How to Be Single in the Philippines Without Becoming a Community Tragedy

How to Be Single in the Philippines Without Becoming a Community Tragedy

Writer: Angela Atienza
Genre: Satire
Category: Nonfiction
Language: English (Taglish)

There are few things more suspicious to a Filipino than a person who chooses to be alone, in a country where even ghosts are said to stick around because “sayang naman ‘yung lamay,” solitude is treated as both a moral failing and a medical condition.

In the Philippines, being single is like living in a fishbowl. A lot of aunts have too much fre...