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(Un)Happily Ever After by Myla H. Torres Have you ever wondered what happened to Cinderella after marrying his Prince Charming? Did they actually live happily ever after or wretchedly ever after? We weren’t really given the chance to know, were we? The curtains roll down before we get the chance to see them live their lives together. So what if our fairytale heroes and heroines didn’t actually stay together for the rest of their lives? What if Cinderella found out that the Prince she married wasn’t that charming at all? What if she got tired of him beating her up black and blue everyday? But of course they lived far away from the Philippines. They probably had divorce to solve their problems. Take for instance Bheng, a 35-year-old doctor who now lives in the United States. Bheng has been separated from her husband Jim for 14 years. She now has a family of her own while ex-husband Jim has two kids with another woman and has also migrated to the States. The two separated simply because they cannot live with each other anymore, making the marriage damaging to both of them. They were able to acquire a legal separation but cannot marry their current spouses because our law does not allow the remarriage of legally separated individuals. However, both are willing to divorce each other if only it was possible for them to avail of it. Unfortunately, divorce and even legal separation is seen as a taboo in the traditional Filipino society. Divorce has been a cutting issue for a long time now. Various groups, mostly from the women’s sector, have been lobbying for the passage of House Bill No. 6993 or more properly known as the Divorce Bill. The bill, authored by Representative Manuel C. Ortega during the Eleventh Congress, proposes amendments to the 1988 Family Code.
Approximate Word count = 1206
Approximate Pages = 4.8
(250 words per page double spaced)
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