if you aren't retired in Thailand why?

 

And please those who retired to

another Asian  country please say why as well 

 

I would like to know particularly those from Western Countries why you haven't retired to Thailand and choose and choose is a big word , bit why did you CHOOSE to remain in your own country.

Maybe you visit twice a year ?

 

Maybe you thought it's a better life in the UK or Australia and visits as a tourist are better 

 

Maybe you tried living in Thailand but it wasn't for you ?

Tell the truth be a man !

 

If you tried living as a expat anf  it wasn't for you please explain!

 

 

 

 

 

 

I retired to Thailand because here I don't have to mop my massive penthouse myself. What will you do on that issue, Georgina, when you retire to Thailand?

We are retired to Orlando, Florida and Ubon, Thailand all due to family being in both places. 

Not old enough to retire and I like working.

Ive never done Thailand as a tourist.

46 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

if you aren't retired in Thailand why?

 

And please those who retired to

another Asian  country please say why as well 

 

I would like to know particularly those from Western Countries why you haven't retired to Thailand and choose and choose is a big word , bit why did you CHOOSE to remain in your own country.

Maybe you visit twice a year ?

 

Maybe you thought it's a better life in the UK or Australia and visits as a tourist are better 

 

Maybe you tried living in Thailand but it wasn't for you ?

Tell the truth be a man !

 

If you tried living as a expat anf  it wasn't for you please explain!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lopburi is my fav

Most on this board do not live in Thailand retired or otherwise. I would make it mandatory for members. Without this constraint the board just becomes Reddit /Thailand .. as we have seen now for years. 

33 minutes ago, KhaoHom said:

Most on this board do not live in Thailand retired or otherwise. I would make it mandatory for members. Without this constraint the board just becomes Reddit /Thailand .. as we have seen now for years. 

To think so many people would spend so many waking hours on a country-specific board when they don't even reside there. Probably not another board like it. Pretty bankrupt. 

The bigger question ,George is why you have not retired here , you come

every year , moan and groan about it , and come back the next year, so

I think really you like it here , so take the big leap and do it. I did it 39 years

ago , and have not regretted a minute ...

 

regards worgeordie

The list of reasons is too long to post

4 hours ago, short-Timer said:

To think so many people would spend so many waking hours on a country-specific board when they don't even reside there. Probably not another board like it. Pretty bankrupt. 

Creates jobs 

5 hours ago, short-Timer said:

I retired to Thailand because here I don't have to mop my massive penthouse myself. What will you do on that issue, Georgina, when you retire to Thailand?

Though in your case your "penthouse" is the NIRUN apartments

I wouldn't be a lazy old fat man I would mop my own  and do my own cleaning!!

 

Maybe your Mother always had to do it for you ?

 

 

Poor old Mum had to your cleaning when you were younger as you were brought up lazy , imagine having that guilt ...can't do anything yourself 

 

I retired to Thailand at 47, got bored, started to work again, and now more or less live 6 months or more back home. 

 

Plan to go back to Thailand in a few years, build a few bungalows and apartments and also open a business center at first floor. 

 

A gym/fitness center, a nudle shop, 

 

Living in Thailand and not have anything to do, other than being retired, did not fit me, so I will the next few years go back to school and make my international certified pt education for fitness and nutrition. 

 

I might change my focus the next few years, but we already got the land to build. Anyway, ideas and dreams that keeps the boat floating, so we will see. 

3 minutes ago, Hummin said:

I retired to Thailand at 47, got bored, started to work again, and now more or less live 6 months or more back home. 

 

Plan to go back to Thailand in a few years, build a few bungalows and apartments and also open a business center at first floor. 

 

A gym/fitness center, a nudle shop, 

 

Living in Thailand and not have anything to do, other than being retired, did not fit me, so I will the next few years go back to school and make my international certified pt education for fitness and nutrition. 

 

I might change my focus the next few years, but we already got the land to build. Anyway, ideas and dreams that keeps the boat floating, so we will see. 

Excellent post !

Yes you will get bored retired in Thailand especially if your a person who likes to keep busy 

 

Opening a gym in Thailand is also my goal , unfortunately too many in Pattaya at the moment though 

Muscle factory,Elite, Tony's the list goes on

I'm surprised there's no Anytime fitness in Pattaya 

 

Just now, georgegeorgia said:

Excellent post !

Yes you will get bored retired in Thailand especially if your a person who likes to keep busy 

 

Opening a gym in Thailand is also my goal , unfortunately too many in Pattaya at the moment though 

Muscle factory,Elite, Tony's the list goes on

I'm surprised there's no Anytime fitness in Pattaya 

 

In a crowded tourist area, is not especially lucrative unless you have millions of bath to spend. Like they say, how to make  a million in Thailand? Spend 5 to start with and another 10, and maybe finely you will make your million. Hopefully you will get one million when you pack up and sell. 

 

Where I live there is no gym, and there is no competition, and I know if I start one, some other genius will also start one, so making big money is not my point. It is an investment in the future for me to have something to do, and my wife have security if or when something happens to me, she have something to fall back on to. 

 

 

Yes I think more gyms will open on Pattaya ...but it could be a hobby 

Troll post removed, if you don't like this forum then go find one that suits you better!! 

13 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Yes I think more gyms will open on Pattaya ...but it could be a hobby 

When it is competition, you need a concept people buys in to, simple as that. 

 

A health farm where we can offer personal training accommodation and food, on monthly basis, and also help people get back on track. 

