Things you like about Thailand

[Lemsta69]

40 minutes ago, SLOWHAND225 said:

If you explained it right the first time, you'd have no problem now would you ? lol

 

I explained it correctly the first time, y'all are just too stupid to follow.

[rumak]

43 minutes ago, Kinnock said:

Photo from last year ..... swimsuit is under the stylish Singha shirt  😃  Still a good 10 after 15 years together .... in my view anyway

 

Looking at my photos from when we first met .... she was a good 11 out of 10.  But she's more than looks alone .... helps run our business and is caring and loving.

 

you did ok young man .   most important is the caring and loving .... but looks matter and finding one that Keeps in Shape is telling in itself.  Happy for you.

Is that Phuket or ??? 

 

[sidjameson]

3 hours ago, Kinnock said:

Photo from last year ..... swimsuit is under the stylish Singha shirt  😃  Still a good 10 after 15 years together .... in my view anyway

 

Looking at my photos from when we first met .... she was a good 11 out of 10.  But she's more than looks alone .... helps run our business and is caring and loving.

yep, you played a great game. 

Finding her, how much was luck and how much was having the right strategy?

What's the age gap btw?

[Kinnock]

9 minutes ago, sidjameson said:

yep, you played a great game. 

Finding her, how much was luck and how much was having the right strategy?

What's the age gap btw?

99% luck.  She was managing a small hotel we were using for business guests .... I was struck by her exotic looks and wicked sense of humour.

 

I think the fact I was not looking for a partner helped.  Made me appear more self confident than I normally would be around a beautiful woman, and the Thai work culture helped too ... as the team was running around looking after the 'boss', which created the false illusion of 'power'.  

 

Age gap is 20 years ... she was late 20's when we met.

 

 

[Maybole]

Coming from the west of Scotland overlooking the Atlantic Ocean the lack of wind.

[Kinnock]

4 hours ago, rumak said:

 

you did ok young man .   most important is the caring and loving .... but looks matter and finding one that Keeps in Shape is telling in itself.  Happy for you.

Is that Phuket or ??? 

 

.... It's Koh Samed.  Not too far from Bangkok for short breaks.

[sidjameson]

1 hour ago, Kinnock said:

99% luck.  She was managing a small hotel we were using for business guests .... I was struck by her exotic looks and wicked sense of humour.

 

I think the fact I was not looking for a partner helped.  Made me appear more self confident than I normally would be around a beautiful woman, and the Thai work culture helped too ... as the team was running around looking after the 'boss', which created the false illusion of 'power'.  

 

Age gap is 20 years ... she was late 20's when we met.

 

 

That's fantastic. So nice to read.  If more men had waited until their luck came rather than taking the easy option this forum would be a more cheerful place.

[Hummin]

After breakfest snack

 

Can recomend The Bakery at Central Korat next to Tops. 

 

[Acharn]

On our way to my monthly appointment at the hospital, I noticed my  niece was driving 30 kilometers per hour (kph). 30 kph = 18 mph, a speed so slow I've never seen it in America. It was actually nice. We were moving at a comfortable pace and I didn't feel any impatience. No stress. We were keeping up with traffic and few cars were passing us.

[Luuk Chaai]

On 5/30/2025 at 8:58 PM, JaxxBKK said:

At this point only one person has mentioned food and although is the first thing he had written it was just the one word - food. No acalaydes.

 

This confirms to me once again that 99% of the foreigners don't like and don't eat Thai food.

 

if you delete the gynormous amts of sugar, msg and bad seed oils  ,,,,,   now you're cookin'

 

[Luuk Chaai]

Things you like about Thailand

 

as I see it ....the  24/7 entertainment !       

#1 ... remove the stick from your a**  ..     then 

sit back, relax, observe and enjoy the show ...  

 

[Luuk Chaai]

On 5/31/2025 at 8:59 PM, Isaan sailor said:

One more thing:

• Very low property taxes

we just paid our bill for the year      34 baht 

 love it ! 

