I have known a Thai guy for about 7 years. He is a sweet guy, very nice personality, etc. very handsome. He insists that he not a rent boy but people do what they do to get by and survive. He has gone through several different careers. When I met him he was trying to do legitimate massage work (sex only if he was attracted to the client).
About every 6 months I send him a small present 5000-7000 baht. I am not sure why. Maybe it makes me feel good about myself..maybe it reminds me of how special I sometime feel when I am with him (Maybe he makes many others feel the same way..but I no not think about that). Maybe I want to feel like a neo-colonialist.
He never asks for money and he never complains about how little money he has. We chat maybe once a month for a few days on messenger. Sending messages back and for then it sort of dies out. I ask how he is doing...is he busy..is he working. Sometime he says yes he is busy..sometimes he says very slow.
There are stories of farangs who send 10K+ baht a month to some ungrateful Thai bar boy or girl. I checked my western union history and over the last 2 years I have sent my friend 25K baht. Not alot of money.
Does anyone else have that kind of situation?
If so I was curious about your motivations.
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