There is an interesting parallel between Farangs who are too old to be hitting the bars vs ladies who are getting too old to work bar.

 

As long as a Farang has money, and can walk, a lot continue to go to bars. Even if they are not 100% mentally competent. I suspect that the ladies squeeze big bucks out of these guys.

 

The question is whether older Farangs have an idea that their days going to bars are coming to an end, or whether they just plan to party until they drop? 
 

Same with bar girls. I am seeing that the median age of bar girls is rising, but some age better than others. What I am not seeing is any signs that bar girls who are older, but still pulling customers, are planning on retirement. What I see is that they continue to work until they cannot get customers any more. Unless they snag one of the older Farangs for a “permanent” relationship.

 

Some older long time ladies are really deep into the lifestyle, they spend their earnings on young karaoke boys, and can not stop until they run out of money. I don’t see any sign from them that they see the crash coming.

 

16 minutes ago, Danderman123 said:

pulling customers

That and sucking, I presume. 

So what's you're point? 

50 minutes ago, gargamon said:

So what's you're point? 

An observation.

 

And a questIon: how do you know when you are too old?

1 hour ago, Danderman123 said:

An observation.

 

And a questIon: how do you know when you are too old?

Well you mostly answered your question. For men in Thailand with money your never too old (that applies worldwide). For women in the "industry" its when you can no longer find customer. Thats generally whem the get put out to pasture or end up working day shift in a run down beer bar.

As long they can serve beer, they are not to old

Some move to massage or try Salon or coffee if they have a sponsor, Soi 500 has the old birds

Going back to farming doing back breaking work for peanuts does appeal to them. Trying to hang on to find some old timer for financial support does.

 

Nothing wrong with a dream and a hope. For some it does happen but mostly doesn't.

6 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

As long as a Farang has money, and can walk, a lot continue to go to bars.

Where else can they find "GF"?

12 minutes ago, sitta said:

Where else can they find "GF"?

Lots of single ladies in the care homes back in the west.

I knew an old (and well educated and rich) guy who visited a street with bars in Bangkok until he dropped. He was there mostly in the afternoon for a couple of hours checking out the newest girls. At the end his heath was so bad that he needed oxygen. He continued to visit the bars and one of his girls of the day was carrying the oxygen beside him.

 

I think that is the perfect way to go. For many old guys there are at least these two options:

a) Lots of greedy family members who pretend they love you and tell you they hope you live forever but basically they want that you drop ASAP so that they get their hands on your money.

b) The best girls money can buy to make you happy until the end.

 

It's your choice. I know which one I prefer.

I’m 76, get 300,000 wired to my account every month.  I spend 100,000 in bars.

 

problem?  Not my problem.  
 

too old isn’t the problem.  It’s too poor 

7 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

There is an interesting parallel between Farangs who are too old to be hitting the bars vs ladies who are getting too old to work bar.

I dunno, they look happy to me !

Yes, what else on a plate to do. Its all about money to waste and have fun.

Reasonably the only normal place is Thailand. I prefer Italy and Japan but both out of my price range.

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So, old people get old and keep on being people, just older? Is that the point you want to make? 

 

not 100% mentally competent...?? never met someone who was 100%

 

some age better than others?? - - do you think everyone should age exactly the same?? 

1 hour ago, Iamfalang said:

I’m 76, get 300,000 wired to my account every month.  I spend 100,000 in bars.

 

problem?  Not my problem.  
 

too old isn’t the problem.  It’s too poor 

300,000 a month.....I can only dream of having a budget like this......That's not even a budget....Thats a money spending free-for-all...

1 hour ago, Iamfalang said:

I’m 76, get 300,000 wired to my account every month.  I spend 100,000 in bars.

The rest you just waste!

3 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Lots of single ladies in the care homes back in the west.

Please, I've just had breakfast.

9 hours ago, Danderman123 said:

An observation.

 

And a questIon: how do you know when you are too old?

You know you are too old when you can't get it up anymore.

 

The women know they are too old when nobody will buy a lady drink or barfine them.

The ladies' are not just getting older, they are pilling on the kilos, getting wider and trying to wear the same tight shorts they did 15 years ago. If the old blokes can stomach them, good on them, but not for me. 

9 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

You know you are too old when you can't get it up anymore.

They have drugs for that. 

Males have a distinct advantage in terms of 'quality of life' in their later years, at least quality as many who come to Thailand might define it.

 

A woman is limited in her reproductive years. After about age 45 she is unlikely to be able to reproduce, and hits menopause sometime between 35 (India is 35 on average, or so says the Indian Min of Health) and early 50s. Most lose interest in sex at that point, which is a blessing because most men would not be attracted to them in a sexual way. After menopause it's time to take up gardening or painting or crocheting.

