"So ano'ng nangyari sa date mo?" Excited na tanong ni Betsy pagkaupo ko pa lang sa table kung saan ako dinala ng receptionist. Tinitigan nila akong tatlo ni Andrea at Rose habang hinihintay ako na magsalita.
I frowned at them. Sino ba naman ang matutuwa sa ginawa nila? Last night, they set me up on a blind date without telling me! They told me to meet them at a restaurant pero pagdating ko sa restaurant wala sila doon. Instead, I was greeted by a tall, handsome guy named Osmond. Okay na sana eh. But the guy was too obnoxious. Our conversation was bad, ninety percent of it detailed his partying habits and his sex life. He even went too far as to tell me that he had caught an STD but 'everything's cleared up now'.
"Oh, come on, it's not that bad." Sabi ni Andrea ng ikuwento ko sa kanila iyon. "Everything's cleared up now." She jokingly said. Nagtawanan ang tatlo. Their laughter died down when I looked at them with a serious, annoyed face.
"Well, guys will be guys." Rose shrugged her shoulders.
"Don't ever do that again!" Inis na sabi ko. "God, it's so self degrading."
"We're just trying to help you. You're not getting any younger, Marian. Twenty-eight ka na at hindi ka pa nagkaka-boyfriend." Andrea said in a calm voice while playing with her food with a fork.
"What's so degrading about that?" Rose rolled her eyes. "Hay nako, Marian. Kung hindi ka rin lang magboboyfriend o mag-aasawa sana itinuloy mo na ang pagiging madre mo."
"Hindi pa naman huli para bumalik ka sa kumbento." Sabi naman ni Betsy
I shook my head. I didn't want to go back to the convent. I knew I wasn't cut out to be a nun. I wanted a family. I really did. I wanted a loving husband and wonderful children. Hindi pa lang siguro dumadating ang tamang lalaki para sa akin. Hindi kaya ito na ang kabayaran ko sa pagtalikod sa pagiging madre? Maybe I'd die an old maid. God, please, no...
Pero bakit sila, they already had their own family. Si Betsy, may asawa at anak na. Rose just had a baby with her live in partner and Andrea got married last year. Ako pa nga ang nakasalo ng bouquet sa wedding niya pero hanggang ngayon single pa rin ako. Never been touched and never been kissed.
"May problema ba sa akin?" Tanong ko sa kanila.
They all gave me a weird look as if they couldn't understand what I just asked them.
"Pangit ba ako?" I asked again.
"No, of course not. You're beautiful." Agad na sagot ni Rose.
"Mabait naman ako, di ba?" I pouted.
"Super." Andrea answered.
"Eh bakit hanggang ngayon hindi pa ako nagkakaron ng boyfriend? What's wrong with me?" I said, frustrated.
