unfaithful

why the title?

well, let's just put it this way. my mom and i were talking earlier and she told me that not a few people of their her and my dad's acquaintance were carrying on extramarital relationships. i was surprised at one of the names mentioned because i could not imagine, for the life of me, people like this person flirting around at his age.

the topic came about because mom told me that for two nights or so someone has been calling them up at night. when my dad answers, he just stays on the phone for less than a minute and then puts it down. mom thought that some girl was flirting around with my dad. then i realized that on the nights in question, i had called home after i set up my headset at work, so i told her that it was me who called, and i did because i wanted to test my set-up, and also to inform them that i was safe at work. so we cleared the matter up.

anyway, going back to those extramarital affairs. one of our neighbors here, who happened to be my baptismal godfather, suffered a stroke while visiting his mistress and died in a hospital somewhere out of town. another neighbor was caught when his wife checked out his cellphone message inbox and saw sweet messages not from her but from another woman (stupid guy, really). 

my mom's not worried that my dad will be unfaithful to her, and i'm not worried either. for one thing, my parents have a happy, healthy relationship, without competition on either part. even if my mom's in the island every week end, they still talk, and my dad joins her there every other week end or so. they've had their ups and downs, and they lived through those to have the good relationship they have today. besides, they pray together and do a lot of stuff together, like attend Rotary activities. i even set up a friendster account for them.

this is the kind of marriage that i would like to have, in the future.