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@@thaitalkwithdan Hi Dan, living in Dan Khun Thot district, in the province of Nakhon Ratchasima. Not so far from you. Been following you as I also got a small child around same age as William. Because of small child I can sometimes understand your situation as well.
Admirable strength & tenacity Dan has in spades, to be sure. A far better Da than many of us had [how many “men” would stow away on the first departing cargo ship, eh ?] Respect for you, Bruv. You’re a rare gem.
Thank you Dan, total respect and understanding, having a hard time myself after a 13 year relationship, having to make a decision to change my life and future, is overwhelming. All the best to you for the future
The main thing is to carry on and make the best of what you have. Big thumbs up to you Dan, for working and moving forwards to get what you want out of life. You come across as a very genuine, hard working Manc 👍😁
- congrats on the visa approval mate! Glad you can breath a bit easier now and focus on work and bringing up the nipper(s) 👍 Solid advice as well, on everything - you could be a full-time counsellor honestly with your golden nuggets and gems of wisdom!
I know i don't know you Dan other than writing to you in the comment section but i can honestly say i'm proud of you the way you try and leave your life with son Liam. Brotherly love❤
Hi Dan good to hear your story has vastly improved you sound like a good person I sent my story in Dec 22 and mh story is going from strenght to strenght and i couldnt be happie
Excellent video and very interesting. I agree with many of your points. I am one of the few who hit the jackpot at a very young age and have been married for 16 years to my beautiful Thai wife and have two older and very strong boys. Life could not be better for me, but unfortunately, my wife's cancer relapsed and I am hopeful the next treatment plan will give her long-term remission. My wife is from Buriram and in a few years we want to buy/build a house in Buriram so I would love to come say hi if you want to hang out.
Thank you for sharing and I really hope your wife is ok 🙏 I really wish the best for you and your family 🤞🍀 and I am more than happy to meet and say hello when you are in Buriram 🤝
Williams chatter and laughter is infectious! He sounds so happy and content , The house is big but kids aquire so much STUFF🎠🚂🚒🛴🛼 at least in that house you'll be able to chill in a STUFF free zone ! To some of us WOW that would be😇 heaven 😆🤣
It's surprising how happy he is, he seems to be very happy whether he is with me or with his mum, he never cries when it's my days to have him and just waves goodbye to his mum with a big smile and visa versa when I drop him back off to stay with her 👌 he is living the open space, loves playing outside shouting at people that walk past and saying hello to birds, dogs, lizards etc.... He is hilarious 😂
@@thaitalkwithdan on the house tour video it comes across very clear how settled and happy he is, At that age they can be very clingy and unsure especially in new surroundings, you and his mum are obviously doing something right That is for sure !
Thank you 🙂 I'm happy that it comes across that he is a happy boy, he is sleeping right now, afternoon nap time 🥱 I have been cleaning and will do some work before he wakes up 👍
I haven't subscribed yet, watched a few of your videos and this is the best. I like the way you talk as you see it but more importantly you have found (in your son) unconditional love 💪👍
I'm glad to see that you basically tell the truth about life in Thailand. It is not a bed of roses. It is not cheap. Thai people are like people everywhere, good and bad, and you have to be careful or you will be in a shit load of trouble....
@thaitalkwithdan When I was 4 years old I did actually slipped and bumped my head at the metal gate of my day care kindergarten, and boy, oh boy, the blood was gushing out of my head was a sight to see! blimey. I was out of commission for a whole week; I remember screaming with pain, honest. The poor ladies were panicking. Not a good look for anyone really. So I understand you completely about safety measures. Your a good dad Dan. Glad to watch you & your very interesting channel. Keep up the good work.
Thanks mate, I have not been able to make content like this for a while as I haven't been in the right head space for it but I'm starting to feel a lot more positive about my journey now
Me too mate, I left home when I was 12, my mother and father broke up and was more interested in their new partners and new lives and that is why I am so passionate about making sure he feels love and care from me, our experiences define our character and I never want him to feel how I personally felt as a kid 🙏
@@thaitalkwithdan Now I get why you fell in traps with the ladies, not enough love from your parents. Glad to see you're making up this lack through your kid. Keep it up. Love the videos.
