How much $$ have you spent over the years ?

[sydneyboy1]

It’s all a matter of priorities and what is important to us as individuals. In the last 20 years I have traveled overseas about twice a year and these days always travel at least business class. On the other hand I’m in my 70’s and have never owned a car which some people can’t live without but to me is the ultimate waste of money. To each his own.

[Keithambrose]

2 hours ago, a-447 said:

How long does each visit to Thailand last?

 

That's around £25,000, so I hope it's a fairly long time!

[Keithambrose]

4 minutes ago, Keithambrose said:

That's around £25,000, so I hope it's a fairly long time!

About the same as Old Daddy spends, I imagine.....

[Kiwi306]

Ok, I could HAVE bought a bigger house, updated my motorbike, gone to expensive restaurants and bought golden taps. I could have sat down and tallied up the money I have spent on my latest trip, which I am now beginning to wind up. Despite finding amazing Agoda hotel deals in the low season, the costs have been quite prohibitive over the past few weeks and I wouldn't dare to sit down and count the cost. I've travelled throughout the country with my Thai family (my nephew married a Thai lady) and spent time with them in their home town of Pattaya, visiting a few bars in between. Now as the holiday draws to a close, I'm going crazy with money boys, as I'm running out of time.. However, I've counted the cost. I'm not rich, but I'm comfortable. I have enough money to retire on and can afford to visit Thailand every year and maybe will make it twice a year. But if there weren't savings to fall back on, it would be crazy to spend up large the way I have been.

[AussieTop90]

9 minutes ago, Kiwi306 said:

Ok, I could HAVE bought a bigger house, updated my motorbike, gone to expensive restaurants and bought golden taps. I could have sat down and tallied up the money I have spent on my latest trip, which I am now beginning to wind up. Despite finding amazing Agoda hotel deals in the low season, the costs have been quite prohibitive over the past few weeks and I wouldn't dare to sit down and count the cost. I've travelled throughout the country with my Thai family (my nephew married a Thai lady) and spent time with them in their home town of Pattaya, visiting a few bars in between. Now as the holiday draws to a close, I'm going crazy with money boys, as I'm running out of time.. However, I've counted the cost. I'm not rich, but I'm comfortable. I have enough money to retire on and can afford to visit Thailand every year and maybe will make it twice a year. But if there weren't savings to fall back on, it would be crazy to spend up large the way I have been.

Travel and sex with cute boys sounds much better than a slightly bigger house. 

[Department_Of_Agriculture]

I am just amazed, and slightly disappointed, that @ChristianPFC hasn't shown-up to tell us exactly how much he has spent over the last 16 years, complete with a breakdown by item and backed-up by pictures of all the receipts since he first arrived. What was it that he paid for a plastic comb again? 

[vinapu]

8 hours ago, sydneyboy1 said:

It’s all a matter of priorities and what is important to us as individuals. In the last 20 years I have traveled overseas about twice a year and these days always travel at least business class. On the other hand I’m in my 70’s and have never owned a car which some people can’t live without but to me is the ultimate waste of money. To each his own.

when I was returning from one of my trip border officer ( they are pretty nosy here ) asked me  how , being pensioner I can afford  travelling so often and that was my answer 

" I never had a car " , not exactly true in my case  but he bought that explanation without  blinking an eye   

[vinapu]

4 hours ago, AussieTop90 said:

Travel and sex with cute boys sounds much better than a slightly bigger house. 

I suspect that is a case with 98% of members of this forum

[floridarob]

1 hour ago, vinapu said:

I suspect that is a case with 98% of members of this forum

Which are you.... I know how you are a room size queen, but kind of frugal in some stuff.....🧐

[AussieTop90]

13 hours ago, sydneyboy1 said:

It’s all a matter of priorities and what is important to us as individuals. In the last 20 years I have traveled overseas about twice a year and these days always travel at least business class. On the other hand I’m in my 70’s and have never owned a car which some people can’t live without but to me is the ultimate waste of money. To each his own.

Agreed. My friend just bought a $200k Range Rover and all I could think about was how many trips I could go on with that money (not to mention the boys). We all have our priorities but I’d rather not reach 70 and regret not having had amazing life experiences 

[PeterRS]

1 hour ago, AussieTop90 said:

Agreed. My friend just bought a $200k Range Rover and all I could think about was how many trips I could go on with that money (not to mention the boys). We all have our priorities but I’d rather not reach 70 and regret not having had amazing life experiences 

Because we all have our own priorities I do not think we have a right to criticise others for their choices. I have certainly enjoyed far more amazing life experiences than I ever dreamed of when I started my career and I put that down initially as much to stubbornness and serendipity as to making a specific choice. Still in my 20s I just decided that if I were to get further up the ladder in the type of job I was doing and enjoying, there were so few available in the UK I had first to move abroad for a few years. It was always said that experience overseas would be an advantage when I returned to work again in the UK. I assumed that would mean the USA and I did make a couple of trips to see what jobs might be available. Then totally out of the blue i was asked if I'd like to be considered for a job in Hong Kong. 

I knew absolutely nothing about Asia and all its different countries. The furthest east I had been was for holidays in Crete and Rhodes. Had I not agreed to go and be interviewed, I have no idea if I would ever have considered visiting Thailand. Certainly in those far off days it was much too far away and flights far too expensive. But I did go to that interview, got the job and within a month found myself in Hong Kong for what I assumed would be no more than three years. Staggered by the place, I kind of fell in love with it within days. From then on my life totally changed - and I just could not believe my luck. Less than five months later I was discovering the special delights of Bangkok, and soon thereafter many other countries in this amazing continent. Only once since then have I ever seriously thought about leaving Asia. I am happy I did not.

