He could still touch my soul…

Once more I will go into cheesy mode and blog about my impromptu date with the BF. So today was not such a great day. Woke up with body aching. Must be all the late nights. So decide to stay home. BF wants to have dinner so eventually go out to meet him. Lo and behold the rain. It is not cooperating with me. We meet at Starbucks. He is exhausted and very grumpy. So I grab a cup of coffee. The nice barista goes, “Oh kamusta ka naman? (How have you been)”. I go, “very tired..” he goes “Well cute parin ”. I smile at him and walk back to the table with my coffee. I see the BF’s grumpy face and get annoyed. (Thought running through mind is HOW COME BARISTA CAN BE NICE AND YOU CAN’T). 

So anyway we leave Starbucks and he asks me where I want to eat. I say anywhere and we head over to Glorietta. As we entered Glorietta, he seemed to be in a better mood. Apparently the rain annoyed him and made him feel even more stressed. So we grab dinner and he asks me if I want to go for a drink. Apparently we are not meeting anyone. So we trek over to Grappa’s at Greenbelt.

He orders the house beer (called Pilsner something). The vodka ice I ordered was lukewarm so I decide to try Pilsner something. (Note: This is the first time I actually drink beer because I do not like the smell of it. But Pilsner something has no smell, so I opted to try that). I get the 300ml one and start drinking. It did not taste too bad.  So as we both drank, we started talking about work, life in general and other people.

BF: (after 500ml of Pilsner something) Why do you love me? I am not rich, handsome or intelligent 

Me: (after 200ml of Pilsner something) You bring out the best in me. There are so many reasons I love you but there is no ONE specific reason.

BF: (shuts up)

ME: (after another 200ml of Pilsner something) Why do you love me?

BF: Because I admire you

ME: (feigning annoyance) WHAT?! You admire me? So you love everyone you admire?

BF: (trying hard to sound coherent after 1000ml of Pilsner something) I love you because of the way you are. You are one of the people I admire the most. I admire the way you carry yourself. I love the way you look after me. I love the way you put yourself into your work. I love you for so many things that I cannot find the words to express them because I cannot find the right word to express that love for you (then he stops and says in his tipsy state NOW YOU ARE MAKING ME CRY.

**Note: No guy in their right mind would cry for no apparent reason. They must be either intoxicated, overwhelmed by the feelings they are experiencing at that moment, due to some humongous problem or a mixture of the 3)

ME (looks at him and indeed, his eyes are tearing up and it is not just because of the booze)

ME (eyes start welling up)

BF (holds the hand which has the promise ring he gave me and touches my chin)

ME: (holds his hand tightly) I am sure that there have been moments or at least A moment in our 4 year relationship that you felt like giving up or doubted what we have. Thank you for not giving up. Thank you for sticking by me.

BF (looks at me with red eyes) I love you

ME (whispers) I love you too (thinking are you crying or just getting drunk)

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I have always known that we have something special because we have been through a lot together. We have been through the loss of a very beloved one, career changes, family disputes and many other things. But it amazed me that after all this time, I could still make him cry. I could still touch his heart.  His love for me has not dwindled. It has grown stronger as we get to know each other better.

With this, I say that this has been one of my best days and one of our best dates ever.  Because I saw once more that after 4 years he could still touch my soul…

Butterflies in my tummy…

I just had to blog about this.

I was out with the BF just now. I logged out and had dinner with him. It was a very short dinner because I still had to get back to work. It was nothing special. Simple short dinner at KFC of all the places. He was extremely tired so I told him to head home from Galleria and I would just walk to the building which was just 2 minutes away. As I was crossing the road, I felt someone running beside me and taking my umbrella. It was him!

I couldn’t help but smile as he took my umbrella and walked me to my building. I just appreciated the effort and simple care that came from him. So we parted ways and he called me when he got home. I told him I would be heading home in a bit. That was at 10:30pm. I stayed longer than I thought I would be staying and at 12midnight, he called. I was extremely surprised because he usually falls asleep right when he gets home. Apparently he was waiting for my call. I was so touched that he was waiting. He started scolding me but I could not get that stupid grin off my face as he was going on and on. (That stupid grin is once more on my face as I am typing this blog entry)

The things he did today were very simple and normal things that BFs usually go for their girlfriends. It is nothing out of the ordinary. But after 4 years of being with him, it makes me happy to know that he can still make me have those butterflies in my tummy and make me smile those stupid grins with the little things he does. He can still make me feel all tingly over just like when we first started dating. It feels really nice…:)

Note: Thanks Pa Pete-ness for sitting down with me  

The darnest things kids say…

Conversation over YM. Talking to cousin who is 10 years old.

Me: Hi sweetie, what did you do today? How have you been?

Kid: I was looking at magazines.

Me: Oh which one is this? (thinking that it is one of those princess magazines kids buy nowadays)

Kid: Mommy’s magazine

Me: (getting very curious) Which magazine is this?

Kid: (changes topic and speaks in a very high pitched tone) Tahnee, I cut out the picture of Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt.

Me: (curiouser and curiouser) and why did you do that?

Kid: I paste Tom Cruise’s head to Brad Pitt’s body

Me: (wanting to bang my head against the wall beside me and straining myself long enough to ask why she did so…calmly asks) Why did you do that baby?

Kid: Because Brad Pitt has a hot body and Tom Cruise has a nice face.

Me: (stunned)

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Conversation with Kid above’ sis through YM

Me: So are you going back for Justin (another cousin)’s wedding?

Kid: I don’t know. Maybe. Are you?

Me:(felt like teasing the kids) No. But I am getting married next year.

Kid: (shouts) Tahnee you are getting married!! 

(The next thing I knew, there were 4 windows popping up on my screen. Asking the same things, whether or not I was getting married)

Me: (starts laughing) No no. I am not getting married.

Kid: Oh okay. I really thought you were getting married.

Me: Why made you think I was going to get married? Do I look old? (fishing for a compliment)

Kid: No you don’t look old.

Me: (big grin splattered over face) So why did you really think I was getting married?

Kid: Because your age is old

Me (kill me now) 

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