That question destroyed me. Because the truth is, I had never believed it. Growing up Filipina meant learning that love was sacrifice. My mother gave up her teaching career for my father. My Lola raised seven children alone after Lolo found a younger woman. The women in my family loved like martyrs. I was just following the recipe.
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And Matteo? He texted last month. “I’ve changed. Can we try again?” That question destroyed me
That was the first night I thought about leaving. Enter Jamie. Not a lover—not yet. Jamie is my best friend from college. She runs a small bookshop in Quezon City and has never apologized for taking up space. She is plus-sized, loud, opinionated, and married to a woman named Dina who paints murals of anitos (ancestral spirits). They have been together for nine years. My mother gave up her teaching career for my father
So this is not a sad ending. This is a reckoning. I am not leaving Matteo. I am leaving the version of myself who thought love meant bleeding quietly.
Entry 47 – Manila, 3:47 AM
I started writing a different kind of diary entry: