Theories

Sunshine has this theory about love and parking spaces. She said your luck in finding prime parking is inversely proportional to your luck in love. In her case, she never had to worry about parking because, as theory has it, she'll find one faster than a date.

Jon has another. He said every person attracts a specific type of love and heartache, determined by the initials of the other. In his case, he's more likely to get involved with men whose names start with A. He also thinks there's a higher chance of the involvement going south if the guy has the same initial.

I have yet to validate Sunshine's parking theory for myself. Partly because my success in getting good parking on gimik nights is so so. Mainly because I don't believe luck has anything to do with love.

On Jon's take, I am co-author of this theory, if not the main author, since I first pointed to him that I seem to have the J curse - most people I get involved with have first names, second names or nicknames that start with J. It was I who first came up with the idea of the ABC theory, though he wrote about it first and hence, the credit goes to him. Bugger!

Yes, in the same way that Jon has his As, I have my Js. I used to say I have this J-curse, and true enough, I seem to be a magnet for ones with the J in their initials: JMs, JTs, JRs, MJs, TJs, RJs and the simply Js...but for the most part, those two-first-namers who go with 2-letter nicknames.

I don't call it a curse anymore, but a blessing. Most of these Js are cute anyway, so why complain. Besides, I happen to be in love with One, complete with the 2-letter nickname and several unmentionable adjectives, lest my blog gets censored, so I'd settle for cute and hot na lang.