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Not impossible, just very, very tough on the girl. Depends how loyal to her parents she is. I have a few friends who are Thai diplomats and make a strong decision to not be posted abroad so that they could remain with their parents. Quite a paradox. One good friend even changed her job, just because in the end she didn't have the heart to leave her aging parents.

Just something to add so you understand the undercurrents: In the old days, when the son marries, he leaves the house and establish his own family away from the parents. When the daughter marries, the son-in-law is expected to come live with the girl's parents. If the family had many daughters, it was okay for the elder daughters to leave the family, but it would be better if they could all build houses on the land of her parents. The youngest daughter, however, is expected to remain with the parents. She usually is the one who inherits the house of her parents.