The Cs

What does it take for a relationship to be ideal? How do we measure if love is perfect or at least almost? The love story of Chris Tiu and Clarisse Ong has to be one the ideal romances I know.

Throwback to the day I saw The Cs in person. 08.19.2012

I am not much of a believer of young love destined to be married although I've met people with same stories. I don't have fate for puppy lovin' journey to forever until I knew the story of Clarisse and Chris or I may call the Cs. Clarisse is the first and only girlfriend of Chris and Chris is the first and only boyfriend of Clarisse. Is it ideal to love just one partner or is it better to experience heartbreak and learn from it until you found the one? We may have different opinion about it but for the Cs, having your first love as your last love is way too perfect. 

I have too much admiration for the Cs because they managed to keep their love life private despite that Chris is a media personality. Even the wedding didn't came abuzz until 3 weeks after. They must have been careful enough not to announce the wedding because girls might crash the ceremony. Haha. Just kidding.

I know that one of the very reason why their relationship lasted is because of their value for chastity. I remember a friend told me that one secret of maintaining a long term relationship is because "Hindi pa nila ginagawa ang mga bagay na dapat ay pang mag-asawa lang". In that way, the couple will have something to reserve for marriage. The magic of honeymoon and the spark of it is just lovely. It's a matter of waiting for the right time, the right moment with the right person to make love. I remember reading an interview with Chris that he and her girlfriend never travel alone together and they weren't sharing bed during out of town. Such a gentleman. Another article I read told that Chris was turned off on pornography and has turned down an endorsement that will require him to bare his upper body. He grew up with values indeed. Lord, may duplicate ba sya? Hihi

The differences in values which is one of the causes of break up must not become a problem for the Cs. Both came from Chinese-Filipino family, born in the same generation, went in the same school, and sacred Catholic, it was easy for the Cs to understand each other. The same values and traditions they had has contribute to having a healthy, well-grounded relationship.

Congratulations Mr. and Mrs. Tiu! ❤️ May your journey to forever be filled with faith, joy, and love. God bless!

I wonder how far shall I go to meet the ideal man so we can start the ideal relationship. Gah, I feel old.