The former actress and her partner have been dating for a very long time. “Pimay Sumanrat Watanaselarat” and her boyfriend “Pa Top Patinya Khontrakun” After registering their marriage and living together with mutual understanding, even though they have to adjust every day. Yesterday, at the THE TOM THAILAND press conference, “Pimay” opened up about life as the wife of “Pa Top” and said this love is true love and that she chose the right life partner.
Have you used your rights as a wife since registering the marriage? I’ve used them a lot because I’ve had to sign many hospital documents. There is the right to sign on behalf of the other person at the hospital if surgery is needed. Before, this wasn’t possible. It gave me confidence, a sense of certainty, and a stronger feeling of security between us. It’s like, although we loved each other before and felt like one family, like one person, having the legal right to sign and take responsibility for each other makes it feel even more real. It’s timely and more convenient. He actually sleeps next to me, but now I can act on his behalf.
Emotionally, I don’t feel much different, but it feels like full acceptance. Something inside is calmer and more at ease. I don’t have to hang my life on just one person alone in this world. Before signing and registering the marriage, I didn’t feel I was hanging by a thread, but after signing, I started to realize that before, I felt this way—that I wasn’t fully accepted, like I was just an outsider, a friend, a partner not fully tied to him. But now, it feels like we’re truly bound together and can stand in for each other. I didn’t feel this before registering, but now I do.
It feels like the country loves us. It’s like receiving full recognition here, more than anything else. It’s like everyone acknowledges and accepts each other's rights—we are a couple. It’s not like being second-class citizens. If it’s a man and a woman, they get these rights, but we did not, even though our relationship is sincere and we’ve lived together for as long. Our love isn’t less. Receiving these rights makes my heart swell. The word “wife” used to just mean “girlfriend.” Before registering, it was like being a girlfriend living together, a couple. It felt like he could leave anytime, and if he did, it would be easy to break up. But now, after registering, I feel I have more responsibility for his life. I’m truly a wife, more than just a girlfriend.
Before registering, I never thought that one piece of paper would mean so much to my heart. But once he asked me to register, it changed how I felt about him. It’s like he wants to take responsibility for me, wants to include me in his life, wants to bind me to him, fully accept me, and declare to everyone that we are more than just lovers. It’s a feeling like, is this what it’s really like to register a marriage?
Actually, before and after registering, nothing really changed because he already gave me his all. But after registering, it was like the words he said on the day we registered: “I truly love you, Pimay.” He wants to take responsibility for me whether he’s alive or dead. That feeling made me understand. Sometimes I look around and see couples who have loved each other for a long time but have not married or registered. Before I registered, I didn’t mind, but after mine did, I wanted the couples nearby to register too. It made me wonder: If I were that woman and my partner didn’t ask me to register, would he feel sorry? I would. Today, having registered, I realize that one piece of paper can change your heart that much. He loves me like that.
That one piece of paper is not just a piece of paper. If we register but he doesn’t care for me or loves me less, that’s different. But if he loves me the same and registers with me, it means a deeper responsibility for each other’s lives. It’s profound. I didn’t choose the wrong person. Since he stopped and changed his lifestyle to be with me, I’ve never had anyone offer to change their life for me like this. It’s true love. I’ve found true love. We don’t use yesterday’s love to love today, but we make today’s love fresh, like we just met. People change every second. Don’t think that because you’ve said “I love you” or understood each other before, it will become dull or indifferent or boring. We make every day fresh. Whenever something comes up, we talk. We don’t leave our team behind. We clear it up immediately, don’t keep grudges or doubts. If something bothers us or we doubt each other’s actions, we ask right away. Don’t leave things unsettled. Change is guaranteed. Sometimes he’s surprised I think this way. We still adjust every day. Clearing things up is best. Once cleared, don’t bring up old issues. That’s the best.
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