How I Will Meet Your Mother (or who I want to be with for the rest of my life)

[PRESCRIPT: The following is a crammed essay that I submitted for my Speech Communication class. Every time I encounter this kind of question, I always have nearly blank answers.]

While there are rumors that the end of the world is coming this year, this is no excuse for me to have that cliché yet wonderful dream of being with somebody for the rest of my life. The cliché goes like this: I am stuck in an island, and I have to choose somebody who you would be with for the rest of my life. Or perhaps something like this: I am in a church (for bracket A girls, alright, beach) wedding and I am with what I say the one. Or something like this: I imagine yourself all alone at the Freedom Park, until somebody went towards me: she or he smiles at me and sits with me. If the person’s a female, I get to tell my feelings. If the person’s a male, perhaps both of us would talk about almost everything, with a big bottle of softdrinks.

You see, we all have somebody who is very special to our lives. There will always be that person who you consider very special. She or he may be your classmate, your blockmate, your mother or father, perhaps even your professor. While I may be just a 16-year old, sometimes, when it rains, or when I see couples at Freedom and Carabao Parks, I start thinking about when (and even whether or not) I would be able to sweetly hold one’s hand, or shoulder. I start to think, would I even have a girlfriend and, perhaps, a wife?

Now, I will tell you my story. I will tell you how I will meet your mother.

I do not want to be all by myself throughout life. I need somebody to be with me, somebody who I will love, and somebody who knows that I will dedicate the rest of my time with her, from sun up to sun down. I know that it would really suck if I would live alone, despite my little principle on being solitary. I see myself being with a special woman during dates, movie marathons, and even being beside her every night in sleep.

I would like to have a family. I would like to have you, my son, and my daughter. I would like to have two or three people with me during dinners. I would like to have the fun fathers experience every time they are with their wives and children. This is why I do not want to live alone forever.

As I speak, I do not have a girlfriend yet. I am not sure whether or not it is because I don’t know who I shall court or because I have no idea how to court. But does this mean I would not have a wife? I do not think so.

To cut it short, I just want to be with my wife – your mother – for the rest of my life. The question now is, how will I meet your mother?

Perhaps she is just around UPLB. Perhaps she was, or is, or will be my classmate. She may even be enrolled at the same course where I enrolled. Maybe that one will be my co-worker in my field or office. Maybe that very special crush back in high school will be indeed the one.

Who your mother will be and how I will meet her shall remain a mystery.