Hope springs eternal?

The mooban is buzzing with the talk of the 65-ish farang wishing to marry the 17-ish daughter of a neighbour. I though I was pushing the envelope when at 52, I married my 21 y-o wife. Oh well, so much for my short spell as the local cradle snatcher. At least I have a head start on the baby-making.

How are you going with the baby making apart from the fun aspect I mean

As long as he still has his own teeth,hair,viagra supply,no snip then many babies for her.Good luck to them,they both need it. LOL
The parents should be getting one hell of a sinsod.

pompui wrote:As long as he still has his own teeth,hair,viagra supply,no snip then many babies for her.Good luck to them,they both need it. LOL
The parents should be getting one hell of a sinsod.

Good point. My out-laws better not talk to his out-laws too much or they may come back and hit me up. I evaded that aspect on this and my previous marriage.

Aardvark wrote:How are you going with the baby making apart from the fun aspect I mean

Working on #2 at present... I was going to say 'right now' but I doubt that y'all would believe I was on-line when on-the job.

I've not had a 17year old since I was 17.

Tamadadumbass,

Wow, what an amazing thread to be posted on the world wide web. A real genius, and a great accomplishment for a 65 year old fralang man to gain the interest of a 17 year old child, Issan girl. That is so wrong, and twisted in so many way's.

Even to jest, or contemplate, is ridiculous. A 65 year old possibly with a 17 year old child? I guess it makes sense.

She's a child, and your going through your 2nd child hood. I hope you enjoy the cartoon network. Just because this is Thailand, does not make it cool.

Why not just lower your strict dating age requirements, to 15 years of age, and join the popular INTERPOL dating service. They offer free room, meals, and board for life.

After all, northern Thailand is Asia's, best kept, secret paradise.

What a great way for more Thais to hate us. What a phenomenal way to get popular with the INTERPOL. You are marvelous. Hell, why not? Thais don't even read these posts, and definitely not any Interpol staff.

Motasi wrote:Tamadadumbass,

Wow, what an amazing thread to be posted on the world wide web. A real genius, and a great accomplishment for a 65 year old fralang man to gain the interest of a 17 year old child, Issan girl. That is so wrong, and twisted in so many way's.

Even to jest, or contemplate, is ridiculous. A 65 year old possibly with a 17 year old child? I guess it makes sense.

She's a child, and your going through your 2nd child hood. I hope you enjoy the cartoon network. Just because this is Thailand, does not make it cool.

Why not just lower your strict dating age requirements, to 15 years of age, and join the popular INTERPOL dating service. They offer free room, meals, and board for life.

After all, northern Thailand is Asia's, best kept, secret paradise.

What a great way for more Thais to hate us. What a phenomenal way to get popular with the INTERPOL. You are marvelous. Hell, why not? Thais don't even read these posts, and definitely not any Interpol staff.

I don't think it is Tamada that is the 65 (ish) year old who has an interest in the 17 (ish)year old girl.....
(i am sure Tamada will confirm this as soon as he reads this)

tamada wrote:The mooban is buzzing with the talk of the 65-ish farang wishing to marry the 17-ish daughter of a neighbour.

tamada wrote:The mooban is buzzing with the talk of the 65-ish farang wishing to marry the 17-ish daughter of a neighbour..

Not only your mooban, the international news wire has picked it up. They are interested in his nationality and what mooban.? Care to PM me? there could be some money in it.

He could have got the parents permission 2 years ago to pop her cherry,probably she has had a school friend to take her virginity already. will all her schoolfriends come to the wedding?

Nothing odd about a "65-ish farang wishing to marry the 17-ish daughter of a neighbour." Pehaps this is not realistic on his part. If she chooses to marry him that would be unusual though not that rare of in SE Asia.

Many of the girls in my US highschool class, upon graduation, married their boyfriends. That would place their age at 17 when first married. A few wouldn't wait and got parental permission to marry at 15. My sister married at 17. Her boyfriend who was 18 joined the marines, acquired a college degree inservice and retired as a Marine Colonel. The point being that a girl of 17 was in charge of her life back then.

Parents generally were pleased with a good match for their 17-year old daughter, rather than an unkown match later on.

I agree with TJ that a 17 year old can be in cahrge of her life (my mother was 19 when I was born).

But I must admit that I feel uneasy about the union of a 17 and 65 year old.

Would this be good for her? Who can say - perhaps an "older" man would teach her things and allow her to grow in a way a younger man would not.

Perhaps he will die at 75 and she will be a "wealthy" widow and set for life at the ripe old age of 27 - worse things could happen to a person.

But it is possible she could also be unhappy and have nothing in common with an eldery farang - maybe the 10 years to wealthy widowhood will be long and hard.

But as they sat: TIT

I would not suggest that Motasi is being a bit Judgmental. I think one should understand the people involved, their situations, and the local culture before making such harsh remarks.

Sometimes a marriage with an age difference of decades works very well.

By the way, I have noticed a number of young women who become widows to American veterans when in their 20's, and they are set to collect widow's benefits for the rest of their lives. That could be something like 40 years of pretty good money from a 5 or 10 year marriage. Not bad compensation, though I would hope they married for more than that.

I would not suggest that Motasi is being a bit Judgmental. I think one should understand the people involved, their situations, and the local culture before making such harsh remarks.

Well I would suggest that, it smacks of someone telling us that it is unacceptable, as you say, depends on a whole variety of feelings and wans and desires on both sides.
If the parents are seeking a marriage to anyone a 65 yr old farang seems ideal in their eyes, money, and that fact after a short time free to marry again to whomever she chooses.
if the girl is seeking this as she is truely happy , then it is her life.
if the man is doing the chasing and the girl finds herself in an impasse, then not good.
Age gap these days is no barrier, many European marriages in the past were arranged in order to secure a good life for the daughter, many moslem marriages are the same as well. What is so different here?
Up to the parties involved I do not think any of us have the right to comment adversely about this in any way.

That's a good summary of the considerations, Guns.