Maureen Manalac

I'm Moe Mañalac, the wife of Francisco Gaudencio Lope Belardo Mañalac (@Bamboomusiclive) and a doting mom to our children, Isabelle and Lucius Mañalac.

[Maureen Manalac @MoeManalac]

Enjoy the time in the spot light but don’t get used to it. People are concerned about their problems and not your success and fame. You can only impress people for so long.

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Fame is elusive and cannot be controlled. I learned that fame is something you can’t hold onto. Sooner or later your fame will go away.

It is nice when everyone’s coming to you for your attention, however those same people will be chasing down someone else in a couple of months.

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A myth about domestic violence is that abusive relationships have a predictable, repetitive pattern.

Truth is the biggest threat to a woman isn’t a stranger with a gun, but her own husband.

Stop the violence in our homes.
Behind closed doors.
Living in silence.

[Maureen Manalac @MoeManalac]

And he will keep feeling that you are controlling him, because he doesn’t believe that you should set any limits on his conduct or insist that he meet his responsibilities.

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The abusive man’s high entitlement leads him to have unfair and unreasonable expectations, so that the relationship revolves around his demands.

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You can pour all your energy into keeping your partner content, but if he has this mind-set, he’ll never be satisfied for long.

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Over time, this type of abuse eats away at your self-confidence and sense of self-worth, undermining any good feelings you have about yourself and about your accomplishments. Help.

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When someone is unrelentingly critical of you, always finds fault, can never be pleased, and blames you for everything that goes wrong, it is the insidious nature and cumulative effects of the abuse that do the damage.

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We must always take sides. Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim. Silence encourages the tormentor, never the tormented.

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Note to self: Not all wounds are visible.

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The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.

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Abusers are able to fool those outside the home because they usually only abuse those inside the home.

Emotional abuse.
Physical abuse.
Domestic abuse.
Sexual abuse.
Love is not abuse.

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@vicegandako Hinay-hinay lang dahil baka sa isang iglap ay mawala yan lahat sayo!! Nasa huli ang pagsisisi. Ikaw din. Unfollow ka na namin! Napaka-nega at BI mo! Sobra. Kailangan disiplinahin ang ka-erehan mo para di ka tularan! @ABSCBN @StarCreativesTV

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@vicegandako OMG!! Wag masyadong hambug at ipangalandakan pa na sobrang ganda ng buhay mo!

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@carinaherrera22 How can it be fake news when you heard it straight from the horse’s mouth? It’s called common sense.

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I ran right into the arms of an abusive man. When he hit me the first time, he said I deserved every beating, every broken bone, every humiliation.

Satan worked his magic through my husband’s fists and words of an abusive man.

I am still waist deep in my pit.

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I remained in a dangerous and abusive relationship with my husband. I am afraid for my life and my children’s life, but I am too scared and weak to do anything about it.

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I have been married for several years now. A decade and two kids later, my marriage is pretty much what it is expected to be at this stage – routine bordering on boring!

We have gotten so busy with the mundane responsibilities of life that we hardly take out time for each other.

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A gap, I have often felt and even tried to work upon. We have sex but that is usually when my husband’s libido perhaps needs an outlet. Things such as stolen kisses, spontaneous cuddling, thoughtful hugs, heck even compliments is something I often crave for.@banderainquirer