Let me get this straight. You're confused about how to handle the situation with Leo and his dying mother. That's understandable. I wouldn't know what to do or say, either. You've been living in Thailand for 8 years, and in KK for at least 2. You don't have a farang friend "on the ground" that you can go have a beer with, or who can come visit you for a beer and a chat? Why not?

Instead, you choose to come on here and post about your life in a way I could never do (unless I'm really drunk). You leave yourself open to hostile comments. Why? If it were me, I'd have stopped visiting the board ages ago.

You confuse me.