‘Wife for hire’: Inside Thailand’s shocking rental marriage trend

[NanLaew]

29 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

 

Isn't it called "holiday girlfriend" or "girlfriend experience"?  I've never heard temporary marriage.

 

I think that someone's been messing with Google gemini.

[Wrwest]

my now Thai Wife of several years had a hair salon in Bangkok for a few years before we met and I lured her to join me in Chiang Mai. We consider ourselves quite fortunate to have found each other but after five years together, she said she did not want to be a "rented wife". This I could appreciate and although I was happy with our unmarried state, I agreed. We have continued to be quite happy without any issues.

[black tabby12345]

Is it that shocking?

Some women do that spontaneously for money.

Falsely claiming being single while really married.

And playing the role of Wife of the old first world foreigner.

And such people often go home to see their Real Family during Songkran holidays.

 

I have heard of it for many years.

Edited 10 hours ago by black tabby12345

[Jabberwocky]

Who the hell pays 1600 USD to stay with a Thai for a month?

[Ralf001]

31 minutes ago, baansgr said:

They are all rentals, even those with hi-so Bangkokian Chinese ones...right down to the dirt farmer. Nowt wrong with it as long as you accept it and don't start saying she's a cashier or a normal girl

 

Hummin has dumped 20mil on his rental !

 

[Ralf001]

5 minutes ago, Jabberwocky said:

Who the hell pays 1600 USD to stay with a Thai for a month?

bt.1800 a day is a bargain when they be chargin the same by the hour !

[chricha]

7 hours ago, proton said:

Bad idea if they are anything like my wife it will be sex once a month, no cooking and getting up at mid day, then spending the rest of it on their phones. They should offer a free trial period to show whats on offer.

Have you met my wife? Sex once a month 555
My trial period was great until she got pregnant 😞

Why do I stay? I have a 5yo boy who was my 1st child at 65!

[hunkidori]

2 hours ago, Hummin said:

Just being a man in Thailand, means you take advantage of women, boys and girls. All men are seen as the worst there is, so I understand you need to share your opinion, just to try to justify yourself 😉

 

Who are you? Which  category fits you? 

 

Soi 6 vip member?

Oh I would rather not tell you my category. Don't  want to upset any married members. 🙂 

 

[Jabberwocky]

5 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

bt.1800 a day is a bargain when they be chargin the same by the hour !

You pay them for sex. You can still get it for 1,000.Baht. If you pay for travel costs and food (which they would have to do themselves after short time), two f...s per day should get you a discount and total costs amount to s.th. like 1,600 USD. But: I bet most customers (considering their average age) do not have 60 f..s per month with the same woman. So it's a bad deal. Not to mention the other amount given in the article.

[Hummin]

7 minutes ago, hunkidori said:

Oh I would rather not tell you my category. Don't  want to upset any married members. 🙂 

 

30 year old virgin of course

[Hummin]

21 minutes ago, Ralf001 said:

 

Hummin has dumped 20mil on his rental !

 

 

 

Where you get that from 😂

[bunnydrops]

I first thought this was about the Thai wife you see once a year at Immigration for your yearly extension.

[Kinok Farang]

7 hours ago, Jack Hammer said:

More than one year ago I advertised in Thai Fr  to rent my wife accepting any offers and as long as they desired.  A lot of inquiries but no takers after they viewed her photos.  

I'll do a swap for the fat lass i live with if you want.

[barmatt]

Where have these halfwits been for the past 50 years???

[bkk6060]

1 hour ago, Jabberwocky said:

Who the hell pays 1600 USD to stay with a Thai for a month?

50 bucks a day is very cheap.  How much does a westeren woman cost?

[connda]

This is one of the most humorous and amusing pieces of tosh that I've read about Thailand and farangs for quite awhile. 

[connda]

1 hour ago, Jabberwocky said:

Who the hell pays 1600 USD to stay with a Thai for a month?

Exactly.

