Elderly gentleman

[Kangawallafox]

Difficult subject to raise as it's bound to get insecure people on the attack,please understand this is purely a question born out of curiosity.

For cultural reasons do thai woman prefer older guys,same age or is it that age is not an issue with them at all.

Trying to think what to add to ensure I don't offend,all I can say is whoever is with who is no problem to me,just curious.

[bifftastic]

I can't see how you can expect an answer that's going to be worth having to be honest.

Based on a question that starts with "What do Thai women prefer.....?" given that there are over 30 million of them, and they will all have different preferences.

Similar to asking "What do Australian men prefer.....?"

Culture is one thing, but it doesn't affect everything like some kind of blanket that's been thrown over the whole population. As I'm sure you're aware, it doesn't do that in your home country either.

[MrWorldwide]

No, in my experience Thai women do not 'prefer' older men. This is a misconception created by the Farang-oriented sex industry in Thailand. If there are individual Thai women out there who claim to be looking for an 'older man', I am confident that in 99% of cases that would be based on the perception that an older man may be a better provider : at 55, I dont have a problem with that either way.

[MrWorldwide]

Similar to asking "What do Australian men prefer.....?"

Young(ish) Asian women. Next question ?

[farang000999]

[i claudius]

when i met my wife i was 47 and she was 25 we have been married over 21 years ,does she prefere older men? God knows ,i never asked her , i was not rich ,she was not poor , people are all different what works for one does not work for another ,ask a friend of mine ,he couldnt care less how old or good looking a woman is as long as she has massive tits ,i kid you not.

[Jasun]

I would say they prefer a similar age, but this preference isn't as strong as in the West and can be overlooked for other qualities.

[HeavyDrinker]

I'm sure all hot young Thai women just love having some prune-like toothless old boy in his sock/sandal/wife-beater singletby their side as they swan into a night club in front of all their pals who are sat with their young handsome Thai BFs........

[Johnniey]

 

when i met my wife i was 47 and she was 25  we have been married over 21 years ,does she prefere older men? God knows ,i never asked her , i was not rich ,she was not poor , people are all different what works for one does not work for another ,ask a friend of mine ,he couldnt care less how old or good looking a woman is as long as she has massive tits ,i kid you not.

I bet you didn't think of the massive age gap 21 years ago. 68 and 46!

I got married 25 years ago when 27 and my wife was 20.

When I am 68 she'll be 61. We can grow old gracefully together.

[pomchop]

what age is "elderly"?

[David48]

Similar to asking "What do Australian men prefer.....?"

... beer

We like a beer ... or two ...

[Berkshire]

No, in my experience Thai women do not 'prefer' older men. This is a misconception created by the Farang-oriented sex industry in Thailand. If there are individual Thai women out there who claim to be looking for an 'older man', I am confident that in 99% of cases that would be based on the perception that an older man may be a better provider : at 55, I dont have a problem with that either way.

I'd tend to agree. But if the OP wants generalizations, here it is:

Most normal Thai women: Prefers a Thai guy around her own age.

Thai women who are single mothers, or have had bad relationships, or older, or not particularly attractive, or poor, or little to no education, or BGs, etc.: "Age no matter, only want man with good heart to take care."

[tim armstrong]

I asked my wife about this one when we first met, years ago. She was straight up and said that older farlang men provide security (money) and they don't play around - as much, as younger Thai men. She is 20 years younger and we are still happily together. Neither of us has ever wanted to play around, and I'm not wealthy. Significantly, we were both working O/S when we met - I think that makes a huge difference to expectations about a relationship with a Thai woman.

[NeverSure]

No, in my experience Thai women do not 'prefer' older men. This is a misconception created by the Farang-oriented sex industry in Thailand. If there are individual Thai women out there who claim to be looking for an 'older man', I am confident that in 99% of cases that would be based on the perception that an older man may be a better provider : at 55, I dont have a problem with that either way.

I'd tend to agree. But if the OP wants generalizations, here it is:

Most normal Thai women: Prefers a Thai guy around her own age.

Thai women who are single mothers, or have had bad relationships, or older, or not particularly attractive, or poor, or little to no education, or BGs, etc.: "Age no matter, only want man with good heart to take care."

Good post. At first I was really run off by the statement "want man to take care" because I took it to be money grubbing or at the least, one sided. It wasn't until I heard much more of Thais speaking English but with their sentence structure that I understood that they usually meant "take care of each other."

[HeavyDrinker]

Age no matter, only want man with good heart to take care."

Translates as: want man no power can not boom boom long time with big wallet to pay for everything and buy for me new Ipho fie...

[JoeThePoster]

So, farangs should be given medals for taking care of society's discards.

[thailiketoo]

Old Snake Heads and Butterflies of the night. (Old Thai Saying)

Fiona: It's work, it's not love so I don't even think about their age. They're paying so any age is ok.

Jessica: I don't like young men. I prefer men aged 35 up. I don't like young men because they won't think we're particularly young and men like women much younger than them. Young women get men excited. Older men see us as young women and they get excited. And when older men are done they want to sleep right away.

http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/StickmanWeeklyColumn2013/Bangkok-Escorts.htm

Edited November 21, 2013 by thailiketoo

[MrWorldwide]

So, farangs should be given medals for taking care of society's discards.

Joe, that's a fairly well-trodden path - any chance we could take the high road on this one and stick to the question posed by the OP ?

[JoeThePoster]

So, farangs should be given medals for taking care of society's discards.

Joe, that's a fairly well-trodden path - any chance we could take the high road on this one and stick to the question posed by the OP ?

Oops! Did I say that aloud? Sorry, didn't mean to offend anyone.

[NeverSure]

So, farangs should be given medals for taking care of society's discards.

