Girlfriends
In this cruel, cruel world we single girls live in, girlfriends are God’s way of helping us cope. Wait. Does that sound too lesbian too you? Eh, you know what I mean.
The scarcity of eligible, single men is more than adequately made up for by the abundance of amazing, amazing girlfriends. And I am blessed with the following women of various degrees of neuroses:
FF is a rock. Not because she’s hard and unfeeling (in fact, she cries at the movies) but because she’s the person to lean on. She also can’t help but have people gravitate towards her like the pull from the earth’s core (sorry, FF, if my definition seems geologic. Luv u.) She is also one of the funniest people I know, someone who can make even the most dire situations hilarious. I hardly see her cry, and when I see her cry, I get mad because it must have been something (or SOMEONE) awful that made her cry. And I usually have the compulsion to punch people in the face.
TDL is a free spirit. Think Dharma of Dharma and Greg. She loves to party and loves to have fun. We have the same difficulties in life (i.e. supporting our families, blah salaries) but she can detach herself from that and be hopping on a plane to Boracay the next minute. She doesn’t let the injustices of life affect her. Put a magic sing in her hand and she’s good.
LC is a friend of mine from highschool, someone I hardly talk to nowadays, but someone I surprisingly have a lot in common with, one of which is our frightening affection for television characters. (Danny and Lindsay! Danny and Lindsay!). What I love about her is her idealism. Not just idealism, but faith. While I am the typical person who jumps the void, takes chances and gets hurt in the process, LC lets things happen to her as they come.
TG is an even older friend of mine (not by age, but by how far we go back) who I’ve known for almost 25 years (scary, ain’t it). TG and I shared a passion for one thing when we were kids — dancing. What tunes? I can’t tell you. You’ll laugh at us. But here’s the irony — TG works for the Dark Side…. I mean, the Other Network. So now when we see each other, it’s even more interesting as we gamely berate each other’s networks. (“Ang pangit ng Pinoy Idol”. “Bading naman si P_olo”)
SM and I both left BS Math and transferred to Communication Research, and along with LL, we were the elite group of “former Math Majors” in our batch (elite because we alienate people, and they alienate us haha). I never thought I’d be close to SM and LL because I thought they didn’t party as hard as I did. Was I wrong, especially about SM, whose charm for the male of the species is astounding (translation: active sex life haha). I could always turn to SM and LL for the straight, no-nonsense answers. They could say “Ang tanga mo kasi” and I wouldn’t feel offended. To think they’re both shorter than me.
TB is the caring mother-figure. If we all lived in a house, TB would be the one picking up the clothes sprawled on the bed and tending to us when we’re sick. TB, like SM, can also be very frank (and strict!) and tells me exactly what’s on her mind without the need to be politically correct. TB is also one of the few people I can talk to about God and faith and prayer.
JF is one of my “secret” girlfriends. Which doesn’t mean that I’m cheating on my real girlfriends, but because not a lot of people know that we’re pretty tight. I’d like to think of JF as one of the next generation GMA bigwigs, she’s intelligent and insightful and creative. Our discussions are a mixture of meaningful discourse and entertaining (work-related) gossip. Parang 24 Oras.
AG, CDA, CTM and AY are teammates-slash-girlfriends, which is, frankly a difficult thing for me to have as I prefer detaching myself from people I work with. But these girls are just stubborn — and I mean that in a good way. I credit AG and CDA for bringing out the noisy person in me (I’m usually quiet when I’m working hehe), and I credit CTM and AY for keeping me grounded.
I also have little-sister girlfriends, ladies who are younger than me by both age and mental state. (Isip-bata, but in an entertaining way). MP drove her car right in front of a scramble vendor so we can get two cups of scramble. RM, who I had lunch with yesterday, is noisy and tomboyish. MP, in an attempt to lose weight, would eat nothing but crackers and tuna for lunch — and have crispy pata and Coke for dinner. Yesterday, before lunch, I bought RM headbands because she asked me to. Yet, I have so much respect for these two girls, just because they’ve kept their youthful selves despite the struggles.
GS is my online girlfriend who I usually get to talk to through email, our website, or through text. She could be artificial intelligence and I wouldn’t know about it. But nothing about her intelligence is artificial — duh, class valedictorian? Funny class valedictorian. How many of you guys have that? Valedictorians are usually dire and snotty. Ours are far from that.
And finally, AM. If I were to peddle a girlfriend to the men of the world like in an auction, it would be AM. I love all my other girlfriends, but the fact that AM is still single is BEYOND me. Don’t guys love it when you can make a girl laugh? Laugh is all AM does 50% of her day! (She’s not insane… I’m just saying she laughs easily). You just have to buy her shoes all the time, but what’s a thousand bucks a week? AM is the Tina Fey to my Amy Poehler. Or the Amy Poehler to my Tina Fey. Eh, you be the judge.
Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, Amy Poehler as Hilary Clinton
What do you say, boys? Take your pick.
