6 hours ago, gk10012001 said:

welcome to being old. Many friends no longer around or have moved or have passed. Harder to really meet new good friends. So many things are different as you no longer have that wide range of kids and people you used to run into back home at work, school, in the neighborhood, mutual acquaintances, etc. Energy level a bit low. Few things are new and as exciting as they once were. Hopefully health is goo so you are not in discomfort. Monies may be a bit tight and there is some worry in the back of your mind that your current savings/investments or income are not enough yet you are concerned you can not get back into the work force. Or you do not want to get back into the work force!

Everyone over 60 should do resistance training or physical work. Otherwise your muscles waste away.

10 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Could be health issues.

Not that often. It's more like they are drained of something.

Reminds me of the feeling after sex when you are totally relieved and just staring into space. A state of being drained of energy and having no edge there, or just being really tired. They are probably getting drained of pretty much everything and anything by Thai partners and just the environment in general trying to get every penny they can. In Central Pattaya the money grubbing is pretty prevalent, can even walk far without people wanting something. Multiply that daily every day and it gets tiresome.

19 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Nice story. Most likely 95% bs

Where are you? Certainly not anywhere in Southeast Asia where most any man can get a 2nd or 3rd girl to play around with while wifey is out shopping or playing poker.

13 hours ago, Rockyroad said:

Thailand is good if you find a good gf, travel around and avoid the bar creeps. Only seen 20% farangs look normal. So many look physically or mentally wrecked.

20% normal farang in Thailand is a rather high percentage the figure is closer 8% from what I see.

3 hours ago, SOMEB0DY said:

Where are you? Certainly not anywhere in Southeast Asia where most any man can get a 2nd or 3rd girl to play around with while wifey is out shopping or playing poker.

Wifey's probably out doing the same thing as youre doing :)

"I had a wonderful afternoon , won 2000 Baht at poker*

3 hours ago, SOMEB0DY said:

20% normal farang in Thailand is a rather high percentage the figure is closer 8% from what I see.

Normal people never live outside their country of birth.

If you're white and living in Thailand, you're far from normal.

1 minute ago, BritManToo said:

Normal people never live outside their country of birth.

If you're white and living in Thailand, you're far from normal.

I think that depends on what is normal? My dad was a petroleum engineer, who learned to read, write and speak fluent Arabic while living and working in Saudi Arabia. I was born and spent the first 12 years of my life there. We got a three month vacation once every two years known as home leave. We would go back through Europe and the go home through Asia from San Francisco. It was the life I knew and was completely normal as we lived in ARAMCO camps, but I went out with my dad to meet Arabs for company business.

Got tired of America after 24 years there and moved over here. Married after a couple of years had twins who now live in America but I remain here as it seems "normal" to me. May not be normal to others but its the way it came down.

5 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

Normal people never live outside their country of birth.

If you're white and living in Thailand, you're far from normal.

Hey ... WTF, what are saying ...

Oh, that was a compliment. Normal, NO THANKS

Right back at you 😄

On 8/1/2026 at 7:50 AM, Rockyroad said:

Been to 4 towns in 2 weeks. Not doing nothing.

30 posts a days speaks for itself no matter what you say.

On 7/31/2026 at 11:09 AM, Hummin said:

What a brilliant guy, well, if it gives him the necessary views, why not. I will not follow him, not my cup of tea

I don't think that he's doing it to help others . looks like he is trying to earn an income from it

On 8/2/2026 at 2:46 PM, Rockyroad said:

Thailand is good if you find a good gf, travel around and avoid the bar creeps. Only seen 20% farangs look normal. So many look physically or mentally wrecked.

To be fair I'm in Exeter, UK at the moment and it's the same percentages here. (High street weekday )

19 hours ago, BritManToo said:

Normal people never live outside their country of birth.

If you're white and living in Thailand, you're far from normal.

I’m in the 8% bracket is what is normal for me the other 92% have a different abnormal normality that doesn’t look normal.

Unless you are happy with your own company, Pattaya will eat you up.... that in my humble opinion is the mistake you're making

On 8/3/2026 at 1:46 PM, marin said:

I think that depends on what is normal? My dad was a petroleum engineer, who learned to read, write and speak fluent Arabic while living and working in Saudi Arabia. I was born and spent the first 12 years of my life there. We got a three month vacation once every two years known as home leave. We would go back through Europe and the go home through Asia from San Francisco. It was the life I knew and was completely normal as we lived in ARAMCO camps, but I went out with my dad to meet Arabs for company business.

Got tired of America after 24 years there and moved over here. Married after a couple of years had twins who now live in America but I remain here as it seems "normal" to me. May not be normal to others but its the way it came down.

