Aqualung Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Mate of mine from Sweden retired here in Thailand 7 months ago without really making a plan B. Moved in with his Internet love within a week despite advice against it. Apparently, she's bi polar and has massive mood swings so the relationship has been on and off for the last couple of months. He moved in and moved out at least 2 times and now he's holed up with us at my Thai mum in laws place. Lovely guy, heart in the right place etc etc but there's always 2 sides to a story methinks..... Proven right this last 8 days or so. We just spent 3 nights down in Na Jomtien in a lovely 3 bedroom apartment and one night down in Ratchaburi at a great resort. He always had 2 rucksacks with him for some reason. Firstly, his OCD.... A bit of cold water in the shower for one night.... He needed it fixing.... Orange juice not to his taste and coffee machine was shit and needed sorting. Toilet habits were military precision operations. We had to share a double bed at the resort in Ratchaburi... That's when I figured out what was in his second back pack. I woke up semi drunk at about 4am for a piss, turned over in bed and I thought I was sleeping next to an F16 Pilot. He had this breathing machine next to the bed and was wearing a mask over his nose and mouth. He also unpacked a heart monitor, blood pressure kit and numerous medication for f**k knows what! Apart from him eating too much and being overweight there's nothing really wrong with him imho. Christ! If I got sick and needed medical help I'd call him before I called an ambulance! The blokes lovely but he's a born worrier. Regimented lifestyle with some awkward traits that I'd find difficult to live with.... Especially as he seems interested to share a house with me and the wife when we move over here sometime this year. Each to their own I suppose. 5
Butch Posted January 26 Posted January 26 Some people are born worriers / hypochondriacs. Others are the total opposite, like Mike from the Devils Den who passed in August, he actively avoided going to get himself looked at unless it physically stopped him from doing something. "It'll pass" or "it's probably something I've eaten" etc etc. I'm somewhere in between like many of us. If something is wrong I'll try to ignore it and muddle through (recent shoulder injury for example) but if it's something slightly serious looking I'll get it sorted out, but usually with the minimal of fuss and impact on my daily life. As we get older I think the fragility of life becomes more relevant and apparent. Maybe that's why some people worry about the slightest issue which, perhaps 20 years ago they'd have paid it no mind. Your friend was probably wearing a CPAP machine for sleep apnea perhaps?. consider yourself lucky, you have plenty of time to think of a reason not to have him staying at your home in the future. Visitors who are demanding put a massive strain on things, especially at a time you're supposed to be relaxing and enjoying retirement. 2 1
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