In Bangkok's dating culture, women often prefer older men for their maturity, leadership qualities, and life experience, while men typically prefer younger women for their appearance; the concept of 'taking care' in relationships emphasizes quality time, emotional support, and attentiveness to personal preferences rather than just financial support, with age being considered less important than personality and compatibility.
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Earn told me that you have some very specific types for dating.
So, Alice, Earn told me your type is older, uh something about leadership, not toxic. She said that you don't care much about appearance, mo- you mostly look at personality. Yeah.
>> true? Yeah, it's true. Mhm. So, how much older? You said older. What does that mean? Uh right now I'm dating a guy who 40 years old. Okay. Yeah, because I think age is a number. If you love, it is love. And how old are you?
23.
Okay. And uh some guys in the comments got mad at me cuz I complained about uh sometimes I complain about like older guys that come to Thailand and date very young girls. And to be clear, I'm not even talking about this. I'm talking about the people that are like 65 dating a 19-year-old that they met at, you know, wherever. Oh.
>> Yeah. And even then though, I I do agree with what you said that age is kind of just a number because if your person is like has a young mind, Yeah.
>> is active, Mhm. it makes a huge difference. Because I know 40-year-olds like in my hometown that are like grandpas now.
>> [laughter] >> And then in Boston we've got some other people we know that it's like, you know, they feel like they're 25. But but the one that I'm dating right now is like look young.
Yeah, just like you. Mhm.
How old are you, by the way? How old do you think I am?
Is he older than us?
Yeah, of course older than us.
30? You asked if I'm older than 24?
>> [laughter] >> Because he look young. Oh, yeah, because you look young. Yeah, I'm 35. Oh, really? Yeah.
>> [laughter] >> Yeah, that's that's why I don't care about the age.
>> Yeah, I know what you mean.
But I think a lot of people might have a bad reaction cuz in their home country, in my home country, if I show you what people that went to my school look like that are 35, they don't look like me. They they're going to look like they're 55. Yeah.
Yeah.
I see. But I think when you come to Thailand, it's like going through a time machine and you get younger.
>> [laughter] >> Why do you like older older guys? Like It's just my preference because I I really like the one who have a leadership.
You know what I mean? More experiences?
Like smart.
It's not about smart. It like some Like he can take care of me. He can like Take care in what way?
>> advice or what?
That's too. And like he can Mostly he can take care of me and that's too.
>> that mean?
Like he can protect me. Oh, okay. Some maybe like personally and emotionally.
But you think a 25-year-old not as much?
No, no.
It depends on the people who you met.
But I >> But you have some experience?
Or no?
>> With which experience?
>> With dating like a younger person. I don't have I don't have experience with like dating the young people. I always dating like who is older. Okay. Where is this person from?
Uh at No, no, no, no.
>> [laughter] >> YOU MEAN YOU MEAN THE NATIONALITY?
>> YEAH, YEAH, YEAH. He's Thai. Oh, no. OH, HE'S [laughter] THAI.
WE'RE GETTING EVERYBODY FIRED TONIGHT.
>> [laughter] >> Please cut that out. Okay, okay. Um >> [laughter] >> I'll ask again. I'll ask again. I'm going to I'm just going to bleep it out.
But I'm going to It's okay. It's okay.
So, um okay, he's Thai. Yeah, he's Thai.
>> Okay, I'm I So, for some reason, I just assumed it was a foreigner. Is it common for older Thai men to date much younger Thai girls or not that common?
Sorry, what what do you mean?
>> Okay, I see a lot of older foreigners date younger Thai women. But I'm wondering, is it common for older Thai men to date younger Thai women? Yeah.
It's it's happen. Yeah, it's common.
>> Yeah.
It's normal.
It's normal, but we like never seen that much. Okay, this isn't a Mia Noi situation, is it? Cuz I I learned about that before.
No, no. I mean, I've seen even foreigner or even like just Thai with Thai. Like, you know, older men with young ladies, and it's goes pretty well. It just even me, if I don't like farang, right? If I like just Thai also want to get like older older boyfriend. Yeah, but not that like old cannot walk with me.
