The other night, a friend (who wishes to remain nameless so we'll call her MS. HM, as in, HIGH-MAINTENANCE. Hehehe...) asked me to go out with her for coffee and a few drinks, with a former classmate of her and his friend, just so that she wouldn't be the only girl in the group. Despite the fact that I was about to start burning the midnight oil (Emphasis on START, because I have yet to do so) for my 2nd comprehensive exams this Friday, considering that her classmate was an ex-crush of mine in highschool, my cousin's ex-boyfriend, a former staff under my Mom's department and a pretty good converationalist and my boyfriend was busy that night and YEAH, I was bored, so, I said yes. As we waited for the guy and his friend, Ms. HM got a text message that a guy that a mutual friend has wanted to set up with her was in town and wanted to meet with her tonight. So, plans were changed and the mutual friend and the Ms. HM's blind date met us in Alejandra's. She thought he was cute, I didn't. I thought when she said malaki ang katawan, she meant bulky, as in like her ex-boyfriend. Hindi pala. Hahaha... But considering the fact that she seemed to like him, I was okay with making the sacrifices of spending the night with two complete strangers... Hayyy... the things we have to do for friendship!
We ended up in Lattitude where a couple of guys, whom I thought were the valet/security guard and the supervisor in Lattitude and turned out to be their friends (So, sorry! Kasalanan ko ba kung mukha silang trabahador!), joined us. So, here we were now, two twenty-something girls surounded by four guys in their mid to late 30's. Goodbye ex-highschool crush, hello, Daddy issues! Para kameng mga GROs na tinable ng apat na DOM! Hahaha...
It was awkward, at first, but thankfully, they were very accomodating and Ms. HM and I were skilled in good conversation. Hahaha... Strangely, there was no talk about politics or sports (two topics that generally bore me to tears) which I was kind of expecting from a group of older men. The nice thing was, when you do hang-out with a different crowd than one is used to, you do find out a lot of different things you wouldn't generally find out from your usual crowd. Here are a few of the things I and Ms. HM learned about that night.
1. "99% of guys are playboys."
They claim to believe that fact but of course, they all claim to be in the 1%... As if!You see, I have this personal theory that guys who aren't married have this one serious relationship with one girl whom no matter what happens, he will always hold on to. But that wouldn't stop him at all from checking out, meeting, dating, having sex or even having relationships, whether flings or serious, with other girls. They can't help it. It's their nature to be polygamous. Even my Dad had relationships with more than one women at the same time, before he married my MOm. A guy will always make you feel as if you are that one special girl. He will bring you flowers, chocolates, take you home, pick you up, meet your parents and do all the things you think a serious boyfriend is epected to do but I think it's just a matter of luck if you actually turn out to be that one special girl that your guy will always hold on to and not just one of his girls on the side, aka one of his chikabebe. Hehehe...
2. "In all the relationships that a girl has, there will always be only one whom you are most secure about regarding his manhood."
Of course, I couldn't really relate to this fact that much because almost all the boyfriends that I've had ended up getting their girlfriend pregnant and marrying out of wedlock. The chances of any one of them being lured to the other side is probably next to nothing. Thank God... Of course, I couldn't say the same thing applies to Ms. HM... Hahaha, just kidding!
3. They like lighting your cigarette.
Probably makes them feel like they're just like in the TV comercials. Hehehe...
4. They will keep on buying you drinks.
As soon as my glass had become half-full, they will keep pouring beer on it like it was a bottomless drink. And then order another bottle, before I had even finished my glass. My boyfriend said it was a tactic that older guys use to make a girl drunk without her knowing it. Drunk girls apparently lose all their inhibitions and what guy wouldn't want to take advantage of that?... Why they would want to get us drunk is beyond me, considering that when I'm drunk, I don't get horny. I get nauseous, emetic and develop a humongous throbbing headache... Thankfully, I was conscious about my drinking the whole time and after the fourth bottle, I stopped drinking and ordered cold water for the rest of the evening.
5. "When someone shows you that he loves you, you end up loving them back."
True. Sad but true.Which is why most flings, if you're not too careful, end up becoming serious. And that even if a guy fails all your so-called qualifications, when he does show you that he loves you, you naturally end up reciprocating back. The question now is, how would you delineate truly loving that person from just having been swept by your emotions? Kailan mo masasabing totoo mo na siyang minamahal at hindi ka napapadala lang sa pagmamahal niya sa'yo?... Naks! Ang lalim no? Pakisagot naman ito, please. Hehehe...
6. "A guy can tell you that he loves you and not mean it."
Sorry to burst your bubbles, guys, but so do girls. Hehehe...
7. I apparently looked like OLYN from Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition.
Of course, I never watched the show so, I had to search for my so-called look-alike in the Internet. This is apparently who I resembled...
Hmmm... pweeedeee na rin. Hehehe. Thanks, guys!... Isn't she Pedro Penduko's love interest?
8. Q: "When will you know if a guy is ready to be serious with you?"
A: "Usually, but not always, it is when his first born child comes."
Apparently, guys usually aren't ready for marriage, even when they're already in their 30's, even when they've asked that special girl to marry them, even when they're standing in the altar waiting for their bride. Guys finally feel the urge to get serious with their wife when they hold that first-born child in their arms for the first time and that's when they finally realize that yes, they are now a father and they should now start taking the role of being a husband seriously... Of course, we all know that this is not applicable to some stubborn flirtatious guys who can never stay away from the lure of the opposite sex, despite the bonds of marriage, kids and family. So, boys, behave...
9. Guys have no sense of time!
For two married guys with kids, one soon to be married in a week and one with a flight the next day, none of these guys even realized that we've been together until the wee hours in the morning. While I barraged Ms. HM with text messages about the need to go home so that the guys wouldn't notice (which of course, she didn't mind because she was too busy making googoo eyes with her blind date, hehehe...), the guys continually joked, drank and laughed like there was no tomorrow. So, we ended up going home at, get this, FIVE O' CLOCK IN THE MORNING! My parents were already awake and about to have breakfast when I got home. NO question about it, sinabon ako ni Ma'am Zeny and Sir Chito pag-uwi ko... Ms. HM, you owe me big time for that night! I swear, wala yung 30 minutes na pagsakay niyo sa Deathtrap compared to this!
10. Q: "How will you know if a guy really loves you?"
A: "You'll never know."
And that's the sad truth...
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