Reader-submitted Thailand stories covering first trips, nightlife, Pattaya experiences, relationships, expat life and successful marriages. Real experiences from visitors and long-time Thailand regulars.
If you’re looking for a blueprint for how to destroy your life, listen to my story and do what I did. I didn’t even like Thailand. I think it’s very important to be honest here. I didn’t fall in love with Thailand like so many guys seem to say they do. Why that’s important to…
Story 1 A Martial Artist Shares His Thailand Dating Perspective Occasionally I listen to various YouTube videos but I have yet to find anything that resonates with my experiences I’ve never felt sorry for men who get swindled because they lead with their money or emotions. This is my story I am 56 years old…
My name is Brian, and at this time I’m 52 from the USA. In January 2020, I visited Thailand to meet someone and hopefully start a relationship. Details of that first person aren’t really important because we didn’t hit it off from the jump. Soon I was alone and searching for someone to at least…
I love Thailand and have been visiting for over 20 years, ever since falling in love with the place when I first took a long holiday with my friends at age 18. When I was about 25 and backpacking, I found myself living in New Zealand and missing Thailand. When on a night out, I…
In late 2024, I was riding a motorcycle down a city street with a girl I was dating at the time named La. It was already dark, but not particularly late, maybe 7:30 or 8:00 p.m., when I rounded a corner and happened upon a situation ahead. The traffic in Vietnam is bad on any…
Story 1 A Transactional Relationship The Best Decision I Ever Made I enjoy listening to your channel and hearing all the stories the good, the bad, and the very ugly. People often criticize relationships between Western men and Thai women as being transactional rather than based on true feelings. But I believe that for a…
Story 1 The $4 000 Dowry That Never Was This is from a guy called Anton. He lives in Africa I’m guessing South Africa. “I have been to Thailand five times and I’ve had 10 or so Thai women fly out to visit me here in Africa. I always play to win with these girls,…
Story 1 A Filipino Adventure Bucket Showers Fighting Roosters and Kidnapping Warnings I have been married to my Filipino wife now since 2001, and we’re both happy living here in Australia. My wife speaks perfect English. In fact, she says she speaks better English than me. My wife has a master’s degree and studied on…
The way I see it, in Thailand, things are deliberately set up against foreigners. But the problem is, as a foreigner, this isn’t something that you find out until it’s already too late. I personally had never been to Thailand until I reached 61 back in 2015, and my reason for being in Thailand was…