7. How Do Thai Men Find Time To Have Five Girlfriends? - In Thai culture for hundreds of years, Thai men have always had many girlfriends. Most of my Thai male friends have a girlfriend or a wife, and three or four other girlfriends on the side. How do they find the time? If you ask a Thai women how this is possible, they'll usually tell you Thai men are good time managers. Must be, because I don't understand it.