[sidjameson]

7 hours ago, Jonathan Swift said:

Where do you get your condescending clueless attitude? There's nothing desperate or questionable in any way about being practical and filling a need quickly and expeditiously with no baggage and no real commitments beyond what is required.

Would you say the same about a guy that paid someone to be a best friend? Or a child to be his son?

[Dexxter]

9 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Yeah Jeff... WTF is that !

 

She must have a really good lawyer who is capable of removing at least half of Jeff's assets. They are firmly stuck at the wallet.

[Dexxter]

7 hours ago, BTB1977 said:

Any time money is paid to have a relationship with another person it is called prostitution.  You can sugar coat it with another name. But a financial transaction for a  girlfriend or wife is just that for the female involved.  She's in it for the money. In what western countries do men pay their wives or girlfriends to be with them?

 

Up until feminism reared its ugly head, men used to go out to work and support their wives who stayed at home to look after the kids and the house. The men did the paying.

[Aussiepeter]

7 hours ago, Will B Good said:

 

I'll never understand why truly wealthy men marry......pretty damn sure if I win the lottery there'll be no wife anywhere to be seen.

You got that right ! My Thai wife of 24 years has her own bedroom - she hasn't  touched me in donkey's years. When asked, she claims "it is because she is going through menopause" (she's 52). Our 15 y.o. daughter joked with me  "if that's true dad, her menopause has lasted 15 years, as I've never seen her kiss you even once, since I was born" ! Way back in 1994, I owned (together with a Thai) a very successful bar in the Chiang Mai night-bazaar. I still recall the most prophetic graffiti I've ever seen, written above the male urinal at the rear of the night-bazaar. It read "never marry - stay happy" ....... 

[Will B Good]

1 minute ago, Aussiepeter said:

You got that right ! My Thai wife of 24 years has her own bedroom - she hasn't  touched me in donkey's years. When asked, she claims "it is because she is going through menopause" (she's 52). Our 15 y.o. daughter joked with me  "if that's true dad, her menopause has lasted 15 years, as I've never seen her kiss you even once, since I was born" ! Way back in 1994, I owned (together with a Thai) a very successful bar in the Chiang Mai night-bazaar. I still recall the most prophetic graffiti I've ever seen, written above the male urinal at the rear of the night-bazaar. It read "never marry - stay happy" ....... 

 

Oh wow.....so sorry to hear that.

 

You must have contemplated getting out of the relationship.......is it the fact you have daughter that stops you?

 

I taught for 25+ years and started every lesson with the same message on the board....."never get married, never have kids, never have pets".

 

I'm on the verge of jumping ship......even though my wife is close to perfect and I live free in her house, I miss BKK.....Isaan is killing me.

[chrischronic]

Still cheaper than my wife. 

[EVENKEEL]

11 hours ago, Ralf001 said:

Yeah Jeff... WTF is that !

 

That was my first thought as well. Holy smokes she looks frightening. 

[RSD1]

For maximum satisfaction and minimum grief, I have only two rules when it comes to renting wives in Thailand:
 

1 - Always stick to a one-hour time limit on all rentals. 
2 - Always follow rule number one. 

[geisha]

If the same existed with « rent a husband « ,  no woman would ever marry again.

[geisha]

4 hours ago, bkk6060 said:

50 bucks a day is very cheap.  How much does a westeren woman cost?

Why, did you pay your wife to stay with you ? Western women usually have their own income these days. All my family ladies have good careers. And have kids. When you have a good relationship you can share the bills, mortgages etc. If and when it goes south in some couples, then you work it out. Everyone gets their share. That’s what lawyers are for before marrying.

Most men in Thailand would prefer a rental wife . I don’t know many happy mixité marriages in Thailand ( 40 yrs of  experience), most men get very bored fast. I  only know one couple who have a great marriage but they are both doctors. Education plays a big difference. 

[Mrfox]

It's lease vs own...with divorce rate so high in US, seems like most relationships are some form of "rental" 55