Why so many unhappy farang in Bangkok / Pattaya bars?

[Tmymaimee]

Title sums it up.

So many nightclubs and entertainment venues I enjoy visiting, partying and dancing at yet I see dozens of unsmiling, frowning, morose looking older farang. Why leave your house to go out and sit alone looking like you're at a funeral? I would like to try and just ignore them but there so many of them and they just look so depressed. Sitting alone, milking a beer with a blank stare on their faces.

Just this past weekend at Insomnia nightclub. I see countless guys who try to pick up Thai girls by walking over to them and staring. No smile, no "hi, how are you…", no offer to buy them a drink. Almost like their mere presence and them being a young farang is enough to attract a beautiful girl. Not too mention the girls are all made up and look great while the farangs wear a tshirt and jeans.

Am I missing something here? You go out in western countries to have fun and party and hopefully meet some hot girl (but usually not:) Why are these guys even going out in Thailand? I don't get it.

[thehelmsman]

The staring routine is basic mind control, it never fails.

[RandomSand]

So now you've managed to take your eyes off the ladies; you have looked around and seen that shopping for prostitutes does not, in fact, fill a man's soul with genuine happiness. Welcome to reality!

[celso]

Because alcohol...

[Tmymaimee]

So now you've managed to take your eyes off the ladies; you have looked around and seen that shopping for prostitutes does not, in fact, fill a man's soul with genuine happiness. Welcome to reality!

What a load of crap! I personally know many girls that go out to these clubs and are in no way a prostitute.

Some girls actually enjoy going out and meeting guys - imagine that. Why the automatic response that they are prostitutes? Are you somehow familiar with prostitutes in Thailand? Last girl I met was a beautiful girl from Nakhon Sawan who worked days as a massage girl. No hint of money and just genuine smiles.

Perhaps you are one of these sad, lonely old men? That would explain your attitude towards Thai girls who go out to nightclubs.

[buckoy]

Some girls might go out to just enjoy the music etc, but not many in Pattaya. You have got rose tinted specs on I think.

[sustento]

They've run out of viagra.

[Kangawallafox]

So now you've managed to take your eyes off the ladies; you have looked around and seen that shopping for prostitutes does not, in fact, fill a man's soul with genuine happiness. Welcome to reality!

What a load of crap! I personally know many girls that go out to these clubs and are in no way a prostitute.

Some girls actually enjoy going out and meeting guys - imagine that. Why the automatic response that they are prostitutes? Are you somehow familiar with prostitutes in Thailand? Last girl I met was a beautiful girl from Nakhon Sawan who worked days as a massage girl. No hint of money and just genuine smiles.

Perhaps you are one of these sad, lonely old men? That would explain your attitude towards Thai girls who go out to nightclubs.

A massage girl,lol.

[15Peter20]

Maybe they are grumpy because they take one look around one of these discos on walking street and realize that often during high season there appears to be more men than women in the place.

[RandomSand]

So now you've managed to take your eyes off the ladies; you have looked around and seen that shopping for prostitutes does not, in fact, fill a man's soul with genuine happiness. Welcome to reality!

What a load of crap! I personally know many girls that go out to these clubs and are in no way a prostitute.

Some girls actually enjoy going out and meeting guys - imagine that. Why the automatic response that they are prostitutes? Are you somehow familiar with prostitutes in Thailand? Last girl I met was a beautiful girl from Nakhon Sawan who worked days as a massage girl. No hint of money and just genuine smiles.

Perhaps you are one of these sad, lonely old men? That would explain your attitude towards Thai girls who go out to nightclubs.

I like your post.

The world, and Thailand in particular, needs more people like you.

If foreigners didn't regard Thai women who go to bars as prostitutes - then they cease to be prostitutes* - and can exist simply as individuals ...free from commoditization as sex objects.

Yes! that's it! In this "new age" women can be free until marriage, free to date men of any skin colour, until after marriage they then become the chattel of men. Happy days I feel like I'm living in the 1950s already! Someday Thailand might be as advanced as the west. Who knows? In the future Thai men might become the chattel of Thai women and Thai men might flock to the west for fun-filled holidays... of course I'm talking about the year 2100 at least.

*that is until they shyly utter the words "You know I'm working?" and the other golden oldie "how much you pay me?".

Edited January 1, 2014 by RandomSand

[sirineou]

Why so many unhappy farang in Bangkok / Pattaya bars?

I am not making this up , I was scrolling down the general topics page and I see this Title, I laughed so hard I sprayed soda all over my lop-top, my wife who is sitting next to me wanted to know what happened

Then I read The helsmans reply "The staring routine is basic mind control, it never fails".and almost lost my soda again

Say what you want about TVF it is certainly entertaining .

[ABCer]

Alcohol is a depressant!!!

[Rooo]

I have deleted several trollish posts & replies to them.

Moved to pub.

[Card]

It's because they are bored.

[jacko45k]

Because alcohol...

Yes, not quite got to the sweet-spot, a few more bottles required.

[Mr Brown]

Yet another post were the OP has to take a swipe at what people are wearing or how old they are.

Get over it buddy. Worry about what your doing and how your life is and STOP be so self righteous about others.

You post comments like this and get smashed and then wonder why it has happen.

