Gecko123 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Keeping score. Admit it. We all do it. The question is: How do we do it? So do you measure your success by.... …how much money you earn/have in the bank? …how big your house is? …how expensive your car/motorcycle is? …how hot your wife/girlfriend/partner is? ...how many friends you have? …your family life? ….how active/fit you are? …number of years you’ve been here? …how well you speak the language? …how little or how much you wish you were somewhere else? …number of TVF posts you've make? …number of TVF “likes” you have? …how many smiles you receive per day? …how many girls per month? ...how many beers per day? …or (drumroll, please)... ...how often you hear “Hello, hansum man”? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 By no longer needing to base any decision on finances. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NoshowJones Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Everything the OP says would come into this, I suppose there will be both positives and negatives for each of us. It would just depend on that how happy we are with everything the OP quoted, how we measure our success here. In my case there is much more positives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Courtesy Gershwin, Gershwin, & Hayward (1934): De folks wid plenty o' plentyGot a lock on de door'Fraid somebody's a-goin' to rob 'emWhile dey's out a-makin' moreWhat forI got no lock on de doorDat's no way to beDey kin steal de rug from de floorDat's okeh wid me'Cause de things dat I prizeLike de stars in de skiesAll are free Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 By how happy I am. I'm doing pretty well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 For everyone here on ThaiVisa who considers themselves a success, there are most always others who will come on here to inform them that they are delusional idiots. Why they feel compelled to do so,I will not hypothesize Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supaluke Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 By how happy I am. I'm doing pretty well. Agreed, my benchmark also. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) …how much money you have in the bank? …how big your house is? …how expensive your cars are? …how hot your wife is? …your family life? ….how active/fit you are? …number of years you’ve been here? …how well you speak the language? …how little you wish you were somewhere else? …number of good TVF posts you've made? …number of TVF “likes” you have? …how many smiles you receive per day? ...how great is your view? ...All of the above? Edited November 8, 2015 by villagefarang Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 If you think much about all of the above then you cannot have much of a view. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nev Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 By not having to evaluate how I am going here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cms22 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I measure my success only on the "hottness" of my current girlfriend. My current one, I'd give an 8.5. She's pretty damn hot and the farang blokes I meet are all jealous. That is the only thing of importance to me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colabamumbai Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Why bother trying to measure your success your the only one measuring. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I try not to think about measuring this but if I did, probably wouldn't look so good. Whoever said the unexamined life was not worth living clearly wasn't an expat in Thailand! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Grumpy Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 By how grumpy I am. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MILT Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 yawn.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Emster23 Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Admit it: we don't all do it. That list is seems to be all "externally rated": pride, status, wealth. I am retired and no longer face "evaluations". Hard habit to kick for some I reckon. Am I content? For the most part. Good enough Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stephen tracy Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 You'd have to be Thai to do that. A "Thai expat" is a Thai national that lives in a country that s not within the political boundaries of Thailand. As a British expat living in Thailand I have never kept a score so to speak because I have lived mostly out of the UK since I was 5 or 6 years old, so being an expat has always been the norm for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BrainLife Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 What a load of bullocks. My success depends on my happiness, not on a bunch of have/have not or do/do not's. Anybody who measures their success like this, I feel sorry for and need to get a grip on more important things in life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mihalis Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 By no longer needing to base any decision on finances. thats a success anywhere in this world.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jingthing Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 You'd have to be Thai to do that. A "Thai expat" is a Thai national that lives in a country that s not within the political boundaries of Thailand. As a British expat living in Thailand I have never kept a score so to speak because I have lived mostly out of the UK since I was 5 or 6 years old, so being an expat has always been the norm for me. Interesting. But you clearly didn't lose the British tendency towards pedantry. We all know what he meant posting that on THIS forum. You should enjoy this: http://home.bt.com/news/uk-news/a-pedants-guide-to-annoying-americanisms-11363916866278 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YeahSiam Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) A. How much money is in the bank is the first line measures of success in Post #1 B. You seem to always bring up that I 'pay" someone to be with me as if that is the only reason she would be with me. C. I'm not upset -- dealing with guys like you is Sunday afternoon sport as you seem to have comments about me but, other than that you like to make comments about me, I don't know that I make comments about you other than that for some perverse reason you like to make comments about me. and D. I not answering any of your questions. I don't care if a man pays a younger woman to be with him or not but I do find it amusing that some of them think it qualifies as a measure of your 'success'. As if to suggest it's beyond the means of the majority of men who find it necessary to do so Edited November 8, 2015 by YeahSiam Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisinth Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Throughout my working life my benchmarks have been set low. And I consistantly fail to meet them, most of the time going out of my way to do this. IMO, life is given to us to enjoy, if you need to set targets so you can look good in front of others, then I honestly feel sorry for you and the ones you live with. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pgrahmm Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 I measure by my happiness....Usually by not thinking about happiness when it suddenly occurs to me that I'm truly blessed/thankful & happy.... Bringing the same qualities into the lives of those which share mine and are source of my blessings and happiness is the icing on the cake of life..... The spice/zest - of & for life.....food for the soul.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
villagefarang Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 A lot of vague references to happiness but no real attempt to explain what that means other than to say it has nothing to do with the list in the OP. I don't find that very convincing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SoiBiker Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 A lot of vague references to happiness but no real attempt to explain what that means other than to say it has nothing to do with the list in the OP. I don't find that very convincing. I don't think you can really explain happiness. You either are or you aren't. If you are, and you know it, clap your hands. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CharlieH Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 trolling and "bickerfest" removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gecko123 Posted November 8, 2015 Author Share Posted November 8, 2015 Successfully resisting the temptation to get baited into arguments is underappreciated on TVF. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHolmesJr Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 Have you been thrashed by a thai? Have you had a thai cause an accident by driving into you? Have you git any scars by mad thai people trying to stab you? Have you bought anyone a house, car, small business etc? If you answered no to all, then you are successful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JLCrab Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 (edited) A. How much money is in the bank is the first line measures of success in Post #1 B. You seem to always bring up that I 'pay" someone to be with me as if that is the only reason she would be with me. C. I'm not upset -- dealing with guys like you is Sunday afternoon sport as you seem to have comments about me but, other than that you like to make comments about me, I don't know that I make comments about you other than that for some perverse reason you like to make comments about me. and D. I not answering any of your questions. I don't care if a man pays a younger woman to be with him or not but I do find it amusing that some of them think it qualifies as a measure of your 'success'. As if to suggest it's beyond the means of the majority of men who find it necessary to do so Nowhere above have I said anything about my 'success'. What you say is 'necessary' I say is desirable. Edited November 8, 2015 by JLCrab Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maoro Posted November 8, 2015 Share Posted November 8, 2015 You need to be Thai to be a Thai expat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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