 

100k a month all included? How does that sounds?

Too much truth 🙋

Retired at 52 in Thailand.

Could never imagine having a Thai boss, that's just to crazy.

F, work, what's the point in it, if you already have enough money / passive income / pension,  not to work.

Life is good. 

Today on second big Leo from Ma & Pa shop, perfect Monday morning. 

( but did some,  home work today, cutting,  grinding,  welding,  from 7am to 11am ) 

 Stainless steel out door sink stand made.

Jobs a good'un.  

 

41 minutes ago, Hummin said:

I retired to Thailand at 47, got bored, started to work again, and now more or less live 6 months or more back home. 

 

Plan to go back to Thailand in a few years, build a few bungalows and apartments and also open a business center at first floor. 

 

A gym/fitness center, a nudle shop, 

 

Living in Thailand and not have anything to do, other than being retired, did not fit me, so I will the next few years go back to school and make my international certified pt education for fitness and nutrition. 

 

I might change my focus the next few years, but we already got the land to build. Anyway, ideas and dreams that keeps the boat floating, so we will see. 

did you mean "open a nudie shop or a noodle shop?"

11 minutes ago, Presnock said:

did you mean "open a nudie shop or a noodle shop?"

Both 😄 

 

naked massage 

1 hour ago, angryguy said:

The list of reasons is too long to post

Now I understand why you are so angry, making so many antagonizing comments.

 

You are not living in Thailand. 😂

Lived in Thailand when i worked offshore in Singapore.. Malaysia India and Indonesia because of short fligth to my family in surin.After 6 years we moved to my country and stayed here 18 year now.

Kids get good education and good jobs with a good salary.We divorced 8 year ago but still in daily contact with my kids.Sometimes I meet my exwife and her new husband.We talking with echother about normal things.Past is past.

The last years i been in Thailand 4-6 months a year and that's enough for me.

 

20 minutes ago, norsurin said:

Lived in Thailand when i worked offshore in Singapore.. Malaysia India and Indonesia because of short fligth to my family in surin.After 6 years we moved to my country and stayed here 18 year now.

Kids get good education and good jobs with a good salary.We divorced 8 year ago but still in daily contact with my kids.Sometimes I meet my exwife and her new husband.We talking with echother about normal things.Past is past.

The last years i been in Thailand 4-6 months a year and that's enough for me.

 

 

That's what happens when you take a younger Thai wife to the west.

They see they can get a younger, richer man with a nicer house.

I prefer to stay in Thailand where I'm the best she can do.

1 hour ago, BritManToo said:

 

That's what happens when you take a younger Thai wife to the west.

They see they can get a younger, richer man with a nicer house.

I prefer to stay in Thailand where I'm the best she can do.

 

My best friend was working in Dubai. He met a Filipino woman together 3 years and married now 12. About same me. Not only brought the woman back to us but also her child from another man. 

 

I must say she is quite ambitious and has found a life working and making some fairly good money in California. He had an acceptable job and then lost it mainly due to age bias is our guess. Well she has really no interest in another man in his gained excessive amount of weight he's been relegated to maid and cook. They haven't had sex and I don't know how long. This is the opposite side of that corn but quite similar. 

 

Thailand is a better life anyway regardless of going back home or not.

 

The more I'm dead-ended out here the more I come to appreciate the place and less I respect people that have spent a few years here, found a woman and turned tail back home. 

 

The situation in the west is dire successfully married to a thai or not. 

9 hours ago, Harrisfan said:

Lopburi is my fav

Genuinely curious, how is it there compared to Chiang Mai? I really like that area. Also, are the red haired monkeys nearby, around rural places like Ban Mi, Ayutthaya, etc.?
 

4 hours ago, georgegeorgia said:

Excellent post !

Yes you will get bored retired in Thailand especially if your a person who likes to keep busy 

 

Opening a gym in Thailand is also my goal , unfortunately too many in Pattaya at the moment though 

Muscle factory,Elite, Tony's the list goes on

I'm surprised there's no Anytime fitness in Pattaya 

 

Given up on the real estate agent dream already?

I personally don't go for goats and yes, I'm bored here so will move, but I'm not a weirdo. People come to this forum to let off steam and talk to others who are living or visiting here for a reason. It's not a place for everyone some some move, like I will. Some like it and stay. If you don't like the forum, why come here? There are other forums you might like in Thailand. The mods are here to police those who get out of line, so why would that be a problem? If you want new topics, you can make them. 

4 hours ago, BritManToo said:

 

That's what happens when you take a younger Thai wife to the west.

They see they can get a younger, richer man with a nicer house.

I prefer to stay in Thailand where I'm the best she can do.

Actually her new husband living a normal life.His not younger them i am.He was married to a local lady here who have alot of money.Bougth him a 1000 cc motorcycle..a wery nice Skoda car and so on.Stayed in her nice house for free.Anyway they split up and he started seeing my exwife.A bigger thing is the beautiful petite fex thaigirl going abroad and get lazy and fat.Some gain weight from 45 if to 70 kg and nobody wants them.

.

5 hours ago, falangUK said:

Genuinely curious, how is it there compared to Chiang Mai? I really like that area. Also, are the red haired monkeys nearby, around rural places like Ban Mi, Ayutthaya, etc.?

 

I would never live in the entire central region of Thailand because it's geographically boring compared to the north and much hotter and humid. Chiang Mai is pretty big city so it's not comparable in that regard either. I guess no smoke season is the biggest benefit?