[AussieTop90]

8 minutes ago, PeterRS said:

Because we all have our own priorities I do not think we have a right to criticise others for their choices. I have certainly enjoyed far more amazing life experiences than I ever dreamed of when I started my career and I put that down initially as much to stubbornness and serendipity as to making a specific choice. Still in my 20s I just decided that if I were to get further up the ladder in the type of job I was doing and enjoying, there were so few available in the UK I had first to move abroad for a few years. It was always said that experience overseas would be an advantage when I returned to work again in the UK. I assumed that would mean the USA and I did make a couple of trips to see what jobs might be available. Then totally out of the blue i was asked if I'd like to be considered for a job in Hong Kong. 

I knew absolutely nothing about Asia and all its different countries. The furthest east I had been was for holidays in Crete and Rhodes. Had I not agreed to go and be interviewed, I have no idea if I would ever have considered visiting Thailand. Certainly in those far off days it was much too far away and flights far too expensive. But I did go to that interview, got the job and within a month found myself in Hong Kong for what I assumed would be no more than three years. Staggered by the place, I kind of fell in love with it within days. From then on my life totally changed - and I just could not believe my luck. Less than five months later I was discovering the special delights of Bangkok, and soon thereafter many other countries in this amazing continent. Only once since then have I ever seriously thought about leaving Asia. I am happy I did not.

Yeah absolutely. His priorities are completely valid. He’s worked hard deserves to enjoy the fruits of his success. I prefer my fruits to be a little more twink like 😂, but each to their own. 

That’s funny, I’m in the opposite situation. Crete and Rhodes feel so far away, but Thailand is just a hop across the pond for me in Sydney. 

 

[PeterRS]

14 minutes ago, AussieTop90 said:

I prefer my fruits to be a little more twink like 😂, but each to their own.

I assure you that the "special delights" I mentioned  did not exclusively refer to temples and palaces! Paraphrasing a post I wrote some months ago, it did not take long for me to become a voracious Suriwong, Ni-chome and other gay districts attendee - well, let's be honest, slut! 

[Shonen]

14 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

That's around £25,000, so I hope it's a fairly long time!

It’s almost six months.

[vinapu]

7 hours ago, floridarob said:

Which are you.... I know how you are a room size queen, but kind of frugal in some stuff.....🧐

being low maintenance it's how I gather  money to spend on boys

[vinapu]

55 minutes ago, PeterRS said:

Because we all have our own priorities I do not think we have a right to criticize others for their choices.

That's too politically correct. We may understand their motives  but if other people are doing something we consider stupid, unreasonable or weird,  why stay silent ?

One of my cousins recently commented that I should save some money instead of constantly travelling somewhere specially since I fully retired. With cold eye such comments makes sense but .... my response was " look who is saying that, guy who just bought Jeep Cherokee  only to use it to go shopping and once a week to church plus occasional funeral" which was taken with full understanding that we are both stupid and enjoying life each in own way.

 

[spoon]

48 minutes ago, Shonen said:

It’s almost six months.

Thats about 5.5k baht a day. As a comparison, im quite sure i spend 8-10k a day during my travel, though my trip is more of a week at a time.

[Olddaddy]

On 7/29/2025 at 1:39 PM, AussieTop90 said:

As a 30 year old, I would take a life time of travel and sex with beautiful young boys over a nice appartment when I’m 60

Your only 30?

I

That's the age I like between 26-35 

Are you into old daddies ?

 

[vinapu]

9 hours ago, spoon said:

That's about 5.5k baht a day. As a comparison, i'm quite sure i spend 8-10k a day during my travel, though my trip is more of a week at a time.

On longer trip one can afford  going days or perhaps weeks without sinful activities while on shorter trip  we may consider it waste of time so spending per day is higher

[vinapu]

4 hours ago, Olddaddy said:

Your only 30?

I

That's the age I like between 26-35 

Are you into old daddies ?

 

Daddy , this is not Grinder , this is serious forum

[Keithambrose]

2 hours ago, vinapu said:

Daddy , this is not Grinder , this is serious forum

It's just another of Old Daddy's various personalities!

[floridarob]

1 hour ago, Keithambrose said:

It's just another of Old Daddy's various personalities!

One of them is into older guys, so you still have a chance 🤞

[vinapu]

2 hours ago, Keithambrose said:

It's just another of Old Daddy's various personalities!

all of them horny

[PeterRS]

23 hours ago, vinapu said:

That's too politically correct. We may understand their motives  but if other people are doing something we consider stupid, unreasonable or weird,  why stay silent ?

Politeness. A desire not to intrude on other people's lives. The possibility that we might then become a target of their criticisms and longer-term verbal sparring breaking out. 

Example. My father was a doctor working for Britain's National Health Service. Doctors' pay was poor in those days and he had only one interest other than ensuring his children had a good education. He loved cars. Every five years or so he would get a new one. Nothing fancy in any way.  Just a nice car. He loved showing them off, whereas I am sure some thought he was being stupid - a) for upgrading a car relatively quickly in those days, and b) for being so pleased about his purchase. But I can not recall anyone calling that "stupid, unreasonable or weird". It gave him joy and no one wanted to take that away from him.

[vinapu]

29 minutes ago, PeterRS said:

. But I can not recall anyone calling that "stupid, unreasonable or weird".

because it was not.

 

If he made his family living in some shack with no water  and toilet in the woods because he couldn't afford anything better due to his love for new cars , that would be "stupid, unreasonable or weird".