E-mail dose work out for a couple in love
Here’s a bit of romance for you, a story of happy endings that brings joy and hope to everyone’s heart on a Monday.
When two people get married, no one bats an eyelid: Most people do so at least once in a lifetime.
But when those two people happen to be a widow and a widower in their late fifties, it’s something of a rarity among Thais, and therefore tends to cause a stir.
The happy pair are Khunying Chamnongsri Rutnin and Dr Jingjai Hanchanlash.
Most people know Khunying Chamnongsri as a well-respected poet and translator who has that rare ability to translate Thai verse into English verse keeping the beauty, the meaning and the nuances of both languages intact.
She was also an active supporter of the Harbour House Foundation with projects in Chiang Rai province.
Unwitting matchmaker (or maybe it wasn’t such an innocent move on his part) was Khunying’s brother Thongchai Lamsam, CEO of Loxley Public Co, Ltd, who introduced her to his first senior vice-president to discuss the company’s involvement in the foundation.
Discussions, carried out mostly by e-mail, started off innocently enough, but soon things reached a more personal level and they soon found that they had a lot in common: reading, attending concerts, etc.
And soon, love blossomed.
They will be celebrating their wedding with a quiet ceremony among family members, by presenting food to monks with Khunying’s four children. Then it’s off to a quiet location, where they can both indulge in their love of nature.
“It’s a bit of an irony,” said Khunying Chamnongsri, “as my youngest daughter just got married last year, and now I’m the next bride.”
Just goes to show that it’s never too late, and that e-mail relationships do work out.
From: Society, Bangkok Post Outlook September 22, 1997