I wouldn’t wish what happened to me on anybody. I never thought it would get to the stage it got to. I didn’t realize people could be as disgusting as I found out that my wife was based on the thing that she did to me. I had to reduce her monthly allowance that I…
Just when you think you couldn’t work any harder, things go wrong and you have to work even harder yet again. The burnout starts to kick in. That was me about 10 years ago now, getting to the point of no return where I didn’t feel like I had much get-up-and-go left in me because…
About 4 years ago, I was divorced and living in Australia. I’m originally from England but came over here in 2011 for work with a European company and ended up staying. I’m now lucky enough to have both British and Australian citizenship. After my divorce, I quickly discovered that Thailand for Australians is a bit…
I’ve lived in Thailand for 15 years, and there’s something I think a lot of foreign men don’t want to hear. The Thailand dating market most foreign men experience isn’t the Thai dating market. It’s a tiny section of it. And I know that because I married outside that section. You can call me Richard….
We’ve all got one of those friends who decide getting married in a church at home, like everybody else, is not good enough for them, and who decide that he and his fiancée are going to go to the other side of the world and get married there. Being his best friend, you’re invited and…
Story 1 Papaya Salad and an Unexpected Request in Isan It was 1988 in Chiaom, Isan. I had just recovered from hepatitis A and had taken to visiting the night market every evening for something to eat. There was a som tam vendor who was friendly with a circle of local women who used to…
I can’t use that excuse. People warned me. I saw things myself. There were probably 10 different moments when any sensible man would have walked away. I just happened to be extremely attracted to the woman causing all the problems. Now, this happened about 4 years ago. I was 38 and single and coming to…
A group of foreigners were staying in a large rented house just outside Bangkok. But according to Thai and Australian police, what was happening inside that house was anything but ordinary. When officers eventually went through the door, they found 13 foreign men, a living room converted into an office, rows of workstations, computers, telephones,…
It’s not very easy for me to comprehend what went down when I went to Thailand, but maybe getting it off my chest will be one way to try to heal. The reason that it was so hard is because I fell in love. Really, I did. I don’t want to listen to all these…