Popular Post bob smith Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) it seems that the majority of foreigners living in thailand (myself probably included) have some sort of mental malfunction. Whether it be alcoholism, depression, narcissim, chronic lying, excessive womanizing, drugs etc etc etc. Just last night I met a bloke in the pub who had been living here for 30 years and his brain was completely fried. he told me he lost everything gambling in cambodia about 10 years ago and had to sell the house that his mother left him back in Aus to repay his debts. his kids no longer talk to him. couple weeks ago i met a real character walking down the street. he was wielding some kind of a bat and approached me and made small talk. he gave off a really creepy vibe so i walked away. then he asked me where i was goin and did i want to go back to his house to meet his wife. I declined and carried on walking. i have had many such encounters over the years and its making me question. does Thailand attract losers or do people become losers when they have been here too long? over the years i have met countless what I would refer to as down and outs back home just existing here in Thailand. im not exactly a winner myself but I pay my way, have no debts and have a good relationship with my kids. some of these guys ive met make me look like a saint in comparison???? so whats going on? are there any normal farangs living in Thailand or are they just few and far between?? Edited April 18, 2023 by bogs smith 6 1 5 5 2 25 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post thaitom Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 No 6 6 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jwest10 Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 Many are normal and do their very best for their Thai families and many certainly have not got pots of gold. 14 6 13 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Dmaxdan Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 Who wants to be normal? 6 1 1 2 2 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Menken Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) 9 minutes ago, thaitom said: No I came here to say only this as well. But really I'm sure you'll find a lot of very normal guys that married women say up country and just have a quiet life. You'll never bump into them anywhere but all quite" normal". At a certain level I would consider myself normal although others probably wouldn't. But that eccentricity is allowed me to be out here for 30 years, understand some way to squirrel away a modicum of retirement savings, remain married to a woman that loves me, hold down a series of respectable jobs here. Years ago there were a lot of eccentric and colorful people now it's just people with mental malfunctions and those running away from debt, family, drug problems.. whatever Edited April 18, 2023 by Menken 11 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post zzaa09 Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 Normal. Whatever that is. When in doubt, just avoid 'em. A much richer life is to be had by non-association. 3 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lemsta69 Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 confused. first you say farang and then you say foreigners. which group are you really asking about, whiteys or all non-Thais? 1 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob smith Posted April 18, 2023 Author Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 minute ago, zzaa09 said: Normal. Whatever that is. i suppose i meant what society would deem as normal. i e none of the problems i listed in my OP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bob smith Posted April 18, 2023 Author Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 minute ago, Lemsta69 said: confused. first you say farang and then you say foreigners. which group are you really asking about, whiteys or all non-Thais? westerners in particular. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post BritManToo Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 11 minutes ago, bogs smith said: i suppose i meant what society would deem as normal. i e none of the problems i listed in my OP Normal people live in their home countries. 8 1 1 2 5 2 11 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 27 minutes ago, bogs smith said: so whats going on? are there any normal farangs living in Thailand or are they just few and far between?? Where do you meet people? Somewhere is a bar late at night? In a coffee shop? At an art exhibition? At work? Not same, very different. But then, I met lots of guys through other guys having a drink in bars. Some of them became my customers and/or friends. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bob smith Posted April 18, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: Where do you meet people? alot of the time in bars. 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post jvs Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 minute ago, bogs smith said: alot of the time in bars. There is your problem. It is very easy to meet idiots of all sorts in Thailand,mostly in bars i would think. There are many foreigners who never go to bars and stay home most of the time. Many are into gardening and other hobbies. Same as in the newspapers,you never read good news. 12 2 9 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post markclover Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 I worked with guy and he took a day off from work. I asked what happened and he said that he had to take his fish for a walk. 2 2 1 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Hanaguma Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: Where do you meet people? Somewhere is a bar late at night? In a coffee shop? At an art exhibition? At work? Not same, very different. But then, I met lots of guys through other guys having a drink in bars. Some of them became my customers and/or friends. This is true. If you are hanging out in/near the fleshpots of Pattaya or some other "entertainment district" is may colour your impressions. