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The C And V Dating Spree

Posted on March 15, 2010 12:00 am by Veronica
Photo: "When In Rome" (opening on March 17) courtesy of Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures International

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WhenInRome_JDuhamel_KBell_03.jpgIt all started out as a dare: to date as many guys as possible. No commitments whatsoever. Charlie was my partner in crime. We were practically in every dating scene in the metro--Katipunan, Eastwood, Ortigas, Greenbelt, and Timog. Well, why not? I thought. We are both single.

It was fun. I enjoyed dressing up and meeting single men my age or, sometimes, a few years older, but not anyone beyond 26. When you’re single and living in one of the best dating scenes in the metro, you experience such a rush when the clock strikes “uwian na!” and you hurry to fix your makeup, take a cab to the “resto/bar of the night,” meet Charlie and her pool of men, and just talk and drink the night away.

It went like this for almost three months straight. I met a lot of people, ate lots of free dinners, gulped down lots of cocktails, and actually felt a connection with one or two--but the feeling evaporated as quickly as it materialized. There were also a few who made it to a third date and obviously had the potential to get into a full-blown relationship with me. But whenever I find things going in that direction, I always feel the urge to go home and just spend the night watching DVDs with the boys. Sometimes, it felt like I’m still waiting, because most of the time, I just wanted to find a way to re-live the magic of a distant memory.

There were moments when I thought I finally found love again. One of them was with Paul, a numbers guy and one of Charlie’s friends of friends of friends, who swept me off my feet and became my steady date for almost two months. Eventually, he became my boyfriend…for 21 days.

“What the f*ck happened?” Charlie asked when we met for coffee after I called it quits with Paul.

“Nothing happened, FYI,” I retorted. “Two days into being my boyfriend and it’s like the 'real' Paul emerged. Do you remember when I told you that I love Def Leppard and Take That and Sugarcult?”

“Yeah, and I had no idea what you were talking about,” Charlie replied.

“Exactly!” I said. “Paul said he likes them, too, but actually listens to Chris Brown and Ne-Yo!”

“What’s wrong with Chris Brown?” Charlie asked defensively.

“Nothing! The point here is that he lied,” I continued. “And the real Paul hates Serendipity! How can anyone hate Serendipity? And you know what the killer is? Our conversations for the past two weeks revolved around ‘Did you eat na ba?’ and ‘Have you heard Ne-Yo’s new song?' and ‘Sleep ka na ba? Ah okay, sige, good night, love you!'”

“E ano naman ang masama dun?” Charlie asked.

“Earth to Charlie. That’s what’s wrong because that’s ALL we talk about,” I answered. “It’s like I can’t learn anything from him because he can’t keep a conversation going. Ikaw nga, sabihin mo sa 'kin, ano'ng mapapala ko if I talk about Ne-Yo? I can’t talk to him about other things like philosophy or books or films or life or decisions!”

“E akala ko ba in love ka na sa kanya?” Charlie asked.

“I thought I was,” I answered. “He sounded great before because I thought we have so much in common. It’s like someone handed him a file about me and he memorized it and…F*CK!”

Charlie cowered.

“Okay, so I told him a lot about you but just because he asked,” Charlie explained. “You never noticed him before. I introduced him to you twice before you two started dating regularly. He said you are very intimidating so he asked me about you and, well, it turned out that he memorized the random stories pala and used them. Sorry V, 'di ko naman akalain e.”

We both sighed.

“How about you, any luck?” I asked.

“Nope.”

“How about that architect?”

“Too busy.”

“The business major?”

“Too worldly.”

“How about that IT guy?”

“Too geeky.”

“Anyone in particular?” I asked desperately.

“Not even a single spark,” she raised her cup of coffee and took a sip. “Look, my being single is a choice now. I didn’t want to go through the whole LDR (long distance relationship) mess so I broke up with Jan. And the guys I want don’t like me while the guys I don’t want continue to pester me. Leche.”

And so the dating spree ended after over three months. Singlehood is fun, but with the fun comes a lot of trial and error stages and a lot of repeat performances that can either be a good run and a bad run. And there were so many bad runs long after the dating spree ended.
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