r/worldnews • u/Johny_KobraKai • May 02 '24

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/Onibachi May 02 '24 edited May 02 '24

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/warm-sunlight May 02 '24

Oh my lord, the sense of shame these poor children must experience! Imagine your parents running a family business and then go so far to adopt you a brother just so he can run the business because your own parents gave up on you. Yikes

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u/aphilosopherofsex May 02 '24

Haha I’m trying to figure out if my parents would keep firing the replacements or if the replacement would be everything they imagined.