Sunday, June 19

WANTED: boyfriend for tita angel (qualifications below)

SCENARIO:
June 18, saturday after lunch, in the car on your way to ukay-ukay in pasig... with my mom (guama), my eldest sister, and her 2 eldest sons - justin (9 yrs old) and sam (8 yrs old)

QUICK BACKGROUND:
some of you take a lot of crappy questions form relatives you dont see often or your parents' friends. like: "wala ka pa bang boyfriend? bakit?" (sabay tingin sa if analyzing kung tomboy ka ba or hindi). I get those a lot... usually right before they comment on how much weight ive gained (ganda di ba). tas sabay bawi saying.. "but you're more sexy now.. im sure marami nang magkagusto sa iyo... at hindi ka na gaano flat-chested... you're going to the gym na no?" if looks could kill! haha. but aside from them, without fail, my eldest nephew, justin, asks me EVERY weekend kung may boyfriend na ako... followed by a machine gun of odd questions...

OK GAME, ETO NA KWENTO KO:
so we were in the car, and he asks me again...

Justin: Tita, bakit wala ka pang boyfriend?
(obviously trying to avoid the topic)
Tita Angel: Bakit gusto mo ako magka-boyfriend?
Justin: Eh, bakit nga wala pa...?
(my mom, clearly in denial. hahaha.)
Guama: Eh kasi wala pa si tita nakikitang deserving maging boyfriend nya.
Justin: Eh...
Guama: Teka muna justin, ano ba sa tingin mo dapat hanapin ni tita angel sa boy para pwede na nya maging boyfriend? Give ka 5....
Justin: Um, dapat mabait...
Sam: Ikaw lang ang girl, hindi na hahanap ng iba... hindi kayo lagi mag-aaway...
(this is my favorite! hahaha.)
Justin: Lagi may gift... yun earrings, ganun...
Sam: Minsan sya naman masusunod.
Tita Angel: What do you mean?
Justin: Yung hindi puro si tita angel ang masusunod, minsan sya naman.

And the conversation continues about if my bother in law and my sister are like that.. binuko ng mga bata yung magulang by saying minsan nag-argue sila... lagi si 'papa ang nasusunod.. pag gusto mag shopping, sasabihin nya wag na lang!'. pag may biniling mahal si papa nagagalit si mama... and so on...

i found their answers to our questions very surprising... i forget how smart my nephews are... lalo na si justin. ever since, mahilig nang makinig sa usapan ng matanda... and he asks you stuff afterwards. matanda na nga mag-isip minsan. i was expecting they'd say: may car, marunong mag basketball at computer games, may muscles.. and other boy stuff... nakakatuwa. i was smiling the whole afternoon (right up until they started getting on our nerves sa kakulitan and messy kumain. sigh.)

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