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To Settle or Not to Settle: That is the Question

By On February 13, 2013 · 3 Comments

Somewhere out there, Filipinos are taught to have conversations like this:

Person: “How is a girl like you still single?”
Me: “I don’t know. I just haven’t found the right guy.”
Person: “Maybe your standards are too high.”

I think there’s a dozen other things that Person can say such as “it’s okay, [...]

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A Stranger asks me out on Twitter

By On January 31, 2013 · 2 Comments

My twitter page is public and easy to access. Once, I tweeted about something. This person responded which began a series of tweets about the said topic. He moved the conversation to direct message and away from prying eyes. By this time, our conversation had already run dry and it was at the goodbye stage. [...]

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Text Message Break-up

By On July 5, 2012 · Leave a Comment

I woke up this morning with this text message on my phone:

I guess I was in a relationship I did not know about. Maybe that’s why this person’s breaking up with me. Maybe the lie they are referring to is that I’m single when in fact I’m in a relationship [...]

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The Coffee Date Realization

By On March 2, 2012 · 2 Comments

“Hey, we should go out for coffee sometime..”

What is “coffee” exactly? Romantic or Platonic? I never know.

It really confuses the shit out of me. I happen to really like coffee so when a guy I haven’t seen in a while asks me to “catch up over coffee” I usually agree. I’m beginning to [...]

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Q&A: Relationship Virgin

By On September 9, 2011 · 4 Comments

Question: “I’m in my 20′s and I have never had a girlfriend/boyfriend in my life. I want one. Is there something wrong with me? Help!”

Answer: What a loaded question. However, don’t fret. It’s a common one. I have a few friends that are in this situation and we discuss often. I decided [...]

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