My girlfriend is 17 years younger than me. It bothered me a lot in the beginning because it's so frowned upon in Western culture.

And like with Walter, she speaks almost no English and I learned Thai like crazy over the last year and still have a long way to go. We also chatted using Whatsapp for many months before things got more serious.

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Even though we speak different languages, are in different age groups and have different cultures, we get along so well. We have an understanding that I've never had with anyone before.

Soon we will move in together and I hope it goes well.