Morakot Posted November 26, 2012 Share Posted November 26, 2012 (edited) Thank you kindly for your appreciation, dear poster! Edited November 26, 2012 by Morakot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Saudi Sid Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 OP How much are you selling your business for? And whats your net worth? Cheers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ManInSurat Posted November 28, 2012 Popular Post Share Posted November 28, 2012 (edited) Surely ExCommando you could see why a post entitled "Retiring at 32 Next Feb!" would be provocative and easily labelled as showing off or gloating. (Personally I don't really care and don't think it's relevant to why you're here asking for advice.) You could have just as easily said that you're moving from Australia to Thailand, with your family hoping to stay here initially ~3 years and would like some advice, specifically for the Nai Harn area. It's very easily construed as immodest what you're telling us and people are well within their right to point this out to you. Obviously you're bound to make people jealous and there's no way you're not aware of that. I suspect you're fully cognisant that your posts will attract negative comments and that's part of the reason why you're doing it. Which is a wee bit odd, in my book. For the record, I'm in my 30s, I do work from home in the internetz. I really like your use of the phrase "running businesses remotely". So working from home then? Even remotely, running a business, where you have to do auditing, pay taxes, maintenance, is still running a business. Which really negates what you've said in the title. You could have avoided all the fuss and just asked for the advice on living here and whether you could hack it as a family unit, but you didn't. Moreover, I have to agree with others that say Thailand is a dangerous place to raise a child, comparatively speaking (even taking into account your mega and micro fauna). I'm looking after 2 kids who are not biologically mine, my wife's daughter from a previous marriage and her husband were killed in a bike accident a year and half ago. Two children were killed as passengers on the road I live on last week in a head on collision involving a 3 wheeler taxi and a bike (the bike mounted the taxi and came into the carriage - instant death.) I've been to 12 RTA related funerals in 7 years. I'd like to take my family to Spain, where I have extended family, but my wife is just not psychologically ready or able to leave Thailand behind, even on a semi-permanent basis. So I've made the decision to stay here and do my best in a difficult situation and holiday in Spain, if I'm lucky enough to ever get the time to do so. Plus, my 2 adopted kids are in private school education here (Isaranuson) and I still find myself incredulous at some of the ridiculous ideas and teachings that are drilled into their heads on a daily basis. I can't rail against the system (which is a big no-no in Thailand) and you'll potentially find yourself at loggerheads with the education system in the future, which you really won't like. Thailand's private education is not even slightly comparable to the UK or Australia's state-run education. Don't get me started on Thai state-run education, where you're a sheep and nothing is ever allowed to be questioned and being an anti-authoritarian is quite a dangerous thing. If you had to be here for work I could understand. I could think of 20 beautiful countries off the top of my head that would be infinitely better in this respect and as a 32 year old flush retiree, Thailand (via business class and holiday home) is always going to be available to. you. What's most confusing for me is that you're an Australian. I envy the amazing back garden and lifestyle you guys have with a passion. My uncle emigrated to Perth in 1985 (Fremantle to be exact) and I've been over twice. You have an amazingly beautiful country with vastly more marine and land-based wildlife, beaches that far surpass any that you'd find in Thailand and generally friendly easy going people who have no concept of saving "face" and the pitfalls that carries. Why you'd wouldn't just move up in lifestyle there, I have no idea. You give the impression that money is no issue, which is what people will generally think when you talk about retiring, as that what it means to me - financial security for life. So either you don't have financial security for life, or you do, or you just have financial security for life in a Thailand that's much more expensive than I think you realise it is. Yes, you've been here on holiday, but living here is a whole other ball game. My current outgoings are definitely on a par with a western country as I want all the amenities of a western lifestyle around me all the time, as I've made the choice I love my wife more than anything and I have to be here. Not to mention the fact that my adopted son caught Dengue fever 4 months ago and was hooked up to IV drip for 5 days. I have Black Hole traps in my house and it transpired that there was on outbreak in the vicinity of his school or it came from a mozzie that bit a school mate of his and them him. Fortunately if treated quickly Dengue is rarely fatal, even in children, but still to see a child in that condition is something I never want to experience again. There's much worse than Dengue knocking about too. It's really not as clearcut as you seem to think it is and without meaning to be rude in the slightest, I find it strange that people would want to impose that kind of lifestyle on children on purpose. That's my 25 satang. Edited November 28, 2012 by ManInSurat 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SeaVisionBurma Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 Several nonsense posts removed. Keep it constructive and on topic please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cobra Posted November 28, 2012 Share Posted November 28, 2012 .... I suspect you're fully cognisant that your posts will attract negative comments and that's part of the reason why you're doing it. Which is a wee bit odd, in my book.... There's a term for it, trolling, Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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