Well, they might actually be "discards" in the eyes of some Thai men. That might be the culture?

But to this senior citizen, there are some mighty fine and classy 40 year old divorced Thai women, or who otherwise might meet some "discard" criteria and I enjoy the heck out of them. Take each person as an individual, and there are some fine ones.

(And yes I know you were speaking tongue-in-cheek.)

[Neeranam]

A myth that Thai women prefer older men the same as the myth they prefer farang.

If you are old, do you really think your younger gf/wife will tell you the truth?

It just happens that many Thai women will be willing to sacrifice they're own happiness and put up with the snide comments in order to take care of her family financially.

[thailiketoo]

A myth that Thai women prefer older men the same as the myth they prefer farang.

If you are old, do you really think your younger gf/wife will tell you the truth?

It just happens that many Thai women will be willing to sacrifice they're own happiness and put up with the snide comments in order to take care of her family financially.

I'm from Chicago and my first wife was from Texas. Her family tried to kill me the first time we met because I was a Yankee. I certainly don't think Thais are alone in marrying for money.

[cacruden]

when i met my wife i was 47 and she was 25 we have been married over 21 years ,does she prefere older men? God knows ,i never asked her , i was not rich ,she was not poor , people are all different what works for one does not work for another ,ask a friend of mine ,he couldnt care less how old or good looking a woman is as long as she has massive tits ,i kid you not.

I bet you didn't think of the massive age gap 21 years ago. 68 and 46!

I got married 25 years ago when 27 and my wife was 20.

When I am 68 she'll be 61. We can grow old gracefully together.

Actually statistically speaking - you will be dead, and she will have to chase around for a younger man. Women live longer....

[Baerboxer]

when i met my wife i was 47 and she was 25 we have been married over 21 years ,does she prefere older men? God knows ,i never asked her , i was not rich ,she was not poor , people are all different what works for one does not work for another ,ask a friend of mine ,he couldnt care less how old or good looking a woman is as long as she has massive tits ,i kid you not.

I bet you didn't think of the massive age gap 21 years ago. 68 and 46!

I got married 25 years ago when 27 and my wife was 20.

When I am 68 she'll be 61. We can grow old gracefully together.

And do you suggest that there should be an age difference limit ? And perhaps limits on same race, or continent of origin or even only same city marriages? And definitely same religion eh ?

Why stop at ageist nonsense when you can spout lots of other **** ists !!

People are all unique, have different tastes, thoughts, moods, feelings etc. Finding the right partner is very hard, as the divorce rates show.

As long as people are happy in their relationship then good luck to them.

[cacruden]

Tis a myth.

It is a necessity, needs, wants prioritization with family duty thrown into the mix. First they satisfy the necessity, then the needs, then the wants.... so what they want is not necessarily what they choose since there are other issues to be sorted out first.

They settle for older men if it helps put a roof and feed their family. If they don't need that then they will go for what they really want, which is typically someone they can communicate with and closer in age - and interests in common. As Thailand gets richer, there will be less need for women to settle for someone they aren't really interested in for duty. People say what they think you want to hear, not necessarily the truth.... and desperate men wanting to believe that, repeat it like it is the gospel. When she says "thai men no good, prefer [fat/ugly/balding/tatooed] farang [who does not know how to dress respectfully]" she is settling on needs not on what she wants (in almost all the cases).

Edited November 21, 2013 by cacruden

[oxo1947]

A myth that Thai women prefer older men the same as the myth they prefer farang.

If you are old, do you really think your younger gf/wife will tell you the truth?

It just happens that many Thai women will be willing to sacrifice they're own happiness and put up with the snide comments in order to take care of her family financially.

Oh My God..........................You mean its all been a Lie........

[transam]

Thai women don't care about age, they care about some sort of security and a guy that doesn't beat them or fool around with the ladies.

[johnlandy]

when i met my wife i was 47 and she was 25 we have been married over 21 years ,does she prefere older men? God knows ,i never asked her , i was not rich ,she was not poor , people are all different what works for one does not work for another ,ask a friend of mine ,he couldnt care less how old or good looking a woman is as long as she has massive tits ,i kid you not.

Well fortunately he won't get (wouldn't get) any competition from me. I have nightmares about getting suffocated by a pair of ginormous jugs. Give me a pair of 32-33 A's any day.

[Baerboxer]

A myth that Thai women prefer older men the same as the myth they prefer farang.

If you are old, do you really think your younger gf/wife will tell you the truth?

It just happens that many Thai women will be willing to sacrifice they're own happiness and put up with the snide comments in order to take care of her family financially.

Do you have an any actual social research to support your posit ? Or is it just your opinion.

No problem with anyone's opinions, providing they themselves realize the difference between their opinion and a fact.

My experience, based on living in several countries and three continents is that Asian (not specifically Thai, but also Indian, Chinese, Pinays, and many Arabs) do seem to prefer older men. From conversations with men and women in these countries, it seems the reasons are that the ladies feel the older man will be more secure, loyal, family orientated and less chance of being unfaithful, gambling, boozing etc. They want the security they believe maturity brings, and associate age with wisdom. They also think older men will offer more financial stability and provide better opportunities for the children. I have not researched anything to support this, or carried out my own research. It's simply an opinion based on my experiences.

The age differences seem to be more pronounced in Asia than in Europe. I know several highly educated, independent, reasonably well off single ladies in Thailand, from 27 to 37 years old. All always have or look for husbands/steady relationships around the 35 to 50 age bracket. I don't know one that has or seeks younger men.

[DavidMavec]

Mr. Worldwide said it right. The answer is yes, because it is more likely you will give them money. However, even Thai women who are not specifically part of the "sex industry" are often on the game, just more on a long term plan.