bakit ngayon ka lang?

Jun 19, '09 11:12 PM for everyone

since i intend to finish my looong-delayed doctoral degree by next year, i intend to use this as title of my thesis. specifically, i want to try measuring the happiness index of married males in the country, or at least, metro cebu, by juxtaposing it with the sales of ogie alcasid's cd containing this song. i understand this was a phenomenal hit.

i forgot the first stanza of this song but the refrain goes like this: bakit ngayon ka lang dumating sa buhay ko? pilit binubuksan ang sarado ko nang puso?

based on the sales of ogie's cd, there must be many married men out there who want to say this to a single woman somewhere - or married women singing it to single men. i am sure, though, that the former would win hands-down. this song of frustration - yes, that's what it is - is reflective of the psychological and emotional status of our married male population.  this is how i see its commercial megasuccess. indeed, what is the percentage of married men singing this song in their cars and humming it while in bed with their wives? this should be very interesting!!!!!

the next line goes: ikaw ba ang nararapat sa akin?

well, obviously, they doubt the correctness of their spouse choices! after a kid or two (maybe more), they suddenly ask themselves if this new girl they met is the one they should have married, not the women sleeping in the houses which they are amortizing TOGETHER.  they are thinking that the women who put their lives on the line to produce their descendants may, after all, not have been worth it!

and finally, the song cries: siya ba ay dapat ko nang limutin?

what can i say? truly cowards, men even pass the question to the new women they want to love (and undress).  shouldn't the question be resolved by a man with or without the new woman? gosh, if you do not like the mother of your kids anymore, then the new woman has nothing to do with it!  be a real man, for goodness' sake, and decide for yourself! do not let the new woman analyze and decide for you! if you wanna forget the woman you married, by all means, do so. No one is stopping you; rest assured this is not unconstitutional.  The married man who does not want his wife anymore can do any of these things:  throw her out, leave her, ask her to refund all your expenses since you got married, divide your kids - bahala ka sa buhay mo what you will do about it.

and i write this because the nth married man  asked me this week: arlette, bakit ngayon ka lang?

please! sawang-sawa na ako sa question na ito!!!!!