Is Thailand a good place to settle down for the rest of your life?

[RolandRat]

I am thinking of getting a Thai wife and settling down. What do you guys think?

[MalcolmB]

In the same boat mate.

Been planning it since Covid. 
As long as you don’t make it public and rub it in their faces Thai women will turn a blind eye to your extra marital activities.

Add to that the weather, the cheap beer and delicious food and you are in paradise.

[fredwiggy]

Never move to an area before you visit it a few times, and stay for as long as you can vacation. Try it in both seasons here, because the rainy season makes it hard to do much of anything during it. If you are okay with hot weather all of the time, with just a little break here and there, it's okay.

 

Remember if you have any hobbies , make sure Thailand has them available, or you will get very bored here. Besides the beach areas, after awhile, the rest all looks pretty much the same, and unless you're a gardener type that likes spending a lot of time growing and planting things again, you will get bored quickly.

 

If you're a bar person that likes to spend a lot of time in bars drinking, you'll be okay here, as that's a national pastime here, but your wife might get angry unless she's also into it.

 

There is a lot of foreign food here but not much in the country areas besides the larger cities, so you might have to travel, unless you're okay eating Thai food all the time.

 

Your best bet is to find a Thai woman you can bring back to your country, unless you are tired of where you're living and need a change. If you like the big city life, Bangkok has most everything you will need, and the beaches aren't far away. The beach areas are the best thing about Thailand, and aren't near as boring as the country areas.

[fredwiggy]

8 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

In the same boat mate.

Been planning it since Covid. 
As long as you don’t make it public and rub it in their faces Thai women will turn a blind eye to your extra marital activities.

Add to that the weather, the cheap beer and delicious food and you are in paradise.

You pick the wrong Thai woman and you'll be missing a certain body part if you cheat on her. And cheating is wrong anyway.

[G_Money]

28 minutes ago, RolandRat said:

I am thinking of getting a Thai wife and settling down. What do you guys think?

I’ll start the popcorn.

 

 

 

 

[rumak]

35 minutes ago, RolandRat said:

I am thinking of getting a Thai wife and settling down. What do you guys think?

 

sure !   order one from Lazada as they have a money back guarantee !

[RolandRat]

7 minutes ago, G_Money said:

I’ll start the popcorn.

 

 

 

 

Yes let's see how it goes.

[rumak]

9 minutes ago, RolandRat said:

Yes let's see how it goes.

 

Let the betting begin :::::     How long will it take before he's crying in his cheap beer ?

a.  2 months     b.   2 years    c.  2 houses    d. 2000 posts on Asien now

Edited Wednesday at 07:15 AM by rumak

[mokwit]

35 minutes ago, MalcolmB said:

As long as you don’t make it public and rub it in their faces Thai women will turn a blind eye to your extra marital activities.

This is a myth. You are depleting the pool of money to be transferred from you to her family by having other women.

 

Thailand is not a place to retire to with burnt bridges, you will end up angst ridden about changes in visas etc. If you can just get on a 'plane and be secure somewhere else then it is fine.

[mokwit]

29 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

Bangkok has most everything you will need

If one is tired of Bangkok one is tired of life, for in Bangkok there is all that life can afford.

[fredwiggy]

Just now, mokwit said:

If one is tired of Bangkok one is tired of life, for in Bangkok there is all that life can afford.

All big cities are much the same. That's why I mentioned if he's a city person he will feel at home in Bangkok, as most any other large cities. If one likes country areas and outdoor things, then the cities are only good for dining and shopping.

Edited Wednesday at 07:22 AM by fredwiggy

[Presnock]

21 minutes ago, rumak said:

 

sure !   order one from Lazada as they have a money back guarantee !

 

5 minutes ago, fredwiggy said:

All big cities are much the same. That's why I mentioned if he's a city person he will feel at home in Bangkok, as most any other large cities. If one likes country areas and outdoor things, then the cities are only good for dining and shopping.

same with Shopee and with the new Money-back govt policy if you don't get what you paid for....  On the other hand if you plan on settling down here you had best wait until the latest tax interpretation (s) might be.  And BRICS just around the corner too as they snuggle up to Xi and Putin.  

[G_Money]

1 hour ago, rumak said:

 

Let the betting begin :::::     How long will it take before he's crying in his cheap beer ?

a.  2 months     b.   2 years    c.  2 houses    d. 2000 posts on Asien now

I vote C.

