I was 11 years old when I have my first suitor. He was at my age too, but I wonder how this boy know about courting when at that time, my younger sister and me were just being good on playing a sarisari store owner and costumer using flowers and fruit as our goods. I hate rohing for doing so, because he has black and decaying teeth.

When my mom learned about rohing. She stopped me from going anywhere where I can possibly meet the boy.One time when our barrio held the fiesta celebration. I insisted to go that my mom firmly say no.When asked her why, she said it’s not easy to breastfeed a baby. I never won on mother’s will, so I stay in the house while my brother and sister went and watched the program. I felt bad missing the only entertainment we can enjoy.

After a year we learned that rohing got married to a girl who was twelve years old. They lived together because they can’t have their license. During those days I feel relieve because I’m free with the teasing that my sibling do to me.

At twenty I got married and have my first baby at twenty three. I really forgot rohing already but when I visit my sister’s house he and his wife was then a visitor of my sister too. My sister then introduce me to her visitors. While I am breastfeeding my first born, rohing’s wife was breastfeeding her eight child. Normally when the baby suck on your breast the other breast will also release milk. But in the case of rohing’s wife it did not where as my breast is like a fountain. Then she started talking to me;good for you you have so much milk for your baby, yes I have because I always take much liquid, so I can have more milk everyday. As I look at her she can’t have much milk because she was so thin and weak. The couple were hard up.

Then I remember why, mother told me that breastfeeding is not easy, when I find it the easiest thing I’ve done in my entire work as a wife and a mother. My mother just told me those things because she could not yet explain to me directly what really are the obligations to become a parents. Yes my mother was right because when rohing courted me I realized it was not a boyish thing. His brain grew ten years older than his body. Though my mom lied to me, I appreciate and love her so much for being responsible. She just wants us to grow, to mature before we will go into a relationship that might lead to building a family of our own.

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