On 8/10/2025 at 9:08 AM, save the frogs said:

 

Real men have dogs.

Cats are for women. 

 

 

Indeed 

1 hour ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Yes, it is.

 

First, PR is BS anyway. It's nothing so bc you put forth all that grinding effort doesn't mean it's of value. Isn't it like 200k ??

 

Qualified for PR . Well, that rules out 98% of us. As for me, I was working and making plenty of salary to cover it, married X years... It's all total BS.  Gaining citizenship in west is half the work. 

 

And for a country that shows zero love for expat population but cuckolds to china and Chinese tourists despite the serious crime it brings.

 

As for bureaucratic backlog. Only rumour here over the years but takes eons to even get to point of app being evaluated. 

 

By then I guess they figure we'd all be divorced or dead. Winning!!  

 

How many on this forum have PR? Count them on your fingers. I guess bc we are just all drunkards and whoremongers by your appraisal 

 

Bet you have a pink card too 🤢

 

That's a pretty long-winded way of admitting that it was all simply too hard for you. Especially since you claim you were "working and making plenty of salary to cover it..."

 

It doesn't matter how many forum members have PR, at least they planned and committed to doing something about ensuring their future here, while the rest just gurn about it all getting "too hard" to live here.

 

BTW, is that green with envy?

Has the "American Lawyer in Thailand" been reading my posts?

 

On 8/5/2025 at 12:42 PM, HappyExpat57 said:

I came here in 2006, have lived in Pattaya/Jomtien, Bang Bon, Kanchanaburi, Roi Et, Sa Kaeo, and am currently doing a stint in Chanthaburi. When that is done, I'll settle in Jomtien/Bang Saray.

 

I was just chatting with my son who told me he's paying $1400 USD/month for a small room in a bad neighborhood with a shared kitchen/bathroom and he considers himself LUCKY to have landed such a deal. No way in hell would I ever return to a place with those prices in a country on the verge of civil war.

 

I'm living the life of Riley here. I lack for nothing, have great health for my age, and only work part time because I want to do something I enjoy that keeps me out of the doldrums of old age boredom. I've done extensive traveling and seen enough of this earth to know I could never have this quality of life at this price anywhere else. I came for the scuba, stayed for the soapies!

 

Yay Thailand and yay ThaiVisa!

 

 

"paying $1400 USD/month for a small room in a bad neighborhood with a shared kitchen/bathroom and he considers himself LUCKY to have landed such a deal".

 

Most of us here can afford a mid size / bigger condo with own kitchen facility, own bathroom. 

On 8/12/2025 at 3:48 PM, NanLaew said:

 

That's a pretty long-winded way of admitting that it was all simply too hard for you. Especially since you claim you were "working and making plenty of salary to cover it..."

 

It doesn't matter how many forum members have PR, at least they planned and committed to doing something about ensuring their future here, while the rest just gurn about it all getting "too hard" to live here.

 

BTW, is that green with envy?

 

Living in Thailand is not hard fool, it's just tedious..well, the bureaucracy.

 

I was making 83.5k pm month when I quit including bonus. Enough? Probably more than you. 

 

If it was that important I would have done it. Spending 200k over 60k for lifetime ridiculous. Youve gained nothing in reality. Like I said another pink card gloater. 

 

Most of us by know don't really care if we are here or not 

 

I'm anything but jealous, believe me. It's a nice thing but I live here just the same at 1900b a year 

 

Like I said, another gloating pink card grandpa.

 

You gloat over nothing.

1 hour ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Living in Thailand is not hard fool, it's just tedious..well, the bureaucracy.

 

I was making 83.5k pm month when I quit including bonus. Enough? Probably more than you. 

 

If it was that important I would have done it. Spending 200k over 60k for lifetime ridiculous. Youve gained nothing in reality. Like I said another pink card gloater. 

 

Most of us by know don't really care if we are here or not 

 

I'm anything but jealous, believe me. It's a nice thing but I live here just the same at 1900b a year 

 

Like I said, another gloating pink card grandpa.

 

You gloat over nothing.

 

 

 

And the "I am so well off that I don't have to sit in Thailand moaning about it, but I do anyway" post-of-the-week award goes to...

On 8/12/2025 at 1:58 PM, KhaoHom said:

How many on this forum have PR? Count them on your fingers. I guess bc we are just all drunkards and whoremongers by your appraisal 

What's wrong with being a drunken whoremonger?

If you've got the money to pay for your chosen lifestyle, why not?

