Mostly a point of humor for me, if I actually went to Thailand it would be to DO something, either work or travel. Women come and go. I'll meet one or I won't. Can't imagine much more pathetic than being an old guy paying for sex.
"...if the gentlemen of Virginia shall send us a dozen of their sons, we would take great care in their education, instruct them in all we know, and make men of them." Canasatego 1744