Relationships

When you need a little corny in your life

07.08.2008
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Warning: An extremely corny post. If you’re not into corny-ness, please stop reading now. One day, I pretended to text hubby out of the blue. “Mahal, ano nga uli height mo? (Mahal, what’s your height again?)” “5’5. Why?” “Ha? Eh pano ka nagkasya sa puso ko?” (Huh? How did you fit into my heart?)” “Nye.” [...]

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“If it’s important to you…”

05.31.2008
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I was supposed to type a blog entry last night when Kernan nudged me from the other side of the bed,

“Can you check this proposal for me?”

I had just put Jamaine to sleep and I was aching for some “me time” which meant either blogging, journaling or reading. I’ve been at work the whole day and I consider my “me time” my chance to unwind.

Checking Kernie’s proposal would take me a whole two hours, after which I know I’ll feel tired and just go to sleep. This means “me time” will just become sleep time.

Do I have to do this now? I thought to myself. The selfish brat was sticking out its head.

Then as if on cue, a friend’s words rung in my head,

If there’s one piece of marriage advice I could give you, it’s to remember this: ‘Honey, if it’s important to you, it’s important to me.’

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On broken trust and stronger love

05.09.2008
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It started with a series of text messages sent in the wee hours of the morning.

I would hear his cellphone’s beep and somehow I felt that there was something not quite right about it.

I would say a woman’s gut feeling is one of her most precious gifts. It is what helped me discover what was wrong.

For a time, I kept quiet about what I felt.

She could be just a friend. I tried to justify to myself.

Don’t be such a little jealous girl. I warned myself.

But why did I have such a nagging feeling about the whole thing?

Finally, I decided to ask. There was no point in killing myself over my own thoughts. Didn’t we say we will be open to each other about our problems?

All I needed to do was ask so I would find out the truth.

But I did not. He lied.

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Simple ways to keep the sparks in your marriage

03.09.2008
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One night, I got a text message from hubby, “If I decided to work abroad to support our family, would you quickly get rid of me?” I knew he was visiting a friend who was scheduled to fly to UAE the next day. Kernan said the wife seemed okay with her husband leaving and showed [...]

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