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A Singaporean man has made the news in Thailand after marrying a nurse from Kalasin province in Northeast Thailand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Their whirlwind romance reportedly involved him quitting his $12,000 a month job in Singapore to settle down in Thailand, with the wedding dowry of cash and gold valued at over $250,000, according to Kalasin News.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 32-year-old man, identified only as Jordan, told the news outlet that he’d met his wife, “Eve” Ratchadaporn, 29, at a cafe in Bangna district in Bangkok.\u00a0<\/p>\n
They exchanged contact numbers and began texting on the Line messaging app, sparking a long-distance relationship.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The pair decided to marry after dating for a year, with Jordan making the move to Thailand.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jordan, who speaks Thai, told the news outlet that he and his wife wanted to build a life for themselves in Thailand. He added that he’d taken on a job at a local company for half his original salary at a bank in Singapore \u2014 equivalent to about 300,000 baht (S$12,162).\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jordan expressed that he appreciates the Thai culture where “you have to create whatever you want yourself”.\u00a0<\/p>\n
He also credited Ratchadaporn for the encouragement in helping him to adjust to life in a foreign land.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The couple \u2014 decked out in traditional Thai wedding outfits \u2014 got married at a pool villa in Kalasin on Nov 29, in front of both sets of parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
According to Kalasin News, the pair presented 100,000 baht in cash and gold worth around $13,000 to Ratchadaporn’s mother at the ceremony.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The report also stated that the couple intend to travel to Singapore to hold a second wedding ceremony, where Jordan will offer a dowry of 1 million baht along with over $200,000 worth of gold to the bride’s parents.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jordan told the news outlet that he felt “goosebumps” during the ceremony \u2014 which included traditional Thai dancers \u2014 as he had only seen such weddings in movies.\u00a0<\/p>\n
“I feel very lucky,” he said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
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