35 ways to make the first move on a man
Courtship is perhaps the oldest and most universal form of interaction between two individuals. It can be romantic, mysterious, exciting, depressing, cute, tragic.
April 22, 2012
Courtship is perhaps the oldest and most universal form of interaction between two individuals. It can be romantic, mysterious, exciting, depressing, cute, tragic.
“I was six months into my first advertising job as a copywriter—totally naïve and trusting of seniors in the business. One of our bosses held his birthday party at a bar, and it was there that a guy from another big agency gave me his calling card—it said SENIOR WRITER—and said they were looking for writers so I should give him a call. I went home that night super giddy that I was considered ‘pirate-able’ so early in my career. Turns out the guy just wanted my number. I was crushed. And he was also going out with two other girls at that time.”—Maui V. Reyes
Although she leads a glamorous life, it’s quite a well-known fact that Victoria also takes tremendous pride in her family, and in particular, her children. This is another aspect of the Aries personality which is sometimes overlooked.
Last Friday was my dad’s death anniversary, and I marvel at the circumstances surrounding that day. Let me tell you about it through a couple of poems.
What is it with legislative work that makes marriages break? One is tempted to ask this, as the buzz gets louder that another legislator’s marriage is on the rocks—or is it over? The wife has reportedly left the legislator—for another lawmaker.
This male friend of mine and I became close when his girlfriend of seven years broke up with him two years ago. I’ve been his shoulder to cry on, always listening to his stories of regret and frustration. I did my best to cheer him up, and it came to a point where we’d spend every weekend together and talk on the phone till dawn.
My in-laws have been living with us for almost five years now. I have nothing against them, although I admit I am not comfortable having other people around after being married for 12 years. A few weeks’ vacation is fine with me, but not this long.
My father has been a womanizer since forever, but my mother had no concrete proof. With the accessibility of the cell phone, she was able to catch him in flagrante delicto with a married woman we thought was a friend.
I am 41 years old and a single mother of four who left my lazy, good-for-nothing husband and his various vices to live with my parents once again.
I was a victim of date rape in college when I was 17 years old. I was so drunk I don’t even remember what happened. I just knew the beast who cornered me the whole evening was the married brother of my dorm mate. To hide my pregnancy from my parents, I asked to go to the province of my mother in the south and stay with my favorite aunt and “get to know life,” I said. I was a problem child, and they were only too glad to let me go. We’re five siblings; I am the only girl and the most spoiled.
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