Dear Hillary,
Hooray for printing the letter showing that there are just as many good westerner-Thai marriages as the other way, but we aren’t so noisy about it. You’re probably right when you say that because we’re not having problems, we don’t think about writing in. My Thai wife and I have been married for almost 30 years and we spent half that time in the States and the other half of the time we’ve lived here, where we are at present. Sure we’ve had fights and arguments, but doesn’t everybody? The next day it’s OK again. She’s been my best buddy as well as my wife, and provided you don’t dash off to the village with the first Thai girl you meet, you have every good chance of having a great rewarding life like Lek and myself have had.
Eugene
Dear Eugene,
Thank you, my Petal, for your happy and uplifting letter. It will make all the other successful western-Thai marriage partners feel good. With divorce statistics in the west being around 50 percent of first marriages, you probably have a better chance of long term success in Thailand, than in the US anyway.
