You sound as though your complete Thai experience has been gained in the fleshpots of Bangkok,Pattaya,phuket,you are being rather insulting to to the female thai population,before the influx of the yanks in thailand,8 taxis at Don Muang Airport quickest way into the city was by train, in 63 there were 6 hotels in the city ,by the time I left in 66, Us troop numbers in LOS had risen to over 15000, in themain garrison towns and naval bases, such as Ubon ,Udon Korat, had their own bars ,brothels and residential estates specially built for the prostitutes and girlfriends , smuggled in on transport planes from Subic Bay in the Phillipines,in 65 the first thai girlfriends were allowed to take up residency. I know lots of europeans married to thai wives, know plenty who are gold diggers, but know more who are essential working supportivepartners in their marriages,some of them having been married over 3o years some like myself who married thai village girls in the mid 60,s,sadly my wifes father was Khmer so my marriage was annulled in 67, I still have a great family in LOS,who actuallysubsidise my pension with their lease payments on my farm , so please dont judge all thais together, in my own experience most women in UK, Germany Australia,have a great % of gold diggers too,the filipinos are not even worthy of a mention