 

A life of women and booze in the tropics is WINNING!

21 hours ago, BritManToo said:

What's wrong with being a drunken whoremonger?

If you've got the money to pay for your chosen lifestyle, why not?

 

A life of women and booze in the tropics is WINNING!

 

Not saying there's anything necessarily wrong with it. Pointing out nan laew must think we are all just that. Meanwhile, he cucks for wifey, spends years applying and 200k to live in a country that it's desirability lessens by the year. 

8 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Not saying there's anything necessarily wrong with it. Pointing out nan laew must think we are all just that. Meanwhile, he cucks for wifey, spends years applying and 200k to live in a country that it's desirability lessens by the year. 

Didn't see any point in PR, 200k is 100 years of visa extensions, and can be taken away at any time.

23 hours ago, NanLaew said:

 

 

 

And the "I am so well off that I don't have to sit in Thailand moaning about it, but I do anyway" post-of-the-week award goes to...

 

Who's moaning??! It's not my thread. I'm perfectly fine with my decisions. 

 

I learned something many years ago. Don't invest in another country what you can't afford to lose. That not only goes for financial relationships and women - it also is about your time. 

 

Spending 200k and waiting in the cuck line to bow and scrape for PR, learning Thai in any advanced way is ridiculous. Buying property for your woman you took out of a bar. All bad moves. 

 

Thailand's era is closing fast. It has closed. Bragging about having invested such time and money is not something most if any covet. 

 

Thailand continues to toss up all sorts of indirect barriers to living and even traveling here. It constantly reminds me of the Philippines in this regard. One day everyone will up and leave but you'll still be about with your finger up your butt, your entire life and fortune here in Thailand. 

 

Even the tourists are shunning the place now.

 

The pink card is a perfect example of the banal nothingness of your efforts. Wasted time for absolutely nothing. It confers zero benefit.

 

Enjoy your day. 

2 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Who's moaning??! It's not my thread. I'm perfectly fine with my decisions. 

 

I learned something many years ago. Don't invest in another country what you can't afford to lose. That not only goes for financial relationships and women - it also is about your time. 

 

Spending 200k and waiting in the cuck line to bow and scrape for PR, learning Thai in any advanced way is ridiculous. Buying property for your woman you took out of a bar. All bad moves. 

 

Thailand's era is closing fast. It has closed. Bragging about having invested such time and money is not something most if any covet. 

 

Thailand continues to toss up all sorts of indirect barriers to living and even traveling here. It constantly reminds me of the Philippines in this regard. One day everyone will up and leave but you'll still be about with your finger up your butt, your entire life and fortune here in Thailand. 

 

Even the tourists are shunning the place now.

 

The pink card is a perfect example of the banal nothingness of your efforts. Wasted time for absolutely nothing. It confers zero benefit.

 

Enjoy your day. 

 

So you've failed in both Philippines AND Thailand? Kudos for that very public admission. Takes a real man to admit to that.

12 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Didn't see any point in PR, 200k is 100 years of visa extensions, and can be taken away at any time.

 

Totally agree mate. Now, if you got it in the 90s maybe. What do you do when the place becomes too stifling to live anymore?

 

Citizenship is even more ridiculous.

 

Every year this country sinks deeper into abyss, inability to separate married, decent, law abiding men from Chinese criminals and punk ass, chav tourists. Banking, a lifeblood is becoming a serious issue for many expats.

 

Economy, education and politics are worst I think I've seen since 97. There's zero plan to innovate and sort out anything.

4 minutes ago, NanLaew said:

 

So you've failed in both Philippines AND Thailand? Kudos for that very public admission. Takes a real man to admit to that.

 

I've only visited and found it utterly lacking. What a weak, glib retort. Cuck on Mr Cucky. 

 

You went to the trouble and expense of PR. I'm not jealous I'm laughing at you 

 

Done with this pettiness 

14 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Who's moaning??! It's not my thread. I'm perfectly fine with my decisions. 

 

I learned something many years ago. Don't invest in another country what you can't afford to lose. That not only goes for financial relationships and women - it also is about your time. 

 

Spending 200k and waiting in the cuck line to bow and scrape for PR, learning Thai in any advanced way is ridiculous. Buying property for your woman you took out of a bar. All bad moves. 

 

Thailand's era is closing fast. It has closed. Bragging about having invested such time and money is not something most if any covet. 

