As a security and body guard we had some introduction training studying people and behaviors, and after that I never stopped. 

 

Quite entertaining and interesting actually, and still able to pick out shop lifters and pickpocket thiefs 

 

 

15 minutes ago, Hummin said:

As a security and body guard we had some introduction training studying people and behaviors, and after that I never stopped. 

 

Quite entertaining and interesting actually, and still able to pick out shop lifters and pickpocket thiefs 

 

 

Thats interesting. 

16 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

In cafes etc I love to study other people. Fascinating how diverse people are.

 

Do you do this?

I usually go there for the coffee.

16 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

In cafes etc I love to study other people. Fascinating how diverse people are.

 

Do you do this?

Love it. I saw an old man one time who was the size of a small baby, he was being pushed in a stroller by a 6ft tall ladyboy. Easily the weirdest thing I've seen.

15 hours ago, scubascuba3 said:

I was just eating in a restaurant and a guy across the street was staring for way too long, yes I'm easy on the eyes but staring for that long is just weird, many weirdos about, was it you?

I notice that also. It felt weird until I understood what the stares were about. It's gay guys.

 

I get guys doing it around the pool here. So it happens with guys with no shirt on, etc.

3 hours ago, Mark1969 said:

I notice that also. It felt weird until I understood what the stares were about. It's gay guys.

 

I get guys doing it around the pool here. So it happens with guys with no shirt on, etc.

Yeah guys with no shirt are the worst, I'd ban them from entering the country

19 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

In cafes etc I love to study other people. Fascinating how diverse people are.

 

Do you do this?

Nope.  I mine my own business.  However, well endowed and physically beautiful women can catch my eye.
I may be in my mid 70s, but I'm not dead yet.  If I'm in a cafe, I'm probably reading a paper or a book.

44 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Yeah guys with no shirt are the worst, I'd ban them from entering the country

I don't have a problem with them simply being shirtless. It's when they kind of approach or look like they want to interact with me that bothers me.

 

When sitting by the pool I keep getting these guys walking past in front of me when they could go around, or making eye contact if I'm exiting the area that way with clothes on. Or, I will be walking out and a guy in the pool will turn and stare right at me rather then keep swimming. Stuff like that.

 

You don't eyeball other guys sitting around the pool with just trunks on. That's not normal.

3 minutes ago, Mark1969 said:

I don't have a problem with them simply being shirtless. It's when they kind of approach or look like they want to interact with me that bothers me.

 

When sitting by the pool I keep getting these guys walking past in front of me when they could go around, or making eye contact if I'm exiting the area that way with clothes on.

 

You don't eyeball other guys sitting around the pool with just trunks on. That's not normal.

Maybe you are giving off gay signals, you are in no better place to try

28 minutes ago, scubascuba3 said:

Maybe you are giving off gay signals, you are in no better place to try

 

🤷🏻‍♂️ Who knows?

 

One older guy kept making waving gestures to me near the pool, that sort of thing, every so often when I first moved in. I was sitting up on the veranda alone, not even by the pool, in a location where he could have easily walked over and said hello, but didn't. Kind of like a how are you sort of thing, or like he was having a good time. It happened on more then one occasion.

 

One day I passed him and introduced myself and he was very standoffish, though polite. Since then, no more eye contact or gestures.

 

You never know what's going on in people's heads, especially in Pattaya. Many people are uncomfortable if you say nothing, then if you chat a bit it diffuses that nervous energy.

I sit in a coffee shop at the mall located at the top of one of the escalators.

At about 3pm, so many sexy women  who woke up and are doing some shopping before going to work.  

 

5 hours ago, Mark1969 said:

I notice that also. It felt weird until I understood what the stares were about. It's gay guys.

 

I get guys doing it around the pool here. So it happens with guys with no shirt on, etc.

Are you that insecure.  "Gay men are looking at by butt!  Aggghhhh."  <laughs>  Take it as a compliment! 

1 hour ago, bkk6060 said:

I sit in a coffee shop at the mall located at the top of one of the escalators.

At about 3pm, so many sexy women  who woke up and are doing some shopping before going to work.  

Are you pud stroking at the mall? That's not allowed.

23 hours ago, phetphet said:

Yes. The hot girls.  I think the popular term is eye candy.

Where? Not in Chiang Mai, too fat and old now 

1 hour ago, falangUK said:

Where? Not in Chiang Mai, too fat and old now 

Are there any attractive women in chiang mai these days? what about near the university?

