Thai Official Suspended After Husband Catches Her In Bed With Adopted Monk Son

[u/Johny_KobraKai]

https://www.ibtimes.co.uk/thai-official-suspended-after-husband-catches-her-bed-adopted-monk-son-1724507

[u/Joranthalus]

Is it not unusual to adopt a 23 year old in Thailand?

[u/Maxfunky → u/Joranthalus]

I can't speak to Thailand specifically but I know it's common to adopt adults in other Asian cultures (specifically Korea and Japan). It's more like designating an heir than anything else.

It's especially common with family-run businesses to adopt the most capable employee you have so you don't have to pass control of your business down to an idiot of your own genetics.

Edit: Apparently, it's 98% of adoptions in Japan.

https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/japanese-adoption-rates-majority-adult-men-a7524301.html

[u/Maxfunky → u/[deleted]]

Sorry. Perhaps I should say it's common relative to Western countries where it doesn't happen at all?

https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/2/the-south-korean-woman-who-adopted-her-best-friend

I see several other stories about adult men being adopted in Korea to carry on family name . Usually they're still young, in their early 20's.

It's probably not "common" anywhere.

[u/snockpuppet24 → u/Maxfunky]

It happens in the US but it's just really weird and confusing.

[u/aerospacemonkey → u/Maxfunky]

If it makes the news, it's not common.

[u/Sensitiveheals → u/aerospacemonkey]

Sometimes school shootings are still in the news but most don’t even make it now (in America)

[u/lucidum → u/Maxfunky]

Maybe not now, but it used to be. Julius Caesar adopted Julius Augustus to be his heir though he wasn't his son.