71 and 30 here. She's Vietnamese however, not that it matters much. We met online just before covid. I visited Saigon as literally obe of the last before it shut down. We forged a bond that remained unbroken during a 2 year freeze. We have since spent 4 months a year together, traveling SE Asia, mostly in Thailand. A year ago we got married. There's a US spouse visa in progress, although tbh neither she nor I would mind not living in the awful US. She is the most loyal female I've ever known, and, as you can imagine, I've known a lot of American women. Asians don't seem to care a lot about age gaps. These relationships are common. The only ones who cluck their tongues about it are usually older women who are jealous and feel they should be in her place.
Just because you speak English, doesn't mean you're trained to teach kids who can only speak Thai. How will you even begin to communicate with them? I dont think you've quite understood all the angles.