8 minutes ago, atpeace said:

and decided for now that it would just be a ridiculous ego thing.

The ego thing is simply an extension of an individual’s insecurities, there’s quite a bit of it floating around and it’s quite a silly look both here and out on the street.

2 minutes ago, IsmeUno said:

That's a new one. 😊 I might be inclined to believe that you just go around in circles, repeating exactly the same things, year after year.

You cannot move beyond that.

Others have a life, but some do not understand that because they are too busy imagining other people's lives.

Do I need to to apply for a temporary leave from the forum?

2 minutes ago, novacova said:

The ego thing is simply an extension of an individual’s insecurities, there’s quite a bit of it floating around and it’s quite a silly look both here and out on the street.

I agree but sometimes I don't walk the talk. I definitely have insecurities but I keep them in check most the time.

5 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Others have a life, but some do not understand that because they are too busy imagining other people's lives.

Do I need to to apply for a temporary leave from the forum?

Remember when you wrote that you have learned to look at how you respond? How long did that last?

Old habits die hard. You are getting old. Adapt whilst you still can, if you can.

6 minutes ago, novacova said:

The ego thing is simply an extension of an individual’s insecurities, there’s quite a bit of it floating around and it’s quite a silly look both here and out on the street.

I must really be insecure then

I do try to keep it all to myself, and not 'out on the street'.

2 hours ago, novacova said:

So you’re raising your children into their fifties, that’s quite interesting. And your spouse breast feeding them until what age, up until their twenties?

Fred is already 68!

1 hour ago, IsmeUno said:

Allow me to demonstrate it in more

I haven't seen anyone threaten him. Have you? Can you make any sense of that post at all?

@fredwiggy is his own worst enemy.

Not while I'm alive!

Edited July 8Jul 8 by BritManToo

1 hour ago, KhunLA said:

I must really be insecure then

I do try to keep it all to myself, and not 'out on the street'.

Everyone has ego, even monks. Though to the point of getting flared out having to be noticed and regarded as being the center of special and a delusional belief of being infallible is a bit childish.

Why is this any different from living in a Western country? If your wife is staying at home looking after a couple of very young kids, surely she needs some cash of her own to spend? Where else would she get it except from her husband/partner..

1 hour ago, atpeace said:

I agree but sometimes I don't walk the talk. I definitely have insecurities but I keep them in check most the time.

i.e. self control and paying attention

33 minutes ago, ronnie50 said:

Why is this any different from living in a Western country? If your wife is staying at home looking after a couple of very young kids, surely she needs some cash of her own to spend? Where else would she get it except from her husband/partner..

In the West it would be seen much more as a family income. And when I say family I mean immediate family. Not parents, brothers, sisters, other family hangers on etc etc.

1 hour ago, ronnie50 said:

Why is this any different from living in a Western country? If your wife is staying at home looking after a couple of very young kids, surely she needs some cash of her own to spend? Where else would she get it except from her husband/partner..

Nothing wrong with that at all and I bet many of us were raised in similar households. 98% of Expats here pay the vast majority if not all household expenses. Definitely exceptions but they are rare. For better or worse, most Thai women are looking for financially secure men and that goes for women with good jobs. My relationship is one of those exceptions but I just wandered into it and that wasn't my intent. I could really care less when I met her if she had money.

1 hour ago, novacova said:

Everyone has ego, even monks. Though to the point of getting flared out having to be noticed and regarded as being the center of special and a delusional belief of being infallible is a bit childish.

I think there is a middle ground. I drove a cheap motorbike that I picked up in the town I'm living and was travelling in a camper I made. THe truck was nice but people thought I was selling solar panels because it had them on the sides and the top. I looked poor to the locals. I didn't care at the beginning but once I got rid of the ugly camper and the cheap motorbike the locals seemed to give me more respect. Could of all been in my head but I don't think it was. Could have said, screw them and did my thing but I think I made the best decision. The nicer home, motorbike, and getting rid of the ugly camper was a good idea.

2 hours ago, Geoff914 said:

In the West it would be seen much more as a family income. And when I say family I mean immediate family. Not parents, brothers, sisters, other family hangers on etc etc.

Sure that's true But Lazada gets more of her income than those you suggest

6 hours ago, IsmeUno said:

Remember when you wrote that you have learned to look at how you respond? How long did that last?

Old habits die hard. You are getting old. Adapt whilst you still can, if you can.

You might be better off focusing more on yourself instead of spending so much time on other people’s weaknesses.

As of now the poll suggests 48% didn't marry hookerz

Good job lads, carry on....

13 minutes ago, Celsius said:

As of now the poll suggests 48% didn't marry hookerz

Good job lads, carry on....

