so all thai lady's don't have the option, I totally agree with what you saying but they have a option,big money comes to mind,like I said in a earlier post, don't tar them with the same brush
to many extensions would be fround upon, that's why I'm leaving for a few days, come back to activate my visa, it's not a big expense to keep in the good books as they say.
I first came in 2004on visa exempt, done everything a Newby to Pattaya does, after a few years doing what you do ,I was talking to a mam who had a resort in central ish Thailand I got Bored hired a car and drove up ,4 hours ,he had a thai wedding on that weekend, that's where I met my wife ,we have 2 beautiful daughters together and never looked back since,
I still go back to uk as I have 2 sons and 2 grand kids but my heart is in Thailand with my family