Call me a prude but I am not all for PDA or public display of affection. PDA is okay depending on the location and time. There are countries where making out in the middle of a street at high noon is fine. But there are countries where people are conservative and necking is just in bad taste if you do it in front of others.

Are you comfortable with PDA, either doing it or seeing it done in front of you?

Let me know.

They were all seated around the reclaimed wood dining table looking excited and about to burst with good news. When Mina walked in, she didn’t know what to make of it. She was confused and was about to ask her parents about it when her boyfriend suddenly came out of the back door and walked towards her.

He knelt down and she knew!

After just a year of being together, but knowing each other since they were little kids, her boyfriend proposed to her, asked her to marry him and be his wife. She said YES!

Everyone got up and gave them a hug and congratulated them. Mina was so overwhelmed she didn’t notice she was crying all the time it was happening. Tears of joy that she will be marrying the man of her dreams.

I was waiting for years to find the one man who could make my heart skip a beat again. It happened in high school when my heart was still young and carefree. It never happened again. Or it might have but I took no notice. I was busy with a lot of things then. Now, I am ready. My heart and mind have been prepared for a long time…

I was standing by the pile of yoga bolsters in a corner of the studio when he walked in. He was not there to attend the yoga class. He was there to bring the yoga mat that his sister forgot. I was not the only one who noticed him. I believe several heads turned when he walked in. He had that compelling personality. A type A man. My type. I didn’t know I was holding my breath until he looked at me and smiled. I almost choked! He said hi and I thought I would faint. He recognized me, he said. He’s from the same college as mine!

He said goodbye after. It was just small talk. I don’t know if I will see him again. I hope I will. But my heart is now drumming that familiar beat. It has woken up and is doing the happy dance.

I was also once a teenager. I experienced love (or was it?) and also felt a rebellious streak against the parents. But I guess I was one of the lucky ones who listened to their parents wise advice to take the time to fall in and out of love, meet others, enjoy my youth, have more friends and just let life take its course. In short, I didn’t hurry love.

Some of my friends did. I am not happy to say that two of my closest friends who married in their teens are now separated from their husbands. Both have kids from their marriage so there’s only half a regret in their hearts. Still, had they waited they could have met the men who would truly make them happy… or would they?

I am not saying all teenage romances end up in bitter separations. Some were successful, might lead to forever. No one really knows. But statistics say that teenage love should remain in that period… in our teens! It should serve as an inspiration to us. It should be something fun. It should be a preparation for the mature love that we can find along the way.

They were going out on a date and she had to come from her hospital duty so instead of wearing something fancy for the date, she met him wearing her nurses uniform. And with the look he gave her, she knew that he didn’t mind. He gave her a tight hug and a kiss and he asked right away if she was still okay coming from an 8-hour shift. He is always that thoughtful and caring.

They always go out on a date on Friday nights. It’s their night as they are both always busy at work. They also spend Saturdays at her place and Sundays at his. That’s their schedule.

But that night, it was a Tuesday, he just called up and asked if she could have dinner with him. Of course, she said yes. She loves spending time with her boyfriend. Turned out that Tuesday night was the night he would propose marriage to her.

They both went home happy and hopeful.

Yuri is temporarily taking time out of love. He needs it. He’s been with the same woman for years and years and when she left him to pursue a dream, he was devastated. He promised himself that the next woman he will be in a relationship with will be his future wife and mother of his kids.

Right now he is enjoying being single. He is not dating yet. He is not even entertaining thoughts of being with someone. Not for now. He is concentrating on perfecting old yoyo tricks using his yoyojam atmosphere yoyo. Yoyo is eating a lot of his time and he is relatively happy with his life at the moment.

Julia and Nate were talking about their relationship. They have been together for the past five years, having celebrated their anniversary just three weeks ago. They are talking about opening a joint account, saving up, and settling down. They want a beach wedding and they need money to bring their guests to the island they have in mind.

And then the conversation shifted to something about how to buy gold online at Golden Eagle. Aside from all their immediate plans, they are also already mapping out their future. Julia and Nate are really confident that they will stay together for the rest of their lives.

That is the basis of their serious discussion.

I believe this.
At the end of the day, what we are all after is to love and be loved in return.
We want to experience love in its entirety.

It doesn’t matter from whom we will give and receive love.
What matters is that there will be an exchange.
Accept the person and be accepted in return.

Happy Thursday everyone!

My cousin Yong will be one of the groomsmen in the coming wedding of one of his college buddies. He was still abroad when he was told about it and ever the friendly guy, he said yes right away and even volunteered to buy his own attire. The groom was very happy with his offer. The groom told the rest of the groomsmen of Yong’s offer and they, too, offered to buy their own attire.

In exchange for their kindness, the bride and groom prepared groomsmen gifts that they will give to the men. They don’t have enough words to tell them how thankful they are that a big chunk of their budget was cleared due to their generous offers of buying their own attire.

Marco asked his friends to help him serenade the woman of his dreams. She is an old-fashioned woman and she is known to credit a man’s perseverance in pursuing her. He’s been interested in her for the past couple of weeks and now that he’s able to muster enough guts to tell her his feelings, he wants to do so by serenading her at home.

But it wouldn’t be an old fashioned serenade. Marco and his friends will be bringing their guitars, with Marco using his godin electric bass, and another friend bringing a violin and a digital piano. It will be a modern band that will play romantic songs intended to make her fall in love with him.