Paul, it is difficult to answer this. For me Thai girls are just a way to show me, life is not over.
Some of these girls can be quite cute, sometime difficult to let them go.
As you know I had good connection with Tig, who is a good girl.
But....if I were single, no way to take the big step with her or any other BG.
These girls have been too long in a particular envirement, and although I am sure that some would make a good mother and spouse, for me NO WAY!
Would you take a girl like this in the States? Guess not!!!
You are well-educated, have earned quite some, because you had talent, I do not see a girl like this in your picture. You are also a guy that white women like.(well Nadia was found of you!)
The bar-scene can be fun! I have had fantastic days, but again, this is not my view of a girl I would spend my life with. Proberly she had put some tricks on quiet some men, to have these sponsors! Maybe one day the trick will be on you!
Now if you are so much in love with Thailand and you really want to stay in this country, there are many other options.
Asian women are attractive,and BG's are the easy way to get your fun fast.
But have you met regular Thai girls? Not all of them are Bg's, waitresses, in contact with the "farang" industry....
I have met some and a few I could easely fall in love with. The are higher educated girls out there, who would be as sweet as any Bg's, if you take the time! Some will not give you a fast "boomboom", but maybe a more furfilling relation in long term. You will have to search for them in other places then now!
Anyway my opinion is this, those bg's can turn our head crazy so easely, that we forget and are too lazy for other options...
Don't take my words too seriously and as the only truth...
I am always happy, when a nice girl has the chance to get out of the bar and start a better life, but having met you, I wonder if this is the way to go...
Hope I did not hurt your feelings, but this is my 5 cents...