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The real issue is that Americans and other Westerners come to Asia and DATE DOWN.
Care to elaborate on this more?
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The most obvious explanation for this phenomenon is that most normal guys will take the path of least resistance and date a girl who has a half-decent command of English as opposed to dating a more attractive girl they have to learn to communicate with.
The reality is, at least in a place like Thailand, the level of English is so poor that you have to assume by default that a girl doesn't speak English (or speaks it very poorly) if you happen to be chasing women away from the main malls and clubs.
Of course, there is also a percentage of above-average looking guys in SE Asia who would prefer to pound a bunch of average broads instead of settling down for a period of time with a stunner.
There is also the subset of guys who are dating down because some average looking girl ran game on
them, and they're content with what they've got. You know, "scarcity mindset" and all that . . . Or it could be that the girl comes from a rich family, or actually has a cool personality or something like that.
Speaking from personal experience, I would say that it's easy to psyche yourself out of approaching a beautiful broad in Asia because you're intimidated by your ignorance of the culture or social structure (language also plays a part here).
There have been times in the past where a beautiful girl is giving me eyes, but I won't approach because I had convinced myself in that moment that if I were to approach her, I would offend the girl if I didn't hit on her in the "proper" way.
With all of that said, from my view, most mixed couples in Asia seem sort of even from a looks standpoint. I see a lot of weird Americans with weird-looking Thai women. Chubby farangs with chubby Asians. Handsome guys with attractive women. Sure, there's a healthy percentage of obese middle-aged punters walking around with 28 year-old 8s, but more often than not, those 8s have a kid or two up north and no Thai guy wants anything to do with her.
Maybe the most accurate way to describe my feelings when it comes to Western men dating in Asia is that I very rarely see a relationship where I say anything to myself other than, "Those two got what they deserved."
I hope this stuff wasn't too obvious.
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As for the main topic of this thread, I think most of you posters suggesting that the "thirst is strong" are overlooking the historical impact that previous generations of Euros/Americans have had on shaping our present-day reputation. Farangs have been chasing ho's since the 1960s in BKK, some nerdy looking pick-up dude isn't gonna do much to alter how we are perceived by most.
However, I do agree that there the economy and technology are going to transform the dating scene in Asia, as much for Asians dating Asians as it will for us. I've seen this talked about elsewhere here, but nowadays, a twenty-something "8" in BKK can post glamour selfies to her Facebook account all day and have 220 of her closest beta orbiter friends tell her how wonderful is.
On a somewhat related note, I remember visiting this cafe owned by three twenty-something women in Phnom Penh daily. This was sort of a locals-only cafe, but I liked doing work there, and the very fact that I showed up day after day meant that I was able to quickly ingratiate myself with these women (Even though two of 'em didn't speak English.), as well as the other vendors in this mall.
Anyway, these women had a bunch of their friends over one day. All of these friends were attractive women. Instead of talking, though, these women sat around this large table, typing away on their smartphones.
I hadn't been paying attention to all of this, but happened to glance over and see these broads with their noses buried in their phones. I remember thinking in that moment: "Ahh, fuck, these women are gonna go to shit too!"
To me, though, economic development/economic prosperity will have the biggest potential effect on how easy it is to sleep around or find a quality woman in Asia in the coming decades.
As Asia continues to develop, will working class Asian men suddenly change their dating ways? Will they stop taking second wives, visiting teenage prostitutes, or deserting their women without consequence? (I am not making any value judgments here.) Will Asian men start to believe darker skinned Asian women are "beautiful"? If they don't, and I don't think they will, I don't anticipate that the dating scene is going to change much for us.
In other words, how much bullshit are Asian men gonna take? Is the future working class Asian guy going to allow currently undesirable women to convince him that they are "strong", "independent", and "curvy"? Western women have succeeded in doing this in America/Europe/Australia, but I just don't think the same thing will happen in SE Asia.
Also, it used to be that if you ended up in Asia, you wanted to find an Asian woman. There have been plenty of threads on here recently where some of you Asia specialists are clowning on dudes because they want to vacation/move to Asia, but only pursue Euros/Americans!
But, I'm not worried about it. Spend some time learning the language, about the culture, and maintain your routine in the gym. You'll still be able to easily differentiate yourself from the average guy. The stunners will still be out there for you, waiting to admire your chiseled frame, and in awe that you wanted to have a conversation with them about some obscure local custom.