For a Thai woman, financial matters takes a higher priority than the affairs of the heart. If she has to choose between a handsome/dashing (but poor) suitor or an ugly/beer-bellied (but rich) suitor, she usually chooses the second one. Some people here might wrongly judge that she is only after the money. But the fact is that she's actually sacrificing her own heart and feelings in exchange of providing better financial future for her family left behind, something that a Filipina or other asian woman wouldn't dare to take.