Be sure to complain
One weekend ago, I met with old office-friends to head for Batangas for a child christening. As it was the usual, the exchange of old stories with jokes came. One of my married officemates was teasing me towards this girl at my previous place of work.. No.. actually they were teasing me because of a peculiar habit that I had during that time.[ flashback, May 2004 ]
Every morning for around 3 months, I used to bring a bottle of mineral water for one of my friends. (I didn't miss a single day that I had time to). We don't talk everyday as I have many things to do (I make sure my day is loaded). It's not like we were going out or anything. It's just one of those habits that grew. I make sure I have a softspot in my head for people who are nice to me. Anyway, enough of all that.
[ end of flashback ]
The point of the story was - my officemate who was teasing me about that was really stressing the habit. To finally make her stop - I tactlessly pointed out that she was probably silently complaining to her husband as to why he never did anything as thoughtful as that daily gesture conveyed.
Man, did I hit the nail on the head. Everyone started teasing her now. I won't be wondering if ever she would now be making "tampo" to her husband. [ They'll probably kill me for saying all this, hehehe ]
True enough, as far as courting and pre-marriage stories made its way to my ear, I have never heard of any really uber-sweet thing from them. If ever they did have a sweet moment, it's a given because they're officially a couple (boyfriend and girlfriend).
I think that's it - the difference of thoughtfulness when you're in a relationship is the mental reservation that you have priority from your significant other - and that kills the level of appreciation.
My officemate stopped teasing after that. And the topic never made its way to the teasing table ever again.
Was it really a big deal? I mean, it doesn't take much effort to put a smile on someone's face, even if, for fuck's sake, it's just one day, right? You will never forget the happy sensation you get from doing that small thing..
[ Thought this post wouldn't make it with one bit of profanity? ye all guessed wrong! mwahahahaha ]
posted by Urban Warrior @ 11:05 PM
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