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She is standing by my side as I’m writing this article. I could hear her giggling as I recite the words and press the keys on my PC . Now she is laughing aloud, her breath blowing behind my ears.
How difficult is it to be a father? Especially if your children are smarter than you. Well, I pretended for so many years to be smarter than them, but they always are one step ahead of me. Maybe without my knowing they too were pretending just to make me enjoy and make me feel good about it. But it’s true, they surprise me when they talk things I do not know. From literature, music, english, science, movies name it, they always have something for me to learn. So when they talk I just keep my ears wide open, my mouth close and just keep on nodding my head. But I will always lead the discussion toward mathematics or ghosts stories, my forte, then they listen while I talk.
Kuya(my son) and I had agreed to harras Kirah’s suitors, take note with “s”, to test their sincerity and commitment. While we take it as a joke, I realized lately that I am indeed serious about it. How I found out? Well, I was thankful to the former boyfriend of a niece when we saw him with his friend hanging around with other girls in Ayala. I did not like what I saw and wanted to do something about it. But I did not have the right. Was it jealousy? Maybe, and it will always be the same feeling a father would have when he sees a stranger walking his daughter! I have decided not to like it, and I will do something about it!
“How coud you do that to my boyfriend!” was her question to me when I told her about my evil plan. “Why not ?”, was my only answer.
And the best answer would be “Trust me..I know men..I was once like them” bwahahahahahahahaha
But getting hurt emotionally is all part of our journey..the most important thing is to make the BF understand that once he starts physically hurting your daughter…HE’S DEAD, and if the Father of the BF will tolerate his son’s doings…then the father is DEAD too bwahahahahahaha
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:)) i think it would be a good idea to trust kirah to sift through her suitors herself too. like you said, there are things your children know that you don’t. plus, knowing her, she’d probably drive the bastards crazy herself anyway. hahaha
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ahem. i sense some tension here. is this a spillover from the melodrama that allegedly happened during sinulog? hmmm…
just like in the movies, huh? heheheh
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ay babe, login to your account kung magcomment ka
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cutie kirah!
tats, unsaon man kung si kirah diay ang manguyab sa laki beh? heheheheh.
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tats, na-fix na nako. pwede na ka ka-upload. please try again.
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Ate babe, we are bastards ourselves, but we went through the filters and we were never driven away. you know why? bastards know how to find his way to a woman’s heart. we were pretenders (pero dili na kay we are broken husbands) and fortunately for me and for them, we all came out winners. (win-win man tu ate.)
Is it difficult to understand a father’s intention to protect his daughter from the risk of childish adventurism? Your standard in life grows with age. Your gwapo now will never be the same gwapo in your future.
What if Kirah manguyab? Group date ok ra na. Daghag uyab ok ra na. Ayaw lang usa ka uyab kay dili gyud na ok. Mao nay kulatahon namong Khalil. The emotional baggage of a serious relationship should not be taken lightly. It’s a serious matter and it’s too big a cross to carry when you have not yet enjoyed chasing butterflies, climbing trees, walking, running with friends and relatives.
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Bai..the way I see it, you are trying to go against the norms of life hehehe
You cant stop the inevitable…
this i can say to you…CHILL OUT.. hehehehehe
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Tats, unsa jud diay ang nahitabo pag-sinulog? murag wala pa mi kabalo sa tibuok story da.
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unsa man diay ang nahitabo? ngano seryus man kaayo ni imong tatay ani nga isyu…sign of old age na ni? bwahahahaha
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I don’t know the entire story. Ang ako ra nahibawan kay ni-uli nga naghilak si Fruhlein. From what I gathered, murag naay “encounter” si “Mr. New” ug si Tatay.
I think it has something to do with this:
Pero murag di pa jud na mao ang storya. Mao nang nangutana ko ni Tatay.
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I think we have the right to do something…but out of courtesy and respect to the parents..we chose not to interfere..unless asked to do so. This is our family, we dont just barge into a parent-child issue/s.
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hahahaha mao ba? nahurt diay ang feelings ni inday fruh?
huwat na lang ta ani sa tibuok story…eng eng enggggg kulba-hinam!!!!
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wala siya nahurt kay “mr. new”. nahurt daw siya kay tatay. basta drama kaayo to.
i heard baby’s side na. i wanna hear tatay’s side this time.
basin na naa kay angay ipasabot kay baby, tats?
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ngano nahurt man sya kay tatay? i dont think tatay would intentionally do something to hurt the feelings of baby..I think tatay did something that is reasonable and just. He must have sensed something bad or something not good and he acted on it..as a responsible uncle. Oftentimes, good intentions are misinterpreted by young people..and consider the act offensive to them.
I think the generation under us should just accept the fact that we will always be like that..we will react if we sense something not good..the same way that we the older generation have accepted the fact that you have to go through this kind of things…parties, boyfriend, inum..suka-suka bwahahaha etc etc.
Lets give and take…isnt that the true essence of being a Family?
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hmmm. I refuse to comment until I hear the entire story. I’m sure Tatay felt justified in his actions. In the same vein, I’m sure that Baby had reason to feel unjustly treated.
