All my 'farang' friends are dead :(

[jacko45k]

I have lost one here due to a health issue.

Rather more back in the UK though.

[Briggsy]

Most of my friends had children in Thailand and moved back to farangland when the children were young due to the fact that raising children here was too costly and gave the children a limited development potential. But I was a generation younger than Simon43 when I came here.

[ZuluSixNine]

Sorry for your loss, I hope that you will be able to move on from this and get some new friends soon.

I personally have no friends by choice, my family is very close and dear to me and my wife is gem, that's is all I need.

[ZuluSixNine]

My Mom is 92 all her friends ,relatives older than her are all gone.The older you get the more people you know will die.You need to

Get use to it,part of life.I was around drug people quite A bit in the 70's and 80's.I can't remember all of "associates" that I knew

That are gone now,but it's a lot.Just get use to it.

Im glad you can remember the 80's coz I can't

[Farang99]

I have lost two, one to cancer, one to suicide after his Thai wife conned him out of everything he had and then left.

[simon43]

Well, this is not meant to be a sad topic, more a realistic one. We all have to go sometime. Of my friends in Phuket that I mentioned, those killed by drunken drivers whilst riding their motorbikes are perhaps the deaths that seem so unjust and a warning to all riders that you can easily be killed by some other idiot on the roads.

But all of my friends who have passed here were still relatively young ==> between 30 - 65 years old. (OTOH, that is maybe because I don't have any octagenerian friends...)

But I was a generation younger than Simon43 when I came here.

You were still in a pram??

Edited September 1, 2015 by simon43

[simon43]

In 11 years, I've lost one in a plane crash (Phuket, his wife of 6 months walked away)

That must have been the One2Go crash? Off-topic: I was about 600 metres away from the airport when the crash happened. I recalled the rain was falling horizontally, such was the strength of the wind gusts that day.

[Friendly Stranger]

What is this, the land of death!

Depressing to hear how many have died or left on bad terms. Even lots in the 30's and 40's age range.

Personally speaking, when living here year round, I kind of knew it wasn't my thing, so I just like coming to get away from the Canadian winters. It has worked out well, as the city I'm from is better all around outside 5 months of the year. And when I do return, it's exciting and fresh.

No friends died yet, but I believe the first woman I was ever with in Thailand (Phuket), was killed in the Tsunami.

Edited September 1, 2015 by Friendly Stranger

[Ace of Pop]

My Chums here appear Dead ,but "It's My Round" revives them. Had all my Original friends here die over My 25years here ,but good memories of them. New ones here tend to be over 68 ish and enjoy life with no money worries anymore. We avoid Teachers here ,that keeps us Young, moaning buggers.

[Jiggo]

After reading these threads....i'm thinking of "jumping"

[weegee]

everyone accounted for I know ....except for "songhua"...and... "pigeonjake".

The rest have posted already here, so i wont worry too much now.....

[weegee]

everyone accounted for I know ....except for "songhua"...and... "pigeonjake".

The rest have posted already here, so i wont worry too much now.....

Can I sing you a song now..? ...OK,OK, will let them do it.....

Definitely NO!!!

[Doc46]

All my friends are mad alcoholics.

That's ok than they are well pickled

[sammygood]

7 deaths were preventable in my books

[Ace of Pop]

everyone accounted for I know ....except for "songhua"...and... "pigeonjake".

The rest have posted already here, so i wont worry too much now.....

Can I sing you a song now..? ...OK,OK, will let them do it.....

. He sang this to his beloved Tire pressure gauge in Lotus..[emoji447]

[lanng khao]

Visited a friend in hospital bangkok, next to him was a old Australian guy looking the worse for wear, I looked at him and said, remember this mate, you never came here to die, he opened. One eye and said, your right there bruce, I came here yesterday...

[hellohello123]

Im in my 30s and dont even thibk about retirement. But this thread really makes me work towards not spending my retirement years regardless of which country im going to be in, to have a different priority to drinking excessivly and to have a good network of friends

[bannork]

Excellent humour from the last 2 posters-

1. what a festival of the pathetic this is.- a tremendous phrase, I imagine the boat scene from ' One flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest' when Jack takes all the misfits on a fishing trip.

2. But this thread really makes me work towards not spending my retirement years regardless of which country im going to be in, to have a different priority to drinking excessivly and to have a good network of friends - Unwittingly, the noble contributors to this thread, by revealing their inadequate social skills resulting in alienation and loneliness, have enabled this young man to set the correct path for achieving contentment in his sunset years.

To comfort the OP, Simon 43, I would like to make a suggestion,......... perhaps the departed wanted to go, to join...you know who:

[benbear]

1 in IDC

1 Deported

The rest of the Samsen Crew all good

[smokie36]

Plenty more farangs around...stop whining and go meet them!

[berybert]

Better to go to your friends funerals than them go to yours.

[steven100]

It sure is a depressing thread and I didn't get a friend yet , guess I'll keep drinking alone

Edited September 2, 2015 by steven100

[CharlieH]

[HaleySabai]

How's your group of friends??......

I avoid farang and keep Thais at arms length.......hope to live longer (and yes, happier) this way.....

[simon43]

Oh dear, yet another friend has left this world today. She was the cook at my first hotel in Phuket, a lovely Thai lady, always smiling, cooked really tasty Thai and western food.

Dead at 40 years old from Aids

[sipi]

My imaginary friends don't even turn up any more.

[StreetCowboy]

My imaginary friends don't even turn up any more.

They've probably been banned

[Brit_Doggie]

And no mention of your ex friends being ripped off by a thai wife or gf your group so lucky enjoy.

[simon43]

And there goes another mate - we worked together as teachers in Yangon in 2012/13, spent the evenings together using sign language and minimal Myanmar-sa to seduce the local Burmese women. Fun times and he's gone as well

[GarryP]

Simon, you are cursed. Luckily I know not who you are beyond these pages.