Back in Bangkok after only one month!

[floridarob]

On 6/20/2025 at 4:08 AM, thaiophilus said:

I think you have that backwards...

You stuff them in your ass instead of your mouth 😳

[Keithambrose]

11 hours ago, floridarob said:

You stuff them in your ass instead of your mouth 😳

Indeed, it can be painful, I'm told!

[jason1975]

On 6/20/2025 at 8:57 AM, jason1975 said:

A few days later, I didn't get any Line message from my guy. I sent him a "How are you?" message but no reply. I got a bit worried. Maybe he had an accident on his scooter?

Then at night, I received a Line message from a common friend - another bar guy who works at different bar.

"I am ***. I am borrowing *** phone to send you message. My phone stopped working so I couldn't send you message. I am ok. Do not worry about me."

How resourceful and clever!

Update. The next day, my guy took his Iphone which couldn't start to MBK where he had bought it last year. It was a used Iphone 15. The shop at MBK could get it to start but it couldn't read the SIM card. So my guy had to ask for free WiFi from friends, eating places and bars. Shop at MBK said that it would cost 10 000 baht to repair. I had long discussion with my guy over a few days. Repair phone? Buy a new phone? Final conclusion - I sent him money to buy a new Iphone and this time, no more used phone! It must be brand new so buy from Apple Store Centralworld and include AppleCare which covers repairs for 2 years. My guy has been happy the past few days!

[jason1975]

On 6/19/2025 at 8:38 AM, vinapu said:

In one of those months or every month I between? 

Update: In end July. So it's one month later!

[vinapu]

4 hours ago, jason1975 said:

 Final conclusion - I sent him money to buy a new Iphone and this time, no more used phone! 

While I fully agree on a merit of buying new (my father used to say " old only violin and wine is good) I wonder if there are other brands of smartphones available than no doubt precious Iphone and if that is what , at end of day , poor people,  need to own ?

[jason1975]

Just now, vinapu said:

While I fully agree on a merit of buying new (my father used to say " old only violin and wine is good) I wonder if there are other brands of smartphones available than no doubt precious Iphone and if that is what , at end of day , poor people,  need to own ?

It's his birthday present in advance so it's alright for me.

He wants Iphone because all his friends are using Iphone.

I am using Samsung phone!

[Keithambrose]

8 hours ago, jason1975 said:

It's his birthday present in advance so it's alright for me.

He wants Iphone because all his friends are using Iphone.

I am using Samsung phone!

There is an obsession  with I-phones, as they are considered chic, etc. I have never used them, as I never used Apple. I am more than  happy with my dual sim Samsung, retailing at around £170.00. Only thing is it doesn't  support an e-sim. Otherwise  fine. 

[Olddaddy]

9 hours ago, jason1975 said:

It's his birthday present in advance so it's alright for me.

He wants Iphone because all his friends are using Iphone.

I am using Samsung phone!

Love it 🥰

[floridarob]

6 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

I have never used them

Whenever someone hands me their iPhone to use/look at... I feel like they handed me the key fob for a Tesla, like what the fuck am I supposed to do with this 🤷‍♂️

[brall3]

When I was a kid, I told my parents "all my friends are doing it".  Their reply was, go live with your friends and let their parents take care of you.  End of story 😅

In Brazil, the Iphone is also an obsession with the program guys.  I surprised a guy and bought another brand of cellphone, much-much cheaper than the IPhone, for him.  In less than a month he lost the phone!  He asked me to buy another cellphone for him but only an IPhone.   I declined, stating that those phones are too darn expensive.   Guess who stopped spending time with me?  (ha-ha).  For the price of an IPhone, I had a lot of fun with a multitude of program guys.  

TO EACH HIS OWN.

[Travellerdave]

This thread takes me back to my early visits to Pattaya in year 2000 to 2002 as a gay sex tourist.
it was early days for mobile phones and for the boys the possession of one was a huge status symbol and could transform their daily lives. Communication for them often meant using phone boxes and internet cafes.  I remember several boys asking me to buy them one even though I had offed them only couple of times. My refusal always brought on “the sulks”