Let me tell you in short my experience, it starts more than 25 years ago, yes I met a hooker from Thailand in Europe, and stays a few years with her In the longer term in Thailand, I felt cheated, and after several times on/off, definitely drew a line under it, yes with sadness.
There after again met a hooker in Phuket whom I now live with for more than 15 years, to the great satisfaction of both sides.
So it can go right, it can go wrong.
But I should mention the cultural differences remain and are sometimes difficult.