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Alex Bentley
Великобритания
Добавлен 17 сен 2012
'Pray the road is long, and full of adventure'
I'm Alex.
In 2022 I left the UK (and M&A Banking) to travel more. I was 30. I didn't know it at the time, but a new life had just begun.
I made this channel to show you how and why.
New discoveries. Self-improvement. Exploration. Anything but boredom.
Thanks for coming, hope you stick around.
I'm Alex.
In 2022 I left the UK (and M&A Banking) to travel more. I was 30. I didn't know it at the time, but a new life had just begun.
I made this channel to show you how and why.
New discoveries. Self-improvement. Exploration. Anything but boredom.
Thanks for coming, hope you stick around.
I am 33, alone, single, no kids, living in Thailand...
I post the occasional reel on Instagram talking about my age, family, relationship and general life situation. It always seems to spark some discussion.
So in this video I thought I'd explain my reasoning, as well as look at the data behind:
- At what age you should have children?
- Should you even have children?
- Is life actually better in a relationship?
- What about money and finance?
- What about health?
- What about life experiences?
Pretty different video.
Newsletter: www.itsalexbentley.com
IG: itsalexbentley
So in this video I thought I'd explain my reasoning, as well as look at the data behind:
- At what age you should have children?
- Should you even have children?
- Is life actually better in a relationship?
- What about money and finance?
- What about health?
- What about life experiences?
Pretty different video.
Newsletter: www.itsalexbentley.com
IG: itsalexbentley
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travel in your 30s is better than travel in your 20s
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miss som tam already. 😁
😂
Hiya Alex B, Could you give us a breakdown of the living cost in Thailand compared to the UK? Cheers
Sawadee krap my booii
keep doing your thing bro! follow your heart. had to recently end my own 11 year relationship and move to thailand to stay loyal to myself
Cómo así?
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Trash the West with wokeness. Now you want to come to Thailand to trash our country
Thanks for this extremely thought-provoking, well-balanced and non-judgmental video. I think you're similar to me in many ways (I am 35, also single with no kids, also from the UK, also living in Thailand too), so it was cool to listen to someone having similar thoughts at a similar stage in life. Wishing you all the best 🙏
@@laurencecrouch3634 appreciate this comment a lot bro. Hopefully we can meet one day!
@ that would be cool
And the journey begin... 😅
Good points from a young Backpacker. I've been in Thailand 30 years. Teaching scuba on Phuket for 10 years. I ended up in Pattaya Jomtien and Buriram. Live in all 3 places. Gotta truck motorcycles bicycles. Thoroughly enjoying the whole country.
'Society' wants you to be Married with Kids and a Mortgage so you are tied to one place and paying infinite taxes and essentially and economic slave to the rat race!! F**K THAT!!!
Have lived in Vietnam for a few yrs already but now being back in the west and looking to get out again, I would choose Thailand to live UNTIL Vietnam catches up a bit more.. which it will! Amazing country, lovely people... but it just doesn't have a few of the things I personally, and everyone is different so it may work for you, am looking for... BUT I will still go to VN frequently while living in TH as I still know alot of people there... but again, each to their own.. VN is awesome but just not for me to live day to day... there are of course pros and cons of both.. it just depends what works best for you!!
@@markholland6657 appreciate this mark
Age is just a number so let's not be narrow minded . Maybe you have one more year and that means you are very old or you will live till 120 so you are still a baby
You should also get your liver checked , the bronzing on the under side of your hands is not a healthy sign….
