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Expat Advice: Relationships in Thailand, Thailand

What is the name of the city or town that you are reporting on?

Thailand

What is your current status? Are you single, dating, in a long-term relationship, married or divorced?

Separated with daughter in Europe from prior marriage.

What is it like in your country of residence for someone with your relationship status (married/divorced/dating)? If you're single, how do you meet other people? Do English-speaking people tend to gravitate to certain parts of your city?

Being more or less single in Thailand is wonderful. Makes me wonder why I ever wanted to get married. I've been here so long that sometimes I feel I know too many people. Since I retired, I meet with friends mainly in bars or at house parties. Before that I met a lot of people through work. Yes. But I speak Thai as well, and I don't choose to live in the major areas where foreigners live.

If you have children, what advice would you give to others making a similar transition to your country of residence?

It depends on whether they are coming here, to work, to retire, or to vacation

If you are married or in a relationship with a person of another nationality, how has this experience enriched you as a person. What kind of challenges do you face?

I was, and it can be great and very challenging. To discuss this in detail would make a good book. Suffice it to say that you can try and fit in to the culture or retain your own culture or a bit of both, and if you play things right you can make any version work.

What would be the best advice you could give someone with your relationship status that lives in your country of residence? Any other thoughts?

Make absolutely sure you have adequate financial support and will power or you won't last very long here. I've only been in my country of origin for 3 years since 1961, and have lived in Thailand for almost 24 years, continually since 1982. I usually find that when I tell newcomers about Thailand, they don't believe me, but I've received two degrees here, worked for a lot of companies, and really enjoyed myself here. Perhaps one way to explain it is that although I tend to be a bit nervous and in a hurry, I have learned self-discipline and self-control - two items that are essential to getting along here.

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