[DeaconJohn]

Your situation in Thailand depends on the kind of people you live among.

Most farangs come here too late in life.

Too late to master the language and achieve some degree of literacy.

Too late to attract anything better than a mercenary woman and subsequently become a cash cow for her greedy relatives.

Come in your prime or shortly after and you have a very good chance to make a successful marriage.

Thais take care of their own, and that would include a farang who has lived among them for many years as a husband and father.

Family means everything here.

Your position in the family defines who you are.

Without one you are nobody.

Farang tao-nahn eng.

[scubascuba3]

Why bother getting a Thai wife and settling down, no need for it in Thailand. We get brainwashed into it back home

[transam]

1 minute ago, scubascuba3 said:

Why bother getting a Thai wife and settling down, no need for it in Thailand. We get brainwashed into it back home

You did..........

[scubascuba3]

4 minutes ago, transam said:

You did..........

no i didn't, i dodged a bullet by not getting married, not even a fake girlfriend in tow yet

[transam]

5 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

In the same boat mate.

Been planning it since Covid. 
As long as you don’t make it public and rub it in their faces Thai women will turn a blind eye to your extra marital activities.

Add to that the weather, the cheap beer and delicious food and you are in paradise.

How do you know, you've only been here a few weeks............🤔

[simon43]

5 hours ago, RolandRat said:

I am thinking of getting a Thai wife and settling down. What do you guys think?

Why do you need a Thai wife to settle down?  She can become a financial millstone around your neck.

[OneMoreFarang]

5 hours ago, RolandRat said:

I am thinking of getting a Thai wife and settling down. What do you guys think?

Maybe start with a Thai girlfriend and renting a place.

Then look how you like it for a few years.

And then you can decide if you want to spend many years in Thailand, like having kids.

 

When I moved to Thailand about 30 years ago it was my intention to live in Thailand, probably for a long time. And I am still here, and possibly I will be here for the rest of my life.

But at any time, I could have decided that I want to go back home or to somewhere else.

And luckily, I can get a job anywhere in this world.

So, take it easy. A month, several months, a year, another few years, see how you like it.

[transam]

1 minute ago, simon43 said:

Why do you need a Thai wife to settle down?  She can become a financial millstone around your neck.

Or not..........🤗

[Will B Good]

You pays your money, you takes your chance.

 

Married 18 years, hardly a day apart and she has been my financial saviour.

[novacova]

5 hours ago, RolandRat said:

I am thinking of getting a Thai wife and settling down. What do you guys think?

That’s quite the variable. Depends on you and the woman you choose.

[rumak]

5 hours ago, RolandRat said:

I am thinking of getting a Thai wife and settling down. What do you guys think?

 

having a degree in animal husbandry will greatly enhance your chances of finding a really special woman ......

[bubblegum]

What a silly threat.

[bob smith]

No.

 

It is not.

 

bob.

[Denim]

6 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

 

As long as you don’t make it public and rub it in their faces Thai women will turn a blind eye to your extra marital activists.

 

The ones that turn a blind eye are likely doing the same with their Thai gik.  As long as you are OK with this no problem. But if not can be a big headache later when the gik has ideas about bumping you off.

 

This has happened here. I even knew a wealthy bloke who liked to visit Pat Pong and play the field. His wife said she had to visit sick mum in Udon. Had to stay there and look after her. This bloke opted to believe her and stay in Bangkok. 4 months later he went to check up on her. She was living with her younger more handsome Thai partner. Nothing wrong with mum.

 

For some strange reason he was miffed about this ?

Go figure ?

[BangkokReady]

6 hours ago, MalcolmB said:

As long as you don’t make it public and rub it in their faces Thai women will turn a blind eye to your extra marital activities.

 

I think you meant to say "the Thai women that I have access to...".

[susanlea]

8 hours ago, mokwit said:

If one is tired of Bangkok one is tired of life, for in Bangkok there is all that life can afford.

No beaches 

[watthong]

10 hours ago, fredwiggy said:

Your best bet is to find a Thai woman you can bring back to your country

 

Wh would anyone in their sane mind would want to do that? 1) Remember, "You can take the girl out of Isaan, but you can't take Isaan out of the girl..." 2) Not to mention giving her the  heretofore un-asked for opportunity to put you in the rather sobering context as far as male (farang) specimen goes. Such blunder could be catastrophic.