Ah yes, the libido, or lack of same, in our declining years, is really the only measure of how good or bad an idea it is to retire in Thailand. Rent, not buy, a place in LOS as long as you're sexually active. When the urges dwindle, it's time to head to some place where the heat is less oppressive, the language is more intelligible, the culture less enigmatic, the cost of medical care and quality of treatment are acceptable. IMHO, absent the sex factor, life in Thailand simply does not have enough redeeming qualities to make retirement an attractive option. Of course there is the exception in those older farang who are in an LTR with a Thai guy and either require the partner to take on the role of caregiver, or simply can't find a way to honorably disappear from the scene.