Canadian Man Weds Roi Et Woman, Offers Dowry Worth Bt100 Million

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Canadian man weds Roi Et woman, offers dowry worth THB100 million
By Coconuts Bangkok



ROI ET: Residents are celebrating a story of Cinderella-like proportions: a wealthy Canadian man has married a Roi Et woman who was born to a farmer family, and provided her with a handsome dowry to boot.

Glen Redekop, a 54-year-old executive at Chevron Thailand and the owner of a petroleum company in Ireland, was in a relationship with Sunantha Singhathawat, 37, for nine years before making his marriage proposal.

Redekop and Sunantha met in a Bangkok restaurant where Sunantha was working as a waitress. After agreeing to see each other, Redekop asked Sunantha to stop her waiting job and focus her attention on her education.

With Redekop’s funding, Sunantha has spent the past nine years pursuing bachelor and master degrees. She is now at work on a PhD.

Full story: http://bangkok.coconuts.co/2013/06/03/canadian-man-weds-roi-et-woman-offers-dowry-worth-thb100-million

-- Coconuts Bangkok 2013-2013-06-03

[krisb]

My wife got much more. She got me!

[itchybum]

Useless without pics.

Of her.

[Gsxrnz]

And she didn't even have to buy a lottery ticket!

[blabla1]

Obviously well matched and after so many years,why not? happy for her and happy for him, i am sure he is prepared to lose it, if it came to that! good luck.

[DILLIGAD]

I hope she makes good use of the qualifications.

Fair play to her, at least she didn't sit on the floor eating and gambling the last 9years away! ( or maybe that comes later?)

[Hedghog]

Now I know the real reason she finished with me.

[cardholder]

That's just raised the bar a few notches in Pattaya.

Sin Sot - Falangs, just say "NO" !

[charlieboz]

100 million baht; wow, that is crazy. Especially for a 37 year old farmers daughter. Oh well up to him

[lee b]

100 Million, wow now all Thai familys will expect this as they all know how rich us farangs are

[Lancelot]

Yep, the Sin Sot bar goes up several notches with this news

[binduzen]

Boy oh boy.....If he only knew what he really has done.....I wonder if he would still do it...I vehemently agree with Cardholder...."Just say "NO!!!!" I almost got caught in this web of deceit and treachery but I managed to extricate myself with the help of a 78 year old Thai woman who understood what I was mixed up with and was good enough to advise me on what to do. This is about mutual respect of each other's culture and as such both parties must be 100% upfront and honest. I wish him and her well but he has definitely set a bad example for the farang community.

[nev]

Wow and my wife wanted nothing just me, good luck to them both i am sure he know's what he is doing and sounds like just a fraction of his wealth.

And fair play to him funding her education and encouraging her to study, most Thai girls would just sit back and count the cash and probably mees up along the way, he has waited over 9 years and i am sure he knows he can trust her now.

[transam]

What Mental Institution was he at in farang land. They did a good job. ..................

[hansnl]

Obviously well matched and after so many years,why not? happy for her and happy for him, i am sure he is prepared to lose it, if it came to that! good luck.

Loose it?

I guess it will all be booked as expenses, business loss, investments gone wrong, whatever.

Anyway, I wish them all kinds of happiness, luck, good fortune (?), health, and prosperity.

[ShopBoy]

spoil market !

[FDog]

I'm sure she would have married him even if he offered no sin sot. Good man and good woman. Hope they have a wonderful life together.

[daboyz1]

I don't think I'll be telling my wife about this story.

[transam]

I don't think I'll be telling my wife about this story.

I think your mrs would really enjoy it and laugh for a week.

PS. The same as the extended family are.

Edited June 3, 2013 by transam

[Payboy]

She is now at work on a PhD.

Keeping up with the Thai Visa Joneses wives, eh.

[nev]

I don't think I'll be telling my wife about this story.

I think your mrs would really enjoy it and laugh for a week.

PS. The same as the extended family are.

And search out relatives in Roi et.

[swissie]

Blimey! Where is the leak!

The plan is, that she divorces him after 2 years, takes him to the cleaners and then moves in with me!!!!!!!

You must know: I am an extremely sexy man.

Cheers.

[itchybum]

Boy oh boy.....If he only knew what he really has done.....I wonder if he would still do it...I vehemently agree with Cardholder...."Just say "NO!!!!" I almost got caught in this web of deceit and treachery but I managed to extricate myself with the help of a 78 year old Thai woman who understood what I was mixed up with and was good enough to advise me on what to do. This is about mutual respect of each other's culture and as such both parties must be 100% upfront and honest. I wish him and her well but he has definitely set a bad example for the farang community.

You paid sin sot for a 78yo woman ?

I admit I skipped through it, so if I missed anything...my bad

[cardholder]

What Mental Institution was he at in farang land. They did a good job. ..................

They probably haven't noticed he is missing....

[JulesMad]

You can buy almost everbody in Thailand for that amount.... Call me a fool, but I want REAL love

[jbrain]

Redekop and Sunantha met in a Bangkok restaurant where Sunantha was working as a waitress.

Any chance it was the " No Hands " restaurant she was working ?

Edited June 3, 2013 by jbrain

[BookMan]

Well, that has certainly raised the expectations of brides to be in Roi Et

[itchybum]

Well, that has certainly raised the expectations of brides to be in Roi Et

What if there husbands are not in roi et ?

[theblether]

Can't be bothered reading the topic, anyway I'll marry him for 100 million, no doubt I'll need to join a queue

[jbrain]

Just another example that executives are overpaid