Bakit ang lovelife parang trabaho na lang?

I've noticed that my lovelife, as well as the love lives of the people who are close to me, is increasingly becoming similar to the employment landscape in this country. Consider the following examples:

1. There are now more part-time boyfriends than full-time boyfriends.

2. Like contractual employment boyfriends now lasts only for 3 to 6 months, and the possibility of extension is almost, always, nil.

3. There are no free meals anymore, you have to pay for your share, either in cash or in kind. (I'd rather pay in cash, thank you.)

4. Like call center employees who pretend to have fulfilling careers because they're on the phone eight hours a day, a lot of people now just talk on the phone and pretend they have fulfilling relationships. (Some just send text messages.)

5. Like many applicants who have to dress up and go to a thousand interviews only to settle for a so-so job, females on the prowl have to endure a thousand dates only to settle for another frog.

6. Like jaded Pinoys who think that finding work abroad is the best thing that's gonna happen to them most Pinays now think that going to some foreign shore is the best option for bagging a husband.

7. If you do decide to work abroad you have no choice but to endure the long lines at the POEA. If you do decide to find a husband you have no choice but to accept the fact that the current available men to available women ratio is something like 20+:1 based on my friend's assumption. They say it's 8:1, but you must remember some of them are in jail, some are gay, and some are not at all presentable.

8. You don't always get what's promised in the ads. A Marketing Manager position can actually mean a job peddling detergent from door to door. A Housewife position can actually mean working as a DH at your mother-in-law's house.