Some Thai women like Western men because of something in their own lives or what they've seen: Thai partners who let them down, the wish to be treated as an equal, or a past or a child a foreign man didn't hold against them. It's some women, not Thai women as a group, and many say nationality isn't the point.
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Some Thai women like Western men because of what they’ve lived or seen: Thai partners who cheated or controlled, equal treatment, or a past or a child a foreign man didn’t hold against them. It’s some, not all: of 231 Thai women posting on the Thai forum Pantip, 105 said they prefer foreign men and 60 said nationality doesn’t matter.
A woman who tells you she prefers foreigners may be telling you about attraction, about what feels familiar, or about something she wants to leave behind, and only she can tell you which. Any of those may say more about what matters to her than a list of what Western men are supposed to be. This page counts what 231 Thai women wrote, in their own words.
Why do Thai women like foreigners? What 231 Thai women wrote
The reason the Thai women in our count named most often is how Thai partners treated them, then maturity, equal treatment and not being judged for their past. Before you read the numbers, make your guess.
Your guess
Which reason do you think Thai women give most often for choosing a foreign man?
231 Thai women on Pantip
- Thai partners who let them down 45 of 231
- Maturity and attitude 28 of 231
- Being treated as an equal 27 of 231
- Not judged for past, child or body 26 of 231
- Looks and height 23 of 231
- Life abroad or English 14 of 231
- Money or security 11 of 231
We keep your answer anonymously, with the date, and nothing else.
In October 2026 we read the posts of 231 Thai women in 18 Pantip threads, from 2014 to 2023, whose subject is why some Thai women choose a foreign partner, or how foreign and Thai men compare as partners. We counted a poster as a woman when her Thai word endings were female ones, and each woman once, only for what she wrote herself: her stance, the reasons she gave, anything she said about money, and whether she has a foreign partner. A woman who didn’t mention a reason is counted as not mentioning it, not as rejecting it.