If your a single retired man maybe 60 plus , retired living in Pattaya .

What exactly do you do all day ?

I'm not talking about the *lonely" who need to hook up and live with a Thai partner !!

Please spare me

I'm talking about the 65yo man who has retired from the UK Australia America or wherever and living full time by himself in Pattaya

Are you not bored ?

And please if you could do you personally see this scenario with your own eyes ?

Farangs who gave retired to Pattaya only to go in a downward spiral ?

I'm interested if you do ,and please tell me ,are these retired farangs who are in that "downward spiral" , do they live in low class Condon such as Flybird or Nirun ??

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by georgegeorgia

4 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Are you not bored ?

Many folks are raising families. They start again, get re-married and the maybe the woman already has children ... then that becomes the primary focus and takes up much of your time.

But if you plan to stay single, you will end up just chasing cheap women in Pattaya. But cheap women go hand in hand with drinking, so you may end up being in the bars all day and get addicted to that as there is not that much to do.

Bangkok might be a better place to retire. There's more to do.

But some people want to own homes, so they end up in Hua Hin where property prices are good. But there's much less to do in Hua Hin. Again, depends if you're married and raising a family. That will occupy your time.

Or retire anywhere, but budget a lot of travel to not get bored and just spend all your time in bars.

7 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Farangs who gave retired to Pattaya only to go in a downward spiral ?

Well, there's also the possibility they flatline or go in an upward spiral.

Just like there's a extremely small possibility Aliens will land on Trump's White House lawn and kick the ass of the gladiators during the Bread and Circus UFC Cage match in a intergalactic show of strength.

Sure, that could happen.

It won't. But it could.

Bwahahahahahaha 😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣

Edited 1 hour ago1 hr by SiSePuede419
Clarification of UFO events

13 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Farangs who gave retired to Pattaya only to go in a downward spiral ?

Probably 50-50

Many are probably leading normal lives, married with a child.

The single ones probably mostly go off the rails on a downward spiral with excessive partying/drinking.

I don't think it's the best place to retire. Just go for fun if you like the night life scene, but not live there permanently.

15 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

If your a single retired man maybe 60 plus , retired living in Pattaya .

I'm talking about the 65yo man who has retired from the UK Australia America or wherever and living full time by himself in Pattaya

I see lots of these guys living above bars on soi Buakhou.

You should ask these guys your questions.

Perhaps they decided to leave their country to live in a 30m² room to be among the party people, I bet the majority of these guys after a few months they maybe regretting their decisions.

Edited 54 minutes ago54 min by SAFETY FIRST

30 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Are you not bored ?

Sorry, to elaborate on my last point.

Bars are the main attraction in Pattaya.

But it's not necessarily a bad thing.

Maybe only 5% of guys become serious alcoholics and blow their life savings in those bars.

On the plus side, there are so many foreign retirees in Pattaya that there is no shortage of people to keep you company.

And that's exactly what a lot of retirees want.

So Pattaya is fine for many retirees because they have a bunch of other retirees to chat with and women in the bars to keep you company

As long as you can keep the alcoholism under control, there's no problem.

I'm single, drinking once a week is enough and good discipline. Find hobbies, lots to choose from, I wouldn't include bar hopping as hobbies.

The guys who drink daily it's just a slow drawn out death, lots of alcoholics here

34 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

Many folks are raising families. They start again, get re-married and the maybe the woman already has children ... then that becomes the primary focus and takes up much of your time.

But if you plan to stay single, you will end up just chasing cheap women in Pattaya. But cheap women go hand in hand with drinking, so you may end up being in the bars all day and get addicted to that as there is not that much to do.

Bangkok might be a better place to retire. There's more to do.

But some people want to own homes, so they end up in Hua Hin where property prices are good. But there's much less to do in Hua Hin. Again, depends if you're married and raising a family. That will occupy your time.

Or retire anywhere, but budget a lot of travel to not get bored and just spend all your time in bars.

See many elderly men hanging out at beach road at Jomtien and Pattaya, seems like an alternative to the bar life for some. Same faces every day when walking past, sitting there with their 7/11 groceries

39 minutes ago, SiSePuede419 said:

Well, there's also the possibility they flatline or go in an upward spiral.

Just like there's a extremely small possibility Aliens will land on Trump's White House lawn and kick the ass of the gladiators during the Bread and Circus UFC Cage match in a intergalactic show of strength.

Sure, that could happen.

It won't. But it could.

Bwahahahahahaha 😀😃😄😁😆😅😂🤣

Oh please leave the pedantic academia to the academic

What you say could be true and in the majority of cases maybe..just maybe the single farang doess go into a "upward spiral " ????

But ....And I question that ...majority ?

Edited 25 minutes ago25 min by georgegeorgia

32 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

I see lots of these guys living above bars on soi Buakhou.

You should ask these guys your questions.

Perhaps they decided to leave their country to live in a 30m² room to be among the party people, I bet the majority of these guys after a few months they maybe regretting their decisions.

Excellent point

Yes there is a possible "study tour" coming up , im thinking September to do this .

