Hillary
Hair today – gone tomorrow?
Dear Hillary, I wanted a haircut so I went to my usual barbers the other day, to find it was closed. This was something...
An Englishman’s home is his castle
Dear Hillary, I have been married to my Thai wife for 10 years. We get by on a pension from the UK, which buys...
The polite brush-off
Dear Hillary, My local bar has a few girls that work out of there and one of them has decided that I am her...
Lips are moving
Dear Hillary, I get told that the old hands have a saying “How do you tell when your Thai GF is lying to you?...
Road Safety
Dear Hillary, Is all of Thailand suffering with a “Mai pen rai” attitude to road safety? We are coming up to Songkran and hundreds...
Deposit problems
Dear Hillary, I will be moving into an apartment block next month, and I have said I will pay six months in advance. I...
A pension and a stale bottle of beer
Dear Hillary, I am thinking of retiring in Thailand and Pattaya in particular (I’m now 64) as I always enjoy myself when over there....
Who has a Gik?
Dear Hillary, Every week there’s somebody writing in that they’ve been cheated by their Thai GF. You pass it off that these are all...
A Happy Farang
Hi Hillary, Keep the bright side of life going - for those of us not lucky enough to be in Thailand all the time...
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