8/8/2019 HLT OpEd Give Pnoy Time to Date
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Talk to Harry
By Harry Tambuatco
Give Pnoy time to date?On the broadsheets was a report on Balsy
A. Cruz requesting the Filipinos to be sensitiveto her brother and
give him room to date. He is a bachelor, she pointed out.
In big corporations CEOs are screened and scrutinized before
they are given the
responsibility of management. In most cases, married men with
families are given
preference.
Why is this so? No one wants a heartbroken CEO. Do you remember
your first heartache? Having fallen in love and
the world turns rosy yet simultaneously susceptible to darkness?
We have read of suicides and murder that are love
driven. Surely you remember what drove you to marriage, if only
to appease the situation, marriage being an option
out of the misery one feels when abandoned. What I am trying to
say is we are all vulnerable. Love is a power so
strong few, very few can get a handle on. It can drive you crazy
and dostupid things; irrational at times but consequential at the
least.
This does not mean married men no longer fall in love either and
go
goo goo gaga but, at the very least, they are grounded. Grounded
with
family and children and responsibilitiesthis is the reason we
mandate
CEOs to be before we allow them to rule. To find new love as
to
meeting ones soul mate is probably the most successful and
opportune
time of anyones life, but lets be real, this is at most times a
fantasy and
unless you find a hobby or work you can immerse yourself into,
life can
get boring, even with financial success. Sports, yes a perfect
alternative.
Music, only if you are gifted. Art, if you have the eye for it.
Money, wellthis can be dangerous who was the kleptomaniac we
iconized in the
70s?
So what to do with a bachelor? Yes, let us please give him the
space,
after all we Filipinos are romantic and love the thought of
people in love. We also enjoy a good cry (as to why? you
tell me). But what if our president gets heartbroken? At the
moment of crisis wherein we need the leader to guide us,
what then? When you were heartbroken, could you function? Ah
wait, yes there are those who are macho, and believe
man is an island, but is he? I find it strange that dating is
even a consideration at his stature after promoting he has
decided to be leader of our democracy. Is there room for romance
in our economy? Is there sense of love in the fight
against corruption? We can only imagine heart break, introducing
sensitivities of lonesomeness living in an
environment of emptiness. You try living in the palace with
guards and paparazzi broadcasting your every move. Butwhat the
heck, you decided to be our president. And now your ate asks we
allow you time for love, and what allow
vulnerability? With our country at stake? You tell me.
The popularity the president enjoys in the media is a saving
grace. To be president and single has to be a challenge. He
has three loving sisters who have husbands and children to boot
(well maybe not all). How long in the next six years
are we to wait in case he is driven by love to anxiety? The
heart knows no boundaries.
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No one wants a heartbroken
CEO. Do you remember your
first heartache?... So what to
do with a bachelor? Yes, let
us please give him the
space But what if our
president gets heartbroken?
At the moment of crisiswherein we need the leader
to guide us, what then?
