June 14, 2009

“Love can only take you so far…”

To date, my angel and I have “known” each other for about  7 1/2 years already. Wow! that’s almost half of my life! I can’t believe we’ve been together that long. But i’m not complaining, he’s everything i’ve ever dreamed of and this relationship is more than I could ever wish for.

Still, it’ll be hypocritical of me to say that everything was smooth sailing. We do have our share of ups and downs - from petty fights to near break-up scenarios. There are times when our principles in life don’t match and it’s so difficult to find a middle ground. Other times, our bad days just coincide and temporarily taking time apart is the only solution. Conflicts may tend to drive us nuts for long hours but at the end of the day, we both know that it’s all just part of having a relationship. After going through so many obstacles and challenges, we now know how to face them more carefully and maturely. It helps that we both know, understand and accept the fact that we have flaws and differences.

Furthermore, we don’t just consider our relationship to be that of “lovers”. We are the best of friends - we fool around, share secrets, talk nonsense, humiliate (barnak/bara) each other as often as possible and all other things normal friends do. We can be ourselves to a point that we don’t mind barfing, farting or doing anything disgusting when the other one is around. We’re also a family, we take good care of each other since we are both away from our parents and siblings. I’m more like the mother as I would always remind him to drink his vitamins, exercise every now and then, save money etc. While he, on the other hand is more like an elder brother since he always reprimands me from wearing short shorts/skirts, fetches me from parties, guides me through life and the like.

I know that things will be different this time around. Whether that’s good or bad, i’m not sure. All I know is that patience, honesty and fidelity are some of the virtues that will definitely help us get through all these. And our Almighty Father of course, His love and guidance will keep us together.

~Cy~