Thanks NH and KML. I honestly think I would be hyper-vigilant with any woman right now, Filipino or otherwise. I don't believe she has some guy stashed away, it was her son. He usually calls her around noon each day but her response that he was up late because it was Saturday night made sense. They were discussing food. I think it was just the pause that got me. Again, she was probably thinking about their conversation. The Celebrex thing, well. She doesn't like to take it and probably goes on and off, no big deal. The client issue, again she had no reason to tell me something untrue. She had been telling me up to then the client didn't know and again, I have no position either way. Communication can be an issue in cross-cultural R's. I remember with Voldemort, she wouldn't get certain phrases, if I said something sarcastically she would take it literally. She also had to take something said to her in English, then translate it into Cantonese and then re-translate her reply into English. It's complicated and words get missed. My favourite is when she'd be telling you a story and "he" suddenly turned into a "she" because in Cantonese there is no "he" or "she" words. Also to top my ultra viligant nature these days, when I first dated Voldemort she had a bf which she failed to mention to me. Later she said she thought we were having a business dinner (we worked in the same organization doing the same job). She said this was very common where she came from. OMG, sure it is. I also had a "friendship" (not sure what it was) with Coffee Buddy, a Filipino lady, who just up and disappeared on me after telling me the week before "I'm here for you" Uh, yeah! And KML, Mom loved Vodemort. She described her to friends as "she's a gem".
