Her Account
One word. BBM. That’s how it
started.
Don’t’ overreact. Cyber dating
and texting might be rampant during the 2000 era, but I do not consider ours to
be like that.
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I knew him since 2nd
high. He was a lower batch. I cannot remember a simple personal encounter with
him within the three years stay with him in the same school. In short, it was a
non-existent, just pure acquaintance, or maybe acquaintance is still an
exaggeration.
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Fast track. Got my BB on 2011.
And BB has this messenger (Blackberry messenger) service that only BB users
have access. It was a rivalry of BB and Iphone. BB for more professional type
user while Iphone for hype. I preferred BB for functionality. Or should I say,
I was lucky to have BB and now to have a h2B (hubby to be). Whatever reasons,
it was a major turn-around.
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2012. I received a BBM message to
a new user “Ken” saying “Hi”. Thought it was a college classmate slash
row-mate, I immediately replied “Hello, kumusta?” The primary picture was not
yet visible so I never thought that I was actually talking to a former high
schoolmate slash acquaintance (again, may be acquaintance is an exaggeration).
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From BBM, of which several times
was down due to intermittent internet, to text and FB chatting, we created a
habit of updating each other. And yes, it actually developed into something.
Discussions progress from the
typical “what’s-your-meal-for-lunch,
“how-was-your-day”, “did-you-watch-Aces-game, into “are-you-free-tonight”,
“can-we-have-dinner”, “let’s-go-out-for-movie” and whatever that will make me
see him almost every day.
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And yes, cliché might be, BBM was
the spark and the rest is a burning fire of love.
P.S. I knew him very well during
our high school days. For me he was not just an acquaintance. I knew his set of
friends. I knew his class schedule, where he usually stayed during vacant
periods. I was literally a stalker for a semester just because, I had secretly
crush on him.
And yeah, a slambook of a friend
can attest to this. @.@