3 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

the expression is "feel for you".

feel with you sounds gay. 

 

xxxxxxxxxxxx

 

 

2 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

why show breakfast photos here?

isn't there a separate breakfast thread still going? 

 

 

its sunday morning...... relax .   

On 5/30/2025 at 3:18 PM, Lemsta69 said:

 

What's not to love, are you serious? Taxi mafia, dual pricing, filthy streets that smell like a sewer, soi dogs, poor service, ignorance, corruption, ridiculous beer and wine prices, tiered pricing at hospitals. You're insane if your consider those things to be "great".

So you've never been to San Francisco. lol. or any liberal city in America

7 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

 

why show breakfast photos here?

isn't there a separate breakfast thread still going? 

ps that's a lot of bread ... you're a carb junkie man. 

 

9 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

the expression is "feel for you".

feel with you sounds gay. 

Well, why not, nobody plays with rules her anyway, so ? 

 

I like to show off my imagined life, reassuring he finely gets it.

 

Soon I will post all pics I take daily to share with my dement mother to light up her day. 

 

All in the name of positivity, 

11 hours ago, Hummin said:

I like to show off

at least you admit you're showing off. good. 

 

2 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

at least you admit you're showing off. good. 

 

Sarcasm isn't your thing is it? 

 

So basically everyone showing off here? 

 

It crushes my feelings, someone think I'm showing off, really

 

A normal life in the paradise we all love, is showing off now?

 

I have so many responses to my posts where I say I live in Isaan, and our monthly budget used to be 30k, now is 40k, feeding 4 adults, one school girls, included all basic costs. 

 

Some here looks down on us who lives so cheap. I do not drink while I'm at home, not my family either. 

 

I just wondering what happened to people? A normal simple life becomes showing of and some gets annoyed.

 

Even I said the best thing about Thailand was my wife gets a negative response. 

 

I thought we all was here for the women? 

 

 

11 hours ago, Hummin said:

Sarcasm isn't your thing is it? 

just messing with you, boy

11 hours ago, Hummin said:

I have so many responses to my posts where I say I live in Isaan, and our monthly budget used to be 30k, now is 40k, feeding 4 adults, one school girls, included all basic costs. 

that's very frugal.

good if you can pull it off and be content. 

 

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I don’t believe a word you say.  My prerogative.

 

Your holier than thou claims of never engaging in p4p in Thailand is complete BS.  I know it.  You know it.  Every one knows it.

 

While you may want us to believe you are living nonhere or visiting here only to partake in the fabulous cuisine, visit temples , immerse yourself in Thai society (good luck), hob nob with the highly educated (?) Thais and HISO (you’re not wanted or needed) or perhaps the lost soul farang that decided to become a Buddhist monk.

You can be anybody you want on the internet.

 

Post whatever you desire but to me you’ll never be anything other then a hypocrite on Soi 6/1 at 2 am, as- up face down.

 

May I ask...are your words from your own experience or a figment of your imagination?

 

You seem to be telling us that you do not believe that anyone can have normal relationships in Thailand and that the only option is to do some dirty business on a street known for illicit trysts.

Those are your words. 

My words describe a life somewhat different from that. So shall we assume that you were describing your own life?

It's quite sad that you cannot even imagine a better life. Perhaps you weren't and aren't a good person and don't deserve anything better.

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Sarcasm isn't your thing is it? 

 

So basically everyone showing off here? 

 

It crushes my feelings, someone think I'm showing off, really

 

A normal life in the paradise we all love, is showing off now?

 

I have so many responses to my posts where I say I live in Isaan, and our monthly budget used to be 30k, now is 40k, feeding 4 adults, one school girls, included all basic costs. 

 

Some here looks down on us who lives so cheap. I do not drink while I'm at home, not my family either. 

 

I just wondering what happened to people? A normal simple life becomes showing of and some gets annoyed.

 

Even I said the best thing about Thailand was my wife gets a negative response. 

 

I thought we all was here for the women? 

 

 

Don't take things so personally. You need to understand from whence the other person is coming.

Look at the reply from @ThreeCardMonte. He is so angry and incredulous that someone can have a normal life in Thailand without P4P.

What does that tell you? Someone who has a good life would not write the things that he wrote. He is describing his own life, knowledge and experience. Someone like that may see your normal life as 'showing off'. Someone with a normal life is more likely to see it as normal, to cheer you on or even a bit of friendly rivalry.

So don't get upset by other people's envy/jealousy. Accept it as a compliment, that you have reached a stage that some see as unbelievable.

