Enrique dela Cruz

Manila Philippines

Board Member (2nd District)

Legal

I never believed in courtship. Not that I don’t know how or that I am too shy. The truth is I find the “ritual” too crude and too scheming. To court is to manipulate and condition the mind. When a man courts a woman, all he does is to condition the woman’s mind that she needs her and that he is God’s gift to her. Don’t get me wrong. I am not a romantic. Romantics are those who are in love with the idea of falling in love. They get trapped in courtship for they love the chase and the passion that goes with it. After they go steady, the romantic loses steam and the feelings of affection soon fade out. He longs for the courtship and starts to look for a new prospect. The