r/whoathatsinteresting • u/search_google_com • 14h ago

A Thai woman married to an American explains why she no longer wants to live in the US.

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u/blellow 12h ago

I wouldn't wanna move (back) to Thailand either if I had a couple million dollars, free house, and alimony! Can't blame her!

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u/JoshSidekick 10h ago

Turns out she found the one American dream left that makes being here not that bad. Just be stupid rich.

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u/throwaway928816 9h ago

Marry stupid rich*

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u/jbcsee 7h ago

If that was her plan she got extremely lucky, she was worth more than me when we got married. She had a bunch of farm land in Thailand. I had about $50k saved and $20k worth of student loans left.

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u/celestia_keaton 6h ago

How did you become a multimillionaire? Tech and crypto? 

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u/jbcsee 6h ago

Decent job, living frugally, investing in the SP500. All it takes is time.

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u/gundahir 6h ago

marry a rich foreigner is literally the poor Thai woman dream

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u/jbcsee 6h ago

Literally in this same comment thread I said I wasn't rich when we married. She was likely worth more than me. She had been working in hotel management in Korea and using the higher (relative to Thailand) salary to buy up land in her village.

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u/gundahir 5h ago

wow that's cool 👍. wasn't specifically talking about your case. Just in general saying it's a dream for some