Neeranam
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16 minutes ago, mfd101 said:
Lots of middle-aged and elderly couples might have a different view, I think. Sexual activity tends to diminish in most - but not all - people with age, so sexless marriages are quite common. But they're still more than friends, a couple who sleep together and enjoy a cuddle on a cold winter's night ...
Of course no one knows anything about whether he has sex or not, I actually thought he was asexual.
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28 minutes ago, Andrew Dwyer said:
Yet here you are browsing the Gay People in Thailand forum and from the number of your replies you are enjoying the experience !!To the OP , as you have accepted your brother’s choice then there is no reason to act any differently around him.
Like you i have a brother and we rarely converse, if he decides to announce he is gay i will accept his decision and leave him to decide whether or not he wants to divulge more to me, i wouldn’t push the issue by asking questions but would try to make him aware that this revelation hadn’t changed anything between us.
Bizarre he knows I have him on ignore. yet has the most posts on my topic.
Thanks.
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1 minute ago, SAFETY FIRST said:
It's a gay people group so, this is all I'm going to say because I'm well out numbered.
Yes, I'm BLOODY SERIOUS
Well I'll add you to ignore, I don't want any communication with a homophobe.
I wonder why you are hanging around a Gay forum.
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42 minutes ago, SAFETY FIRST said:
Where's he living.
If he's living in the west I don't blame him for going queer.
Buy him a airplane ticket to Thailand, after a few weeks here in Thailand he'll go heterosexual again.
Are you serious?
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1 minute ago, tgw said:
Also, I would be careful with labels, such as gay, straight, etc. sexuality is a continuum, not a handful of hermetic boxes.
Thanks, interesting and helpful.
I texted him saying I, and my family are all happy to hear he has found a partner.
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6 minutes ago, 0ffshore360 said:
Is unclear if your brother has spoken directly to you about it or has just "let be known" . But either way I would just wait until there is an opportunity to let him know and understand you are happy for him. And unless other people try to probe your opinion keep it as private information.
Not spoken directly to me, spoke to my mother who passed it on. We only talk about once or twice a year, unless he is visiting here or I there.
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34 minutes ago, petermik said:Sorry but it would break my heart if my brother told me that.......
It made me happy, quit emotional.
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29 minutes ago, Jingthing said:
No need to walk on eggshells.
He's 60 for chrissakes.
Just be authentic.
I wouldn't ask probing questions about his sexual history though unless he starts to talk about it himself.
Thanks, I won't probe but just be honest - I wish him and partner all the very best..
Actually, a good friend came out at 30, which I thought late. We had no idea - he always had all the prettiest girls! He often hinted my brother was gay, he said gay people can recognize easier that straight people.
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23 minutes ago, Trippy said:
@Neeranam You have a gay brother, yet you support people that murder people just for being gay?
No I don't, what are you on about?
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My brother just came out the closet and I'd appreciate some advice about what to say to him. He never actually said "I'm gay" but told us he has a partners and it's a serious relationship.
Of course, I suspected this for ages, going to the Eurovision song contest and Shirley Bassey concerts but it's quite a big thing, well maybe not.
I think it's great that he is free but also a bit sad that he's been hiding it all these years, or maybe he hasn't - is this possible to turn gay late in life?
Should I just say I am happy and not ask questions like when did you know etc?
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On 4/8/2024 at 12:04 PM, Will27 said:
I'm reasonably happy with my IPTV service but always on the look out for a new one.
It would be nice if they had a list of channels, unless I missed it.
Are there different companies with IPTV?
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2 hours ago, cooked said:
Many of us would disagree. Weetabix is not good for the digestion, meat is. You have a disease of the digestive tract, sounds like a digestion problem to me. You can completely change the wildlife living in your digestive tract by changing your diet.
What's wrong with Weetabix?
I have a stomach bacteria, not any disease. Nothing wrong with my digestion.
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On 4/22/2024 at 11:50 PM, placeholder said:
Israel Hasn’t Offered Evidence Tying U.N. Workers to Terrorism, Review Says
Israel has not provided evidence to support its allegations that many employees of the main U.N. agency for Palestinian refugees are members of terrorist organizations, according to an independent review commissioned by the United Nations that was released on Monday.
The review was announced in January, before Israel circulated claims that significant numbers of employees of the agency, known as UNRWA, were members of terrorist groups.
But by the time investigators started working on the review in early February, it had taken on additional significance: Israel had accused about a dozen employees of the agency, which employs about 13,000 Palestinians in Gaza, of involvement in the Oct. 7 Hamas-led attacks on Israel or their aftermath.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/22/world/middleeast/unrwa-israel-hamas-report.html
US intelligence casts doubt on Israeli claims of UNRWA-Hamas links, report says
A US intelligence assessment of Israel’s claims that UN aid agency staff members participated in the Hamas attack on 7 October said some of the accusations were credible, though could not be independently verified, while also casting doubt on claims of wider links to militant groups.
The assault precipitated a full-scale invasion by Israel of Gaza that has killed upwards of 30,000 Palestinians. Earlier this year, Israel accused 12 employees of the United Nations Reliefs and Works Agency (UNRWA) of participating in the 7 October attacks alongside Hamas. It also said 10% of all UNRWA workers were affiliated with Hamas.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2024/feb/22/us-intelligence-unrwa-hamas
Israel yet to provide evidence to back UNRWA 7 October attack claims – UN
A month after Israeli allegations that a dozen United Nations staff were involved in the 7 October Hamas attack, UN investigators have yet to receive any evidence from Israel to support the claims, though they expect some material to be forthcoming “shortly”.