Your saying those rooms in soi Bukhao?

38 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

If your a single retired man maybe 60 plus , retired living in Pattaya .

What exactly do you do all day ?

I'm not talking about the *lonely" who need to hook up and live with a Thai partner !!

Please spare me

I'm talking about the 65yo man who has retired from the UK Australia America or wherever and living full time by himself in Pattaya

Are you not bored ?

And please if you could do you personally see this scenario with your own eyes ?

Farangs who gave retired to Pattaya only to go in a downward spiral ?

I'm interested if you do ,and please tell me ,are these retired farangs who are in that "downward spiral" , do they live in low class Condon such as Flybird or Nirun ??

Not having a plan nor structure to your daily life is why so many are living a miserable existence. I'm sure they were miserable before they got to Pattaya and can't change an old goat. It is fun waking up everyday with no plans other than relaxing and having fun but life is not that simple. Fast forward 1 year and these individuals still lack a plan or any structure. They no longer enjoy relaxing everyday nor the nightlife nearly as much. They then go through the motions year after year and eventually die here or crawl back to their home country and die there unhappy.

Trick is to have fun while doing things that aren't fun always but keep a person healthy mentally and physically. How often do you see a healthy 60+ person in Pattaya that is chronically not satisfied with life? Pretty simple really but many would rather not do what it takes and rely on booze, gluttony and medications to prolong their sad existence.

Edited 23 minutes ago23 min by atpeace

And of course , yes some good points

Many of these single matured aged farang have come to live in Pattaya and most ( statistics please) most possiblity have been divorced in their own country previously.

And possibly now have grown up children back wherever they come from

So we have men in their 60's renting rooms above shophouses

What about that old black duck.. lonilessness??

9 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Same faces every day when walking past, sitting there with their 7/11 groceries

Everyone love 7, even Cheap Charlies

Great ice coffee. Too bad you Europeans have never tasted it, never will

What's up with that..?!?

Too afraid to look like bloody Americans by buying ice coffee?

Or is it you already so chill you need to warm up with hot coffee like a good little paisano with their teeny tiny cups of espresso 🙏

Edited 20 minutes ago20 min by SiSePuede419
Mama Mia

4 minutes ago, atpeace said:

Not having a plan nor structure to your daily life is why so many are living a miserable existence. I'm sure they were miserable before they got to Pattaya and can't change an old goat. It is fun waking up everyday with no plans other than relaxing and having fun but life is not that simple. Fast forward 1 year and these individuals still lack a plan or any structure. They no longer enjoy relaxing everyday nor the nightlife nearly as much. They then go through the motions year after year and eventually die here or crawl back to their home country and die there unhappy.

Trick is to have fun while doing things that aren't fun always but keep a person healthy mentally and physically. How often do you see a healthy 60+ person in Pattaya that is chronically not satisfied with life? Pretty simple really but many would rather not do what it takes and rely on booze, gluttony and medications to prolong their sad existence.

Beautiful post

And please let me retirate ( what's another word ?)

, we are ONLY talking about the SINGLE retired farangs who comes to live in Pattaya .....thankyou !!!!!!!!

The ones who go home back to their Condo by themselves!!

Edited 12 minutes ago12 min by georgegeorgia

Start off with an hours walk at 5 am, then go to Makro. Home cook breakfast. Clean the house then go to the gym for an hour. Go to market,then home and cook lunch. Have a shower and maybe a nap. Do the garden then it's time to think about dinner. 6pm already... watch TV and then sleep

4 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Start off with an hours walk at 5 am, then go to Makro. Home cook breakfast. Clean the house then go to the gym for an hour. Go to market,then home and cook lunch. Have a shower and maybe a nap. Do the garden then it's time to think about dinner. 6pm already... watch TV and then sleep

And you live by yourself?

No lonilessness?

2 minutes ago, baansgr said:

Start off with an hours walk at 5 am, then go to Makro. Home cook breakfast. Clean the house then go to the gym for an hour. Go to market,then home and cook lunch. Have a shower and maybe a nap. Do the garden then it's time to think about dinner. 6pm already... watch TV and then sleep

Now that is not a bad day! My days are similar but lack a defined schedule. I just want to get what is important done in no particular order.

34 minutes ago, save the frogs said:

On the plus side, there are so many foreign retirees in Pattaya that there is no shortage of people to keep you company.

And that's exactly what a lot of retirees want.

After seven years of working in Shenanigans as musician and quiz-master, I met so many of those SAS men etc, I did meet a few good ones too.

I am so happy I left the place. And possibly the customers there are happy also! 555

Edited 5 minutes ago5 min by wil iam not

7 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

And you live by yourself?

No lonilessness?

No loneliness and it's great, once you are content you won't feel loneliness

22 minutes ago, georgegeorgia said:

Excellent point

Yes there is a possible "study tour" coming up , im thinking September to do this .

Your saying those rooms in soi Bukhao?

Yes, those shop houses are occupied by retired, lonely, single foreigners.

It must be a sad life for some, no family, nothing to do day in day out.