Of course you would be happy to return to Thailand, to stay in a luxury riverside apartment, to relax with food and drink at a pristine beach. 

Completely normal to want to share your joy. But there are some who are unhappy and who want to share their misery. We see it here every day. That's their problem, not yours. You don't have to hide away because some miserable person objects to you sharing your happiness. Just take it as normal banter. A bit of pushing and shoving. Be robust. Stay fluid. There will always be challenges. It's how you deal with them that makes the difference. In truth, we all help each other by describing our real lives.

Even the crazy ranters tell us about their state of mind.

1 hour ago, rumak said:

if you MUST show photos of breakfast.....at least have a long view where I can admire your outstanding kitchen design , the measurements,  costs,  and please do not leave out your lovely wife .

does look like a nice breakfast .   homemade bread ?

Our inside and outside kitchen is customized by our builder, so I built a comfortable house with everything we need, and did not spend more than I can afford to walk away from. Building in Isaan I not an investment. The land itself is an investment for the wife, the house you never get your money back.

 

The lovely wife? Why should I expose her on the forum? You see how people here are? Jealous bastards who feeds from negativity. 

 

Bread from bakery The Baker at Central Korat next to Tops. Best I found in Thailand

 

This is home made 

 

11 hours ago, Hummin said:

his is home made 

Jesus man, you know how to eat!

Never post pictures of your wife on AN. Some crazy people on here. 

 

48 minutes ago, JakeC said:

You seem to be telling us that you do not believe that anyone can have normal relationships in Thailand and that the only option is to do some dirty business on a street known for illicit trysts.

I don't believe men can have 'normal' lives anywhere in the world.

The nuclear family is sadly, dead and buried .........

Life's all become about pleasing women, which as most of have learned, isn't possible and the attempt normally fails with the guy losing his home and pension.

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

I don't believe men can have 'normal' lives anywhere in the world.

Life's all become about pleasing women, which as most of have learned, isn't possible and the attempt normally fails with the guy losing his home and pension.

About right. Women are happy one day, miserable the next. Split personalities

11 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

About right. Women are happy one day, miserable the next. Split personalities

 

I'm like that too.

Life isn't about being happy every day anyway. It's about survival. 

Unrelenting happiness is a myth.

 

1 minute ago, save the frogs said:

 

I'm like that too.

Life isn't about being happy every day anyway. It's about survival. 

Unrelenting happiness is a myth.

 

Why we need 2 girlfriends with opposite happy days

On 5/30/2025 at 12:38 PM, spidermike007 said:

Where do I even start to address such an open-ended premise? 

I love the light-heartedness of the average Thai person.

I love their sense of humor and how easy it is to make them laugh.

I love the food, and the tropical weather.

 

I love the relatively low cost of living.

I love the friendliness of the women, and the ability to flirt with young and beautiful strangers.

I love the relative lack of stress.

 

I could literally go on for days about the number of things I love about this place. I just came back from over a month in America and I can attest the sour, humorless, bitterness, and disenfranchisement of the average American. The people have become in stressed out to the max, very unfulfilled, and living for nothing but money. It's a very, very low quality of life back there. Yikes. 

I’m glad you got back safe. I haven’t been back to the US since 2019 the beginning of Covid. I would be afraid to return now with my Thai wife even though she is a US citizen.  In 2019 I noticed a big change in people’s attitude in California, people were mean and nasty. Our friends and family are used to that kind of behavior so it’s the Norm for them.

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Read my post again.  Two or three times if needed.

 

All of your questions have been answered.

 

Read it again. Everything I wrote before is still valid. You write from your own imagination and experience. 

 

 

40 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Our inside and outside kitchen is customized by our builder, so I built a comfortable house with everything we need, and did not spend more than I can afford to walk away from. Building in Isaan I not an investment. The land itself is an investment for the wife, the house you never get your money back.

 

The lovely wife? Why should I expose her on the forum? You see how people here are? Jealous bastards who feeds from negativity. 

 

Bread from bakery The Baker at Central Korat next to Tops. Best I found in Thailand

 

This is home made 

 

what part of the world you come from ? (is English your first language) ?

 

note: my posts (like asking about your wife) are good-natured ribbing ( a light form of sarcasm) .    I still try for humor when posting,  though it is a lost art and certainly not favored amongst the troll and fight contingent in AN.  

44 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Our inside and outside kitchen is customized by our builder, so I built a comfortable house with everything we need, and did not spend more than I can afford to walk away from. Building in Isaan I not an investment. The land itself is an investment for the wife, the house you never get your money back.