You are far from normal

On 8/3/2026 at 1:46 PM, marin said:

I think that depends on what is normal? My dad was a petroleum engineer, who learned to read, write and speak fluent Arabic while living and working in Saudi Arabia. I was born and spent the first 12 years of my life there. We got a three month vacation once every two years known as home leave. We would go back through Europe and the go home through Asia from San Francisco. It was the life I knew and was completely normal as we lived in ARAMCO camps, but I went out with my dad to meet Arabs for company business.

Got tired of America after 24 years there and moved over here. Married after a couple of years had twins who now live in America but I remain here as it seems "normal" to me. May not be normal to others but its the way it came down.

You are a million miles from normal.

Before investing in any location best to visit for an extensive period of time to assess whether it suits, or not.

4 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

You are far from normal

You are a million miles from normal.

Already back to trolling. Quite sad, on your holiday and trolling all day looking for attention. I am sure that babe is long gone as well... Enjoy yourself. 🤣

44 minutes ago, Rockyroad said:

You are far from normal

You are a million miles from normal.

You are in the 92% from what I can see.

Just now, SOMEB0DY said:

You are in the 92% from what I can see.

You are looking at a computer screen lol

43 minutes ago, Thingamabob said:

Before investing in any location best to visit for an extensive period of time to assess whether it suits, or not.

Lots of farangs are lazy. They just go straight to Patts.

Many people come to the touristy nightlife places on holiday and have a compete hoot, which is to be expected, but then when they decide to retire/come and live here full-time it wears off a bit and you see all its short-comings too... plus most overspend in the first year or so.

The trick to this is to live a little bit outside of the maelstrom of chaos, bars, and girls and just visit there when you are in the mood... so you can take it or leave. Living too close and constantly being in the midst of it all will eventually send most (not all though) nuts and make you broken, mentally and financially... many make this mistake. There are so many guys I've met and known who have unwittingly become cautionary tales for any number of reasons and had to leave, it's crazy.

I have always viewed these places like Pattaya, Samui, Bangkok (not too bad but you still need to be careful), Phuket etc. as places to visit and have a good holiday... not as a long-term venue to live, as there are potentially just some many things that can go wrong if you want to achieve longevity here and not lose your mind.

On 8/1/2026 at 4:02 PM, pomchop said:

"A nice pool with many young women swimming and sunbathing & having fun."

good luck finding any/many thai girls who want to sit by a pool sunbathing...

My reaction too- most Thai ladies I have met seem addicted to their phones, social media, eating and sleeping- not all necessarily at the same time of course!

2 hours ago, wombat said:

Unless you are happy with your own company, Pattaya will eat you up.... that in my humble opinion is the mistake you're making

Without purpose, every place will eventually eat you up.

It's the same all over the world: what you put out there, you get back at you.😉

7 minutes ago, 241195_1469957797 said:

It's the same all over the world: what you put out there, you get back at you.😉

Your expectations Vs reality is ..............

What you put out there, someone will take!

28 minutes ago, Hummin said:

Without purpose, every place will eventually eat you up.

What if your purpose is to eat, drink, and f#&k?

2 minutes ago, BritManToo said:

What if your purpose is to eat, drink, and f#&k?

As long as you believe it is good enough, I believe it will benefit you. But once doubt appears and there is no progress, what then?

Purpose is often closely connected to what you are familiar with and to your culture.

This just seems like a case of foolish expectations.

3 hours ago, worldtraveler3 said:

This just seems like a case of foolish expectations.

I thought it was a cheap Las Vegas. The strip area with the nice hotels.

Edited August 6Aug 6 by Freebird13

las vegas and benidorm ,and may other so called tourist attractions are nasty overrated scummy hellholes ,, Pattaya is not perfect but its certainly fun, interesting , mostly good value , and there is nowhere on this planet that is perfect all the time ....

21 minutes ago, liddelljohn said:

las vegas and benidorm ,and may other so called tourist attractions are nasty overrated scummy hellholes ,, Pattaya is not perfect but its certainly fun, interesting , mostly good value , and there is nowhere on this planet that is perfect all the time ....

Nowhere is perfect, but some places are better then others. I liked Vegas. It costs more though and the resort fees are getting expensive.

I visited some of these resort type places in Pattaya like Seven Seas, Laguna Beach, etc that are the same kind of resort thing that Vegas does, but in Pattaya I felt they were crap, cheap quality and I did not even want to go in the pool.

Same idea in both locations, but less money floating around in Pattaya. It seemed to equate to people being less happy. My faulty expectation was getting the same quality for less money. The saying you get what you pay for is true.

Edited August 6Aug 6 by Freebird13