When I say I might as well have not been born, I’m not lying. I put in years and years of hard work early mornings, late nights, and the endless grind of the daily commute. I raised a family, divorced against my will, yet still I persevered. I clung to the dream that one day…
I had been going to Thailand for a long time. My first visit was in 1998. I was 30 years old and I was in Thailand looking for a distributor of some items that I wanted to sell back in England. I don’t want to get into too much detail, but I spent time in…
I bet you’re going to think I’m just another idiot who lost all his money in Thailand. But I don’t see it that way. For a start, I didn’t lose all my money in Thailand. Although I could have done, but everything I did, I did because I thought I was in a loving relationship….
I’ve just turned 50 this year, been living in Thailand for 27 of those years, and I thought up until recently that I had everything figured out, and the last 27 years of my life were a success. I’ve since found out things about my wife, who is from Thailand, and general opinions that I…
I’d done that plane journey seven times before this one. Each of those seven times was me going to Thailand for the holiday of a lifetime. And holidays of a lifetime I most definitely had. This time was different. I’d just turned 42 and I was flying on a one way ticket to Thailand as…
Story One The Pole Dancer and the Military Man A Tale of Love and Regret I was a young officer in the US military stationed in Asia (Japan). I was in my early 30s and in excellent shape physically a handsome ish man in my prime, you could say. This was due to not just…
Story One The Polite Question How Asking Nicely Made a Lifelong Friend A very good day to you. My name is James, age 36, Singaporean, half Chinese, half Filipino, and I graduated from one of the universities in Boston. I have been going to Thailand since I was 20 years old and would visit at…
The Girlfriend Salary Trap It often starts with what I call a girlfriend salary. A guy meets a woman and they’ve only been together for a few weeks. Before he knows it, he’s sending her 20 or 30,000 Bart every month. Ask him why and he’ll say, “She’s my girlfriend. I have to take care…
Story One The Independent Businesswoman A Positive Experience In 2019, I was online using the Thai Friendly dating app to look for someone for a new potential relationship and met one nice girl of a similar age to me in her forties. She was a businesswoman that owned several hotels and factories and was single…