Here are some dating tips, nothing grand, but can be useful.
Know how to say “I love you” in the #Filipino language because we have two for romantic relationships.
“Mahal kita” = This is your “I love you” in English. It can be used romantically or for family and relatives.
mahal = ma (as in “mama”) + hal (as in ha + L) which means “love”
kita = ki (as in ‘ki’ in “kit”) + ta (as in ‘ta’ in “tank”) which means “you”
“Iniibig kita” = This can be translated into English as “I deeply love you” or “I deeply desire you” or both; and should only be used romantically. You could say it is a poetic way of saying “I love you”, however, it is more than that.
iniibig = i-ni-i-big (i = as in the sound of saying the letter “e” = iihh) which means “[deeply] love”
Understand what “mutual understanding” or “m.u.” is.
It's actually simple. “Mutual understanding” is that stage wherein two people are already comfortable with each other, but are still not officially dating. Usually, they do not know they like each other; however, there are those who choose it because they are not sure yet (especially permission from parents).
If the person you like decides to be in an M.U. relationship, don't take it negatively. It is a sign that they are considering dating you, just that, there are still things they need to settle on their end. Give them some time.
You need to clarify your relationship.
Never assume that you are dating. I've seen “couples” who never made it clear and later was shocked the other partner finally have a “boyfriend” or “girlfriend”. The surprised party felt “cheated” but in reality, no one cheated, they were never dating in the first place!
It is important to make your relationship clear.
Are you dating exclusively? “Exclusively”, meaning, there are no one else both parties are dating.
Or, are you in an “open relationship”? An “open relationship” is a relationship wherein you allow each other to have other dates.
Are you actually dating, M.U., or just friends?
Are you “officially” dating? “Officially”, meaning, both of your parents know (regardless if they agreed to it or not).
“PDA” or “Public Display of Affection”
This is publicly holding hands, hugging, kissing (cheeks, lips), being overly sweet with each other.
Filipinos are generally fine with it. If you don't like it, a Filipino date might misinterpret it as you not being proud of them. Thus, if it is not in your culture to show PDA, then make it clear with the Filipino you are dating, to avoid misunderstandings.
There are also some Filipinos who are not into PDA, so, you need to be open about it. And limits.
You are not just dating one person, you are dating the entire family.
Filipinos are family-centric. And when it comes to Filipino, be sure to treat their families well.
This is a good thing. If your partner is telling you what to do, it means they really want to date you.
That's just 5 when it comes to dating. Marriage proposal is a whole different matter. We have our own form “dowry”, although less practised today, it is still good to know, especially if the Filipino you want to marry is traditional. (They may not tell you anything because you're a foreigner, but deep inside they're expecting it.)
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Extract week numbers from dates in R using strftime() & %V format code or lubridate's week() function. Just pass the date object to easily get the week number. Great for wrangling temporal data! Try it out on sample dates in R to get comfortable with date manipulation for time series analysis. Check my blog for details & examples of using these functions. Handling dates is an important R skill - give it a go!
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Finally, headed out on a date with Bumble Guy #2. This is our first solo date, and I normally don't expect much beyond food and good conversation on first dates. We'll see how it goes!
Hello my Mastodon #friends. How was your #Christmas? I had a really hard time with my #mother. We assume her dementia is a behavioural variant frontotemporal #dementia that causes emotional problems and bad behavior. I was exhausted when I got #home#yesterday. I even got off the train in Pasila, too early. 🙈 I had a migraine yesterday and #today. But guess what? I had a #date today and we had so much fun. He drove for 2,5 hours to take me out for a #dinner and now he's driving back home. 🫶 😘
I just had an interesting #Apple experience; I don’t know if anyone out there can shed light on it.
I left my #Mac running whilst I ducked out to the bathroom, and when I came back, I’d lost #network connectivity. Oddly, my system #date had changed to 05-Aug-2020 and the #time was about 11 hours out.
Resetting the #clock manually fixes the network issue, but switching automatic time sync back on resets the date and time as above, and cuts the network out again.
@maks112v This is also a great reference to how you can format your dates and/or times without having to create a formatter (not that there's anything wrong with that).
Etsy is fantastic. Except for the part where they're #incompetent, user-hostile, and provide absolutely zero #support for sellers (and not much more for buyers).
They just told a #customer of mine to expect their purchase in 5 business days.
Canada #Post's "delivery standard" for the method selected is 11 business days. And they're not even honouring those standards 'cause of the "emergency".
So I'm going to have a pissed-off customer, who bought expecting his #parcel to arrive by a certain special #date, which if I were able to ask Canada Post if it could be there by that date, they would laugh until they fell down, had a #stroke, and went into a #coma.
And there is no way to contact Etsy to tell them to stop doing this. Or do anything else, for that matter.
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