 

Thailand continues to toss up all sorts of indirect barriers to living and even traveling here. It constantly reminds me of the Philippines in this regard. One day everyone will up and leave but you'll still be about with your finger up your butt, your entire life and fortune here in Thailand. 

 

Even the tourists are shunning the place now.

 

The pink card is a perfect example of the banal nothingness of your efforts. Wasted time for absolutely nothing. It confers zero benefit.

 

Enjoy your day. 

Whatever works for you.  

 

Custom designed, contract built home works for me, is a better choice for me.  Practical use wise, and especially financially.   As is investing in the wife's name.

 

Pink ID works for us also, as accepted most place for ID, so less people handling my Passport, along with no need to do TM30s when returning from O&A.

 

Too lazy to learn Thai or desire for residency.  Thailand hasn't tossed up any sort of indirect barriers to living or even traveling here.  Nothing has change the 25 yrs I've been here.  Don't know why people state that.   Think they added health ins. to one type of visa.  Only thing that comes to mind.

 

Agree with one statement, don't invest any money or time into anything you can't afford to lose, but that's worldwide, and nothing to do with Thailand.  Simply live with you choices.

7 minutes ago, KhunLA said:

Nothing has change the 25 yrs I've been here

 

I don't want to be overly dramatic. My visa extension situation hasn't changed and probably better. CW more organized, 15yr marriage approval perfunctory 

 

Yeah, well you're just an old, settled guy living in the sticks. That little slice of heaven may not have changed, but Thailand has and is

 

Without question in past years the following issues:

 

TAXES - being taxed with ZERO benefit

 

COVID really showed Thailand's face well. Retirees with valid visas, some with families couldn't return 

 

Drivers license headaches

 

Banking issues and requirements

 

Teacher's license requirements 

 

New series of visas overly complicated, provide little

 

Savannakhet O visa gone as all other regional option for 90, annual visa

 

Legalized overcharging of foreigners. Before a suspicion, now perfectly legal 

 

Lots of invasive screening and privacy invasion like face scans

 

Tedious new SSO requirements designed to root out foreigners despite paying compared to Thai huge sum into insurance (it comes back but so what)

 

What's not changed and should have? This is just as important. Multi year extension, 90 day to reporting 2x a year, better tm30 system, reentry permit is tedious af, easier not more difficult banking, owning one Rai of land, list is endless really 

42 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

 

I've only visited and found it utterly lacking. What a weak, glib retort. Cuck on Mr Cucky. 

 

You went to the trouble and expense of PR. I'm not jealous I'm laughing at you 

 

Done with this pettiness 

 

No you are not, because you can't help yourself.

19 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

 

I don't want to be overly dramatic. My visa extension situation hasn't changed and probably better. CW more organized, 15yr marriage approval perfunctory 

 

Yeah, well you're just an old, settled guy living in the sticks. That little slice of heaven may not have changed, but Thailand has and is

 

Without question in past years the following issues:

 

TAXES - being taxed with ZERO benefit

 

COVID really showed Thailand's face well. Retirees with valid visas, some with families couldn't return 

 

Drivers license headaches

 

Banking issues and requirements

 

Teacher's license requirements 

 

New series of visas overly complicated, provide little

 

Savannakhet O visa gone as all other regional option for 90, annual visa

 

Legalized overcharging of foreigners. Before a suspicion, now perfectly legal 

 

Lots of invasive screening and privacy invasion like face scans

 

Tedious new SSO requirements designed to root out foreigners despite paying compared to Thai huge sum into insurance (it comes back but so what)

 

What's not changed and should have? This is just as important. Multi year extension, 90 day to reporting 2x a year, better tm30 system, reentry permit is tedious af, easier not more difficult banking, owning one Rai of land, list is endless really 

 

53 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

 

Who's moaning??! ...

 

 

As I said, you can't help yourself.

Last week, a nurse realized she wasn't even born when I was already living in Thailand...

And of course,  talking with all these newcomers (of Thai nationality) who have just been to Bangkok a couple of years,  is kind of funny. 

On 8/16/2025 at 9:10 AM, KhaoHom said:

Legalized overcharging of foreigners. Before a suspicion, now perfectly legal

When has that ever been just a suspicion?

It has always been open, legal and promoted by the goverment. 

For example, in the 80s, there was a dispute in the Hua Hin business community whether to double-price farangs (it might give a bad impression,  so some businesses were against it). It was settled in favor of double-pricing, quite officially. 

 

Pretty much agree with the rest of your post.