Thanks Ricky, it's been such a rocky road for a while so something needs to change in my life for the better, I feel like I have not lived in a real home for a very long time so it's nice to feel content here
Hi Dan, I appreciate your desire to build a great place for your son to grow up thrive in, but please be careful not to spoil him as I have seen this with many only child situations and especially if the father and mother are separated. My son in law split with his previous wife and his son was always lavished in presents and gifts of all types and whatever he wanted. These just became a huge pile of disused paraphernalia and as you know many kids with discard the contents of a gift and play with the box. The best thing you can ever give him is your time and attention and not so much a toy house 🙂
I totally agree with you, I'm not going to go overboard, I just want to make the house fun for him, I am actually quite strict and always tell him off if he does something naughty and he always listens to me (most of the time 😅) I understand there needs to be balance with everything I do with him 👍 I am constantly teaching him, he is speaking a lot more now so I'm mainly trying to work on his speaking skills at the moment 😁
My name is malcolm it so great to listen to mate i been here 13 years and often listen to your show.I can relate to what your saying. What is sincere you speak from the heart mate.wush you all the best with your son Mally
you look 10 years younger now than you did when you were with your Thai wife ! less stress! now look for a farang lady next, you are a nice guy & a great catch for a normal Western woman who loves travel & wants to be a mum ! Good luck mate 👍
The house definitely isn't too big, William is going to grow up, we're in Thailand where neighbours like to visit and William will be wanting friends to stay quicker than you realise, kids grow up quickly, its the perfect size house
Thanks for the Truth talk Dan. Remember a Twist of Fate or a change of a corner can put someone in a new directions. Be grounded, glad your house looks big for the fam, you'll be Cool in the long run! Respect, One Love to your Fam.
Thanks Troy, for the next few months I am just going to get my head down with work as there are so many things I need to buy for the house, Williams birthday is next month so I want to do something special for him also..... He will go to nursery in 6 months which I will have to pay for as I have found a nursery that teaches English and Thai... So it's time for me to just concentrate with work and William now which I am very happy to do 😁
Nice to hear your story and honesty coming out Dan. Good luck my son you need to get the city shirt on not manure and I'm a hammer supporter. Good luck with your boy and ex life's short enjoy .
I just to be straight as the world is full of extremely fake people now and especially on RU-vid !! I spent most of my childhood in Middleton, always worked in Manchester City Centre and also spent a lot of time living in Milnrow Rochdale and Todmorden 👍
Hi Dan,taken note on your experience.thank you for sharing.I met a decent girl in Bangkok 23years ago.she was working at a well known international company.basically I met her whilst on holiday there.I would go to the 7/11 across from my hotel to buy beers in order to save a bit of money,hence I met my future Thai wife as she caught a bud from that location.we kept in touch once a left Thailand.she came over to my country and then I went back to Thailand.this back and fourth went on for 2 years.eventually we got married in my country.we have two beautiful children together.we got divorsed 10years later.more down than ups.the older she is now at 49 the more we get on better.fortunately,I’m on my home country turf,so I can have a final say on the ongoings in my familly.I really feel sorry for older men than myself living in Thailand on their soil going through divorces.it’s going to be tougher for you guys.
Take your beautiful son to learn swimming...take him to kinokuniya book shop, they have a fantastic children's section....buy him books, read with him, spend time with him, don't just buy him toys, engage with him, involve him in making meals, teach him, introduce him to music...best of luck
Mate great to see - I have an epic story and have gone down a similar life path . Now it is all behind me and I have a lot of wisdom to share - will be writing. In some time in the future this year once the project I am working on is complete TIM , PERTH AUSTRALIA
Dan, I asked a few days ago if you build websites but didn't see a reply? Clearly given the way you edit funny stuff in when people say certain things you have the talent.
I used to run a marketing company in England and when I first set the company up we created websites for customers but soon stopped doing this as it can be very time consuming and not worth the money you get paid for the amount of time that goes into them, all I mainly do is market businesses on Google's 1st page using their Google My Business Page
Thanks for answering Dan. I was going to offer you paid work making a website for an Alphamale Pageant I am holding for an African Charity. Glad things are sorting themselves out for you. Kind Regards David
Hey Dan. I live in the USA and I have been watching your channel for a while now. I can honestly say your channel help me a great deal. My story is very similar to a lot of guys who fall to fast for a Thai woman.
Alright Mate! My Thai Girlfriend and myself are expecting. She is only a couple months on. I don’t live in Thailand and don’t want to be a distant Father. I have gone though every option I can think of about how to earn a living in Thailand. I don’t have a degree so teaching is out. I was wondering if you could throw a few ideas my way. I would really appreciate it mate. Anyway! You and your son look happy in the new place. Cheers!
