Giving the lonely false hope

[KhunLA]

5 minutes ago, simon43 said:

"If you aren't social, you can be lonely in any city"

 

True, but it doesn't apply to everyone who is not 'social'. I don't looking for social interaction, but I'm a very friendly person if someone approaches me.  But I much prefer my own company and I'm definitely not lonely.

I'm fairly anti social, but I've engaged with strangers many times, and had some great conversation, when O&A.  Not so much locally.

 

One exceptional afternoon, yakked for a while poolside at Phuket, to an older Iranian, actor, writer, movie producer.  Extremely enlightening, as was around before & after the Shah of Iran got deposed.  Went from very bad to worse.   He does 6 months Iran & 6 months Phuket every year.

[3NUMBAS]

Remember golden man who spent his days cycling round Pattaya till he went home to U.K., very sad bloke

[xylophone]

17 minutes ago, simon43 said:

"If you aren't social, you can be lonely in any city"

 

True, but it doesn't apply to everyone who is not 'social'. I don't looking for social interaction, but I'm a very friendly person if someone approaches me.  But I much prefer my own company and I'm definitely not lonely.

Same here @simon43 and to quote a line from an old Kiwi band song, "Truth is I like my own company best" and I find now that I've gotten older, that certainly applies to me.

[Nick Carter icp]

Just now, 3NUMBAS said:

Remember golden man who spent his days cycling round Pattaya till he went home to U.K., very sad bloke

 

   I saw him last week in the UK, riding around dressed normally on a normal bike 

[persimmon]

4 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

Remember golden man who spent his days cycling round Pattaya till he went home to U.K., very sad bloke

I remember that guy - all dressed up like he should have been in some sort of carnival parade . What was the story behind this ? Not sure if he was lonely or not - looked quite cheery when I saw him.

[georgegeorgia]

6 hours ago, 3NUMBAS said:

Remember golden man who spent his days cycling round Pattaya till he went home to U.K., very sad bloke

Oh yes ..I believed he lived in Wimbledon in the UK 

Haven't seen him for years ,has he been back ?

[BangkokReady]

On 5/29/2025 at 6:06 PM, georgegeorgia said:

One guy wrote ( Harold) (which I cried after reading ) is that he was a 60yo man who lives by himself with no family from Cardiff in the UK and he works Monday to Friday ,comes home at night to a empty house, cooks his dinner watches TV  and repeats it the next day 

Weekends he is lonely 

 

He says he can't wait to retire and move to Pattaya so he "doesn't feel lonely"anymore !!!

 

He will sell his house in Cardiff ,give up his government job early so he can move to Pattaya 

 

Now guys please ...we know in reality the YouTuber is lying , move to Pattaya and You won't be lonely....really ?

 

Harry is very likely to have a better quality of life in Pattaya.  That seems obvious.

[keysersoze276]

On 5/29/2025 at 6:06 PM, georgegeorgia said:

I just watched a YouTube video of a Pattaya YouTuber ( from UK)  who is telling guys that are by themselves in their own country to retire early and move to Pattaya 

 

Then I read the sad comments on his YouTube ,some guys are saying they can't wait to move to Pattaya so they won't be lonely anymore , they're stuck in the UK by jobs etc 

 

One guy wrote ( Harold) (which I cried after reading ) is that he was a 60yo man who lives by himself with no family from Cardiff in the UK and he works Monday to Friday ,comes home at night to a empty house, cooks his dinner watches TV  and repeats it the next day 

Weekends he is lonely 

 

He says he can't wait to retire and move to Pattaya so he "doesn't feel lonely"anymore !!!

 

He will sell his house in Cardiff ,give up his government job early so he can move to Pattaya 

 

Now guys please ...we know in reality the YouTuber is lying , move to Pattaya and You won't be lonely....really ?

 

The reality is...

..the lonely guys move from the UK or Australia or wherever to Thailand and move into a 21sqm studio by themselves they work out all the "company" costs money ,no real friends, it all costs money and after a certain amount of time ...1 year? 2 years? work out the "lonilesness" is still ther

 

They find no friends in Pattaya ,they become lonely ,they then have regrets and after 1 year there back in the UK or Australia right 

Right !

Yes 

Thank me ....

I know ..I have studied this

Yeah. That story was definitely true for you. You couldn’t even hack it in Pattaya.
 

You were questioned by strangers for walking around and standing on the sidewalks and streets taking photos of people in hot tubs on their balcony.

