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jibbs · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 452

I don't know, but it seems to me the young women in Vietnam like men to be a good bit older, like 10 years or more. Perhaps they think the older guy is more stable?

ghost · Joined: 30 Jan 2003 Posts: 1693 Location: Saudi Arabia

They don`t like you for what you are (don`t kid yourself), but like the fact that you generally have deeper pockets and wallets compared with the younger guys.

Ghost has been there (H.C.M., Nha Thrang, Dalat, Hoi An, Hanoi, Mui Ne), seen it and experienced it.

The Vietnamese are the most pragmatic and money hungry people of the region (Thailand, Cambodia, Vietnam, Laos, Burma), and they know how to go about making money. Some people call it greed, others call it ambition.

jibbs · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 452

Yeah, that is pretty much what I figured... the older guy may have more cash, the younger woman more beauty... a trade many are content with.

sigmoid · Joined: 21 Jan 2003 Posts: 1276

I think many times it's a case of the woman isn't good-looking enough for a younger guy. Laughing

arodeorowdy · Joined: 09 Aug 2004 Posts: 125 Location: Shenzhen, China

I agree with Sigmoid! For the most part.
Cheers, Rowdy

Thay Jim · Joined: 13 Dec 2004 Posts: 13 Location: HCMC, Viet Nam

Younger women are attracted to older men's money. Period. What young woman fantasizes about a graying, balding, cranky old man?

Vietnamese women are very romantic, but are also very realistic. They understand that all men are selfish jerks, regardless of their age. So if one is relegated to marrying a jerk, he might has well be a wealthy one.

Mr Wind-up Bird · Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 196

As long as both parties are happy, I don't see the problem. The young woman gets a great lifestyle & financial security for her & her family, & the old geezer gets the sort of attractive young girl who wouldn't give him the time of day back home.

Having said that, I can't understand these couples, and you see loads of them in VN, who don't speak each other's language & just sit there over dinner occasionally smiling at each other & nothing else. I mean, I'm sure the sex is great but you can only spend so long in bed and it wears off eventually... Rolling Eyes

Big John Stud · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 513

Mr Wind-up Bird wrote:

As long as both parties are happy, I don't see the problem. The young woman gets a great lifestyle & financial security for her & her family, & the old geezer gets the sort of attractive young girl who wouldn't give him the time of day back home.

Having said that, I can't understand these couples, and you see loads of them in VN, who don't speak each other's language & just sit there over dinner occasionally smiling at each other & nothing else. I mean, I'm sure the sex is great but you can only spend so long in bed and it wears off eventually... Rolling Eyes

But just think the old geezer will not understand her when she complains! Remember the riddle: "Why should a married man not remember his mistakes?" Because there is no sense in two people remembering the same thing!

Big John Stud · Joined: 07 Oct 2004 Posts: 513

Mr Wind-up Bird wrote:

The young woman gets a great lifestyle & financial security for her & her family, & the old geezer gets the sort of attractive young girl who wouldn't give him the time of day back home.:

I disagree! The oldest profession in the world is prostitution. Women all over the world seek a rich man. You see it all the time everywhere. I am not saying all women just most women.

Anyway you guys are lucky, I am in Japan and so the women here want you to have lots and lots of money before they even take a glance at you!
Just joking there are a lot of nice women here as well as the ones only interested in a rich man!　This was an interesting thread! Thanks to all!

kimmie_nguyen · Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Posts: 11

I wholeheartedly agree these younger women just want an older man for financial security. You find these type of people all over the world, and it's pretty prevalent here in Canada as well among the Vietnamese population Confused

. But it's no surprise this is widespread in Vietnam where so many people are living in poverty. I feel some pity towards these girls who are probably emotionally miserable but I guess it beats full out prostitution...?

kimmie_nguyen · Joined: 25 Nov 2004 Posts: 11

The Franchise · Joined: 17 Jan 2005 Posts: 4 Location: USA

What are you guys talking about? I'm just 27 and the chicks love me. I'm Vietnamese/French living in the United States, cool huh? Seriously though, I just came back from a nice little vacation in Saigon, and they have an unbelievably materialistic society over there. It's understandable though. I saw all types of old dudes or not so great looking guys with some very nice looking chicks. Money talks there, that's just how it is.

homersimpson · Joined: 14 Feb 2003 Posts: 569 Location: Kagoshima

Mr Wind-up Bird · Joined: 22 Sep 2004 Posts: 196

I think that story reflects more badly on your girlfriend's family than on her relatives. Call me old-fashioned but when going abroad to see family it's generally traditional to buy them presents...

Vesuve · Joined: 18 Dec 2004 Posts: 28

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