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post gearbox Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 13 minutes ago, BritManToo said: Normal people live in their home countries. Nothing is black and white... however how many doctors, engineers or scientists have you seen in your home country with their hands or neck tattooed? Mostly uneducated low class settles here. Russians are maybe an exception but they have their own issues. 5 7 1 4 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post John Drake Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 Eventually, every criminally inclined pervert makes his way to Thailand. 2 1 9 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LaosLover Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 I moved here with my white wife. A few dozen bringing a ham sandwich to the picnic jokes later, we have become normalcy status symbols. Our mere presence provides a warm bath of normalcy for many a monger or pothead. Older Thai women seem very approving. A guy who's being supported by his parents pimped us out as normalcy-provers when his family visited. I got a free pizza out of it. 1 2 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 15 minutes ago, jvs said: There is your problem. It is very easy to meet idiots of all sorts in Thailand,mostly in bars i would think. There are many foreigners who never go to bars and stay home most of the time. Many are into gardening and other hobbies. Same as in the newspapers,you never read good news. If I have to choose between someone who spends lots of time in the garden or lots of time in bars, I know what I prefer... 1 1 1 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post couchpotato Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, John Drake said: Eventually, every criminally inclined pervert makes his way to Thailand. A bold statement..I presume you include yourself in this assessment. 2 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post LaosLover Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 What about perverts who aren't criminals? I think the technical definition of such people is: friends. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post OneMoreFarang Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, LaosLover said: I moved here with my white wife. A few dozen bringing a ham sandwich to the picnic jokes later, we have become normalcy status symbols. Our mere presence provides a warm bath of normalcy for many a monger or pothead. Older Thai women seem very approving. A guy who's being supported by his parents pimped us out as normalcy-provers when his family visited. I got a free pizza out of it. That reminds me of working for a big construction company in Bangkok a long time ago. They had maybe 30 expats working in that company, most of them arrived here with their farang wives. A few years later the situation was very different. By then almost all of them had a Thai girlfriend. Only a few were still married to their farang wives. 3 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 48 minutes ago, Lemsta69 said: you say farang and then you say foreigners. which group are you really asking about Same same, all foreigners are farangs are they not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bob smith Posted April 18, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) 12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: If I have to choose between someone who spends lots of time in the garden or lots of time in bars, I know what I prefer.. the garden? Edited April 18, 2023 by bogs smith 1 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Denim Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 1 hour ago, bogs smith said: i have had many such encounters over the years and its making me question. does Thailand attract losers or do people become losers when they have been here too long? Depends where you choose to live. The tourist ghettoes are not typical of the rest of the country. 3 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bkk6060 Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 What is normal? I would say the most abnormal; religious cult, political cult, woke mind, sexless weak mentally deranged people I know are in my home country. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Skallywag Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 (edited) I seem to meet normal people, but not always Some want to boast about their possessions, condo size, cars, motorcycles girlfriends...but that could occur in my home country as well.... I usually tell them I have nothing but a small pension and a small condo, but am happy to give half of my income every month to the multitude of one hour female therapists who work here in Pattaya for $45 dollars an hour. It is my way of supporting local entrepreneurs! Some get it, some do not 5555 Edited April 18, 2023 by Skallywag 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post bob smith Posted April 18, 2023 Author Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 2 minutes ago, Skallywag said: my multitude of one hour female therapists who work here in Pattaya for $45 dollars an hour your gettin ripped off pal ???? 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Lemsta69 Posted April 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted April 18, 2023 9 minutes ago, Skallywag said: Same same, all foreigners are farangs are they not? Nope. Farang = whitey. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaosLover Posted April 18, 2023 Share Posted April 18, 2023 12 minutes ago, OneMoreFarang said: By then almost all of them had a Thai girlfriend. Only a few were still married to their farang wives. Golden era-ThaiVisa advice was to watch out for the 7/11 cuties. They were the willful home-wreckers. Have looked into Chiang Mai charities and expat gatherings in terms of other white couples. We see a lot of fund-raising going on but no one tossing a 1,000 baht into the pot. They have a thing called The Algonquin Club where you have to be invited to join. Not a concept I'm particularly drawn to. I'm smoke-dodging in Hua Hin. I go to breakfast at Pat's Place and every old Scandi/German sitting there is the same: Hard Rock Teeshirt and Nike shorts, head shaven, ray bans. So no diff than any mid-level seaside resort in the states. I see plenty of normalcy eating a schnitzel every 20 feet here. 1 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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