Thai Wives and Western Men
Vietnam War
Western men have fancied Thai women since the Vietnam War when many Americans were station around Pattaya and also in Isaan.
During the Vietnam War the American soldiers have the Thai women as second wives and some became girlfriends or wives as well after the war.
The first western men in Isaan
The first western males that moved to Isaan were probably in for a culture shock and the Thai people were probably as shocked as well. The culture and the financially differences were probably a big problem. Until this day many Thais think that there is no such thing as a poor foreigner, we all walk on gold streets.
Most of them were not that rich if you see it to western standards but for a Thai person they were. Most of them moved backed to the villages with their Thai wife’s when they had enough of the bar life in Pattaya or Bangkok.
Western Men bring money to Thailand
The Social Development Board of Thailand have counted the Thai girls that are married with foreigners and only in the North East if Thailand there is over 20 000 Thai women married with foreigners.
From the same numbers from the year 2003 they estimated that the mixed Thai marriages have created 578 609 jobs in and brought in over 10 billion THB to Thailand.
They have not counted all the Thai girls that went abroad and are sending money home or the once that are married but live in Bangkok.
Greed and Jealousy
The new rich Thai girls in the villages will fast become the crème de la crop in the community and it created a big gap between them and the others that do not have a western husband.
In some villages you will have up to 100 western men living with their Thai wives and the rest of the village will off course look to the married Thai girl as the fastest way to get money. Why work or study when all you have to do is to get a western man to work for you?
It creates a big spending spree when the different wife’s trying to bid over each other on who has the riches husband and this is not very Buddhist.
It also keeps the Thai female uneducated and lazy since they know all they have to do is to get a western male to get rich.
Thai male turn into girls
The mothers will tell the Thai girls that if they not like the Thai husbands anymore they can just leave and go get a foreign husband.
The Thai boys have little choice in this life but to turn gay or become a ladyboy if they want to get the same wealth that quick.
Some off course become lovers of the Thai girls when their husbands leave for their home countries or go back to their countries for a while.
It is not a match made in heaven
Even if the delusional male western man think this is about love and that Thai girl really love older men we all know that this is a business deal with sex benefits.
Several studies have shown that the Thai girl looking for older a older man not because of that he is handsome but because he has income and he will have no power to “butterfly†around with other girls.
If she is very young she will be in her prime when he dies and she can pick a new husband that she loves or if she is older she want to have security on her older days.
Western males that pursue this as a love affair will often go back to their countries after a few years lonely, sad and poor after the Thai girl slept with another man behind his back.
The Thai girl often gets the better part of the divorce and can stay rich because she has the children as bargain power. If she ends up with no money she will simple get another man and she do not think much about it, it was not about love anyway for them.
