 

I met this great Thai girl. She is different! We went back to my hotel room and had a party then we fell asleep in each others arms. In the morning I slowly woke up and could feel something sticking into my backside. What could this be I wondered but it felt nice. Then it slowly dawned on me my 'girlfriend' was in fact a 'boyfriend' and now we want to get married. Is that okay Mum & Dad?  ????????

 

Is it still politically correct to laugh about that?

I guess in the Thai way: 555

[richard_smith237]

3 hours ago, ezzra said:

If you ask me, ( and probably many others) now it's not a good time to come to Thailand, (probably early next year i would imagine)  or to anywhere for that matter, but this is my opinion...

 

Op mentioned ‘in two years’  !

 

 

4 hours ago, Exp12345 said:

I’d say in about 2 years I will be able to make the move.

 

[richard_smith237]

Op: Secure work in Thailand.

 

Then tell anyone you care about, who you think would want to know, that you are coming to Thailand for work. 

 

 

Edited June 24, 2021 by richard_smith237

[toofarnorth]

6 hours ago, RafPinto said:

nice

Sorry it is attatched to my mail address.  'Let the good times roll'. But in French.

[The Cipher]

8 hours ago, Pravda said:

Has OP considered the possibility that once he moves to Thailand he will be posting on the forum all day long?

 

I confess this was an eventuality that I had not foreseen before moving.

[Exp12345]

21 hours ago, Chris.B said:

"I’ve been wanting to move to Thailand for a long time now and I’m getting closer to reaching my goal. I’d say in about 2 years I will be able to make the move. With that being said, my parents and family members have zero clue about this and I feel like they will react very negatively about it. Anytime I’ve tried to get them to visit Thailand (or really any SEA country) they frown upon the thought of ever visiting and they believe all SEA countries are gross, poor, unsafe, dirty etc. I know they will get very angry when I break the news, however have any of you people on here experienced a similar situation as me? I’m very young (in my 20’s) so certainly I’m going to receive more backlash from my parents than if I was much older. Any insight would help thanks!"

 

What Visa will you obtain to be able to live in Thailand?  ????????

 

 

I was planning on doing the Elite Visa 

[Chris.B]

3 hours ago, Exp12345 said:

I was planning on doing the Elite Visa 

That is a good answer.

 

So how are you going to earn money over the 5 years in Thailand?

 

Edited June 25, 2021 by Chris.B

[inThailand]

How do you break the news to your friends and family about moving to Thailand?

 

Grow a pair? 

 

And then repeatly use them when you get there. 

 

Just a joke. 

[BusyB]

On 6/24/2021 at 5:50 AM, Surelynot said:

YOLO for sure...

 

I just tell them I am going for very long holidays, one to two years at a time, and will be popping back for a few weeks every now and again.......that seems to have fooled them for now.

 

Exactly what I'll be doing soon ...

 

[wombat]

How.....you send them a post card saying wish you were here?

[ExpatDraco]

2 hours ago, Chris.B said:

That is a good answer.

 

So how are you going to earn money over the 5 years in Thailand?

 

 

Who says he needs to earn money?

[MarleyMarl]

I moved to Thailand at age 20 (back in 2008) and my parents weren't bothered or concerned. I've got a good relationship with them both, but most parents in western society I think value the independent of their children. Though that might be changing with Gen Z.

Edited June 25, 2021 by MarleyMarl
typo

[RocketDog]

On 6/24/2021 at 11:44 AM, BangkokReady said:

 

Wait, we're not all perverted sex tourists here?  ????

Of course not!

You're mostly correct but we're not tourists if we live here.

????

[RocketDog]

6 hours ago, Exp12345 said:

I was planning on doing the Elite Visa 

Spend some time here before you spend that kind of money.

Thailand will be partly what you imagine and partly nothing like you can imagine.

[GreasyFingers]

On 6/24/2021 at 12:24 PM, nightfox said:

its another world out here

You should send that to TAT for their new slogan.

[CrunchWrapSupreme]

On 6/24/2021 at 11:57 AM, rumak said:

Yes, pass the word to everyone :  "don't come to Thailand ! "

Well, they can go ahead and come, but ought to stay in BKK, Patts, or Chiang Mai with the other farangs. Don't come to Issan. No, no, no. I just love no queues at immigration, actually courteous officials, no crazies on the road (they're often crazier than the Thais), no public meltdowns, and no mentally ill coworkers. ????

 

On topic, when I first came to the LOS, many had been and still are escaping my chaotic US state. My mom went to the Midwest, and I came out here. I had the option of following her, but wanted to be on my own, more job opportunities, a lower cost of living, and probably most of all, a reasonable chance at a relationship.

 

Don't get me started on the US dating scene, and that of most of the Western world. My friends back home are decent looking and successful, and still tell me of the same probs they've been having for years. Having to play head games with flakes and freaks. Walking on eggshells through conversations, barely keeping up with the latest trends or socially acceptable opinions. It wasn't long before I met my wife here, and we've been together awhile now, with none of such nonsense. We're nearly the same age, BTW. ????

 

Plan is to give this a few more years, then bring her back to mom, where we'll still have some time to further our careers.

[connda]

I was none of their business as it's my life.
I simply moved.  After a couple of years they figured it out.

[ed strong]

My experience after spending alot of time in Thailand in my Thirties, in my mid forties now.

 

Unless you are over 55 year old or disabled or need nursing day to day care or socially inept in your own country then i would think twice about moving to Thailand at such a young age.

 

I was going to move to Thailand in my later thirties, had a job lined up etc but never comitted 100% due to other issues, back at home and abroad.

 

Anyway 7 years later and im glad i never moved there permanently.

 

However looking forward as a retiree then its really made up for you in Thailand as long as you have a decent wage from retirement coming in and ideally rent from property you own in your own country. Don't ever buy in Thailand, buy in your own country and use the rent obtained to pay your rent in Thailand.