Tuesday, December 29, 2009

Moving to Thailand and starting an Online Dating agency!

By Mark JM Bond

Finally back at home in my London home, having just returned from a fun and relaxing three weeks in Thailand. So having kissed my lovely beautiful Thai bride I settled down to open the big pile of post that had accumulated. It didn't take line before my mood had changed. I had two parking tickets totalling 260.00 plus a 550.00 invoice from Thames water. This was then followed by a very formal demand with 14 days to pay from the water board for 1600.00 to fix a leak in their pipe! Oh how I wanted to get straight back on that plane.

That's it I declared over my second bottle of white wine - we are moving to Thailand. Over the last 2 weeks a serious of un-related events had made me seriously consider my living situation. In London you live to work, it's what is expected - you grab a quick lunch and normally eat at your desk - I would often work 7 days a week and often 12 hours a day - in the winter I didn't see the sun. Things like those damm MP's and the expenses row which wouldn't have normally bothered me really p%^% me off, If it was any of us claiming for mortgages we didn't have we would be sacked and charged. Also my wife didn't like London anymore - she would complain but I could tell.

When my wife went to see her family in Nakhonphanom she was very surprised to find many friends appearing at her house with photos and profiles all asking for her help in finding a western husband. Chanichar was even more suppressed to find Thai women from the next village whom she had never meet also coming to her house and seeking her help. On one day she had 12 visitors!.

It was through these encounters that my wife became certain that there was a need for a modern bridal agency that helped like minded people meet. This was the start of the web site Beautifulthaibride.com On her return my wife spent the next months working with programmers and designers.

Wow now we are here in sunny Pattaya - we have been here since the end of October. We have a house, an office, staff and bank accounts, we have internet and satellite TV - it was all very easy and very quick and I must say much much easier then doing the same thing in the UK.

We have been here over 5 weeks now and I have just finished my dive master course and looking for a PADI dive school to get involved in. Chanichar and her small team have launched the web site so if you are interested in a Thai Bride or Asian dating please take a look at her site, she is very excited about making peoples dreams come true and I am sure she will. I will also post the occasional blog of how we fare in the land of smiles. If you are thinking about making the move but are worried by issues that may occur? - don't be - just go for it.

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