In a relationship

People say that if you're in a relationship, you need to accept every single flaw that comes with the person.

So yeah, Emmet has a lot of flaws.

And I mean, a lot.

Like he doesn't remember when he'll take me to the movies.

Or I don't get to see him every single day.

Or he doesn't say sorry as much.

But he's a sweetie as well.

Like learning how to speak Tagalog.

Or messaging me everyday.

Or leaving voice messages on my voicemail every single time I couldn't get to answer his calls.

His been learning to speak Tagalog for the past couple of days.

He surprised me by messaging me yesterday in Tagalog.

It didn't make sense, of course. His grammars were wrong, and he took everything literally.

But once I catch on that he writes literally, I understood what he was talking about.

He must really like you, if he's willing to learn your language, my cousin said.

Even Michael, my cousin in Brisbane said that he's very keen.

It's pretty obvious, Nikki, no guy calls twice in a span of half hour, he said.

I know he's keen on me, why else would he try to get back together?

But I've realised now that I'm not going to expect too much.

Not every guy can make your wish come true.

Not every guy is perfect.

But for me, the single thing that he does, all his quirks, the way he gets confused over simple thing, the way he forgets stuff [I'll get to that later on..], etc are actually endearing now.


And no, he's not forgetful Lucy

It's not his fault when he forgets our dates.

A medical mishap from years ago made his memory shut.

He doesn't have short-term memory loss. I didn't get that lucky.

But it took me weeks to get to it. To accept that he forgets stuff.

But what can you do? You can't dump a guy who'd been through so much before just because he forgets little things.

And I know he wants things to work out because now he tells me that I need to remind him every single day about our plans, our dates and what we'll be doing in advance.

I think he needs to get a black book where he can record everything.

But he wants me to remember everything for him.

I don't mind one bit. I think it's the least I can do.

Another one becomes attached to Nikki, my cousin teased.

I'm not that attached to him to think about the future, but at the moment, I think there's no point in rushing into things.

I'll just see where this is going.

So far so good, though.