I like living here because --after almost 40 years of always owning a car in the USA -- I maybe never have to own a car again ... and I also enjoy not having a wife because, even in Thailand, you can only marry one.

you can have mia nois and giks

sounds like an asian virus...lol.

actually, I came here because of the lax leash laws.

The locals are very flexible and accomodating.

Sent from my c64

Yep, some even bend over backwards to please.

This is a fabulous topic. I, and a few others that I message with, get sick and tired of reading negative comments about Thailand and Thai women.

I was starting to think that Thai bashing and expat were synonymous. But my faith has been restored.

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agreed. if everyone was american..then there would be no wars.

Divorces are cheap. Wouldnot marry in Canada with their ancient divorce laws in this age of equality. Been married here twice since I retired . Can get out of a bad marriage here for the price of a new car in Canada. No need to loss everything

Price of a new car???? You must be one of the biggest losers or just damn gracious to the soon to be ex. All you have to do here is go un-register the marriage where it was registered. Grace the hand of your saviour not a new car for the family that you felt shafted by. You also have been out of Canada to long or you are the faults of your bad marriages there as well. Sounds to me like you have grown accustomed to paying families off so giving the registrar a little tea money won't kill you at all.

Cause the politics are never boring

i like that my kid plays outside with his friends until long after its gone dark. He couldnt do that back where Im from.

I understand what your saying, how old is your kid? Please don't become complacent.

There are perverts everywhere. I hope your kid stays safe.

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agreed. if everyone was american..then there would be no wars.

Errrrrrrrm..........wasn't there a war with American versus American?

1860 to 1865, I think......

If its just because its hot here all the time lessens the aches and pains

or the fact you can sleep with women 40 or 50 years younger than yourself> I love my wife 37 years my junior as she is as crazy as me.No kids wanted or needed.

Or the fact you can eat and drink for less than 300 baht a day, Give me good ice cold cola.

maybe you cant afford to go back to the home land so are just trying to make the best of what you have. best of both worlds Go back every 6 months for a medical check up at the Pace Maker Clinic

Please don't be shy. If Costas is not Shy then neither am I; in fact I doubt there is a shy person to be found on TVF

All been said on here and I agree with 98% of postings. Much better than last week's negative post.

As for me , I can live here with a Thai wife a new house we had built last year, ( from the sale of previous house that had yapping dogs nearby 24/7 ), I have a Toyota Virus a scooter each and all on a UK pension, Back home ,cold most of the year , whinging blokes down the pub . Borrocks ! I can even go to my local pub with me the only ferlung in town and get no threats from anyone ,no dodgy looks. Ah I love it here ,best move of my life.

The weather, the food, the culture, the people, the experience of living in a completely different part of the world, the challenge of learning a new language and adapting to a new lifestyle, the ease with which one can travel to a whole host of cool places, the fact that people don't take life too seriously, the way things are simpler than they were back where I'm from, the lower cost of living, the craziness of it all, beer with ice outdoors on a warm evening, weekends at the beach etc. etc.

keep posting like this and you'll be the kool kid once again......Nicely and simply stated.

Agreed. Nice summation.

Its a cheap hot corrupt shithole what is there to not kike?

It sounds like it is past time for you to pull up your stakes and go home. And here I was enjoying all the positive comments (up until yours).

ANYONE who thinks Thailand is a shit hole doesn't know a shit hole from their shit hole. Evidently he has never been to Nigeria or Bangladesh. I stayed 24 hours in each place which was 23 hours, 59 minutes and 59 second too long. If you like shit then pack your shit, go, stay and enjoy. Because you can find cheaper beer there.

Well I'm sad to see 99% men here for cheap everything and young women, and no WOMEN posting.

So, this is why I, as a young foreign woman, like Thailand. (No, I didn't come here for the men. Foreign or Thai.)

I love that I can eat for 1$. I love love love SPICY THAI FOOD. I adore it, in fact.

I HATE Canadian winters, so the climate of course! I like that I can walk around my house naked or in my underwear without cranking the heater.

I love riding scooters everywhere. Including on the hiway. (I have a scooter back home, but can only really use it 3 months a year... and not on the hiways)

I love the friendly people, smiles, "jai yen", "mai ben rai"...

I enjoy the parties. The Wat parties. Monks dancing, people throwing all their money around and getting hammered! It is admittedly fun.

Do I miss some things? Yes. I miss men with big dicks. I miss white guys that aren't here to sleep with young Thai girls (ha ha and no offense...) I do get lonely.
I get annoyed by drunk drivers, being looked at like a walking ATM (being white), mosquitoes, smoke burning my eyes in the hot season, and the lack of recycling I see... But not enough to want to leave.

Ilove it enough to call this my winter home 6 months a year!

You can look at a girl and give her a compliment without being charged with sexual harassment, the possibility of loss of employment and or a lawsuit like in the states.

Because we are allowed to be men without being made to feel guilty about it.

Listeinng to you two, anyone would think that the only thing that stood between you and the women/girls of your dreams was the fact that the typical Western woman prefers NOT to see saliva dripping from a man's mouth while he talks to her cleavage.

Hundreds of millions of Western men do perfectly well with Western women despite the "handicap" that evidently frustrated your efforts

Nothing wrong with the game.

You may just have been crap players

Thai Guys are cute....

What????????????

The weather, the food, the culture, the people, the experience of living in a completely different part of the world, the challenge of learning a new language and adapting to a new lifestyle, the ease with which one can travel to a whole host of cool places, the fact that people don't take life too seriously, the way things are simpler than they were back where I'm from, the lower cost of living, the craziness of it all, beer with ice outdoors on a warm evening, weekends at the beach etc. etc.

Everything you said plus how cheaply you can live. I retired here at age 42 with a military pension and it's more than enough to live on doing what I want and still put money into savings every month.

