7 years in Thailand

[Pravda 4,524]

And I told wife to start applying for PR. We are leaving. 

 

Except I can't bring myself to leave. 

 

I don't wanna sound like one of those posters, but I really didn't come here for the girls. Maybe this is why I was so lucky never to get ripped off. My life here is what many would consider boring, but for some reason I enjoy it every single day. One of the reasons I wanted to go back is honestly the money is starting to run out. I lost 90% of my income due to covid. Yet every time I think back how f**, *** miserable I was back "home" in Canada I get f***#** miserable. It's a vicious circle. 

 

So I told wifey we are staying here. She got kinda pd off, but she says as long she's with me she doesn't care where she is. But she's concerned about my health. Healthcare in Canada is "free". Yes that's a good point and pollution here is suckorama but then I start thinking how f$$***# miserable I was I change my mind again. 

 

For the past month I have spent sleepless nights about moving or not moving. If I do go back I know for sure we both won't be coming back. There is something about this place where among all this misery the life is still not taken too seriously. 

 

What to do? 

[Oldie 3,802]

6 minutes ago, Pravda said:

And I told wife to start applying for PR. We are leaving. 

 

Except I can't bring myself to leave. 

 

I don't wanna sound like one of those posters, but I really didn't come here for the girls. Maybe this is why I was so lucky never to get ripped off. My life here is what many would consider boring, but for some reason I enjoy it every single day. One of the reasons I wanted to go back is honestly the money is starting to run out. I lost 90% of my income due to covid. Yet every time I think back how f**, *** miserable I was back "home" in Canada I get f***#** miserable. It's a vicious circle. 

 

So I told wifey we are staying here. She got kinda pd off, but she says as long she's with me she doesn't care where she is. But she's concerned about my health. Healthcare in Canada is "free". Yes that's a good point and pollution here is suckorama but then I start thinking how f$$***# miserable I was I change my mind again. 

 

For the past month I have spent sleepless nights about moving or not moving. If I do go back I know for sure we both won't be coming back. There is something about this place where among all this misery the life is still not taken too seriously. 

 

What to do? 

If you don't see a future here then move as long as you have enough money to do it. 

[CanadaSam 688]

I think your age is a deciding factor.  Yes, healthcare in Canada is almost free, but if you're already close to the limit, then why waste your last 5/10/15 years being unhappy?

 

Go ahead with the PR for your wife, though, and keep the option open for a quick return if you ever feel the need (or get sick).

 

Be Happy!

[Paiman 1,834]

I do understand you. I would not know what to do.

 

And the older I get, the more difficult it seems to make decisions. 

 

A follow up would be interesting.

[Odysseus123 13,360]

All the best  Pravda whatever you decide...it is a difficult one especially if you do not enjoy living in your homeland.

 

Canada Sam has offered good advice I think,go ahead with the PR for your wife and see how things turn out.

[jak2002003 5,030]

OP, me and my partner are in a similar dilemma to you.

 

We have lived here 14 years full time and loved it. But things have stagnated and we feel trapped here and limited options. Covid has meant we also lost out from renting out a couple of small condos in Phuket to tourists. 

 

We are content here...but feel unsure about the future if one of us should become ill for example.

 

However, going back to UK is not appealing. Listening to the news about the virus there and Brexit, it's unsure about UK's future. 

 

Our plan was to retire to France or Spain. But that seems not easy now UK has left Europe so we feel a bit lost at the moment.

 

For you, why do the PR thing at all? It's expensive and time consuming...and I can't see any real benefits to it as it's easy to just do the retirement visa. 

Edited October 27, 2020 by jak2002003

[RichardColeman 26,583]

My home in the UK is leased out until November 2022. I am currently stuck outside of Thailand in a b and b with my visa about to expire. If I can get back by summer next year, I'll come for 15 months only, then go back, sell the house and fund the move for my family to the UK. The issues with covid have just shown how delicate life is living with her outside of my home country. Better to bring her and our daughter to the UK. I cannot say our standard of life would be better, but we'd always be together, schools and doctors are free and no visa nonsense. Thailand - apart from my family - holds nothing for me. Easy to leave.

Edited October 27, 2020 by RichardColeman

[blackcab 5,588]

An off topic post has been removed.

[Ron jeremy 2,151]

Thailand is no place to get old

canada has clean air and free health care 

 

[scammed 1,765]

you made the assertion that if you go back to freeze land, you wont go back to warm land for sure, why is that ?

 

secondly ime, while the health care is payed for by general taxation, if the quacksalvers dont feel like doing their job,

like sending you to MRI scan, you wont be getting any help either, since they wont have a clue whats wrong,

 wont willingly find out, and theres no way to enforce it.

the only thing they are good for is getting anti biotic,

but that is so much easier to get your hands on in thailand

without the need of a quacksalver prescription

[sanbyran 32]

11 hours ago, Pravda said:

And I told wife to start applying for PR. We are leaving. 

 

Except I can't bring myself to leave. 

 

I don't wanna sound like one of those posters, but I really didn't come here for the girls. Maybe this is why I was so lucky never to get ripped off. My life here is what many would consider boring, but for some reason I enjoy it every single day. One of the reasons I wanted to go back is honestly the money is starting to run out. I lost 90% of my income due to covid. Yet every time I think back how f**, *** miserable I was back "home" in Canada I get f***#** miserable. It's a vicious circle. 

 

So I told wifey we are staying here. She got kinda pd off, but she says as long she's with me she doesn't care where she is. But she's concerned about my health. Healthcare in Canada is "free". Yes that's a good point and pollution here is suckorama but then I start thinking how f$$***# miserable I was I change my mind again. 

 

For the past month I have spent sleepless nights about moving or not moving. If I do go back I know for sure we both won't be coming back. There is something about this place where among all this misery the life is still not taken too seriously. 

 

What to do? 

 

if your wife is Thai  you might have her try selling clothes online with facebook ad .   I see that is a quick money making going in thailand now  .   In my gf's office in BKK everybody  sell online  dropshipping .  buy 200 THB sell 450 THB  . 

[rumak 7,331]

11 hours ago, Pravda said:

the money is starting to run out.

how old are you ?    if you don't have much money..... how will you live in Canada where everything

is extremely expensive?    You have work or an income there ?

what do you enjoy about living here?

why were you "miserable" back home?

[scorecard 21,186]

15 hours ago, Pravda said:

And I told wife to start applying for PR. We are leaving. 

 

Except I can't bring myself to leave. 

 

I don't wanna sound like one of those posters, but I really didn't come here for the girls. Maybe this is why I was so lucky never to get ripped off. My life here is what many would consider boring, but for some reason I enjoy it every single day. One of the reasons I wanted to go back is honestly the money is starting to run out. I lost 90% of my income due to covid. Yet every time I think back how f**, *** miserable I was back "home" in Canada I get f***#** miserable. It's a vicious circle. 

 

So I told wifey we are staying here. She got kinda pd off, but she says as long she's with me she doesn't care where she is. But she's concerned about my health. Healthcare in Canada is "free". Yes that's a good point and pollution here is suckorama but then I start thinking how f$$***# miserable I was I change my mind again. 

 

For the past month I have spent sleepless nights about moving or not moving. If I do go back I know for sure we both won't be coming back. There is something about this place where among all this misery the life is still not taken too seriously. 

 

What to do? 

How does PR come into the picture?

[Pravda 4,524]

The PR is for a wife 

[simon43 12,918]

1 minute ago, Pravda said:

The PR is for a wife 

Do you mean PR in Canada for her?  I think people are getting confused (I am!), thinking you mean PR for her in Thailand   She's Thai.