In Bangkok, there are many “mixed” couples, composed of a European and a Thai woman. The opposite, I have not seen any. What is striking is that whatever the age of the European, say from 30 to 60, the Thai woman seems to be about 30 years old.
This morning at breakfast at the hotel, one of these couples. A European (a style I don’t really like, but let’s move on) with a much younger Thai woman. They did not speak, they had breakfast in front of each other in silence. The young woman took advantage of the buffet. He took in a very… “European” way, two small slices of bread with butter and jam.
We also see a few couples composed of an old European (over 75 years old) and a Thai woman who seems to be in her fifties. I suppose that these couples were formed much longer ago.
Some Europeans now in their eighties came to retire in Thailand more than 20 years ago.
