RafPinto Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 2 hours ago, CharlieH said: Try just saying, NO ! it aint happening. Or show some of the daily stabbings in London. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) She is your "wife", why are you bothering us with your marital problems 5555 Intelligent men never marry after moving to Thailand ???? Best of luck, most men cannot understand how women think, so likely have no answers. 555 Edited September 21, 2022 by Skallywag 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bobandyson Posted September 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2022 Tell her how good it might be for you to meet up with some ex-girlfriends of the past. 1 1 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyril sneer Posted September 21, 2022 Author Share Posted September 21, 2022 1 hour ago, RafPinto said: Or show some of the daily stabbings in London. Done that already, including videos Gets forgotten the next day Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert got kinky Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 3 hours ago, cyril sneer said: Live quite south but this is my plan, let her visit for 2 weeks and go around every <deleted>hole there is Edit> We both currently live in Thailand with decent income and accommodation Tried explaining that we’d be working in supermarkets and wouldn’t save a penny. Im sure she’d change her mind if visited, if not she can stay there and I’ll stay here Download and show her a few episodes of the Jeremy Kyle show, then tell her that you just wanted her to meet her potential new neighbours. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denim Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 3 hours ago, roo860 said: When my wife visited UK a few years ago, we had a few days in London, staying Drury Lane area. Her highlight of the trip apart from seeing HM the Queen was China Town, she loaded up with vegetables etc, and said let's get back to our home in Cheshire. Manchester has a small China town with lots of oriental food stores. Also several good buffet / all you can eat Chinese restaurants. My wife liked it there and parking , compared to London , is pretty easy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Photoguy21 Posted September 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) Cant think of any any way I would want to move to London unless forced to as a punishment. The salaries in London allow you to buy a tent in the poorer part of the city. You have to tell her no way. Edited September 21, 2022 by Photoguy21 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baron Samedi Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Dump her. Next. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scubascuba3 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 It's a good way for a thai girl to meet a new younger farang with probably more money Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00dle Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 take her in the dead of winter and give her limited funds, she wont last long. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
n00dle Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 53 minutes ago, Denim said: Manchester has a small China town with lots of oriental food stores. Also several good buffet / all you can eat Chinese restaurants. My wife liked it there and parking , compared to London , is pretty easy. oriental food stores. the 60s and 70s are calling and they want their adjective back. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Just say we're skint, you will live in a shed.........???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bert got kinky Posted September 21, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 21, 2022 7 minutes ago, transam said: Just say we're skint, you will live in a shed.........???? Bloody luxury, We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woke up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us! 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 15 minutes ago, Bert got kinky said: Bloody luxury, We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woke up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us! Free grub, eh....???? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roo860 Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, Denim said: Manchester has a small China town with lots of oriental food stores. Also several good buffet / all you can eat Chinese restaurants. My wife liked it there and parking , compared to London , is pretty easy. Yes, I've been there many times, she hadn't. On later visits we did go there. Stoke also has an excellent cash and carry for Oriental food, Thai brands as well. Edited September 21, 2022 by roo860 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soi3eddie Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) 5 hours ago, phetphet said: Maybe show her some photos of the Mall, Hyde Park Corner and other local landmarks when gridlocked in the rush hour. Better still show her parts of Brixton, Peckham, Camberwell, Tottenham, Leyton, Wood Green, Hackney and Mile End. That should put her off wanting to move to London. Real life not so glamourous after all. Edited September 21, 2022 by soi3eddie 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
whereyougo Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 (edited) You mentioned house sharing... ? You obviously don't have the funds to live there. Edited September 21, 2022 by whereyougo Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liverpool Lou Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 7 hours ago, cyril sneer said: After watching the queens funeral and Googling London salaries she is more ‘sure’ than ever before. I’ve tried explaining the high cost of living and the horrors of house sharing but it doesn’t work. She insists getting a work permit won’t be an issue after following another Thai girl on TikTok. How else can I convince her? Let her go! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