About 35 years old it happened to me and I have no regrets for radically changing my life even though it's a lot less comfortable nowadays than my life used to be, however I wasn't ready to put on my slippers and just live in my comfort zone for the rest of my life 🤷
Happy Father's Day! Remember to find happiness for yourself too, because these days, raising kids doesn't always guarantee they'll be there for you when you're older.
I understand Dan. I had a very good job untill 2009. I lost my job during the financial crisis back then. I was on unemployment untill i good very sick in 2015. I almost lost my life. So I'm now in disability because of my illness. It's a hidden disability. Long story. But i learned a lot of stuff. I live in Belgium. I'm not rich but with my income which is not big i get along. Can save to go on holiday to Thailand. I love Thailand. You can live basic in that country. I want to retire there. And see what happens. But i don't need much anymore. So I hope i can live in Thailand because will be good for my condition because of the bad winters in Europe. Sun changes me. But I'm happy that i been in Pattaya several times. I have 2 friends living in Thailand. Learned a lot from them aswell as from the stories on Dan's RU-vid channel. I don't have children and I'm not close to my family. So i hope to come and live in Thailand in the next 5 years when I'm retired. Just a calm life maybe meet a nice lady if not okay. I live alone in Belgium 2 so living alone is nothing new for me alone Thailand is new for me and you can get to know new people and get to know Thai culture like Dan did. So we will see what happens in the future because that's something nobody of us knows.
Well done Dan. Glad you dug your heels in and it’s all coming together. I had a son with my ex in the Uk when I was 41. He was planned and I only wanted to be a full time father at that age. I absolutely adore the lad, but the relationship didn’t work and she used him as a weapon against me. I haven’t seen the boy since he was ten. He’s almost 16 now. I’ve tried the courts and they have made it almost impossible for me to see him. The CSA are running me into the ground also and the experience almost destroyed me. I’m still here though and I hope he will be back in my life soon. It’s a long story which I would be happy to elaborate on if you would like. It’s not really befitting with your channel though. Good luck to you Dan.
Happy to share stories about thing Tony as I have a 20 year old daughter, had to fight her In court to get access as she played constant mind games and manipulation tactics with my daughter.... Super long story also mate and sorry to hear about yours and I hope you get back in your life in the future 🙏🙏
Dan I’m just curious if you weren’t married legally then why would you have to go to court for your son? Isn’t that the case only if you have a legal marriage certificate?
I'm going to court to prove he is my son, just being on the birth certificate alone gives me 0 rights to him, so I need me and my ex to go to court to state that William is my son and that I would like to be registered officially as his father so I can have rights to him..... I 2as told to do this by immigration in order to obtain my dependants Visa which gives me the rights to remain in Thailand to take care of him.
Thanks! I was just curious. I got divorced last month from my ex wife in Khonkhaen. I was able to get full custody of my son because we were legally married and she had gone off and had a baby with another man. Luckily she made it easy for me 555. Thanks for being such a good father. I hear so many stories of the father just getting out of dodge and abandoning their child. Hard to believe but true
I hear stuff like this all the time but recently I have received a lot of emails and messages from single father's in Thailand, there are definitely a lot of good blokes out there that stand by their kids 👍
Dan, remember it's not a given that all relationships between foreigner and Thai lady go sour. Yes, it's true that the probability of going south is high, but there is the lucky few.
100% I never say ALL just a very high percentage of women that are interested in foreigners here are mainly interested in money for the foreign guy, however there are some women that just find foreigners more attractive like their personalities etc and actually want a normal relationship 👍
I am good thank you, hope you are too ✌️ I am not sure about dog just yet, I love dogs and they are great company but right now I want to get into a brand new routine.... I need to work hard as there are so many things I need to buy for this house and I want to work on Williams education as he loves to learn and he is talking a lot now so I need him to learn English and Thai so I have my work cut out, he will go to nursery in 6 months that teaches English and Thai so I need to get myself into a good financial position now so I can support him to the best of my ability 👨👦
That’s a lot of money to stay there 5 years for a stupid visa? WTF? You’re lucky you divorced when the kid was really young because I left my wife after 25 years and 3 kids around 6-14 and it didn’t go well. The older kid ran away at 16 and living with drug addicts. When he was 23 he came across the USA to see me aft he had a house Robbery. I didn’t know that at the time he stayed with me and his grandparents then he got kicked out so about 2-3 years later he burned down his grandparents house out of spite! He’s facing jail time and been locked up since last August. And me and my parents are living at my sisters house till the insurance rebuilds the house. It’s been really tough! Divorce fucks up kids! Be careful with whoever around your kid in their teens! Don Los Angeles California
4 months ago I was watching a video where you said that your wife was in the back doing nails..what happened within those 4 months where you’re now single and parenting a child on your own?
