This is a family drama that may be common in some parts of the country. It could be due to the culture or how a certain group of people or individuals are raised and instilled in their minds the toxic culture about owing favors.
Utang na loob is very commong among Filipino's. And pakikisama, they go side by side. We tend to worry about what other people think of us and we end in trying to succumb to superficial ways just to please them, and that will slowly becomes a natural way of living our daily lives
When we owe someone, it means that we will do everything in our power to reciprocate or to make sure that we give back or else magiging wala tayong modo or magiging masamang tao tayo. Our society now is being poisoned by this type of toxic family trait, or even in other relationships.
Ang pakikisama on the other hand can be quite deadly and really irrelevant, if we try to think about it. Again pleasing others to your own expense, do you think yayaman ka sa ganyang mindset?
Sympre, maiisip mo lage na paano kung ganito, ganyan, the never-ending doubts, the what if's, what might have beens?
Kasi takot ka na kung di mo gawin to, baka magalit si ano, baka magtampo sila sa akin, baka idisown nila ako. Of course, we wouldn't want that. We are firm believers of "No man is an island"
because even if we have our own families, we end up going back to our roots, and that is how extended families are still common. There is nothing wrong with that, but the mere fact of pleasing people, just because...that is the problem!!!