You can look at a girl and give her a compliment without being charged with sexual harassment, the possibility of loss of employment and or a lawsuit like in the states.

Because we are allowed to be men without being made to feel guilty about it.

Listeinng to you two, anyone would think that the only thing that stood between you and the women/girls of your dreams was the fact that the typical Western woman prefers NOT to see saliva dripping from a man's mouth while he talks to her cleavage.

Hundreds of millions of Western men do perfectly well with Western women despite the "handicap" that evidently frustrated your efforts

Nothing wrong with the game.

You may just have been crap players

I don't know about the hundreds of millions, but my 2 siblings have 5 marriages between them -- I was never married and I guess not good at the game but, when I came here for work, I found that, to Thai women who spoke no English, I had a lot going for me.

Village Farang. I admire very much what you have done and achieved in Thailand, I know Thai teachers must retire at 60 on a pension, but what about you?

Unless you have been paying into a pension scheme in your own country, how do you live now?

I was an English teacher and met young Farangs who were settled and married here, but they were not concerned about their old age.

Here, my vices cost me $7 per day.

Back home, $40.

Here, I can live ok off the rent of my house back home.

There, I'd have to work.

Back "home", Wifey gets homesick, and no way to make gaeng som fish stomach curry.

Here, she gets NZ-longings but there's fish stomach curry just around the corner to compensate.

No brainer.

I thought that was a typo then you mentioned it again "fish stomach curry". Guess I've not been here as long as I thought.

You want the real? Here goes: Your longevity increases substantially because in Thailand, unless you are dead already, it's impossible to be lonely. In a western country a younger person is unlikely to befriend you. Loneliness has the same effect on your mental and physical health as stress. The more active you are physically, mentally and yes emotionally the longer you will live. If you stay in a western country in your golden years you will eventually become invisible to society. This many of you can attest to. Many western men, who thought they had problems getting there dog to stay on point, discover after only a few weeks in Thailand that there wasn't a physical dysfunction but a mental dysfunction cause by years of mentally abusive relationships. As a result, their dog became disinterested in pointing and more pleasure in sleep. Like a wise man once said: "Free your mind and your ass will follow"

I don't know about the hundreds of millions, but my 2 siblings have 5 marriages between them -- I was never married and I guess not good at the game but, when I came here for work, I found that, to Thai women who spoke no English, I had a lot going for me.

If you're not bothered that Thai women are far more attracted to your money than they are to you, who's to say you're wrong?

I don't know about the hundreds of millions, but my 2 siblings have 5 marriages between them -- I was never married and I guess not good at the game but, when I came here for work, I found that, to Thai women who spoke no English, I had a lot going for me.

If you're not bothered that Thai women are far more attracted to your money than they are to you, who's to say you're wrong?

How the f--ck do you know what they are attracted to or not?

You can look at a girl and give her a compliment without being charged with sexual harassment, the possibility of loss of employment and or a lawsuit like in the states.

Because we are allowed to be men without being made to feel guilty about it.

Listeinng to you two, anyone would think that the only thing that stood between you and the women/girls of your dreams was the fact that the typical Western woman prefers NOT to see saliva dripping from a man's mouth while he talks to her cleavage.

Hundreds of millions of Western men do perfectly well with Western women despite the "handicap" that evidently frustrated your efforts

Nothing wrong with the game.

You may just have been crap players

You're very good at making a complete house with only three bricks, aren't you?

Home is for coming from and going to. between if you are lucky you will find a place with nice people, good wheather, beautiful scenery, wonderful food , places to go & things to do . I have found that place. :-)

I don't know about the hundreds of millions, but my 2 siblings have 5 marriages between them -- I was never married and I guess not good at the game but, when I came here for work, I found that, to Thai women who spoke no English, I had a lot going for me.

If you're not bothered that Thai women are far more attracted to your money than they are to you, who's to say you're wrong?

How the f--ck do you know what they are attracted to or not?

I DON'T but given the speed with which you resort to using profanity, I doubt it'll be your sparkling personality they're interested in.

I don't know about the hundreds of millions, but my 2 siblings have 5 marriages between them -- I was never married and I guess not good at the game but, when I came here for work, I found that, to Thai women who spoke no English, I had a lot going for me.

If you're not bothered that Thai women are far more attracted to your money than they are to you, who's to say you're wrong?

How the f--ck do you know what they are attracted to or not?

I DON'T but given the speed with which you resort to using profanity, I doubt it'll be your sparkling personality they're interested in.

Well you sure weren't willing to indicate in your previous post that you don't know, just that you were relying on your worldly expertise..

Some are happy, some are not; just be thankful – for what you've got.

Applies anywhere.

(from Petula Clark hit '67)

My inner peace and happiness travels with me regardless of where I live.

To elaborate on the material, hedonistic and other similar subjects is not in my realm of expertise.

I don't know about the hundreds of millions, but my 2 siblings have 5 marriages between them -- I was never married and I guess not good at the game but, when I came here for work, I found that, to Thai women who spoke no English, I had a lot going for me.

If you're not bothered that Thai women are far more attracted to your money than they are to you, who's to say you're wrong?

How the f--ck do you know what they are attracted to or not?

The English language has many alternative words that can express one's disdain without resorting to the use of ---.

I don't know about the hundreds of millions, but my 2 siblings have 5 marriages between them -- I was never married and I guess not good at the game but, when I came here for work, I found that, to Thai women who spoke no English, I had a lot going for me.

If you're not bothered that Thai women are far more attracted to your money than they are to you, who's to say you're wrong?

How the f--ck do you know what they are attracted to or not?

The English language has many alternative words that can express one's disdain without resorting to the use of ---.

Have you ever listened to 'Cypress Hill'?