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I think one measure of love that should be seriously looked into is the level of silliness two persons can do together. I think “intimacy and complete trust and understanding” is overrated. If your partner can do just about everything he dreams of and fantasizes about with you then he’ll probably think twice of straying.

Recently, my dates with Jerv are on the, you can say, silly side. Perhaps we’ve been catching up on stuff younger kids do when they’re in a relationship and we figured it’s not too late to feel teeny-bop and inane at times. It’s not something that we planned though. We just felt like doing those things at that time and later on realized that hey, this is so juvenile!

So what have we been up to lately. Around two Fridays ago, we went out for after dinner drinks with Jerv’s officemates at Eastwood. After bottles of cold beer, Jerv and I thought of going to Basement before going home. Basement is actually a club where my boyfriend used to go to score on willing chics (although he wouldn’t admit it). It’s a dark cramped place with loud house/techno music and young half-naked people and where finding a space in the dance floor can be quite a feat. And what do you know? I had a lot of fun! We just danced like there was nobody around us. It was quite liberating if you ask me. It’s just that when we look around, we felt like we’re the oldest people. That’s probably the reason why we danced like crazy and absolutely ignored everyone else. Our dancing had to make up for our office get-up.

The next Saturday we planned on watching Mr. and Mrs. Smith. Jerv suggested that we watch at Shang because I’ve been wanting to try Wham burger. I can’t remember now why we wanted to catch the 1pm screening so last Saturday he picked me up at around 11 in the morning. After finishing 1/3 pound burger each and sharing over one order of French fries, we had sundae cone (also at Wham) while walking towards the cinema. It was during this time that I realized that this was like a date taken-out of Archie comics - eating burgers and ice cream and watching a movie at 1 o’clock in the afternoon. It was like going out on a date in high school.

It was fun doing something different. We somehow got used to having dinners in nice restaurants and going out with my cousins or friends. We were preoccupied as well with a lot of work and other responsibilities which make these dates truly a breath of fresh air. It’s refreshing to know how much we enjoy doing things like dancing and eating ice cream even if it’s just the two of us.