transam Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 In a Thai bird's eyes, the grass is always greener in farangland, but they do NOT understand the extra costs involved in living in farangland..... Just start telling them about RATES for the home and cost, then the cost of WATER, then PETROL, then ELECTRIC, then the cost of a GARAGE, not a house, a GARAGE..............???? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kidneyw Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 Show her videos of the weather. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted September 21, 2022 Share Posted September 21, 2022 35 minutes ago, transam said: In a Thai bird's eyes, the grass is always greener in farangland, but they do NOT understand the extra costs involved in living in farangland..... Just start telling them about RATES for the home and cost, then the cost of WATER, then PETROL, then ELECTRIC, then the cost of a GARAGE, not a house, a GARAGE..............???? My wife wanted to come to England where I lived between Watford & St Albans, Herts. because I asked her to and she was a great help for selling everything off and me getting ready to leave England and retire in Thailand. I took a picture of her standing at the front gates of Buckingham Palace and when she showed the picture to her family they said Oh! Your Sammy's house is beautiful. ???????? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cyril sneer Posted September 22, 2022 Author Share Posted September 22, 2022 22 hours ago, transam said: Just say we're skint, you will live in a shed.........???? More or less tried to say this, all she says it’s only for a short term to make money. I told her I save more money working in Thailand than when lived in London. She’s on a very easy 23k admin job with her own office but still wants more money to pay off housing loan. She’ll make <deleted> all and live like <deleted> imo 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 49 minutes ago, cyril sneer said: More or less tried to say this, all she says it’s only for a short term to make money. I told her I save more money working in Thailand than when lived in London. She’s on a very easy 23k admin job with her own office but still wants more money to pay off housing loan. She’ll make <deleted> all and live like <deleted> imo Well show her this post of mine. Your wife/partner doesn't realize what she has to do yet to get to England and when she does she will not be able to work right away the last I heard. I was told it is harder more than ever to get to stay and get to work in UK these days. When I eventually got my wife to England in 2003 it was dam hard enough then. My wife could only come to UK the first visit for 6 months then go back Thailand before applying again to stay for 2 years in which time she could not work or use UK govt free facilities. I had to show I had earnings enough to support and sponsership her and be responsible for her because my wife then did not have enough money to show she could support herself. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 4:15 PM, Denim said: Manchester has a small China town with lots of oriental food stores. Also several good buffet / all you can eat Chinese restaurants. My wife liked it there and parking , compared to London , is pretty easy. I used to eat at the all you can eat restaurants in London's China Town, but I never tried the satay at 1 quid a stick. Could get about 20 sticks for that in LOS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaibeachlovers Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 23 hours ago, Bert got kinky said: Bloody luxury, We used to live in an old water tank on a rubbish tip. We got woke up every morning by having a load of rotting fish dumped all over us! Luxury. I used to live in a hole in the road and eat gravel for breakfast. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert got kinky Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 34 minutes ago, thaibeachlovers said: Luxury. I used to live in a hole in the road and eat gravel for breakfast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post DaLa Posted September 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Kwasaki said: Well show her this post of mine. Your wife/partner doesn't realize what she has to do yet to get to England and when she does she will not be able to work right away the last I heard. I was told it is harder more than ever to get to stay and get to work in UK these days. When I eventually got my wife to England in 2003 it was dam hard enough then. My wife could only come to UK the first visit for 6 months then go back Thailand before applying again to stay for 2 years in which time she could not work or use UK govt free facilities. I had to show I had earnings enough to support and sponsership her and be responsible for her because my wife then did not have enough money to show she could support herself. You should have bought her a dinghy and dropped her off in Calais. 1 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwasaki Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 17 minutes ago, DaLa said: You should have bought her a dinghy and dropped her off in Calais. Yeah !! ???? Jokes apart that's what get people's back up who go through all the paperwork and process of doing the right thing. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post HauptmannUK Posted September 22, 2022 Popular Post Share Posted September 22, 2022 When I got married the plan was early retirement and a permanent relocation to Thailand. However my new wife wanted a holiday in England.... She came for six months and really liked the village where I have a house. Loved fish and chips, Sunday roasts, vivid green countryside and 'stone villages' (Cotswolds etc). Also found Thai food ingredients ('big city' about 25 miles away) and very quickly found some Thai friends. She then wanted to spend a longer period in the UK and got a spouse visa. I went along with it and we compromised by splitting our time between UK and Thailand. She then got friendly with an English businesswoman and moved a chunk of money from Thailand to jointly invest in a small hotel. I thought it was a terrible idea and expected her to lose everything. Well, against all expectations, and despite Covid, she's done really well and overall returns herself several times the average UK salary. When we're in the UK she works in the hotel managing the staff and dealing with guests. Its an amazing achievement given her spoken English is still quite poor, poor written English and very limited IT skills. She's extremely good at dealing with people though. She now has a British passport and we have agreed to split our time 50/50 between UK and Thailand. Not entirely what I had planned but I do appreciate the financial situation and the fact she has something to focus her mind on. 3 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThailandRyan Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On 9/21/2022 at 7:53 AM, phetphet said: Ah! The old listening to another Thai girl on social media. They paint a picture that the roads are paved with gold Maybe show her some photos of the Mall, Hyde Park Corner and other local landmarks when gridlocked in the rush hour. I had to explain to the GF that London only ever looks empty like that at very special occasions, such as a State Funeral and that normally it is packed with traffic, and suffers polluted air the same as BKK. You left out those dreary cold foggy days. On a visit to London in 2006 I couldn't see most of the streets in front of me or behind me. I decided to hit up the Big Wheel known as the London Eye to see if I could see over the fog, but nope not even then, of course it was late winter....never returned to see it again. The best part of the trip was going to Dublin Ireland and visiting the Guinness Factory...... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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