Earlier, my Surgery Clinics partner and I went to see a female VA (vehicular accident) patient. After a thorough history-taking, her asking me about the MRI result and its association with her symptoms, and me answering her family’s queries, etcetera, I closed the conversation with a question if there was anything else that she wanted to add to the list of info we got. Her mother gave me a questioning look, "May asawa ka na ba?" I went, (of course, in my mind lang), "What??!" I quickly scanned the room if there was a good-looking, BF-material family member around that she wanted to hook up with me, but there was, unfortunately, nobody. I replied with a confused smile, "Wala po…" She was about to ask me a follow-up question, but I interrupted her with an attempt to do PE on her daughter. I did not want to discuss my love life to a stranger and her family, much more explain why I am not married. Yet.
I have been getting a lot of questions like that lately, especially from people I have not communicated for so long. And surprisingly, even from worried family members. I appreciate their concern. But sometimes it’s very difficult to explain why I am not yet committed, for the longest time now, or married for that matter. As if I owe them an explanation, hahaha… But seriously, it can be pretty annoying. It obviously didn’t work out with my past relationships, that’s it. Period. A follow-up of "Why?" will just scratch old wounds, and will entail a painstakingly longer senseless conversation. I am turning 27, alright, ripe age. But it’s not in the picture yet, what am I going to do about that? Even with a ‘toxic’ world waiting for me in the years to come, even if I go to friends’ kids’ birthday party and I am the only one who
did not bring a tot, or even if my friends are already talking about when they want to have their
second children, I know I will get there.
Thanks, but no, thanks. This is not the kind of pressure I was referring to in my previous blog. =)
