When I was three years old and my brother just six months old, my father suddenly died, leaving my mother a very young widow.
I have been a senior citizen for seven years now, and married since 1968 to the best girl who gave me four intelligent and wonderful children. She is the proverbial “beauty and brains”; we eloped to avoid her family’s Chinese tradition of a prearranged marriage.
I used to have a very big crush on a teacher during elementary—it bordered on an obsession. I sent him cards, letters, poems and copies of songs everyday! He politely responded by writing letters to me as well, and gave me a pen. He also treated me and my friends to lunch or snacks and kept me company during graduation and recognition day. I was 12 then, which resulted in gossip in school at the time.
DEAR EMILY, My story is so common that, nowadays, many have become blasé about it. I am “the other...
I married my cousin’s childhood friend who is four years older than me. They have been friends since elementary.
I got involved with someone I met on my morning walks. The way she looked at me, the attention she gave me, made me feel like the most gorgeous and lovable person around.
My husband and I have been married 30 years now. Recently, I discovered he was having an affair with his gym instructor.
DEAR EMILY, I met a Canadian man on a dating site four years ago. He is 53 years old, divorced,...
I am a single, 47-year-old woman with a stable job in a multinational company here in Manila.
DEAR EMILY, I am a newlywed and pregnant. Very recently, my husband confessed that he hangs out with...