[Luuk Chaai]

On 5/31/2025 at 9:07 AM, KhunLA said:

I can and did.  Always a gap in age of my relationships.  One was 19 and I was 38, and largest gap in USA.  Another was 18 when I was 28, only 10 year gap, but at those ages, seemed like a lot.  She couldn't drink alcohol at restaurant, when first together.  She was one of my life long 'friends' with bennies', over 25+ years.

 

Same with my first wife, 17 and me 23, (her father had issue with the age gap) married at 19 & 25, and drinking age was 21 

 

Always about a 10 year gap in my relationships..   First Thai wife was half my age, 22 / 45, present wife is 22 yrs younger, 48 / 70.  I could easily see myself with  Yank partner 20 yrs younger than myself.

 

In USA, never started dating anyone older than 30, and I left there at 45 yrs old.  Getting the sense, that most AN members don't know how to 'listen' and talk with women 😎

 

I have 21 years on the Mrs. ..   and this month we have our 17th wedding anniversay !

[JaxxBKK]

2 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

 

if you delete the gynormous amts of sugar, msg and bad seed oils  ,,,,,   now you're cookin'

 

 

You can almost always customize your meal. Everything fried is going to probably be in palm oil. Other than that you can ask that those ingredients not used.

 

Thai food haters use health as the ruse. Another excuse to stick with western food which cooked in a Thai kitchen will use similar salt, sugar. The fattie fries as your fish are cooked in palm oil.

 

There are not huge amounts of msg or sugar used. Maybe the heavy side of adequate, but not huge. It gets excessive when Thais (and myself) overuse pik nam pla on top of it all.

 

If you go to the food subforum you'll see no one talking about Thai food. Same with expats, tourists posting on TT, Instagram FB.

 

Westerners, especially the new arrivals (post 2010) avoid, do not eat Thai food. Simples.

 

It's one of many instances where foreigners remain alien to the culture. Living in AC, requiring cars to get about, shop only in fancy grocery stores, eat at home, eat in western restaurants, use toilet paper, build a wall of English around themselves. Complain about the women, complain everyone trying to rip them off and scams bc they often don't understand/ can't sort the situation OR require environments that are legion with that sort of thing.

 

So, go make yourself a low salt veggie burger and congratulate yourself. 5555

 

Congrats on the anniversary 👍

 

👽👽👽👽👽

[TroubleandGrumpy]

13 hours ago, Luuk Chaai said:

if you delete the gynormous amts of sugar, msg and bad seed oils  ,,,,,   now you're cookin'

Buy the ingredients and cook it yourself - or get cooking lessons - or hook up with a Thai girl that cooks it for you.

Best food I have ever eaten in my life - fitter and healthier than ever was when eating that fatty carbo loaded western sheite food. Last time back homer ordered a salmon meal - 2 of the friends also had it and they loved it - the Thai wife and I were very polite - but later we both said it was sheite.

 

[Luuk Chaai]

On 6/3/2025 at 5:42 AM, JaxxBKK said:

 

You can almost always customize your meal. Everything fried is going to probably be in palm oil. Other than that you can ask that those ingredients not used.

 

 

So, go make yourself a low salt veggie burger and congratulate yourself. 5555

 

Congrats on the anniversary 👍

 

👽👽👽👽👽

Thank you on the congrats 

 I'm basically a carnivore .  and use lots of salt

I do love Thai food.......... just prefer it to be cooked at home by the Mrs.

[KhunLA]

15 hours ago, TroubleandGrumpy said:

Buy the ingredients and cook it yourself - or get cooking lessons - or hook up with a Thai girl that cooks it for you.

 

Not everyone knows how, or has the facilities to cook.  My kitchen is larger than some of the boxes many expats exist out of.  Whether budget or higher end with amenities.

 

Been cooking for myself since a young teen.   After a certain age, it was 'self serve' in our house.  And too poor afterward to afford to eat out, for too long.  You learn quick when necessity forces you to DIY.