[quote=“joesax”]some kind of business of their own. As you say, “go it alone and start your own thing”.
And that’s exactly what Buttercup was talking about. Her point was that if you want to get ahead by going it alone and starting your own thing, it’s much easier if you’re a foreign man married to a local woman. It’s an interesting point. I do know several couples in that situation who successfully run a school together. What do you think of Buttercup’s argument that a Taiwanese man would be much less likely to pitch in and help with a school run by his foreign wife?[/quote]
My impression is that there are definitely social factors at work, which in general make the situation of foreign grooms and brides, and indeed local grooms and brides, quite different, be it in work, home life or whatever. I don’t really doubt B’s snap “9/10” assessment.