 

The lovely wife? Why should I expose her on the forum? You see how people here are? Jealous bastards who feeds from negativity. 

 

Bread from bakery The Baker at Central Korat next to Tops. Best I found in Thailand

 

This is home made 

 

You should be jailed for ruining a burger with ketchup.

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I don't believe men can have 'normal' lives anywhere in the world.

The nuclear family is sadly, dead and buried .........

Life's all become about pleasing women, which as most of have learned, isn't possible and the attempt normally fails with the guy losing his home and pension.

 

Normal for me is having people around who care about you, Who like you. Who love you. 

That way you aren't driven to accept things that are beneath you, as you already have love and care around.

Why have a bad girlfriend when you can have a good friend? Nurture such relationships and you tend to have good friends and partners and a good balanced life.

Those who base their lives on their girls being an '11' and no other criteria other than not being unwilling to have sex, are bound to come unstuck. 

The life you describe it totally unlike mine. We take care of each other. It's not one-sided in favour of the woman. But you need to know how to behave in the first place. Many here are only used to shooting fish in a barrel and have no hope of meeting normal women outside of the P4P scene.

 

29 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I don't believe men can have 'normal' lives anywhere in the world.

The nuclear family is sadly, dead and buried .........

Life's all become about pleasing women, which as most of have learned, isn't possible and the attempt normally fails with the guy losing his home and pension.

 

point 1...yes    point 2 .... yes   point 3 ....pretty much for most guys , though if they have learned they still seem to follow the same pattern.   Maybe they should go down a notch on the "young and beautiful"  and search for the simple, good heart, and not lazy if looking for a live-in.    Depending on the man's attributes ( not ONLY money) , determines how good their choice will age . 

10 minutes ago, rumak said:

what part of the world you come from ? (is English your first language) ?

 

note: my posts (like asking about your wife) are good-natured ribbing ( a light form of sarcasm) .    I still try for humor when posting,  though it is a lost art and certainly not favored amongst the troll and fight contingent in AN.  

Norglish is not my first language, and being word blind doesn't help much 😉

 

Hard to know sometimes, even  miss out on sarcasm

 

There is a good mix here of people with everything that comes with culture and background.

 

When it comes to food, so is that an interest me and wife sharing. She make food, I eat

 

 

13 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

You should be jailed for ruining a burger with ketchup.

Okay, home made Chilli sauce better? With tomatoes from garden? 

 

This actually Heinz 

10 minutes ago, rumak said:

 

point 1...yes    point 2 .... yes   point 3 ....pretty much for most guys , though if they have learned they still seem to follow the same pattern.   Maybe they should go down a notch on the "young and beautiful"  and search for the simple, good heart, and not lazy if looking for a live-in.    Depending on the man's attributes ( not ONLY money) , determines how good their choice will age . 

I went for young and beautiful (at least a 9) .............. 17 years later she's not so young and beautiful, but I still love her.

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I went for young and beautiful (at least a 9) .............. 17 years later she's not so young and beautiful, but I still love her.

Good to hear, there is hope

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

I went for young and beautiful (at least a 9) .............. 17 years later she's not so young and beautiful, but I still love her.

So if it worked out for you, why continually make so many bleak statements about the state of relationships?

To instill doubt into the minds of younger generations reading the forum? 

 

12 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

So if it worked out for you, why continually make so many bleak statements about the state of relationships?

To instill doubt into the minds of younger generations reading the forum? 

 

I pay for my relationship.

And I see nothing wrong with paying for what I want.

That's one of the things I like about Thailand, I can buy love.

(Or at least something that I can pretend is love)

 

Once you understand most love is purchased, you can live a very happy life.

And that knowledge stops you being silly with your assets!

3 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

I went for young and beautiful (at least a 9) .............. 17 years later she's not so young and beautiful, but I still love her.

 

wow.  quite a proclamation ( given your years of eclectic comments re females and your "relationships" . )    Does she love you ?   

I had my share of young and beautiful ....  and as I have posted a few times,  I chose to "retire"  when a keeper finally emerged from the pack .     

7 minutes ago, rumak said:

wow.  quite a proclamation ( given your years of eclectic comments re females and your "relationships" . )    Does she love you ?   

I had my share of young and beautiful ....  and as I have posted a few times,  I chose to "retire"  when a keeper finally emerged from the pack .     

Is her loving me important?

Nope, my life is about me and what I want.