Old Man With Thai Woman

Was buying some sweets on the street today when a old man of close to 80 shuffled by. He was heavily tanned and wore a old style hat which seemed odd, the man had obviously been living in Thailand for years. Four steps behind him followed his Thai lady friend, she was probably in her 30s and carried 3 small bags, I was not sure they were together until I saw him stop at the corner and she ran up to hold his hand as he crossed the street.

The thing that struck me was not the age difference which is quite common here but their facial expressions, both looked so bored with each other so unloving. It seemed more like the woman was the older mans nurse not his wife or lover.

There was a music video on Thai TV last week. The song was sung by a young Thai male who lost his young girlfriend to an old rich fat farang. In the video the girl kept rubbing the farang mans fat belly while the Thai man sang the song and cried about lost love. It must get quite frustrating for younger Thai men here who lose there woman to older, uglier, fatter but rich foreigners.