 

 You wanted to go fishing on a charter boat, but wanted a discount because you knew no one else would be comfortable talking to you, but you didn’t think it was fair to pay the full price for the boat because you were just one person.  

When you first arrived here, you went on huge rants that if taxi drivers don’t use the meter, everyone should not only accept it, but should tip them extra. That’s probably one of the reasons you ran out of money in a couple months and moved back to Australia with your tail between your legs. And you started hugging and making out with the taxi driver.
 

You insulted dozens and dozens of AN members by calling them grandpa, old man, saying we all walked with a cane, or to be careful that we don’t break a hip, etc.  Always unfounded as no one was even hinting at age.  You did that to me at least twice and later, you mentioned in a post that you were 62 years old, which is two decades older than me.  
 

You moved back to Australia and still came back to post on here that you were back home and working, but all of your coworkers avoided eye contact and seemed put off by your presence.
 

Several dozens or hundreds of ridiculous music posts with accompanying YouTube videos and asking questions, then answering yourself, then getting upset with your own reply to yourself and then adding more and more misic videos claiming each one was better than the last to the point you were getting belligerent with yourself. The one where you tried to introduce and educate the world to Tina Turner, who you claimed was the most underrated and unknown singer of all time was so insane. Everyone had to tell you she has passed away and then you led yourself down some bizarre rabbit hole and got even weirder than usual.
 

So, let me see if I got this straight and up to date. You are back in Australia. You’ve been there maybe 6 months or so. You are watching YouTube videos about Pattaya, which was the only city in Thailand you have spent any time in. You rented a 21 sq. meter studio apartment while there for a few months and couldn’t make a single friend, so you your theory is that everyone that moves to Pattaya (or Thailand wherever, I guess), is that they will end up as sad and pathetic as you did.
 

Is that fair to say?  Why are you even posting on here still?  Go play bingo or something and meet a nice guy your own age.  Get an AI boyfriend or a Gordan Ramsey inflatable love doll or something to keep your mind busy.  
 

People are still creeped out. AseanPTSDNow as it was before. 

[Thingamabob]

On 5/29/2025 at 6:06 PM, georgegeorgia said:

I just watched a YouTube video of a Pattaya YouTuber ( from UK)  who is telling guys that are by themselves in their own country to retire early and move to Pattaya 

 

Then I read the sad comments on his YouTube ,some guys are saying they can't wait to move to Pattaya so they won't be lonely anymore , they're stuck in the UK by jobs etc 

 

One guy wrote ( Harold) (which I cried after reading ) is that he was a 60yo man who lives by himself with no family from Cardiff in the UK and he works Monday to Friday ,comes home at night to a empty house, cooks his dinner watches TV  and repeats it the next day 

Weekends he is lonely 

 

He says he can't wait to retire and move to Pattaya so he "doesn't feel lonely"anymore !!!

 

He will sell his house in Cardiff ,give up his government job early so he can move to Pattaya 

 

Now guys please ...we know in reality the YouTuber is lying , move to Pattaya and You won't be lonely....really ?

 

The reality is...

..the lonely guys move from the UK or Australia or wherever to Thailand and move into a 21sqm studio by themselves they work out all the "company" costs money ,no real friends, it all costs money and after a certain amount of time ...1 year? 2 years? work out the "lonilesness" is still ther

 

They find no friends in Pattaya ,they become lonely ,they then have regrets and after 1 year there back in the UK or Australia right 

Right !

Yes 

Thank me ....

I know ..I have studied this

The experience of some people but by no means everybody.

[BritManToo]

45 minutes ago, keysersoze276 said:

ou insulted dozens and dozens of AN members by calling them grandpa, old man, saying we all walked with a cane, or to be careful that we don’t break a hip, etc.  Always unfounded as no one was even hinting at age.  You did that to me at least twice and later, you mentioned in a post that you were 62 years old, which is two decades older than me.  

What wrong with being old, or using a cane?

[BritManToo]

21 hours ago, JakeC said:

 

How do you think that people view you when you are with yours?

Do you think they imagine that it's a genuine relationship or a transactional one? I would say that everyone would assume the latter.

Why would I care?

And add to that every heterosexual relationship looks transactional to me, only the payment plans appear different!

 

Personally, I prefer to pay 2,000bht up front, than my home and half my pension five years after.

[save the frogs]

11 hours ago, keysersoze276 said:

People are still creeped out. AseanPTSDNow as it was before. 

 

Dude, the guy's a troll.

If you cling to every word he says as gospel, then yes you will develop AN PTSD.