>> [laughter] >> No, no offense, but just like just someone who can like still hang out together.
Okay. I think girls basically mostly like older men. Yeah, and men like younger girls, too. So, it's just that.
That's why I think I think it's that women like older men mostly because of the personality. Like, when you're older, you have a different attitude, you have more experience. Like, it's what you said. You talked about leadership, something like this.
With guys, obviously guys like younger women because of the way they look.
So, I don't think I don't know that any guy has been like, "Well, she doesn't have enough leadership ability, so How do the men feel like if you have like younger women, then you feel like you more like I'm a leader. I'm like you know. Like mature more.
No, I don't think so. Really? Just the look? Okay, anybody leave the comments down [laughter] below.
I want I [clears throat] want to know. I want to know. If like the guy who doesn't like the younger girl, what the reason?
Because some some guys also dating the older girl.
Who?
Some guys. There's nobody. There's 1.1% of the world is doing that. Oh, really?
Yeah.
Half. Actually, it's half a lot. Yeah, I I I I have seen a lot. Thai and Thai or foreigners?
Um mostly foreigner.
You've seen foreigners dating older women? In the social media.
Yeah, I don't know. I think it's rare.
We didn't surround with this bad people.
That's why we don't know. Okay, okay.
The people like people I went to a wedding in Thailand and it was two foreigners and the woman was like five or six years older than him, which I thought was a big difference. They met they met somewhere else then they moved to Thailand together.
But um >> [laughter] >> Okay.
Okay. So, and Natcha, I'm going to ask you. Earn told me your type is someone that takes care, is loyal, respectful, trustworthy, and overprotective.
That's the word she used.
Overprotective.
>> Yeah.
What does that mean, overprotective?
Like show the feeling like when when they when they want to protect me. Just show them. Like jealous or like from danger?
Yeah, she told me she wants someone Both. Both. So, you like it if a guy is a little jealous? A little. Yes, cuz it make me feel like a little bit of I think if a girl want a guy to jealous of her, but just a little bit. Oh, really?
Not like Not that much. Yeah, not like over Yeah, acting. Oh, so that's what I'm doing wrong, cuz I don't really get jealous.
You have to get jealous a little bit Uh to make the girls feel like, "Oh, he's mine."
>> he is not jealous, but just act like to jealous because it's make me feel like >> pretend from now on.
>> [laughter] >> But also, uh she put you like someone that takes care. Takes care. Yeah. And I want to know what this means, because this is a very common expression in Thailand. Wait.
Actually, it's same like her like too before too.
>> care, I think when a lot of foreigners hear that, they think it means like take care with money. Does that Is that what it means or no?
I used to have the guys doing that with me before, but she didn't like take care of my mental health, so we break up too.
>> Was Was he in Thailand, or was he somewhere abroad? Abroad. So, he was living abroad, Yes.
>> but he take care a little bit.
>> Yeah. And why was it not Um like time you need have spend time with me. Like If you I have the long distance relationship, right? And And And you have to like make time to see each other. It's very important because we have to communicate it.
Because we don't know see each other all time or like if I want to see you today, tomorrow, I can go to to see you. Uh but you I I think Okay.
>> [clears throat] >> How do I put my Okay, because you are always far far away from each other, so you have to make sure like I want I want you doing like How do you say that?
Daily life. Uh daily life to to talking each other because we far away from each other. We have like I haven't seen your face when I want to see. I have I cannot call you when I want to call because I don't know you are busy or not. So, you have to make time to like talking with me.
>> Mhm. It's like you have to make extra effort.
Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.
>> Like when someone to spend time with her even I mean it's good for someone to send money, okay, support that way. Like why not? But, you know, to spend time together it's something like that she really want. Like to you know take care to see what is important for her. A little things that she likes, her favorite drink, her favorite food, her favorite like you know kind of product you want to send to her, whatever.
That's what she likes. That's mean take care. It's not like not just the money.
But money is important too, but Yeah, important like [laughter] >> But but believe me all all the girls like just need like and expect from the guy is time. Just time.
>> Quality of time. Mhm. Quality of time.
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