The allegations against the 12 employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine (UNRWA) led 16 major donors to suspend contributions totalling $450m at a time when more than 2 million Gazans are facing famine. UNRWA says it is approaching “breaking point” and only has sufficient funds to continue functioning for the next month at most.
They are liars, and thet will get found out for years to come.
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5 minutes ago, IvorBiggun2 said:
My H Pylori symptoms mirrored Asthma and for months I was treated as if I was Asthmatic. It took a Gastroenterologist examination to sort out my problem.
Interesting, I've recently been diagnosed with emphysema/asthma.
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20 minutes ago, cooked said:
There's this: https://discover.texasrealfood.com/keto-clarity-hub/keto-diet-and-stomach-ulcers - take it or leave it.
After years of buying Omeprazole in bulk and eating Antacil like candy, at the age of 71 all that disappeared for me when I went low carb.
(Worked for me. Drank some cheap Thai wine last night and got my first acid reflux attack in years, so diet must have something to do with it. Cured it with a teaspoon of baking powder).
Did the doctor ask about your diet? Problems with the digestion just might have something to do with what you eat?
Good luck mate.
I only eat Weetabix and berries/fruit for breakfast and something healthy for lunch, no meat. I don't have dinner.
My problem is not digestion.
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On 4/20/2024 at 8:01 PM, Sheryl said:
HP infection can vary by severity. When they test for it, either by biopsy or breath test, the results give an indication of the bacterial count (often just shown as plus signs). The higher the count the more likely to be symptomatic.
Interesting, I notice that recently my dog has been interested in my breath. They can smell disease I heard?
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5 hours ago, cncltd1973 said:
Israel is the tip of our spear with most Arab countries now in our coalition. Iran is the new North Korea but with near-nuclear capabilities and an open desire to use them. this isn't about keeping the peace anymore, we're halfway into a chess match with Iran (and Russia) with nuclear consequences. personally, I think it's brilliant that Israel and Ukraine are holding the wall for us. the least we can do is provide them sharpening stones
Nonsense, Iran has no desire to use nuclear weapons.
They have them in defence as there are countries in the world that want their oil and have attacked their neighbours for theirs unjustly quite recently. Americans. like you conveniently forget the unjust war and slaughter of 100's of thousands of innocent people in Iraq.
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3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:
Well Israel does have one of the largest lobbies in America, so that is certainly a deterrent to a refusal to go along with their horrendous policies. And as you say there are other factors at work, but the bottom line is that we should not be supporting the extremist policies in Israel. It is simply not wise, nor is it visionary.
The close relationship between the US and Israel, due to this the lobby, often results in policies that prioritize Israeli interests over regional stability or the rights of Palestinians. This can manifest in diplomatic support for Israeli actions, such as settlements in the occupied territories, military aid packages, and diplomatic cover in international forums.
One key aspect contributing to the lobby's influence is the significant, unproportionate percentage of Jews in various levels of the U.S. government, which can cause biases and conflicts of interest, particularly regarding U.S. foreign policy towards Israel and the Middle East.
Some here will say the Secretary of State being Jewish means nothing, or the Vice president being married to a Jew means nothing, or the President's children marrying Jews means nothing. Conflict of interest here. If Bidens grandkids were Muslim instead of Jewish, I bet he wouldn't be so supportive of the Gazan genocide.
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I read the link provide and see if living abroad you don't get any increase, even if you defer.
Maybe just tell them I'm now living at my mother's house most of the year.
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14 hours ago, steve187 said:
i think that reads as, ''once you actually claim it does not increase annually'' why would you defer if there is no monetary gain- ie if you defer you lose a possible £11,000 ish
Good point.
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1 hour ago, 5davidhen1 said:
To return to the OP's original question, and not taking into account anything regarding new/old, freezing or not, I would add the following:
If a person redeemed a pension (I'm not talking state here) at age 65, and opted for an escalating payment plan, i.e. one which increased as years go by, rather than a "flat line" example, he/she would need to survive many years for it to be a viable option.
I conducted an exercise some years back and discovered that the "break-even point" would have been 82 years of age. Also, this example doesn't take into account the potential investment value of receiving the higher amount during those first 17 years.
To sum up, whilst deferment remains a personal choice, I believe there good reasons for NOT doing so.... "A bird in the hand?"
Thanks for the advice.
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14 hours ago, noobexpat said:
I can actually calculate the consequences. But for you ....not a chance.
Pardon me?
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15 hours ago, Skipalongcassidy said:The sad part of this story is that what he says is indicative of his cognitive thought process... garbage in... garbage out.
Much sadder is some Americans are going to vote for a continual liar who doesn't know what day it is..
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3 hours ago, spidermike007 said:
Israel is at great risk of becoming completely isolated from the rest of the world. Their remaining support seems to be waning by the day and for Nations like the US it's becoming harder and harder to support them, and more and more costly politically.
Netanyahu's fealty to homicidal extremists (the utra orthodox) is not helping on any level.
The US will always support Israel for reasons we can't talk about. It's not political.
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Coming Out - Aged 60
in Gay People in Thailand
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Supporting the Free Palestine movement does not equate to condoning or supporting violence against any group, including LGBTQ+ individuals. The Free Palestine movement advocates for the rights and self-determination of Palestinians, which is a political and human rights issue separate from LGBTQ+ rights.
LGBTQ+ rights are universal human rights that should be upheld and protected everywhere, regardless of political or cultural context. Supporting the rights of Palestinians does not mean turning a blind eye to human rights violations or discrimination against any group, including LGBTQ+ individuals