BangkokReady

Tough broad.

It's kind of funny. If this was a 20 year old guy and an 18 year old girl, no one would be asking this, and they probably wouldn't meet the parents for months, but because there is an age gap, suddenly he has to seek the parents' permission before even considering dating the girl. I bet if she wanted to go out and sleep around at the weekend, no one would ask about her parents' input then. There's just this weird resistance when it comes to older guys being able to sleep with younger women. Western women have these guys really well trained. They'd probably be more angry at and older guy marrying a girl than they would a young guy dating her and treating her badly.

What's the moral issue? If both parties are adults and are happy with the relationship? A moral judgement suggests there is someone being harmed. I've never heard an argument against it that doesn't basically come down to "I don't like it, that's why it's bad".

Not all women are this predatory, even with a big age difference. They get access to money and the things it provides, they don't all need to be paid directly. Just living rent free in an apartment, having the food and bills taken care of, getting a decent education for their half-Western kids, and being lifted into a higher social class, is a pretty big draw for a lot of women.

I don't think anyone is actually suggesting they might be interested in anyone under 18. It seems that the OP wanted to know if his friend would be alright legally with an 18 year old, but chose to word it as a question about what the age of consent is.

I'm pretty sure that in high schools in the UK, even where the student is over 16 (age of consent in the UK), a teacher will be in big trouble if they have any sort of relationship with a student.

People clearly get very upset about older men being with younger women. I assume its a little bit social conditioning and a little bit jealousy. It's one of those situations where people convince themselves that something is bad, likely because they want it but can't have it. Cognitive dissonance means they cannot accept reality, even where people bring up their real life experiences. The fact is, Thailand is very different to back home, and relationships are a lot more about what each partner can provide (and older guys seem to be a good prospect in Thailand). You only have to look at how many very unattractive men have nice looking girlfriends in Thailand. Also, women are very different to men and find different things attractive. If Western societies didn't control men so strictly, there would probably be a lot more older guys with younger girls.

What is there to "worry about" if you get involved with someone over 18 but who is old enough yo be your daughter or granddaughter?

There are a lot of miserable men who have/had all of these "sameness" boxes ticked. Some are miserable because it all fell apart. Some are miserable because they're still with the woman in question. At the same time, there are foreign men who are very happily married to Thai women 10, 20 or 30 years younger than them. I think you're overestimating the importance of those things in a relationship and underestimating the importance of money, in both cultures. (The Thai girl is only with him for his money, sure, but do Western women marry or stay with broke Western men?)

He probably can find a woman of his own age in his country. The problem is that's all he can find.

Solar.

It's a massive threat in some areas. In others it's a fantastic boon.

There have been zero book bans, let a lone a surge in them.

Overtaking or illegal undertaking? Possibly one of these chaps who enjoys travelling at high speed weaving in and out of traffic and only just makes it through, leading to max thrills and max danger.

No, it doesn't. 🙄

I think this is the key. Thai people just think completely differently to Western people about these matters. It doesn't even occur to them and they don't even think there is a problem. The idea of preventing something, being proactive, or even reactive is a pretty foreign concept in Thailand. They kind of just work/live to a different standard. To us, it seems incredibly simple. Drive slower, follow the rules of the road, and so on. But Thais often see the world from a very fatalistic viewpoint. Then you can add the fact that Thais are encouraged not to think for themselves, never to question anything, never to criticise anything, never to bother with anything that doesn't affect them, it goes on. This perfect combination means that issues are rarely addressed.

While it does sort of do this, this case is really more about the danger of ignored mental health issues.

Only in Thailand? Women the world over try to destroy a man financially whenever the relationship ends, even if they end it.

That appears to be what the Tories want. Hopefully they will be stopped.

How so?

How so?

"We send the Ukraine £19 million a week. Let's fund our NHS instead."

Trump didn't cause covid. I doubt Biden would have handled it any better.

It looks like you survived Trump OK. It also looks like you are being dishonest.

Probably exactly this. Possibly those affected feel some sort of inferiority or superiority complex that is triggered by having to rely on foreigners for their existence.