The decline and fall of naughty boys in Pattaya

[reader]

18 minutes ago, jason1975 said:

But not my first time in a seedy bar. Boys Nighclub is similar to defunct Golden Cock in Bangkok.

Doesn’t leave much then to the imagination. 🙂

[vinapu]

2 minutes ago, reader said:

Doesn’t leave much then to the immigration. 🙂

you mean 'imagination" ?

[reader]

10 minutes ago, vinapu said:

you mean 'imagination" ?

Thank you. And it came in time for me to correct it. AI isn’t so intelligent….and neither am I. 🙂

[vinapu]

8 hours ago, reader said:

Thank you. And it came in time for me to correct it. AI isn’t so intelligent….and neither am I. 🙂

don't cut yourself short, likely it was auto corrector which changed your ' imagination to immigration'. it does notoriously change my ' boys' to ' buys"

[siriusBE]

4 hours ago, vinapu said:

it does notoriously change my ' boys' to ' buys"

Are you sure your autocorrect is not intelligent?  🤣

[vinapu]

51 minutes ago, siriusBE said:

Are you sure your autocorrect is not intelligent?  🤣

I'm because it even changed boys to buys in sentence  " I don't like skinny boys barely qualifying for driving license"

[Keithambrose]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

I'm because it even changed boys to buys in sentence  " I don't like skinny boys barely qualifying for driving license"

Mine always changes 'guys' to 'guts'!

[AussieTop90]

On 3/9/2025 at 8:32 PM, Londoner said:

Thanks, Reader , for raising this interesting issue.

I agree that the age factor is central; my generation of gay men spent their younger years in  a homophobic and legally-perilous environment. To us, Pattaya meant freedom and liberation. Younger guys don't need to travel thousands of miles for that now. 

Yet today's Pattaya, admittedly bland compared with the past, still offers us an enormous amount, particularly  if  it means  time spent with a loved one. The hotels remain cheap, embarrassingly so compared to the UK, the dining opportunities numerous, offering even better value. Even the beaches are cleaner. It provides an escape from  a northern winter, the denizens remain friendly and welcoming and the travel easier from the airport than back in the day.

My ninetieth visit is iminent  and I am still like a little boy looking forward to Christmas. The Pattaya/Jomtien  to which I return hasn't got the "edgy" flavour it once had but probably that makes it even more suitable for someone who has aged in three decades years as much as the city has changed.

The question on my mind is what will happen to the gay scene when my generation has gone. 

This is such a good point. I’m in my early 30’s and none of my gay friends have ever expressed interest in travelling to Asia for sex and entertainment. It would probably be such a foreign concept to them. 
 

It does make me wonder what the future of the gay scene will be like and makes me nostalgic for another era. 

[Keithambrose]

On 3/18/2025 at 1:25 PM, vinapu said:

don't cut yourself short, likely it was auto corrector which changed your ' imagination to immigration'. it does notoriously change my ' boys' to ' buys"

And guys to guts!

[Keithambrose]

1 minute ago, Keithambrose said:

And guys to guts!

Sorry, realised I said that 6 months  ago!  

[Olddaddy]

I have noticed the early 30's gay guys visiting Pattaya or Bangkok are not consumers of moneyboys

They prefer the saunas ,Grindr etc for free meetups 

My boyfriend 32yo is with me from the Philippines and has had sex 4 times free since Wednesday arrival with guys around his age from around the world 

[vinapu]

4 hours ago, AussieTop90 said:

This is such a good point. I’m in my early 30’s .........
 

It does make me wonder what the future of the gay scene will be like 

you are guaranteed that in time you will learn what happened  to the scene in say, 30 years, luxury greatly denied for those in 70 ties and 80 ties unfortunately

[vinapu]

4 minutes ago, Olddaddy said:

I have noticed the early 30's gay guys visiting Pattaya or Bangkok are not consumers of moneyboys

They prefer the saunas ,Grindr etc for free meetups 

My boyfriend 32yo is with me from the Philippines and has had sex 4 times free since Wednesday arrival with guys around his age from around the world 

good news is , he still travelled to Thailand to immerse himself in all that debauchery

[Lucky]

Wonder what happened to the OP, @reader. He hasn't been here since June 10th.

[Keithambrose]

On 3/9/2025 at 11:53 AM, Keithambrose said:

And the empty roads.

And the first class drainage  system!