Who lives without family?

[charmonman]

I get by with a little help from my friends. I really don’t care about Christmas though I did have a couple of video calls my brother and his wife over the period. I am also in my sixties and never wanted to be tied down by a wife and kids. Maybe that’s why I was able to retire early and enjoy life. I almost never feel lonely, but don’t look down on those who do. Everyone is different.

[Keller54]

17 hours ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

ManUp dude 

 

I actually lol 😂 reading “ ManUp dude” 

Brilliant! 😂😂😂

[georgegeorgia]

3 hours ago, cjinchiangrai said:

Why is it any of your business?

Certainly beats your mundane posts on...wait for it....sewing up hems on trousers where you go into detail.Lol 

 

You boring old fart , imagine meeting you in a bar for a drink and listening to you waffle on about sewing on buttons ,even beats Bobs posts ! 

 

[simon43]

I spent my Christmas without family.  My UK ex-wife and my 3 kids disowned me 20+ years ago when my lung illness forced me to move to warmer climes.

 

But I didn't spend Christmas alone.  I was in Shan State (Myanmar), donating gifts to orphans.

 

 

GG, if you want to burst into tears again, look at this short video that I made at one of the orphanages on Xmas Day. The boy's song is so apt for that war-torn country.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhbRhVJm8_k

[georgegeorgia]

34 minutes ago, simon43 said:

I spent my Christmas without family.  My UK ex-wife and my 3 kids disowned me 20+ years ago when my lung illness forced me to move to warmer climes.

 

But I didn't spend Christmas alone.  I was in Shan State (Myanmar), donating gifts to orphans.

 

 

GG, if you want to burst into tears again, look at this short video that I made at one of the orphanages on Xmas Day. The boy's song is so apt for that war-torn country.

 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhbRhVJm8_k

You Simon are a legend 

But I'm not sure if you watched Aussie YouTuber Spanians vid on Myanmar?

[Gottfrid]

10 hours ago, richard_smith237 said:

 

Its the next evolution from 'high horse' !!!! 

Ok, Thanks! Now it´s totally understandable 😉 

[Card]

21 hours ago, OneMoreFarang said:

I have almost no family and I don't miss a family.

I have a sister in another country. We have no problems with each other, but we live totally different lives. A message or two every couple of months is all the contact we have.

 

And about Christmas, etc. I avoid any special lunch or dinner or whatever events on those days. It's a day like any other day. If someone wants to celebrate it in company of people, I am sure he can go to church somewhere.

Personally, I am just fine without Christmas and family. 

 

Absolutely the same as me!

[rwill]

Does he have a spare 175,000 dollars?

 

Robot girlfriend

[atpeace]

5 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

rarely.

Same here but do like them all.  I have the same habits with friends also.  

[Freddy42OZ]

I don't understand how people can not love their family, let alone not like them.

My sister is easily my best friend.   My parents were wonderful, but have sadly passed away. 

All my relatives are great, we've never not got on with each other.

[simon43]

2 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

You Simon are a legend 

But I'm not sure if you watched Aussie YouTuber Spanians vid on Myanmar?

 

Yes, I've watched that video, and many others from Vloggers.  Almost without exception they are exaggerating the dangers (of walking down a street in Yangon). I understand that they do this to get more subs and clicks of course.

[cjinchiangrai]

3 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Certainly beats your mundane posts on...wait for it....sewing up hems on trousers where you go into detail.Lol 

 

You boring old fart , imagine meeting you in a bar for a drink and listening to you waffle on about sewing on buttons ,even beats Bobs posts ! 

 

No idea what you are on about, but that is par for the course.

[Cat Boy]

On 1/14/2025 at 10:05 AM, georgegeorgia said:

I was just watching a Pattaya YouTuber , a 60 something guy who had just retired to Pattaya in December after 35 years working in the government service in the UK 

 

He just made me cry as he said he spent Xmas day alone !

He has no family or should I say they have lost contact 

I actually laid on my lounge on my day off today crying watching the poor bugger saying his Xmas day in Pattaya was very lonely 

 

Never married from the UK ,lost contact with his brothers sisters etc over the years .

 

I wonder if Thailand is the RIGHT place for him to meet a genuine partner after his sadness so I wrote a post for him to go to the Philippines immediately 

 

He said all though he retired to Pattaya he is looking for a new place as he is has no one 

 

Anyway I don't want to open up a Pandora's Box but who here has no family and do you cope ok ?

 

I'm in my early 60s. Mother and father died around 20 years ago. As executor of my father's estate, i sold the house, everything in it and at the same time all of my own personal affects that I had from a flat I earlier had in California. I arrived in '05 with a couple of suitcases. Blissfully unencumbered.

I've never understood that overt attachment to the importnace of holidays, as you've phrased it "X-mas day alone", as each and every day is special, whether living alone or with others.

I more or less adopted a fatherless family in Southern Bangladesh years ago, and go there frequently. I supported the younger boy through college and university, BBA and MBA, the older brother, I've just bought a 3-bedroom flat for he, his wife and their 2 young boys.

With that said, I've just returned from a 10-day New Years holiday with the group, 7 of us total, which was good, but sometimes a challenge for me, basically an introvert. Happy to be back home in Thailand and my solitude.

Yes, connectivity keeps our minds active and engaged in life and the living, But, close relationships living together 24/7 aren't for everyone and carry their own downsides. Connectivity is more, its the guy at the local coffee shop where you get your morning cuppa, you don't know his name, he doesn't know yours, but its a routine, ... along with the many other more casual relationships we encounter in our daily lives. That's enough.

In dues course, I'll die here in Thailand alone, and that's totally fine by me, and as is my wish.