Story of ‘neglected’ dad in PH, US-based daughters stirs debate online
Would you abandon your father who could not part with his philandering ways or love him unconditionally despite his shortcomings?
Would you abandon your father who could not part with his philandering ways or love him unconditionally despite his shortcomings?
Our babies belong to generations that don’t know ‘party line,’ analog phones you dialed, or radios with antennae.
I am 40 with one kid, and have been a widow for seven years. After my husband died, my high-school boyfriend and I reconnected six years ago. We’re the same age, but he is still single with no kids.
After years of working abroad, she came home to finally be with her son. But to her dismay, he was cold, distant and hostile, and would engage her in shouting matches at the slightest provocation. It was a reaction that mystified this overseas Filipino worker (OFW), until she learned of his diminished status among his peers now that his mother no longer earned in dollars.
When my 15-year-old daughter got pregnant by a boy from a very poor family in our town, we banished her to my cousin’s care in the province until she gave birth and finished her college another year. We couldn’t accept, or have anything to do with, the very low status of the boy’s family. His mother was a vegetable vendor who sold her produce on the market fringe that were almost rotten. The father was a part-time janitor in a local barber shop and his three siblings, though all students, studied in public schools. Our family had a name and a respectable business, and they were definitely not our equal.
My 22-year-old son recently got his girlfriend, also 22, pregnant. They were former classmates in computer science. The girl comes from a well-to-do family, where her parents are both professionals. This girl told me about her pregnancy a month ago, but kept it a secret from her own family. I warned her to tell her parents about it, but she refused.
While searching for a flat in Singapore with two Pinoy colleagues, the agent showing us around discreetly cautioned us about noise level. The owner had experiences with previous Pinoy tenants
“How I wish he were here, dear God.” It is obviously easier for children to bare their hearts in a letter to God than to speak of the loneliness and
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