You may remember the great comment and post from our friend Pass about why Thai girls choose foreigners for love and marriage. I think it was really wonderful of Pass to share her thoughts with us and give us some insight into the thought process of Thai girls.

Now, we have the chance to return the favor by providing some information for Pass. She has written to me and asked if I and my readers can help her and other Thai girls by answering the question: “What kind of Thai girls do the foreigners fall in love with”? [...]

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Has it ever crossed your mind that the idea of Thai brides for Westerners makes sense? If you have, you’re certainly not alone. Lots of guys over the previous several years have been concluding that the ladies in their native countries are not for them and they are deciding to look outside their homes for a new bride. And quite a few of them ultimately decide on Thai brides for their laid back personalities, sexy looks and awesome attention to their spouses. Certainly, a Thai bride can be a good choice for lots of you, but how do you go about locating a Thai woman willing to wed a Westerner?

I have thought of three courses to go about locating a Thai bride. There may be more, but I believe these 3 are the most common. Obviously it is your choice to decide which is the best compatible with your personality and circumstances.

Move to Thailand for A Few Months Up to a Year or More

This is the course that many fellows used in the past, prior to the internet and easy long distance communication became common. This is the most costly and obviously is not a method that is available to most as things like employment and families keep us tied to our home land. However, if you could somehow make the move to Thailand for six to twelve months this is a great way for locating Thai brides. Not only is it easy to meet the girls because you’re located in Thailand, you also get the added benefit of learning some of the language and culture which is a huge benefit in getting to know your Thai bride. Believe me when I let you know that Thai’s do not think the same as Westerners and gaining a knowledge of Thai culture will provide a great benefit to you, most notably in the 1st year of marriage.

Use a Marriage Agency to Locate Thai Brides

There are numerous marriage agencies who are in business to connect you with Thai ladies searching for foreigners as husbands. These agencies will typically set up meetings between you and the women and a few will even schedule parties where there will be numerous Thai girls together with a few foreign men. The purpose of course is to get to know each other in a safe place and decide if you want to get together again later more privately. The agencies can be quite expensive and the number of women may be somewhat limited, but this can make a good alternative if you don’t have a great deal of time free to spend in Thailand and you desire the expertise of a matchmaker.

Meet Your Thai Bride Online

Nowadays more and more men are going this route. It’s really cheap and simple to sign up with an online Thai dating website that it has become the method of choice for both Western fellows and Thai girls. The top Thai personals websites have 100’s of thousands of registered members and they make it so simple to communicate with the girls that you may be overwhelmed initially. When you think that all of the Thai women on the Thai dating sites are looking for foreigners, the low cost and the simplicity of communication I feel that hooking up with Thai girls online is probably the preferred course for the majority of guys.

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I’m seeing a fad in Thailand for several decades. A craze of European and American men coming to Thailand and signing with dating agencies to find Thai brides. As American and European societies mutates and Western women become increasingly liberated and increasingly similar to blokes, conventional American and European guys are turning to Thailand to find a more conventional wife. Thai women are usually pretty, slim, take very good care of themselves and also take extremely good care of their spouses. They make dinner, they clean, they take care of the children and they make their guy feel as if he is a King. It’s no wonder American and European fellows desire a Thai bride.

For the girls, the men are perceived as a good catch. European and American guys, even less affluent ones, typically have more money than Thai men. American and European guys present a Thai woman a chance to leave Thailand and visit another country. American and European guys are viewed by some Thai women as being kinder than Thai men and Thai guys have a certain notoriety for not being monogamous. Lots of Thai blokes also don’t settle down after marriage, and keep a girlfriend even though they have a bride and kids at home. So for some Thai girls, an American or European guy afford things a Thai man does not.

As you might imagine, there will be some complications in marrying a Thai bride. Language differences, cultural dissimilarities and visa concerns come immediately to my mind when considering some of the issues that Thai-Western couples may come across. Overall though a Thai bride might be a great idea for many fellows that have become disillusioned with American and European ladies. If you begin the marriage with some planning and with discretion you have a great chance of having a outstanding marriage.

To the fellows who come to Thailand searching for love and a Thai bride, I say “Best of luck”. It can occur for you, especially in this day and age of web dating and personals. It certainly did happen for me and I couldn’t be happier. To the Thai women I say Get to know this bloke slowly. In any culture, there are good and evil. Look out for warning signs, and believe in your instincts. If you have questions, they are present for a reason. Remember that money isn’t everything.

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Question: Are there any distinct advantages to marrying in Thailand vs marriage in the USA?

This answer is only in reference to legal marriages which are carried out at the local Amphur’s in Thailand. This does not concern the traditional Thai wedding ceremony which you will also have back in your Thai fiancee’s hometown. The traditional Thai wedding is not legally recognized in Thailand or anywhere else.

Answer: Thai marriages are recognized as legal in the U.S. so there is not much difference between getting married in Thailand and getting married in the U.S. I can think of one advantage and two disadvantages to getting married in Thailand.

Advantage: If you end up getting divorced you’ll be going by Thai laws which require splitting of assets, but only those that have been gained since the marriage. Any assets you had prior to the marriage are not included. In addition, I have never heard nor read of any assets outside of Thailand being garnered. So, if you have your assets outside Thailand there is little chance they will be at risk if you get divorced.

Disadvantages: The process for getting married requires a bit of paperwork and probably about 2 days of running around Bangkok to get these documents, translations and approvals. I should probably write another post sometime detailing what is required for American citizens to get married in Thailand. The second disadvantage is if you want to get divorced you will have to return to Thailand to do so. Of course if you live in Thailand this isn’t a problem at all.

If any readers have additional insight to getting married in Thailand please let us know. I’d also like to hear if you can think of additional advantages/disadvantages to getting married in Thailand vs your home country.

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Question: Exactly how and when to get engaged is not clear to me. Is this simply between the man and woman, or is it customary for the bride’s parents to be involved?

Answer: It is definitely customary for the bride’s parents to be involved in the engagement, however a Thai engagement is much different from what we are used to in the west. Thai’s have a ceremony for the engagement which is called thong mun in Thai. This literally means “gold giving” and that is exactly what the ceremony is, the prospective groom gives gold to his fiancee.

Thai’s do not typically give diamond rings as a promise of engagement, but have historically given gold instead. Of course, almost every foreigner that I know how is engaged or married to a Thai girl has given her girl a diamond ring and the ladies really seem to like it. So, you may want to go with both.

The engagement ceremony is normally attended by friends and family and can be done in advance of the wedding ceremony or can even be done right before the marriage ceremony. When giving the gold it must be an even number of baht (a baht is the unit of measure for Thai gold. One baht = 1/2 troy ounce). The gold is usually in the form of necklace or bracelet.

I hope this was helpful and wish you all the best with your Thai girlfriend or fiancee.

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