 

 

[JakeC]

Quote

 

Why would I care?

And add to that every heterosexual relationship looks transactional to me, only the payment plans appear different!

 

 

Who asked you? 😊

[keysersoze276]

18 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

What wrong with being old, or using a cane?

Nothing at all if you are asking me.  I was saying @georgegeorgiahas posted that stuff numerous times and in very insulting and disrespectful manners.  I wouldn't stoop so low ass to disrespect my elders or make blind statements about possible physical handicaps.  

[keysersoze276]

14 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

Dude, the guy's a troll.

If you cling to every word he says as gospel, then yes you will develop AN PTSD.

 

 

I know, man..  He's like a freak troll, though.  Like not even living under a bridge and popping out at night.  Like a sewer troll that sometimes walks around in broad daylight.  It seems dangerous or  unhealthy in a way because it's like watching a car accident in slow motion, then it devolves and becomes a full on train wreck that you are compelled to look at, but then you realize you are staring into a dumpster fire and then it's just a pile of puke and once you break the gaze, you just feel full of sorrow and pity for yourself and everyone else.

[georgegeorgia]

1 hour ago, keysersoze276 said:

Yeah. That story was definitely true for you. You couldn’t even hack it in Pattaya.
 

You were questioned by strangers for walking around and standing on the sidewalks and streets taking photos of people in hot tubs on their balcony.

 

 You wanted to go fishing on a charter boat, but wanted a discount because you knew no one else would be comfortable talking to you, but you didn’t think it was fair to pay the full price for the boat because you were just one person.  

When you first arrived here, you went on huge rants that if taxi drivers don’t use the meter, everyone should not only accept it, but should tip them extra. That’s probably one of the reasons you ran out of money in a couple months and moved back to Australia with your tail between your legs. And you started hugging and making out with the taxi driver.
 

You insulted dozens and dozens of AN members by calling them grandpa, old man, saying we all walked with a cane, or to be careful that we don’t break a hip, etc.  Always unfounded as no one was even hinting at age.  You did that to me at least twice and later, you mentioned in a post that you were 62 years old, which is two decades older than me.  
 

You moved back to Australia and still came back to post on here that you were back home and working, but all of your coworkers avoided eye contact and seemed put off by your presence.
 

Several dozens or hundreds of ridiculous music posts with accompanying YouTube videos and asking questions, then answering yourself, then getting upset with your own reply to yourself and then adding more and more misic videos claiming each one was better than the last to the point you were getting belligerent with yourself. The one where you tried to introduce and educate the world to Tina Turner, who you claimed was the most underrated and unknown singer of all time was so insane. Everyone had to tell you she has passed away and then you led yourself down some bizarre rabbit hole and got even weirder than usual.
 

So, let me see if I got this straight and up to date. You are back in Australia. You’ve been there maybe 6 months or so. You are watching YouTube videos about Pattaya, which was the only city in Thailand you have spent any time in. You rented a 21 sq. meter studio apartment while there for a few months and couldn’t make a single friend, so you your theory is that everyone that moves to Pattaya (or Thailand wherever, I guess), is that they will end up as sad and pathetic as you did.
 

Is that fair to say?  Why are you even posting on here still?  Go play bingo or something and meet a nice guy your own age.  Get an AI boyfriend or a Gordan Ramsey inflatable love doll or something to keep your mind busy.  
 

People are still creeped out. AseanPTSDNow as it was before. 

So I take it you are using the "judicious approach"?

A beautiful word that I discovered recently "judicious" from one of our members 

Thankyou for your service Sir and may I quote a saying or would it perhaps be a proverb ?

"Loose lips sink ships !!

[keysersoze276]

1 minute ago, georgegeorgia said:

So I take it you are using the "judicious approach"?

I'm calling a spade a spade.

 

[georgegeorgia]

7 minutes ago, keysersoze276 said:

I'm calling a spade a spade.

 

I must say when I heard the sentence "Loose lips sink ships ",I thought it may have a sexual connotation ?

 

Oh don't be disgusting please could I ask you to refrain from such sayings especially the spade one, especially when we will mix those sayings together although it's a type of multicultural theme one would perhaps say 

[JaxxBKK]

On 5/29/2025 at 6:06 PM, georgegeorgia said:

I just watched a YouTube video of a Pattaya YouTuber ( from UK)  who is telling guys that are by themselves in their own country to retire early and move to Pattaya 

 

Then I read the sad comments on his YouTube ,some guys are saying they can't wait to move to Pattaya so they won't be lonely anymore , they're stuck in the UK by jobs etc 

 

One guy wrote ( Harold) (which I cried after reading ) is that he was a 60yo man who lives by himself with no family from Cardiff in the UK and he works Monday to Friday ,comes home at night to a empty house, cooks his dinner watches TV  and repeats it the next day 

Weekends he is lonely 

 

He says he can't wait to retire and move to Pattaya so he "doesn't feel lonely"anymore !!!