Hard to explain but things started to escalate, arguments got really intense and this was happening on a daily basis so I ended up moving out and into a condo and having my son 3 days a week, however the arguments didn't stop but rather than then being face to face they where just via video calls and texts.... Things have started to calm down recently and we are starting to become friends again...... I have now moved into a house as the condo was way too small for me and my son and I am just concentrating with work now and a looking after my son on the days I have him 👍
I get it man I’m in the states and I’m going through the same BS..I was just wondering what happened so suddenly but considering my circumstances I guess I shouldn’t be so surprised..
The baby was the endgoal for your ex. She thought that she had a chance to go back to England with you and she "flipped" as soon as she realized that wasn't going to happen
I can speak a lot of Thai and her English is good, when we communicate we mix the languages together so we can both normally understand everything but if we could not communicate then it would be impossible to fall in love properly as you really need to know them inside and out and love the positive and negatives of their character. The connection I had with this woman was something I never experienced with anyone before I met her and got to know her, I think when you know you feel it through and through ✌️
The electric is down to the electric company not the owner of the house and I have never had any issue with stuff like this.... The only way you are going to get a high electric bill is by keeping the Aircon on all the time and if you have a swimming pool the pump can be costly also.... When I had a house with a swimming pool when I first came to Thailand my electric bills were always 6k to 8k per month
@@thaitalkwithdan I'm very sorry to hear that. When my ex-wife and I started dating, we were both in our early 20s. I had a good job. She was still in school. My goodness, we did a lot of partying. We got married by the time we were 22 and 23, respectively. Daughter One and Daughter 2 were 13 months apart. After the second child was born, out of the blue, she said we had to start going to church every Sunday. I was floored. We were both Catholic but just went to church for holiday services, i.e., Christmas. While we went out on occasion, the really fun stuff was lacking. By the time we were divorced 12 years later, I realized the person I was married to was not the person I originally fell in love with.
@@burtonknows9201 sorry to hear this also, at least you have 2 daughters from this and they were born from love at the time so that is a huge positive, my son was planned and came from love which has caused me to have a huge bond with him and no regrets, I'm so happy that he is here, he has just woke up now so time for some milk and breakfast and then his mum will come and pick him up as I have a lot of work to do today and still need to sort clothes out in the bedrooms, put in wardrobes and make some changes to the setup of this house 👍
I have seen this 1 million times before you will end up with your son full-time, no shadow of a doubt about it. Me personally, I took my kids back to the UK. No chance as I have an a KIDS educated in a village.!!!
Hi Connor and I've seen it myself so many times while I've been here in Thailand, I'm always open to the possibility that this can happen and I have been mentally preparing for it 👌 but for now her head is currently focused on being a mum and working hard so only time will show now 👍
If you made loads of money, in the past were is it now.?. Because loads of money will last a life time ,and you will still leave some behind for someone else. Or you didnt make loads of money. or You made a bit of money.
😅😅😅 I love comments like this, basically I lived like a king for 3 years, bought stupid things like Rolex watches, Thailand elite visas, rented stupid houses, bought multiple cars and motorbikes..... Cut a long story short... I threw it all away but subconsciously I wanted it gone so I could feel alive again...
Hello you lived the high life , if your lucky enough to earn some good money now you will look after it a bit better, because you've had experience in blowing money . As you say you don't need loads of money to be happy. You have your son to keep you happy, watching him grow up happy is all you need.
Ian I was stupid because I wasn't happy, I remember when I was spending money stupidly, I was thinking I can't wait to get rid of it to feel normal again, I can honestly state it was the most unhappy time of my life when I made loads of money with my business, I have no regrets though and prefer to work hard and feel proud and actually enjoy working now.... It's been rough though since I lost it all and I have really struggled at times over the last few years but I am now able to put myself into a much better financial situation if I work every day now and concentrate ✌️ Also having my son here with me just makes me feel complete, content & happy and he is the motivation I require to concentrate on making a brighter future for us 🙏🤝✌️👌👍
You didn't have a enough money ,l have a 5 million but house 2 cars ,got all this while working in Australia lm 70 now living here , l live off the pension my wife is always hassing me about money if your rich you can b the boss if you r not you r only as good as the money you have full stop.
Oh yeah, thai woman will respect you if you have money, if not they will start picking on small things, it's a subcouncious thing, same happens to all woman actually that's why western woman don't give a C54P about men.