On 9/2/2025 at 4:56 PM, Harrisfan said:

In cafes etc I love to study other people. Fascinating how diverse people are.

 

Do you do this?

Nope, I cycle there for the scenery, a coffee, and the exercise.

Mountain view farm Coffee shop ..........

 

Lakeview coffee shop ......

14 minutes ago, Mark1969 said:

Are there any attractive women in chiang mai these days? what about near the university?

To me, most of them seem overweight and dull, usually holding a sugary drink in one hand and kanom in the other, making it impossible to have a meaningful conversation. Pattaya might be better, lol.

1 hour ago, falangUK said:

To me, most of them seem overweight and dull, usually holding a sugary drink in one hand and kanom in the other, making it impossible to have a meaningful conversation. Pattaya might be better, lol.

They are probably still around, it just becomes harder to approach younger fit women as you get older and your mind does not view it as an option.

 

The days of hanging out on campus are probably over for me unless I'm at an alumni reunion.

1 hour ago, Mark1969 said:

Are there any attractive women in chiang mai these days? what about near the university?

 

It's astounding how few good looking young women you see in Chiang Mai. If you hit Centra Festival you see a few. But often they're Chinese tourists.

 

All this pork and sausage in the north is not  a good thing.

13 minutes ago, Mark1969 said:

They are probably still around, it just becomes harder to approach younger fit women as you get older and your mind does not view it as an option.

 

The days of hanging out on campus are probably over for me unless I'm at an alumni reunion.

Even back in my student days, I didn’t find most CMU girls very attractive, but one of my classmates, who was half French and half Thai, was really cute.

On 9/2/2025 at 5:20 PM, scubascuba3 said:

I was just eating in a restaurant and a guy across the street was staring for way too long, yes I'm easy on the eyes but staring for that long is just weird, many weirdos about, was it you?

Blind people do that

We are getting to know each other too much in the modern world.  It was much better before.  Now we don't like what we see.

22 hours ago, Mark1969 said:

They are probably still around, it just becomes harder to approach younger fit women as you get older and your mind does not view it as an option.

 

The days of hanging out on campus are probably over for me unless I'm at an alumni reunion.

I guess I could always use the pickup line: “Don’t worry, come sit next to me  I’m old enough to be your dad, lol.”

1 hour ago, falangUK said:

I guess I could always use the pickup line: “Don’t worry, come sit next to me  I’m old enough to be your dad, lol.”

 

My days of hanging out on campus are over. I should have taken that opportunity more when I was younger. I did not realize how lucky I was at that time to be young living in a co-ed college dorm.

On 9/2/2025 at 10:35 PM, scubascuba3 said:

Yeah guys with no shirt are the worst, I'd ban them from entering the country

I make it to Jomtein and or Pattaya occasionally and I see the old guys walking with old, saggy man boobs flopping around.  I don't get it, must be a European thing.

9 minutes ago, EVENKEEL said:

I make it to Jomtein and or Pattaya occasionally and I see the old guys walking with old, saggy man boobs flopping around.  I don't get it, must be a European thing.

there is something odd in those areas with older guys displaying their bodies. it happens at my condo often. older guys walking around with shirts off even when they don't need to be. it feels taboo to wear a shirt around the pool now. it's either a european thing or an i'm on vacation and retired thing. i guess it's not a gay thing???

On 9/3/2025 at 6:21 PM, falangUK said:

To me, most of them seem overweight and dull, usually holding a sugary drink in one hand and kanom in the other, making it impossible to have a meaningful conversation. Pattaya might be better, lol.

Then which hand holds the iPhone?

On 9/2/2025 at 10:36 PM, Hummin said:

As a security and body guard we had some introduction training studying people and behaviors, and after that I never stopped. 

 

Quite entertaining and interesting actually, and still able to pick out shop lifters and pickpocket thiefs 

 

 

 

 

A Country Mac ocular pat down?

 

On 9/3/2025 at 11:01 PM, Cameroni said:

 

It's astounding how few good looking young women you see in Chiang Mai. If you hit Centra Festival you see a few. But often they're Chinese tourists.

 

All this pork and sausage in the north is not  a good thing.

 

 

There is nothing in the desert and no man needs nothing.

 

I saw the usual older guy by the pool while walking in today. He was on the sun lounger with his hands down his swim trunks. It looked like he was diddling.

 

Who do i report this to? The juristic office?