 

He will sell his house in Cardiff ,give up his government job early so he can move to Pattaya 

 

Now guys please ...we know in reality the YouTuber is lying , move to Pattaya and You won't be lonely....really ?

 

The reality is...

..the lonely guys move from the UK or Australia or wherever to Thailand and move into a 21sqm studio by themselves they work out all the "company" costs money ,no real friends, it all costs money and after a certain amount of time ...1 year? 2 years? work out the "lonilesness" is still ther

 

They find no friends in Pattaya ,they become lonely ,they then have regrets and after 1 year there back in the UK or Australia right 

Right !

Yes 

Thank me ....

I know ..I have studied this

 

Everyone can turn their lives around. I've refashioned myself through a number of tough phases in life.

 

It's only hopeless when you give up on yourself. At that point why should anyone else care about you?

 

I've actually thought about starting a similar website/blog/ podcast but I really don't want any more farang here...far less.

 

Anyone tell you that you seem to have waay to much time on your hands?

[JaxxBKK]

4 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

beautiful word that I discovered recently "judicious" from one of our members 

 

Maybe should have paid attention in high school.

[JaxxBKK]

5 hours ago, keysersoze276 said:

Yeah. That story was definitely true for you. You couldn’t even hack it in Pattaya.
 

You were questioned by strangers for walking around and standing on the sidewalks and streets taking photos of people in hot tubs on their balcony.

 

 You wanted to go fishing on a charter boat, but wanted a discount because you knew no one else would be comfortable talking to you, but you didn’t think it was fair to pay the full price for the boat because you were just one person.  

When you first arrived here, you went on huge rants that if taxi drivers don’t use the meter, everyone should not only accept it, but should tip them extra. That’s probably one of the reasons you ran out of money in a couple months and moved back to Australia with your tail between your legs. And you started hugging and making out with the taxi driver.
 

You insulted dozens and dozens of AN members by calling them grandpa, old man, saying we all walked with a cane, or to be careful that we don’t break a hip, etc.  Always unfounded as no one was even hinting at age.  You did that to me at least twice and later, you mentioned in a post that you were 62 years old, which is two decades older than me.  
 

You moved back to Australia and still came back to post on here that you were back home and working, but all of your coworkers avoided eye contact and seemed put off by your presence.
 

Several dozens or hundreds of ridiculous music posts with accompanying YouTube videos and asking questions, then answering yourself, then getting upset with your own reply to yourself and then adding more and more misic videos claiming each one was better than the last to the point you were getting belligerent with yourself. The one where you tried to introduce and educate the world to Tina Turner, who you claimed was the most underrated and unknown singer of all time was so insane. Everyone had to tell you she has passed away and then you led yourself down some bizarre rabbit hole and got even weirder than usual.
 

So, let me see if I got this straight and up to date. You are back in Australia. You’ve been there maybe 6 months or so. You are watching YouTube videos about Pattaya, which was the only city in Thailand you have spent any time in. You rented a 21 sq. meter studio apartment while there for a few months and couldn’t make a single friend, so you your theory is that everyone that moves to Pattaya (or Thailand wherever, I guess), is that they will end up as sad and pathetic as you did.
 

Is that fair to say?  Why are you even posting on here still?  Go play bingo or something and meet a nice guy your own age.  Get an AI boyfriend or a Gordan Ramsey inflatable love doll or something to keep your mind busy.  
 

People are still creeped out. AseanPTSDNow as it was before. 

 

People outside Thailand know next to nothing about the country are legion here. Shame.

 

The political sub is just lousy with overseas trolls

 

This board is about Thailand to lesser extent asean.  Without the perspective of living here the opinions are most topics are simply typical and belong on some stupid board like Reddit.

 

How much creed I put into someones opinion in Thailand is a mix of how long LIVING here  where in Thailand they live, if they have family, type of visa. I'm also total pro cheap-charlie. Money often distances real and valuable experience to share.

[georgegeorgia]

12 minutes ago, JaxxBKK said:

I'm also total pro cheap-charlie.