 

Many---perhaps most men---not only can 'do it', but want to do it well into their twilight years. There are certain countries that cater to that desire, perhaps Thailand being one of them.

 

Here's a secret of biology and instinct:  even young women are often actually attracted to a man who might be decades older than her, but who is in top physical shape. Such a man displays good genes, which means he would be likely to produce strong offspring. The female may not know why she is attracted to him as a mating partner, but the fact is many young women are. It's instinct. If he's also flush, that's just an added bonus.

 

So, gentlemen, if any of you ever needed incentive to hit the gym, watch what you eat, don't develop a beer gut, and don't practice bad habits that age you more quickly (like smoking, excessive drinking, being fat, too much sun), that is it. She might actually be sexually attracted to you. And if you are in shape, you are more likely to be able to 'rise and shine' like a teenager, thus giving her the joy she seeks.

 

I'm going to guess robust sex at an older age beats shuffleboard, cribbage, or knocking back beers with equally chubby mates.

Each to their own gave up bars years ago if you are after the ladies fair enough 

I Enjoy a beer or 2 in a good restaurant or when I am at home 

1 hour ago, Doctor Tom said:

They have drugs for that. 

Yes, I know. And those drugs can suppress blood pressure readings to dangerously low levels, how does a systole/diastole of 80/40 sound?

29 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

 

 

A woman is limited in her reproductive years. After about age 45 she is unlikely to be able to reproduce, and hits menopause sometime between 35 (India is 35 on average, or so says the Indian Min of Health) and early 50s. Most lose interest in sex at that point, which is a blessing because most men would not be attracted to them in a sexual way. After menopause it's time to take up gardening or painting or crocheting.

 

 

You may be right for most. Having said that, I've known a couple of women in their sixties who were as horny as two-peckered owls, in the Biblical sense. I was tapping out first.

 

Here, I don't think physical shape is as important as cash, although I agree it helps. I know a quite wealthy guy who has advanced Parkinsons. He has three Thai women, not capable of having sex with them. BJ's maybe. He pays them to cavort around him stark naked.

It is all about supply and demand. As long as some older guys are OK with older women, the old ladies will find work. Some guys are even ok with old, fat and ugly. It takes all kinds. 

 

I used to travel here decades ago. Some of the bar girls were stunning. Super model types. They had fewer options. The young stunners today have alot of options. Some of them get as much as 60,000 baht with high end escort services. Some of them make a fortune online. Things have changed alot. The selection today is a pale shadow of what it used to be. It is what it is. Everything changes and evolves.

44 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

Here, I don't think physical shape is as important as cash, although I agree it helps.

The attraction is subconscious. The biological imperative rules all. The sole purpose of life is more life, or propagating one's gene pool.

 

A man who ages slowly and who maintains a youthful appearance evidences good genes. He is a good mating partner, because a woman who draws his seed is more likely to produce a strong offspring. She does not know why she is attracted; she just is. Consciously she might choose a younger mating partner, but a guy who ages slowly screams---in a Darwinian sense---that he is made of superior genes, and that attracts her mating instincts.

 

There is clinical evidence backing this up. Of course, while a man can do everything possible to maintain his shape and youth, the real secret to an older man's sexual attractiveness is this: choose your parents well. Obviously that is dumb luck, winning the Birth Lottery, but almost everything in life is a function of one's success or lack thereof in the Birth Lottery.....intelligence, physical attractiveness, height, body shape, athletic ability, etc.

1 hour ago, Lacessit said:

Yes, I know. And those drugs can suppress blood pressure readings to dangerously low levels, how does a systole/diastole of 80/40 sound?

Quite acceptable f you are getting a great <deleted> out of it. 

2 minutes ago, Walker88 said:

The attraction is subconscious. The biological imperative rules all. The sole purpose of life is more life, or propagating one's gene pool.

 

A man who ages slowly and who maintains a youthful appearance evidences good genes. He is a good mating partner, because a woman who draws his seed is more likely to produce a strong offspring. She does not know why she is attracted; she just is. Consciously she might choose a younger mating partner, but a guy who ages slowly screams---in a Darwinian sense---that he is made of superior genes, and that attracts her mating instincts.

 

There is clinical evidence backing this up. Of course, while a man can do everything possible to maintain his shape and youth, the real secret to an older man's sexual attractiveness is this: choose your parents well. Obviously that is dumb luck, winning the Birth Lottery, but almost everything in life is a function of one's success or lack thereof in the Birth Lottery.....intelligence, physical attractiveness, height, body shape, athletic ability, etc.

The four factors that attract women are physical attractiveness, intelligence, power and money, although it usually takes a woman of some intelligence herself to respond to that attribute.

Henry Kissinger once remarked power is the ultimate aphrodisiac; Eisenhower, Kennedy, Johnson, Clinton and Trump are all proof he was right. French Presidents did OK too.