Love is all about timing.
This is what many netizens now believe as actor Carlo Aquino made headlines for marrying Charlie Dizon in an intimate private ceremony on June 9, 2024.
Read: Carlo Aquino and Charlie Dizon are officially married!
Before marrying Charlie, Carlo was in a relationship with Trina Candaza for almost four years. The two share three-year-old daughter Mithi.
Trina confirmed in January 2023 that she and Carlo had gone their separate ways in December 2021.
Read: Is this Trina Candaza's reaction to wedding of Carlo Aquino?
Given the relationship he and Trina had shared, and how he eventually found forever in Charlie, netizens are pointing to Carlo as proof that the Taxi Cab Theory is real.
WHAT IS THE TAXI CAB THEORY?
The Taxi Cab Theory comes from the third season of American television series Sex and the City.
In the season’s eighth episode, which aired in July 2000, Miranda Hobbes (played by Cynthia Nixon) explains her theory about men and their approach to dating and commitment.
She says, “Men are like cabs. When they’re available, their light goes on.
“They wake up one day and they decide they’re ready to settle down, have babies, whatever, and they turn their light on.
“The next woman they pick up, boom! That’s the one they’ll marry.”
When her friend Charlotte York (played by Kristin Davis) protests that love must not be so random, Miranda asserts, “It’s all about timing. You gotta get them when their light is on.”
Carrie Bradshaw (played by Sarah Jessica Parker) quips that most men she meets have their lights on blinking yellow, to which Miranda adds, “Or off-duty. They can drive around for years picking up women and not be available.”
Read: WEDDING ALBUM: Carlo Aquino and Charlie Dizon
Sex and the City is an award-winning television series that had a great impact on fashion, pop culture, and even women empowerment.
In revisiting the show's legacy 25 years after it first aired on television, Reader's Digest UK says, "The show, for the most part, is the epitome of second wave feminism. In some ways, it is very progressive in that it empowers women to embrace their sexuality...
"It was part of a positive change in TV and took many of the American TV's first steps in portraying women in a more modern way."
NETIZENS POST ABOUT CARLO AND THE TAXI CAB THEORY
When news of Carlo and Charlie’s secret wedding broke on the night of June 9, it prompted many netizens to air their thoughts about Carlo and the Taxi Cab Theory.
A Facebook post by user Dainty says (published as is): “Imagine Carlo and Trina been together for years, magkasama through ups and downs yet he found the one na papakasalan n'ya after a months of break up.
“I guess ‘men will marry his woman because he's now ready to commit, not because the length of their relationship’ and ‘a man will settle down when they are ready no matter who they are with’ was true.”
At press time, the post has garnered 4.2K reactions, 305 comments, and 3.4K shares, with other netizens sharing the caption verbatim together with other photos of Carlo and Trina during happier times and of Carlo and Charlie on their wedding day.
The caption of Dainty’s post ends with the line, “Building a man for another woman is so heartbreaking,” and many netizens echo this line in the comments section together with broken heart emojis.
Read: Trina Candaza moves out of Carlo Aquino's home; brings daughter with her
A Facebook page named Preach It also weighs in on the issue, saying (published as is): “No matter how beautiful or accomplished you are, if someone isn’t ready to settle down, they never will.
“The taxi cab theory illustrates this well: it’s like you're preparing a man for another woman.
“For instance, Carlo Aquino and Trina were together for nearly 4 years and had a baby, but they didn't get married. Now, he’s ready to marry Charlie.
“It’s all about timing and finding the right person.”
Read: Celebrity guests at Carlo Aquino and Charlie Dizon's wedding
However, beauty blogger Liz Lanuzo begs to differ. She reacts to the Facebook post by Dainty, putting her own take on the issue (published as is): “This bothers me, this idea that men are infants who can't make an informed choice about their situation.
“It doesn't matter how long you've been with someone, if the relationship is fragile and remains fragile for however long it will break eventually.
“Women shouldn't ‘build’ men like they're some kind of project. They should focus on themselves instead and look for someone who can be real partner now, not someone who MAY be a real partner later.”
What do you think, PEPsters? Is love all about timing?