The thing about retirement is that you are older and getting older every year.
For most people, we work our entire lives to be able to retire.
In the US for instance, the retirement age to get full social security payments in now 67.
Once you retire, Thailand becomes an attractive option for many reasons and many people sell their home and move.
Once you get setup in Thailand, life is pretty easy.
If you are married to a Thai woman, even easier.
However, the years start to click by a lot faster than you can imagine.
Each year, you get older and older.
With old age comes possible medical issues, mobility issues and declining physical and mental abilities.
You yearn to be young again, but you realize that is never going to happen.
Eventually, at some point, you start plotting out your demise.
Some foreigners live into their 90’s.
Some may outlast their Thai wives.
Although retirement was always to goal and the dream life, maybe in reality it is the beginning of the end.