Boy meets girl. They fall in love and get married.
The next step? Kids, naturally. It’s just a matter of time, most would agree.
But for this Thai couple, life is not so straightforward.
They are transgenders.
One is a man bent on becoming a woman, and the other is a woman who wants to become a man.
And their dream is to have a child while it is still physically possible.
"Love can happen to anyone," Mr Sittichai "Pond" Suafug tells The New Paper on Sunday from Bangkok, through an interpreter, “even though we may not be regarded as 'normal'.
"Every gender can love and be loved as well as live together in (Bangkok).
"Who in the world would believe that a tomboy would fall in love with a ladyboy?"
Their unusual love story, reported in The Bangkok Post on Nov 2, has captured the attention of the Thai public. A short video clip on the newspaper’s website has garnered 11,500 views as of yesterday.
What makes their situation more intriguing – and controversial – is their determination to have a child.
Says Mr Suafug, 23, who intends to get a full-time job after completing university:“We want to start a family soon via artificial insemination. But we would have to seek medical consultation as well as counselling."
He would not elaborate why the couple would require medical help to conceive.
Only with the "child issue" resolved would Mr Suafug and his lover Benhamaporn "Ben" Rotjutakul, consider going for their sex change operations.
Mr Suafug, who refers to himself as "phuying praphet song" (a woman of the second kind) rather than the more degrading "khatoey" (ladyboy or transgender male), first met his lover five years ago while playing online games.
Neither of them knew of the other's sexual orientation, says Mr Suafug, who has long silky curls.
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Photos: Bangkok Post Video Screengrabs
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