A 50-year-old Brit, freshly divorced, met Nitia, a maths teacher in Khon Kaen who'd spent years keeping men at arm's length. Years of FaceTime, visits dodging COVID, and a first daughter later, the wedding is no longer a possibility but a foregone conclusion.
A 61-year-old American recounts how, after a failed relationship in Vietnam, he met May, a refreshingly honest Thai civil servant. Years of video calls and a temple wedding in Kanchanaburi with nearly 50 blessing strings later, he gained an entire family.
A 56-year-old American recalls his first night in Bangkok in 2013, when a woman named Tuk made room for him beside her at a bar on Soi 4. A brief romance that faded on its own, but whose memory has never stopped following him.
A 31-year-old Romanian recounts how a cheap flight booked on a whim sent him back to Bangkok alone, where he reconnected with Jit at a Soi Cowboy bar. A pregnancy, months of paperwork and a wedding later, they're now a normal family in the UK.
A 62-year-old retired American recounts how he met Dada at a Pattaya massage shop, married her in a Buddhist ceremony in Isan, and everything fell apart when she started quietly withdrawing money from the joint account he'd opened for the dowry.
A 51-year-old Canadian recounts how he went from a tense relationship in Pattaya to supporting Lek for two years as she built a food stall in her village near Prakhon Chai, until she vanished without explanation after a temple retreat.
A fellow expat remembers Ryan, an Englishman in his late 40s who opened two bars in Pattaya, lost his savings in both attempts, ended up sleeping rough, and died of a heart attack shortly after returning to England with nothing to show for it.
A 35-year-old Brit, freshly out of a devastating breakup, recounts his first trip to Thailand with two mates both called Paul, a Jenga record, a near-fatal chili challenge, and a relationship with a girl called A that ended in the worst possible way.
A 54-year-old American recounts how a two-week trip to Thailand stretched on indefinitely: first dodging a woman with escalating financial demands, then building a life in Bangkok alongside Gop and her daughter, who ended up calling him Papa.
A 55-year-old Australian recounts how, after walking out of a relationship in Hua Hin in a bad mood, he wandered into the most boring looking bar in town and met the woman he'd marry in Perth years later, after a visa rejection for the strangest reason.
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