The womanput a sign outside her home
Sompong Chomphuprapet, a 65-year-old woman from Ubon Ratchathani,
Thailand, recently made international headlines for her unconventional
approach to finding a boyfriend.
Oddity Central reports that she put up a sign on her fence asking interested suitors to ask for more information inside.
With dating sites like Tinder or Bumble so popular these days, and
even niche options like slow dating apps, services that let you date
people who look like your favorite celebrities, and even dating sites
for Trump supporters, it’s hard to believe that anyone would still
choose analog over digital when it come to finding a life partner.
But for 65-year-old Sompong Chomphuprapet, a divorcee from the
Pibul Mangsahan district of Thailand’s Ubon Ratchathani province,
putting up a sign outside her house was apparently the best option.
Sompong claims that, so far, she has been unlucky in love, with
both her previous marriages ending in divorce. She was originally
married to a Thai man, who turned out to be a drunk, after which she
left for Germany to work, where she found another husband. Her second
marriage lasted 13 years, but it recently ended in divorce as well. The
woman returned to her native Thailand and decided to find someone
“honest” who will lover and cherish her for the rest of her life.
Instead of asking her friends and family to set her up on dates, or
trying online dating, Chomphuprapet put up a sign outside her home that
read “A woman aged 65, looking for a boyfriend aged 60-70. Widower on
pension. I’m kind, sincere and healthy. If you’re interested, contact
here.”
“I want a nice man. Living alone is sad and lonely,” Sompong told
reporters. “I want a retired bureaucrat on a pension. I want true love. I
want to truly love and live with someone until death do us apart. If
someone contacts me, I will see if they’re my type.”
The sign was put up on Sompong fence a week ago, and the woman has
already had two applicants, but rejected them both. One of them didn’t
have a pension plan, and the other was just 59-years-old, and had a
meager state teacher’s pension. Despite his eagerness to love and
cherish Sompong, she made it clear that they can’t live on love alone.
“He said he’s a teacher and told me to take the sign down!” Sompong reportedly said. “His
pension will be THB20,000 [once he’s retired]. But deducting the money
that will pay his debts, he will only have THB8,000 a month. I told him
that if I found a boyfriend, my children would cut me off. So THB8,000
is not enough for two people.”
Photos of Sompong Chomphuprapet shaking hands with a smiling
mystery man next to her now-famous boyfriend recruiting sign have
recently gone viral on Thai social media, leading people to believe that
she has finally found her dream man. However, Coconuts Bangkok reports
that he is just a random guy who wanted his picture taken with Sompong,
and that she is still single. So if you’re a bureaucrat with a good
pension, you’re still eligible.
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