Living in SEA I’ve grown fond of the phrase “third world problems”.
Which can be applied to such situations as having a wild fling with a super hot teenager who neglects to tell you that she is engaged and using you for fun while waiting for her man to return from overseas.
The older I get the more the term “as good as it gets” starts to seem less negative.
When your life really hits the low points and you look back in nostalgia at times when you were having neurotic third world problems, “as good as it gets” starts to sound like a positive.
We are both neurotic people – you and me. We have moments of pure carefree joy, and great highs, and great lows. Our garden blooms, fades, freezes, composts, over seasons and many times a day.
No amount of philosophizing about it makes us truly deep down accept and embrace the truth of suffering. But age takes the edge off.
My next step is to realize and forgive other people for being such shitty human beings. As good as it gets is all around me.
Random Xpat Rantings 
How are you able to date so many younger girls without the parents causing a fuss? Quite remarkable really
Actually I rarely meet new girls. I find it almost impossible to get a date. Because I’m over 50 and below average in height and attractiveness.
However as far as I know there is basically no difference in culture between SEA and anywhere else on the planet. Remember high school? A certain percentage of girls were sexually easy, some virgins and prudes. High school is a perfect representation of the cross cultural human condition. Whatever your particular high school was like is what SEA is like.
Some of the girls are slutty, some whores, some looking to marry virgins, etc etc.
Same story, different location.
Yes, I’ve been interviewed by parents and siblings occasionally. Usually it never happens. My current Chinese girlfriend had me go through a painful interview. I got a good enough buzz on first to make it bearable. Some Chinese parents want to make sure that the releationship is heading towards marriage. I made no such promise, no matter how many times they asked me. I did admit that I truly did love the girl.
That hot teenager I referenced in the post was unfortunately quite a while ago. Her sister vetoed her seeing me again, because I was too ugly. If I were more handsome her sister might likely have given the go ahead for her to be with me instead. We did quickly fall into a heady infatuation, and I actually wanted to marry and make that teenager pregnant. I was head over heels for her. No surprise. She was hot as fuck and a great lay, and a lot of fun.
An interview with the family? My God that sounds awful.
I lived in Vietnam for a couple of years and experienced what you’re talking about in terms of some of the girls being relatively easy, but they were all in the late twenties or early thirties. I don’t know that I’d say they were “easy” though, I find white girls to be far easier… but just less desirable.
How are you going now that you’ve got the wig and the surgeries done? Would love to hear about an update blog, reflecting on what insight you’ve received about the importance of appearance and so on.
How old is your new girlfriend, XSplat?
K is right though — try being a short, ugly, 50-year old without fame, money, or status in the US. You’d be priced out fast.
Glad to hear from you. It’s been a while since we had a proper update.