I know a Thai lady, formerly a hooker in Thailand who married an Aussie bloke and became an Australian citizen. She broke up with the hubby and went back to her trade in Australia, sometimes not using protection.

As she got older she went legit with normal employment as a cleaner or other unskilled jobs. But her old slut ways were hard to shrug off. She went through a string of defactos up and down the East coast towns of Oz over the next several years. Her MO was to size up a potential provider at the pub, fcuk his brains out and then move in with him ASAP, so ensuring free accommodation and other associated benefits from the love-smitten defacto. But those various relationships didnt last long as she liked to hit the pubs and fcuk around with other blokes. Probably because she was always on the look out for her next benefactor.

She hit our town and settled right in with a divorced bloke using her tried and proven MO. I got to know her reasonably well over the two years she was here through the local Thai network my wife was involved in.

She opened up with me a bit as I suppose I was not a potential victim, though she gave out the vibes that she was available if I was interested.

I learned of her tragic life and poverty while growing up in Thailand. I learned how she bribed the police to get a clean criminal record to immigrate (assault convictions only).

I learned, (through my Thai wife), that even though she had ad a promiscuous lifestyle having unprotected sex with many partners, she had decided not to get tested for AIDS. Reason being that she just didnt want to know. And, I suspect an adverse report would have impacted on her chosen lifestyle.

Last I heard she settled down with some bloke in another town and has a kid and a mortgage. She would be well over 40 by now. I wish her luck, because even though she was a slut and a schemer, she was a hard worker and had a tragic early life which I wont go into here. She took the route in life that provided the easiest escape from poverty and a harsh beginning in life. I am sure she never thought about the emotional devastation she left in her wake using men. Probably justified it by thinking they were actually using her. And I am sure she never thought about the hurt and pain she caused, just as she never wanted to think about the possability she might have contracted HIV, and may have passed it on to her partners.

Given the choice, I think most people who are living a day to day existence would rather not know. I dont agree that mindset is right, but I do understand it.