My Husband's Lover

My Husband's Lover is a Filipino SOAP/ Tele-Serye/ Tele-Nobela/ Drama television series created by Suzette Doctolero and was aired last June 10, 2013 primetime  by a one of the biggest network in the Philippines the GMA Network. recently give the Filipino audience a different taste of drama to the society which has social relevance like this kind of story. Philippines were majority Roman Catholic and very conservative with issue regarding the Homosexuality. The question was, Does the Filipino audience accept this story?. But with their first episode create a huge success and made it talk of the town.
 

The series stars Carla Abellana(Lally Agatep Soriano) the loving wife of Vincent and a mother of two. She is intelligent, romantic lady who will do everything for the man she loves. Lally has been married for 10 years to Vincent. She tries to be perfect wife in all aspects. But their seemingly perfect marriage starts to fall when Eric del Mundo comes into their lives. It turns out that Eric was Vincent's first love, and the two have rekindled their flame.
  
Tom Rodriguez played the role of Vincent  Soriano, Lally's loving husband. He is a car enthusiast; he collects and sells luxary cars as his business. Rich, handsome and intelligent, Vincent is a perfect catch with one flaw - he is closeted gay. He fought his homosexual feelings and married Lally to pleaase his parents and society, but he later realizes that he cannot totally forget his love for his high school lover, Eric del Mundo.

Dennis Trillo played the role of Eric del Mundo. He is Vincent's first romance, Smart and sophisticated; he is an architect, managing his own design business. He poses a tough image for everyone to see, but in reality, he is gay, Eric returns and is determined to win back the love of the man he lost in his youth. Instead, he finds that Vincent is already married to Lally, with whom he already has two kids.

The My Husband's Lover was a  story tackles sensitive social relevant issues like homosexual and bisexual relationships, homophobia and the society's discrimination against homosexuals, infedility, pre marital sex and the consequences of early or unplanned marriages. It also tackles the importance of family, friendship, integrity and love. The forty five minute scripted drama chronicles the life of a woman, who belatedly discovers that her husband has been carrying on an affair, but not with another woman.

Vincent got hhis girlfriend Lally pregnant while they were still in college. So they decided to get married even if the two of them were not ready for the responsibilty and Vincent's mother, Ellaine was very much against it. Thus Lally endures the hardships in dealing with her mother in law. However, when Lally got pregnant on their second child . Vincent suddenly became distant and cold towards he.  Lally felt that Vincent was being unfair to her so she decided to leave together with their children. Vincent loves his kids somuch, so he tried to win back his wife by proposing and this time getting married again with a blessing from the church.

Unknown to Lally, Vincent is keeping a secret from her; It is also a secret he has kept from everyone else ever since he was young. Vincent was a closeted homosexual man who never planned to come out because he was afraid that it will destroy his family. However, everything changed when he crosses paths with Eric again - his greatest love. Unlike Vincent. Eric is openly gay. But just like Vincent, he still is in love with him.

Eventually the two men start an affair and Vincent tries to hide the affair from Lally by showering her with gifts and attention. However, Lally's intuition tells her that something is wrong even though everything in her married life seems fine. That's when she starts to investigate and she eventually learns of Vincent's darkest secret.

Are we ready for this kind of relationship and out in the open in the public like in other country?.

by aren pilipinas