"With Bong it is not easy. Ang pinagdaanan kasi namin ni Bong, hindi rin madali. Twenty-five years na kami sa November 3, birthday ni Ate Vi [Vilma Santos]. It is not a perfect relationship. Ang dami naming kagaguhan. Ang dami naming ayaw sa amin. Pero lahat nang iyan nalampasan."

Ano yung pinakamabigat na pagsubok na halos ay maghiwalay sila?

"Ang dami, pero hindi kami naghiwalay, e. Isang gabi sigurong hiwalay. Pero walang matagal. In our 25 years, madami na kaming pinagdaanan," saad ni Boy.

Since birthday nga niya sa October 29, may ibinigay na bang regalo si Bong sa kanya?

"Ako ang nagregalo sa kanya!" pagbibiro ni Boy. "Alam mo I was about to go home, I don't know what he has for me. Alam mo why he's very, very important to me aside from the love? Siya talaga yung...he's the only person I think, outside of my family, who loves me more than I love my self."

Ano ang pinaka-sweet na nagawa ni Bong para sa kanya?

"Ang dami. Alam mo si Bong, he really takes good care of everything. Like for example, we're leaving, wala akong trabaho, puro lahat siya. From the tickets to lahat, packing clothes...kasi palibhasa dating steward, di ba? Lahat ‘yan siya.

"It's a sense of safety. Mas maasikaso si Bong kaysa ako. Mas inaasikaso niya ako. Ang ganda-ganda ko, ‘no?" biro ni Boy.

Inamin ni Boy na isa sa sweet na ginagawa nila ay yung hanggang ngayon, they still write love notes or letters para sa isa't isa.

"Alam mo up to this day, we write notes. ‘Baby, I'm leaving ahead. Love you. Blah-blah. Be safe.' Isa yun sa mga sweet na ginagawa namin araw-araw. He calls, he texts. He says, ‘Be safe. I don't care where you are, just let me know that you are okay, that you are safe.' Communication, ‘yan ang bukas sa amin."

Pero aminado rin si Boy na, "Hindi ako naging faithful before. Pero hindi ako nagsinungaling kahit kailan. Marami akong nakasalubong, nilandi ko, nilandi ako. Pero kahit kailan hindi ko itinatwa si Bong. At kahit kailan hindi ako nagduda, na kapag dumating na yung time na dapat na akong umuwi, uuwi ako. Hindi ako nanloko.

"Pero ako, ang dami kong pinagsisihan. Kay Bong, ang dami kong kasalanan. Kung ang tanong n'yo, 'Si Bong ba, had he been perfect, had he been loyal for the past 25 years?' Ang sagot ko, ‘I don't want to know.' I don't need to know to love Bong. I don't need to know his mistakes for me to love him in this lifetime and beyond. I love him the way he is.

"[But] it's not an open relationship. Kasi ang open relationship in the gay context is you play around. It's not an open relationship. Basta ako, I don't want to know and I'm sure Bong doesn't want to know also."

Ano ang secret ng kanilang lasting relationship?

"Alam mo, walang formula e. What works for me, may not work for you. Kilalanin mo ang sarili mo. I'm sharing this because I'd like to tell you my story and why my relationship worked."