Dear Hillary,
Sad to say I am not sure what I married. I met her on a bus in Pattaya in 2000 and she worked at a bank in Bangkok. I knew her or thought I did and four years I would see her every other month till she moved to North America where we married. We had two daughters and that is where things went off the rails. Not sure how or why. She felt imprisoned by the girls and me and she needed someone younger and richer who could understand her. Neither fit me at all it seems. So for the sake of her Thai family she left me and the girls sad as it is. I to this day will never understand how her family in Thailand would win over our two girls and me. But they did. Culture is a strange thing Hillary.
John R
Dear John R,
Yes indeed, different cultures put different emphasis on certain emotions. Not that I am trying to justify your wife’s actions, but you should take into account that Thais do not do well in foreign cultures (such as the US), especially if they have no Thai friends in the area and no outlets for Thai food ingredients. Was there no chance that you and the girls could have resettled in Thailand?
