By Charmaine Sanchez
Whenever we take afternoon and evening strolls at the park, we see people in pairs everywhere; lovers holding hands while walking, those having picnics, and simply those who are spending quality time together. There is nothing wrong in seeing lovebirds caught in the act like these situations. However, it seems like some couples do not know how to limit their actions that are exposed to the great public's eyes.
"Ga unsa man intawun to sila didto uy. Mga baboy naman kaayu ning mga mag-uyab ron."
I often hear these kinds of lines from people wandering around some of our public parks specially at night. Instead of enjoying the liberty of choosing a good place to hang around with friends and family, what usually happens is… "Ay! Hala! Dili nalang ta diri uy. Maka disturbo ra ta"
What is happening to our people here? Learning to adopt wild western ways? Couples (both underage and of-age-ones) treat our public parks like hotel rooms! The thing that should be worrying us is, most witnesses to these dirty acts are children, out for some innocent playtime, and high school students. That means an additional problem. Not only do we have to make sure our children aren't exposed to pornographic films, but also to "barbaric live shows" in unlit areas specially at the People's Park and at our Center Mall. Some couples don't even respect the fact that they are near the Bishop's Palace and they do things beyond plain making out.
People… relationships and love are supposed to be sacred. If we can set discipline for ourselves, why don't we try setting discipline to our relationships? Why don't we try guarding our unguarded moments? Do we have to light every corner of the city to scare these wild lovebirds away? I don't think that would be necessary.
To our dear readers, especially to my fellow youth, I hope this would serve as a reminder to all of us about things that need our limits and things that need to be corrected. We should always be responsible when it comes to our actions, whether that concerns us as individuals or as couples.
We are good in craziness. In fact, craziness can make life fun! However, there are right places for everything and everything would be better if they happen in right places. Foolishness like this one can already affect our city's reputation. So the next time moments turn red with your partner and it happened that you're in public, why don't you hold your horses?
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