I did. It's skin damage from calisthenticsy stuff
😂 if your 33 and living their single you should have 100k in your bank , 250k in your investments ( super / 401k ) or stocks If the others are not forced on you…. How you going with that ?
one sec I'll just get my bank details and post them here publicly so you can check
@@itsalexbentley nah I’m just making sure people have a good idea of what setup means. So many think they can go their with 20k and dreams of a YT channel 😂 that wasn’t directed at you but people that read the comments 😂
@@roadsofjapan6009 its solid advice tbh bro. Maybe some property in there
@@itsalexbentley no one plans not to work but one must be ready for the idea that their idea might not come around for a couple of years what ever that idea might be…. Lucky some of us still hold our remote jobs and can experience living overseas, for me I’ve spent nearly 3 years on and off in Thailand, 2 years in Peru , 6 years in Japan and I might as well throw in the US and Canada which would hardly make up 1 year 😂 as long as one can lower them selves to do any type of job anything is possible…
😂😂😂
I’m 48 years old. And the one thing I had experienced in life don’t believe in the hype what people advertise about
He seem like he loves himself and his own voice a lot Not sure what it is - but gives me the ICK massively … not sure if he is as arrogant and smarmy as he comes across . Is it just me ?
he's a narcissist
cheers hayely
@@hayleygraham-g7s it's just you. I don't find that at all. Don't hate men.
@@hayleygraham-g7s its just you ,relax its clear he is saying what he is thinking (thinking out loud) alot of us do that that when need to hear other people’s opinions in out lives.
Id you prefer lady with a stick, go to thailand
But my family is here 😅
Men and women should be having children mid 20s and having at least two so there are multi generations in a family and a support structure including aunties uncles and grandparents anything else leads to a terrible society unruly children elderly in care homes poverty and the end of the human race eventually
big man questions
stop over thinking your basic primal instinct and just have them
I had my first kid when i was dead broke living on 200 baht a day. Now i have two kids and live on 20k a day. Kids force you to get more serious. My kids were born in Thailand the birth cost 30 baht. Kids are cheap until they go to school. Dont "wait" when you dind the right one just go for it.
very cool insight man
Would've been funnier if he dressed as a woman
I'm lonely as fuck in England anyway so it wouldn't bother me.
I feel like I should I mean I'm very bored of England. Nothing exciting here.
Be careful mate I'm a few years younger than you (29) turning 30 in April. I'd like to have my first child around your age early to mid 30s, the problem with 'waiting until your ready finically' is the same excuse as not becoming a digital nomad until 'your ready'. Becoming a father would force you to make a lot more money, the drive will be life changing. Saying that, who knows maybe at your age I'll think different. It isn't an easy answer.
good points bro
Time flies so fast man
This clip is very good. Very informative. You are a smart person. After watching, I saw the reality of people. Always follow your clips.
thanks man
I’m 15 years older than you, no wife, no kids. But I work for myself, am financially pretty comfy, learn Thai, go to Thailand when I want, train daily and pretty much live the life I spent years designing. Living by society’s tiring, boring and draining rules (which only really there for the benefit others) ain’t for everyone.
facts man
Being a parent and geting a Family and Kids has Nothing to with society. Western society even encourage you to not get children...
I'm 40, alone, single, no kids, used to live in Thailand, and visit 8 countries the last year
legend
@@itsalexbentley if COVID did no happened. Probably, I will marry with children. Who knows. I was supposed to go back to Europe and start a lasting relationship with someone, but everything went sour after COVID.
@@itsalexbentleymy birthday is on 10th next month, I guess we were born on the same day & in the same year; by the way I also lived in that condo you’re in now in Bangkok. Hope to come over to catch you there. I love their swimming pool, it’s just awesome. Miss my old days there.