Oh disgusting admitting this

These poor people deserve every cent they earn , I despise Cheap Charlie's especially those who haggle with an elderly lady food cart vendor

 

Can I kindly just ask you to stop haggling and trying to save every penny and using these poor people, tip them and give them more that's all I ask of you 

 

[JaxxBKK]

7 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Oh disgusting admitting this

These poor people deserve every cent they earn , I despise Cheap Charlie's especially those who haggle with an elderly lady food cart vendor

 

Can I kindly just ask you to stop haggling and trying to save every penny and using these poor people, tip them and give them more that's all I ask of you 

 

 

First, you don't do anything bc you don't live here.

 

I've been here in East Asia for 35 years. Your assumptions about haggling with some woman selling food off a car are beyond absurd and insulting

 

At least unlike you I actually do eat food off of a street cart

 

Next, I don't haggle. I ask a price and if it's not amenable i move on.

 

Finally, I love the challenge of researching the best deals, quality value, places and paying as little as possible. For me it's part of the grand puzzle of navigating life overseas. For example I bounce from pub to pub to pay happy hour prices but an equal purpose is a change of scenery.

 

You are a very dull, boring  and bored old man. I think you're two years younger but you seem like your 80 and bet you look it.

 

If I send you a QR code will you send me money as you seem to have never ending amounts of it judging by your post?

[newnative]

On 5/29/2025 at 6:06 PM, georgegeorgia said:

I just watched a YouTube video of a Pattaya YouTuber ( from UK)  who is telling guys that are by themselves in their own country to retire early and move to Pattaya 

 

Then I read the sad comments on his YouTube ,some guys are saying they can't wait to move to Pattaya so they won't be lonely anymore , they're stuck in the UK by jobs etc 

 

One guy wrote ( Harold) (which I cried after reading ) is that he was a 60yo man who lives by himself with no family from Cardiff in the UK and he works Monday to Friday ,comes home at night to a empty house, cooks his dinner watches TV  and repeats it the next day 

Weekends he is lonely 

 

He says he can't wait to retire and move to Pattaya so he "doesn't feel lonely"anymore !!!

 

He will sell his house in Cardiff ,give up his government job early so he can move to Pattaya 

 

Now guys please ...we know in reality the YouTuber is lying , move to Pattaya and You won't be lonely....really ?

 

The reality is...

..the lonely guys move from the UK or Australia or wherever to Thailand and move into a 21sqm studio by themselves they work out all the "company" costs money ,no real friends, it all costs money and after a certain amount of time ...1 year? 2 years? work out the "lonilesness" is still ther

 

They find no friends in Pattaya ,they become lonely ,they then have regrets and after 1 year there back in the UK or Australia right 

Right !

Yes 

Thank me ....

I know ..I have studied this

Curious what bar you did your 'studying' in.   There are farangs all over the Darkside with Thai wives, with many raising kids.  

[barmatt]

On that depressing note I think I'll stay home. 🥺

[georgegeorgia]

27 minutes ago, barmatt said:

On that depressing note I think I'll stay home. 🥺

And watch re-runs of the Touch of Frost 

[keysersoze276]

5 hours ago, JaxxBKK said:

 

People outside Thailand know next to nothing about the country are legion here. Shame.

 

The political sub is just lousy with overseas trolls

 

This board is about Thailand to lesser extent asean.  Without the perspective of living here the opinions are most topics are simply typical and belong on some stupid board like Reddit.

 

How much creed I put into someones opinion in Thailand is a mix of how long LIVING here  where in Thailand they live, if they have family, type of visa. I'm also total pro cheap-charlie. Money often distances real and valuable experience to share.

I couldn’t agree more. 👍 I commented on a troll post a few weeks ago and pointed out how different the forum is compared to what it once was and a poster replied to me that nothing has changed.  He had been here less than a month. I was talking about back when it was TV. 
 

You’re right that a ton of this should be posted on social media if anywhere. Chronic posters asking ridiculous personal questions that couldn’t possibly lead to any useable information or value. Do you take your coffee with sugar and cream, how often do you stay up after 11pm, do you prefer cats or dogs, whatever. Lol.

I just don’t  see the point at all…except…to post as much fodder as possible and get on the posters of the week list. Ridiculous.  
 

Your also right about the political soapbox.  It is mostly the same people posting the same stuff over and over, some multiple times per day, just to bicker. Why anyone would want to move to Thailand and spend so much time and energy arguing about American politics is beyond me.  Makes me wonder if they even live in Thailand because I can think of a lot better things to do here.