Oh and by the way, looks don't account for too much if you have a wallet full of thousand baht notes... TIT

[impulse]

Just this past weekend at Insomnia nightclub. I see countless guys who try to pick up Thai girls by walking over to them and staring. No smile, no "hi, how are you…", no offer to buy them a drink. Almost like their mere presence and them being a young farang is enough to attract a beautiful girl.

Am I missing something here?

Usually, when you see me like that, I'm pondering in my mind whether I have time to close the deal before I need to pee. Again.

But then, I'm not young.

[noikrit]

Why stop at BKK and Pattaya ??? I've met miserable Falang all over Thailand ..... ... On Ya Bikes I say ....

[philotruth3]

Hunting isn't as good as it used to be for the older guys and they are getting sadder and sadder about it. In the 4 years I was there I noticed a slow but steady increase in younger westerners. The Thai women are holding out for younger men more and more. Good for them.

The old geezers can go for the older women now or stick to their porn and I can stop throwing up.

Of course there is only one little problem with that scenario, the older gals are often far more prudish. Ya just can't teach an old dog new tricks, it seems male or female. That's a big reason why we are such youth oriented cultures.

[Africanteacher]

The staring routine is basic mind control, it never fails.

Couldn't have said it better!

[JakeSully]

nevermind

Edited January 2, 2014 by JakeSully

[watso63]

Much better than being sad and lonely in an empty pub nursing 1/2 a bitter or in a library just trying to keep warm cos they can't afford heating back in Blighty. Anyway, if they can't get it up anymore that's a good enough reason to be miserable.

[MrY]

So now you've managed to take your eyes off the ladies; you have looked around and seen that shopping for prostitutes does not, in fact, fill a man's soul with genuine happiness. Welcome to reality!

What a load of crap! I personally know many girls that go out to these clubs and are in no way a prostitute.

Some girls actually enjoy going out and meeting guys - imagine that. Why the automatic response that they are prostitutes? Are you somehow familiar with prostitutes in Thailand? Last girl I met was a beautiful girl from Nakhon Sawan who worked days as a massage girl. No hint of money and just genuine smiles.

Perhaps you are one of these sad, lonely old men? That would explain your attitude towards Thai girls who go out to nightclubs.

You were talking about Insomnia "nightclub" on Walking Street, right? Full of freelance talent. If you're young and handsome you may pick up a chick for free as these girls do like to do that to offset the clientele (the staring fat old weirdos) they have to deal with all the time. The place is done up alright and cranks some party tunes, so I believe they've got an occasional walk-in that doesn't sell herself in the night, but most of the girls there are hookers either working or partying.

Note: I've even been there with my wife. My friend was playing a party mix CD from Insomnia in my car and the wife wanted to go get some tunes like that. We had a good time, but I couldn't leave her alone for a moment as she was getting propositioned as soon as. No pick-up lines either. More along the lines of those staring fat old weirdos...

[smotherb]

I imagine those guys would have that same blank stare wherever they were--perhaps they are trying for that mind-control thing. I've been both young and old in Thailand and it's good either way--but then I've had a good time wherever I was. Perhaps its a personal problem.

[little mary sunshine]

They are just a bunch of drunks that abused their families in their own

Country, Were just as unhappy there. At least the families are happy

to be rid of the lot !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[chubbychops]

BWAHAHAHAHAHA HA HAHAHAHAHA a massage girl! OH me oh my.

They are miserable because they've been fleeced....the Thais call them "taw hua nguuu" and laugh at them as we do too.

[Jim walker]

Most of the older guys in their 70s have been hanging about in bars possibly for the last 50 years seen it done it got the T shirt and now it’s all just starting to get a bit boring

Edited January 2, 2014 by metisdead
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[Kalserud]

[Jim walker]

Possibly need a few more comedy club bars in Thailand and a few good comedians doing the circuits to cheer everyone up instead of fighting of the bar ladies who only want to scrounge a drink from you, plenty comedians on TVF surely some could go professional and cheer up some miserable depressed unhappy old people and bring a smile into their sad lives.

Edited January 2, 2014 by metisdead
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[rgs2001uk]

So now you've managed to take your eyes off the ladies; you have looked around and seen that shopping for prostitutes does not, in fact, fill a man's soul with genuine happiness. Welcome to reality!

What a load of crap! I personally know many girls that go out to these clubs and are in no way a prostitute.

Some girls actually enjoy going out and meeting guys - imagine that. Why the automatic response that they are prostitutes? Are you somehow familiar with prostitutes in Thailand? Last girl I met was a beautiful girl from Nakhon Sawan who worked days as a massage girl. No hint of money and just genuine smiles.

Perhaps you are one of these sad, lonely old men? That would explain your attitude towards Thai girls who go out to nightclubs.

A massage girl,lol.

A rose by any other name.

OP must be new to Thailand, put it down to the innocence of youth he does speak with such authority,

I personally know many girls that go out to these clubs and are in no way a prostitute.

These girls can be whatever you want them to be, such naivete.

Little Miss Massage Parlour is probably dreaming of the land and farang mansion upcountry already, its just the OP isnt yet aware of this or how things work here.

The bored farangs he mentions have seen it all before and know exactly what is on offer at the local meat market.