You look familiar
Yan ang banat niya sa akin nung una kaming magka-usap.
May 12, 2019 nang una kaming magka-chat ni Ser. Bored ako nung mga panahon na iyon kasi hindi pa ako nagsisimula sa bago kong trabaho dahil local and senatorial elections the next day, noong May 13. Sa sobrang bored ko nung mga panahon na ‘yon and since single ako, accept ako ng accept ng friend requests at nagsisi-sagot ako sa mga chat ng mga lalaking hindi ko naman kilala. I’m trying to look for someone na makakausap lang. Most of them are boring, until I stumbled with this guy.
Nagchat siya sa akin, “You look familiar” Natawa lang ako sa sinabi niya. Hindi ko na matandaan kung anong sinagot ko sa kanya pero sa isip ko, excuse niya lang ‘yon para makipag-usap sa akin. In his defense, we found out that we were both from the same university. Feeling daw niya, he saw me before. He was an education graduate and I was a tourism graduate of one year apart (him being my senior). Our college’s building and his were just near to each other. But I never had a memory of him being familiar to me. Siguro, it’s because I was in a relationship noong panahon na iyon and I don’t bother seeing other guys.
So, unang usapan agad namin ay about kay Senator Bong Revilla na pareho naming ayaw dahil sa kinasangkutan nitong kaso. And despite being imprisoned, the Senator still made his way to file for candidacy. Ang intelligent niyang kausap, may sense. From there, na-curious ako sa kanya. I stalked his profile. We don’t have any mutual friends, in facebook or even in person. I found out na teacher pala sya, and graduate ng Master’s degree with highest honor. I was impressed, honestly pero hindi ko na sinabi sa kanya yon.
Then we jumped on to different topics. Aside sa politics, pinag-usapan rin namin ang religion. We were both christians pala. I was really at ease nung malaman ko ‘yon that I am talking with someone with same ideology and faith. We also talked about, work and family. Then that same night, napag-usapan na rin namin agad ang love life. Ang bilis diba? Hindi ko alam kung gullible ba ako or just easy lang siyang kausap. I was able to share a glimpse of my story to him, and vice versa. Single since birth daw siya. Hindi ako kaagad naniwala doon. When I checked on his profile, may itsura naman sya at ma-appeal, so why does this man never had a girlfriend? Sabi niya lang sa akin is he’s not courting anyone unless he knew to himself na he’d really want the woman to be his girlfriend and eventually his life partner. Liligawan lang daw niya kung si girl ay ready at willing for that, to begin with. I said to myself, this guy really made sense and matured. I was actually in awe nung malaman ko ‘yun. As a christian, ganoon dapat ang maging panuntunan ng relationship ninyo. Dating or being engaged to someone is just a preparation for the end goal - marriage.
And from there, our story begins. From total strangers to lovers.