I’m 55. So take this for what it’s worth. Or not. You’re doing fine. You’re traveling. Stack your cash. You’ll still be able to have a wife and kids later on . IF that’s what you want. Me personally. My kid was born when I was 27. Short marriage to a nightmare of a woman. Became a single father. I regret the marriage. Not having the kid. It teaches you there are things more important than self. Now I’m living like you do. Nomad. Retired. Lived in Pattaya. Now in Montenegro making my way to Albania for a bit. You still have time for a family. If that’s what you want. But once you’re single for a very long time , you’re probably not gonna tolerate the BS that is needed to go with the happy wife happy life thing. Especially if you’re in Thailand or Colombia or Panama. Frankly you have too many options to settle down with the ONE . So it’s a double edged sword. I’d say marry when you’re young and dumb. It’s easier. If it doesn’t work out by the time you’re 50 your obligations are done if child support or whatever comes into play If you wait till you’re 40 let’s say. And let’s say it goes tits up. You’ll be 58 by the time child support is done. If you’re older then it doesn’t even become an option. Because if it goes bad. You can’t start all over again Depending on where you marry your wife will take at least half your pension , get the home and have child support. It’s too late to start over again. And don’t forget. Divorce , at least in the US is at 54%. It’s a coin toss. And coin tosses are best done when young. I don’t know you. But I’d wager if you haven’t done it yet. You’re probably not gonna do it
very cool man
I was reading an interesting article the other day and it went on to say that the leading cause of divorce is marriage
Sounds more like you had a bad lady and that's the problem. Was she western or a bargirl?
@ western. Yes she was bad. But that wasn’t the point. Good woman or bad. Marriage is still a coin toss. Or worse. Best to do those kind of moves when you’re a young man , that way if it all turns out bad you have time to rebuild. But if you see it different that’s ok.
You are correct when you said when spend too much time alone you cant tolerate the BS that most women bring,specially Western,im almost 40 and single no kids ,I cant tolerate fractions of what married man take from their women,its hard to get back and be tied to one woman specially if you are in south east asia
Why are your palms so yellow?
not enough kids
@itsalexbentley In all seriousness though. As someone who has been your age in a similar position, the old adage of there will never be a right time to have kids is true. You'll be surprised how fast 33 to 40 goes. One thing most don't consider is once you've had 1 kid do you even have time/energy/etc for a 2nd and while that might not be an initial consideration, you'll definitely consider it FOR your 1st child once they've become a few years old. Second, you won't want to die while your kid is a teenager, as you said, you'll take your health much more seriously because staying alive for your child becomes the shift of your focus, however, none of us have an infinite life and it's our nature to want to see our kids grow up and be around as long as possible. The best age to have kids is your age now, but mid to late 30s is a decent second, after 40 you're really running out of time for all of the points I raised. Lastly, if you're hanging around in Thailand and dating Thai women, they're much more likely to push to make a family than western women, unless they already have kids. You then have to consider what's best for your child, you may care about pollution for yourself in Bangkok, but you'll put what's best for your kid if you have one. That said, being a Dad is the best thing in the world and the old cliché of all you need is love and time is completely true, everything else in life comes second if you invest your energy into your kids.
good question. Also what are those black paintings over his arms??
Huh😊
Perfect! I arrive in Bangkok later this week for the first time😂 Visiting for 1 week
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As a Thai. You are speaking English beautifully.
100% my thoughts - only it took me around 12 years of traveling (8 years in Asia) to finally get to that feeling that most likely Thailand is THE place. Anyways, it’s definitely not anywhere back in Europe
I never wear shoes in a house and I'm not Thai
Imagine moving 7,000 miles just to find a girlfriend in a 3rd world country 😂
Poles are Asian then
I'm thai and that's hygienic
im German and we dont wear dirty shoes inside the clean house...
เมืองไทยอากาศร้อนมากกกก ขยับตัวนิดหน่อยก็จะเหงื่อเต็มตัวและก็เหนื่อยเพลียง่าย น่าเบื่อ
Expect much paperwork, costs and ever changing rules to hurdle over. Not as simple as YT videos say. The average stay for expats in Thailand is 3 years before they are gone. Being here 30 years I am happy I do not have to jump through todays hoops to stay here.
Online learning BABYYY, it’s so sudden too so a lot of my classes is free 😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😂😂😂😂😂
hate to say it but I've used several air purifiers..Top of the line models and I think they did just about nothing..But i like the idea of them!
Thailand could just leave the WHO.
What app do you use to check the air pollution?,