Are you hoping the poll results swing slightly as you are currently sitting in amongst that 52%?...

10 minutes ago, Keeps said:

Are you hoping the poll results swing slightly as you are currently sitting in amongst that 52%?...

I'm hoping she'll give you a discount

Edited July 8Jul 8 by Celsius

11 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Yeah I avoid tourist traps. I ride bikes on back roads and I'm happy as a dog with 2 tails.

Can you make a new poll? I can't afford any more downvotes.

Thai Relationship Poll: The Allowance Apocalypse

Question: What happens if your Thai wife/girlfriend doesn't get her monthly allowance for 1-2 months?

Add questions like - She changes your relationship status to “It’s complicated… with my new sponsor”

She sells her underwear on Shopee

She gives you a silent treatment....etc....

On 7/7/2026 at 5:46 PM, unblocktheplanet said:

Ya know, that responsibility comes with the Y chromosome no matter what culture you live in. We are the providers and protectors. Since I was 17 with my first live-in g/f, I have always set up a joint bank account. If you can't trust the one you sleep with, you should be alone.

I like this comment, I can relate.

My girlfriend's I lived with, I would provide, a couple of these girls I bought small, Japanese cars for them.

Sadly, a couple of them took me to court, one of them to the Supreme court, they wanted a share of my house. 😂

51 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:

Sadly, a couple of them took me to court, one of them to the Supreme court, they wanted a share of my house. 😂

Of course they do. The only thing that surprises me that only wanted a share not all. To be fair I think I would agree to a joint account, I would just make sure my earnings went into my sole account. Only my share of expenses would go into the joint account. And don't tell me any gf wouldn't do exactly the same.

11 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Fred is already 68!

Check your notes.

6 hours ago, Celsius said:

As of now the poll suggests 48% didn't marry hookerz

Good job lads, carry on....

Yeah the numbers look fake, follow up polls needed, including Have you bought properties? car, motorbike? send money to family? built a house on the thai wife/gf land?

13 hours ago, atpeace said:

I agree but sometimes I don't walk the talk. I definitely have insecurities but I keep them in check most the time.

I try to be inconspicuous when I'm out doing the walk.

$0.00b

If my wife needs 100b for a delivery and I give her 500b, she then gives me back the change 400b.

Whenever she needs something, she asks.

I almost never say no.

Cheers🥂

If you have to pay your “wife” a salary she’s not your wife but a hooker

11 hours ago, ronnie50 said:

Why is this any different from living in a Western country? If your wife is staying at home looking after a couple of very young kids, surely she needs some cash of her own to spend? Where else would she get it except from her husband/partner..

Onlyfans

Times have changed.

The original reason for paying the girlfriend in Thailand was to stop them working sex, one of the problems is that it isn't genuine, it's backed by money so if the money runs out they'll be gone

I split my retirement income with my wife - she gets the smaller Social Security benefit and I keep the much larger government agency pension (both exempt from Thai income taxes per the Thai-U.S. DTA).

Out of the transfer I expect her to pay for household and personal expenses - I have created a budget showing her our regular expenses (food, insurance, medical expenses, charity, family support) that the transfer needs to pay for and what I will cover out of my income (travel, gas) and what I consider outside of our budget (personal care, gifts, clothing, etc.).

This is an attempt to getting her ready to rely on her Social Security Survivor benefit after I pass and she hits 60. This is her entitlement after ten-years of marriage and has always been part of our estate planning. That it is 'early' is of no matter - what is important is that she learns to manage a regular income stream which is not common up here in the Northeast as we see people getting into trouble with debt to sustain a 'high' status life.

58 minutes ago, Wingate said:

Delusions of grandeur, eh?

Sparky, I hate to bring this up, but mail order latex "conquests" do not count. Nor does fapping to Playboy.

You really are a funny little guy. You continually seek praise, such as this boast about "women" you slept with, your MASSIVE trading haul of 5000 baht in one day (woo, even Soros and Simons are envious!), the many provinces of Thailand you have visited (as if that's Nobel Prize worthy and constitutes a life well lived)...and then you call yourself a "Sigma Male", when in point of fact the Greeks would need a new letter to define the sorry state of what you are.

I think you should take a moment from your continuous posting and reflect on what your mother must feel, having gone through the pain and discomfort of morning sickness, then carrying you for 9 months, subsequently changing the foulness in your diapers, wiping your vomit off her shoulders, seeing her body devastated by the damage childbirth causes.....all to then see what you never became in this life. She no doubt rues the day she seduced the milk man.

You owe her an apology. Probably to the milk man, too.

Cool story Walker88