Ria: We’ve been married half a year na.

Kris: Happy 6^th-wedding-monthsary!

Ria:In those six months, mas maraming times or half of the time apart tayo?

Kris: Half time apart lang naman.

Ria: Really? Hindi ba ¾ time apart?

Kris: Hindi naman. Mas konti than ¾;mga just a little over half but less than ¾.

Ria:So, we are apart around 3/5of the six months.

And that is our version of a “long distance” relationship.Funny, just as when we got married, the more we’ve been physically apart.

The philosophical/spiritual words of advice of others go: “a baby will eventually come din.”Admittedly, we are somewhat sad that we still aren’t pregnant. Scientifically and “politically,” we acknowledge that the odds are against us (adding stress pa tuloy lalo).

Jackie has been telling me to take a break and go with Kris na lang.If only easy — I need to work rin talaga for our bills and expenses eh (with many hands extended to Kris and having minimal BDF,  plus traveling to and fro Ilocos isn’t cheap, his personal income suffers most of the time).And as I’ve mentioned many times before, it is actually even more stressful in the province (no privacy, no defined space in the household, and no family/friends to ‘rescue’ me).Besides, I cannot picture myself as a clingy-wife, just following hubby — never been a clingy-decoration-only girlfriend/fiancée, no plans to start being one now.

I truly wonder how can those politicos and their respective wives “juggle” this kind of life we are now living…even more amazing, sila pa itong maraming anak and enjoying luxurious lives.Subscribing to the common judgment against them, I guess we will never have kids and wealth with our kind of public service then.It ain’t a picnic being square.