Til Divorce Do Us Apart

"Marriage isn't like a hot rice, when your tongue gets burned, you will throw it away..." It's a Filipino proverb that says marriage is a serious matter. And what it means—one shouldn't be half-baked when marrying someone. It's a long-term commitment. And that's what I want to believe in. Until that day, an old classmate, who I never had much acquaintance with, proposed to  me—"Let's get married for three years... and get a divorce."  I wasn't sure how to agree to her terms, until—