So many lonely guys

[GypsyT]

4 hours ago, henryford1958 said:

That's why i would never have bought in any of the View Taleys.  They look like prison blocks and obviously attract a certain type of person..

That BS. Lots of happy tenants and owners in all of them! VTs have been great investment and are well know worldwide.

Prison block? So what? The best security there is! My land lords at VT2b are from Sicily - can't get more secure than that... 🙂

I am one of your "certain person".

I don't have any serious problems according my parole officer and my government supplied and paid shrink....

[georgegeorgia]

5 hours ago, GypsyT said:

That BS. Lots of happy tenants and owners in all of them! VTs have been great investment and are well know worldwide.

Prison block? So what? The best security there is! My land lords at VT2b are from Sicily - can't get more secure than that... 🙂

I am one of your "certain person".

I don't have any serious problems according my parole officer and my government supplied and paid shrink....

Absolutely,I was locked up in that VT 2B last May 

I had to escape,luckily a member here EK drove past at the back of the cafe and I jumped the fence !

[jacko45k]

15 hours ago, henryford1958 said:

That's why i would never have bought in any of the View Taleys.  They look like prison blocks and obviously attract a certain type of person..

I agree and often called my friend's place in VT 5, 'Cell Block H'... but he is still there, still happy, and tells me the place is well managed. 

[Woke to Sounds]

On 12/28/2024 at 11:39 PM, Hummin said:

So many old men strolling around alone, eating alone, sitting alone and more elderly men sitting  at the beach roads. 

 

Can't remember I see so many before without the spark in their eyes, and just look like walking dead.

I was in Kampot, Cambodia, several months ago.

 

Noticed a similar thing there.

[Celsius]

11 hours ago, GypsyT said:

VTs have been great investment and are well know worldwide

 

😂

[Jim Blue]

I got 75 books in my library !

[georgegeorgia]

And that View talay 2B they lock you in the cafe 

Thankfully I'm banned from that cafe in that building and good riddance to them!

I had to put a orange safety vest on just to walk through that long driveway to view talay 2B 

 

 

 

 

[georgegeorgia]

On 12/29/2024 at 4:39 PM, Hummin said:

Just visited Jomtien and Pattaya, I have to give Georgy right. 

 

So many old men strolling around alone, eating alone, sitting alone and more elderly men sitting  at the beach roads. 

 

Can't remember I see so many before without the spark in their eyes, and just look like walking dead.

 

Something have happened sine last time I visited.

 

Sad, really

 

And also noticeable men with holiday gf or wife, the same, no smiles, no sparks in their eyes.

 

Jomtien and Pattaya have truly became last stop for many who moved to paradise.

 

Not even old many of them 60'ies and up I would guess, but acting like 80

Yes many of them alone 

I wonder if they are expats or just tourists visiting this not knowing anyone ?

Do the expats in Jomtien talk to each other or do they keep to themselves 

 

I did see a few mobility scooters outside that bar going into the Jomtien complex with the live singers ,they seem to be in there ....talking to each other about their sickness and illness 

[EVENKEEL]

On 1/6/2025 at 2:44 AM, georgegeorgia said:

Absolutely,I was locked up in that VT 2B last May 

I had to escape,luckily a member here EK drove past at the back of the cafe and I jumped the fence !

Always glad to help brother.

[SAFETY FIRST]

On 12/29/2024 at 12:39 PM, Hummin said:

So many old men strolling around alone, eating alone, sitting alone and more elderly men sitting  at the beach roads. 

Can't remember I see so many before without the spark in their eyes, and just look like walking dead.

Something have happened sine last time I visited.

Sad, really

Yes, this is very common.

 

Sadly, most are on a budget, they don't have the funds for a quality life, unable to fund a hobby, no car or bike to get around, just eating a meagre meal, no money to eat at a nice restaurant and to top it off, no family to spend quality time with.

 

It must be a very lonely, sad life.

 

I'm very lucky, I have a big family here in Pattaya. 

[jippytum]

You sound like a person who enjoys their own space and company. Nothing wrong with that. However l made friends with people over the years sometimes a friendship that started from a causual polite convesation. 

[newbee2022]

The lonely ones are here on AN

[jacko45k]

36 minutes ago, newbee2022 said:

The lonely ones are here on AN

As you and I are...... it is a form of social interaction though. 

[Thingamabob]

This posting appears to have been written in May of last year. Anyway, for very many years I used to occasionally visit Pattaya for a blast for a few days max, and then be gone.  Never sought contact with local expats. I was there to enjoy the company of the Thai flora and fauna.

[jippytum]

On 5/4/2024 at 12:13 PM, OneMoreFarang said:

How often does that happen to you?

 

Sometimes I start a conversation with a stranger, and sometimes a stranger starts a conversation with me. I met interesting people that way.

 

I think the important part it that we or the other guy doesn't have to answer. Or maybe just nod and that's it. I wouldn't want to try to talk to someone 3 times and he ignores me 3 times. Or the other way around. But in my experience that happens seldom.

 

On the other hand, many people write that they have no friends. Or complain that others only look at their phones. I think there is nothing wrong with meeting new people.

Agreed.  remember the next person you meet could  end up being your best friend