Tag: Relationships
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Is Contraception Really What Filipinas Want?
This past week, I ran across three interesting posts online, from three different Pinays. The first comes from a single woman studying at one of the top universities in the Philippines. In it, she tells Facebook that she is for contraception. What message does this send? Some probable responses: she’s modern she’s progressive […]
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Warning Behaviors To Watch Out For In A Relationship
If you’re in a relationship and observe these behaviors constantly in your significant other, beware. It may be a sign this is not the spouse you’re looking for. It should go without saying, but if you’re planning on marriage, it’s best that you have enough time to get to know each other well. Some of […]
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Wala na Pong Spare Parts
by Marcia Miral. I was whipping white frosting for my mom’s birthday cake when I heard my 27-year old hand mixer grumble, whine, and gasp before succumbing to a permanent state of disutility. I mourned its passing. It was the very first appliance that I bought as a young bride who saved cents from […]
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Better For Parents To Divorce Than For Kids To Witness Fighting? Lessons from Unhappy Marriages
You’ve seen the argument many times: better for parents to divorce than for the children to keep seeing them fighting. Just to be clear from the outset, physical abuse of any kind should not be tolerated. If a spouse and/or children are being abused, they need to remove themselves/be removed from the situation ASAP. […]
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What To Do If You Are Being Abused
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Hope After Abuse
A guest post from Elizabeth B. I’m sharing my story because I want people to know there IS hope beyond abandonment, and it’s not going to come from divorce. I’ve done both Church and civil annulment. I previously filed Concubinage and Violence Against Women and Children against the ex, after nine years. ‘Kala ko […]
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On Divorce and/or Marriage Dissolution
I’m imperfect and my marriage is likewise imperfect. And because of these imperfections, I recognize that I need help in my day-to-day decision-making. That’s why I always turn to God to give me the grace to critically think first before I make any decision. I pray that God may grant me the grace […]
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Learning To Love Each Other Again
A guest post. I used to be pro divorce bill five years ago because I wanted a divorce too. Annulment seemed hard because there seemed to be no grounds for our marriage to be annulled. We had marital problems like all married couples do. Five years ago, there was not a single day hubby and […]
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Marriage Redeems
A guest post from Jade Vargas-Pulido. Today I was Facebook chatting with my Mom. We have been doing this for as long as I left home and country to be with my husband. We would chat about life, and fight about petty things too, like most mothers and daughters do. My Pops would […]
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Marry Someone Who Isn’t There To Be Satisfied
On the Topic of Divorce and Abuse in the Philippines by Candice Tolentino Yep. You read that right! But before accusing me of being a masochist, let me explain. Below are the truths I wish I had heard from my Pre-Cana before diving into marriage, or at least re-affirmed with unrelenting passion. 1. Pleasure is […]