Most Thai Women Marry Japanese Men For Financial Reasons

[george]

Keys to a successful marriage : love and understanding

Most Thai women who decide to marry Japanese men anticipate financial support from their future husbands, but it is love and understanding that make their marriages last, according to a recent Khon Kaen University study.

Thai women seek Japanese men because they want their expenses covered - and needed a residence visa to work in that country, said Yenjit Thinkham, whose twoyear masterdegree study included an interview of 20 Thai wives and girlfriends of Japanese men and 16 case of families whose daughters or nieces married Japanese husbands.

What matters more

The women also expected their Japanese husbands to help their parents or relatives financially, said the study.

"Looking at the big picture, Thai women place their hopes on financial support from their future husbands before marriage, but it is understanding and love that matters more than financial issues," she said.

Thai women anticipate love and care from their husbands, but almost all cases said they hope least for cultural harmony.

According to statistics, there were 35,000 Thai women living or working in Japan from early 1980 to early 2000.

Japanese husbands expect care and obedience from Thai women.

Thai families wanted their daughters or nieces to be taken care of financially after marriage, Yenjit added.

-- The Nation 2009-11-16

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[bkkjames]

So tell us something we don't already know?

[thai3]

So tell us something we don't already know?

Hilarious aint it that they need a Uni study to tell them the bleeding obvious. So the Japanese bloke is in the same boat as the rest of us-walking ATM chump!

[bkkjames]

So tell us something we don't already know?

Hilarious aint it that they need a Uni study to tell them the bleeding obvious. So the Japanese bloke is in the same boat as the rest of us-walking ATM chump!

The nation is good at this, just do a little search how many times over the last few years they roll out the study about farang's supporting Isaan.

[mmushr00m]

"Thai families wanted their daughters or nieces to be taken care of financially after marriage, Yenjit added."

As oppsed to xxx families that wanted their daughters and nieces to be poor and destitute after marriage????

Edited November 16, 2009 by mmushr00m

[Thewayup]

It sounds like an academically rigorous study From what I see the lady interviewed 20 Thai brides and 16 mothers in law (all from the Khon Kaen area I'm guessing... not exactly a fair representation of Thailand's social demographics!)... she then draws her own conclusion.

I probably wouldn't dispute the conclusion though!