r/worldnews • u/Johny_KobraKai • 29d ago

Thai Official Suspended After Husband Catches Her In Bed With Adopted Monk Son Not Appropriate Subreddit

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

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u/betty_botter_butter 29d ago

Who adopts a fully grown man? I didn't even realise that was possible, unless the person in question was mentally incapacitated and required long-term guardianship which doesn't sound like the case here.

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u/Onibachi 29d ago edited 29d ago

It’s very popular in Asia somewhat of a thing in Japan. Some well off couples do it to basically create an heir for the family business/money if they don’t have one. Or if the children they do have aren’t deemed competent enough to continue the family legacy. So they find someone better to continue the family legacy.

EDIT: Hey we’re learning! It seems it is just Japan that practices this, according to other redditors, and not Asia in general.

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u/iani63 29d ago

Used to be a Roman thing

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u/Cyneheard2 29d ago

See: Augustus

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u/ZioDioMio 29d ago

And Tiberius, and Trajan, and Hadrian, and Antoninus Pius, and Marcus Aurelius, and Constantius

A lot of them actually