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exactly what Im trying to say…both have their own reasons and justifications by acting or reacting to something…this is the way things are and this will remain the same for the next many years. We cant fight this, no one can…letting it flow and accepting it is the best way to go.
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pero akong giingnan si baby na swerte pa gani siya na dili to ikaw. bwahahahahahahah
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bwahahahahaha amaw ay.
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Kini, directors cut…
Sulod mi desert factory ayala.
mr new was with friends. Labay mi ila table, i did not notice him, but the kids did. so chika mi mga kids, katawa.
naa abot mga girls sa table nila chika chika sila.there was this girl who he sat with, sweet kaayo for a friend(pero medyo awkward). kirah was all over the place labay labay sa ila table. after awhile he and the girl stood up and went out, he kept looking down on his cell phone could be reading a message on his cell, or pretending to.
Note: I have spent 1/3 of my life interviewing people, thousands of different types and kind coming in different packages, so i know when a person is true and when he tries to avoid something.
Abot sila ate baby with friends, corner table sila, layo ra ila mr new.
Then I left to go to the john, sugat bitaw mi ana mr new, face-to-face, as in almost kissing each other because of the volume of people who were shoulder to shoulder to each other at the lobby. As if he did not see me. I just looked at him.
No it’s that, not yet. Ok ra ko up to ato nga part.
What got me was him nga nag layug layug ni kirah upon my return at Ate Baby’s table, mura siya ug naka-ila kaayo ni Kirah for a looooong time. Hello! she was that girl who was all over the place earlier, who happened to pass by you several times, and you did not notice her! Or maybe you were busy with something else to notice? Why? what happened? How come you he knew her na? What went right? Did I miss something?
Yon!
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maayo na lang jud diay kay di ako…kay murag makalimtan jud nako ang courtesy ug respect..kay murag mouli jud to sya nga galagum ang iyang mata..o di kaha magsagol ang dugo sa iyang baba ug iyang laway!!!!
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ooooohhhh. now, it makes sense. tsk tsk. wa kabalo si baby ana, tats.
possible man na wala siya kita nimo or hanap iya mata or nagka-amnesia lang gyud siya or basin nahadlok lang gyud siya nimo…pero di gihapon…medyo bastos…hehehehhe
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di pareho nami…medyo bastos..pero maginoo bwahahahahahaahaha
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sure ka? ganahan ka na pareho mo? bwehehehhe.
bitaw oi. to quote fruhlein: “why do you always have to think the worst of people?” (re tatay and mr. new)
babe? you there? tingog sad oi.
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we think the worst of people but we are always happy to be proven wrong in the end.
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Ok, I asked Pao about it and I’d like to give his side of the story. Before you read, I’d really like it if all of you set aside your biases and preconceptions. k?
Anyway, Pao said nga he noticed tatay going into the bathroom niya m.tagad unta sha (actually, ni.tagad jud sha) pero wa kakta si tatay niya. Probably the same way wala sha kakta ni tatay on his way out. And about Khirah, he honestly didn’t recognize her when she was passing by. Kahinumdum lang sha k2ng ni.duol si khirah sa table namo.
Niya k2ng issue with him and Ara (the girl he was with), give the guy a break, people. You’re too suspicious. I know who Ara is, I knew mag.kuyog sila, and I know that there’s nothing going on between them, even if tatay thought he saw some hints of sweetness somewhere (and I’m not saying that as some naive little girl who’s too blind to see the truth, or some other crap cliche).
I still think tatay overreacted. I’m not saying I don’t appreciate the sentiment, pero, still. Pao is my bestfriend, and I feel offended when my family thinks ill of him. I hope this explains my own over-exaggeration, and I hope he’d be able to prove you all wrong someday. Plus, it’s an insult to my judge of character. I know men can be bastards, pero I think you people are just going to have to get used to the fact that I know how to sift through them.
If you keep on protecting the younger ones, they’re not going to ‘know’ and learn anything. they’ll end up being one of those stereotypical adolescents who’ll end up with stereotypical bastards; they’ll be in these deadpan, menial relationships, and they won’t even know it.
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“Pao is my bestfriend, and I feel offended when my family thinks ill of him”
And you are our family…and we feel offended when some people do something to hurt our any member of our family…vis-a-vis.
We are not your enemy here…tatay had a very good reason why he reacted or over-reacted..and yes, you should be happy about that.
This is what we are babe…this is our family..other people would die just to have a family. Someday you may prove us wrong..and we will be very happy if we are proven wrong..but we will be very sad if we turn out to be right.
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By the way…I think he lied when he said he didnt see your tatay….:D
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another by the way…how did tatay react/overreact? bwahahahahaha
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ka serious ba ani nga thread …. anyway babes, that is the best consequence of having not just one “father”, so many are concerned of you and for you, even if you don’t want them to … haha … that’s life! I think your sweetiepie should know the rules of gentlemen … hehehe …”we are all kind and courteous, even in embarassing moments” … he should be very careful next time … hahaha … your relatives are just all over the place, it seems … your tatay may not be a psyche grad, but most of the times he is acting like one, as per job description of his … hahaha
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