It ensured that paying to maintain the parents in their old age did not put too great a financial strain on the offspring, since there was no social security and a state pension amounted to only five hundred Baht a month for most people. She had tried the financial argument on him too, but that hadn’t worked either, although back in those days he still had a flat that he was keeping as a retirement pot.
That had gone too now, along with her ability to have children of her own, even if he changed his mind, which was unlikely. He had a strong belief in Karma, and he was sure that he would be looked after in his old age, one way or another. It had frightened Lek in the early days, although her financial future was pretty much assured nowadays, unless something drastic and unforeseeable happe
