Why are posters on here are reject living in the West?

[4MyEgo]

On 2/19/2025 at 7:01 AM, Confuscious said:

There are mainly 2 kind of people travelling to Thailand and nothing has changed in this matter.

1. The elder people who are alone and can get no girl/woman in their country anymore (except woman of their own age) and travel to Thailand to get a young girl to take care of them.
Off course, against $$$$$$$.
This type of tourist used to travel to Pattaya or Phuket, but you can see them in Issaan and other cities as well now.

2. The backpackers who are enjoying their youth before starting a carreer in their own country.
They con't care about safety rules, tourist rules or anything.
Their goal is to enjoy life to the fullest for a short time.
Off course, many of then end-up returning ti their country while missing a few limbs or in a box.

 

What about: 

 

3. Those of us that worked their ringers off for 40 years, came to Thailand in their mid 40's, met a girl (bar girls) if you like, then returned a few years later and have been here for a decade enjoying life off of their investments vs still having to work to survive back in their home countries where everyone is screaming that the cost of living is unaffordable ?

[KhunHeineken]

On 4/19/2025 at 6:03 AM, 4MyEgo said:

 

What about: 

 

3. Those of us that worked their ringers off for 40 years, came to Thailand in their mid 40's, met a girl (bar girls) if you like, then returned a few years later and have been here for a decade enjoying life off of their investments vs still having to work to survive back in their home countries where everyone is screaming that the cost of living is unaffordable ?

There are a lot of variables in that demographic you describe.

 

If you came to Thailand mid 40's, and say you left school at 15, that's 30 years of working, not 40 years of working. 

 

Firstly, the type of occupation would matter greatly, which goes directly to the amount of salary earned.  On this point, salaries were not very large back in those days, for all professions.

 

Then, there are possible losses along the way to consider.  Eh:  divorce, the GFC etc etc.  All effect one's cash / asset portfolio.  Divorce and loss of property and child support to pay being a common financial setback to many men in Australia. 

 

There's also how many hours a week the person worked, and their tax rate, or if they were paid cash in hand, as well as the lifestyle they lived, and the investments they made. 

 

Another thing to consider is, in general, humans are living longer.    That 30 years of working now has to see you out for longer than in past generations.  

 

The list goes on, but the above are some of the reasons people like yourself have returned back to Australia to do their 2 years to qualify for a pension.  

 

It's not a bad deal.  Work until mid 40's, move to a cheap country, get a pretty girl for cheap, don't work for the next 20 years, return home "cap in hand" for 2 years, get the pension, and then return back to the cheap country. 

 

One may call it good financial planning, and a good work life balance.  However, there are people who work from 15 to 65 in Australia, and will never qualify for a pension.  I suspect they don't have kind words to say about the above people.