To this day, Aga Muhlach feels surreal about how he and Charlene Gonzales ended up with each other.
The couple are marking their 23rd anniversary on May 28, 2024.
At his guest appearance on PEP Live on January 25, Aga’s face lit up as he fondly recalled the moment he realized that Charlene is “The One.”
“Hindi ko ina-advise sa lahat. It happened to us because I felt it at the right moment.
“More than me, ang sinasabi ko sa asawa ko, ‘Bakit ka nag-yes sa akin?’ Kasi we weren’t in a relationship.
“There were a couple of days already I was showing some signs na parang I like her.”
Charlene joined the cast of Oki Doki Dok from 1999-2000, which was the tailend of the long-running Kapamilya sitcom headlined by Aga.
She was not even his love interest in the show, but Aga started seeing Charlene as more than a colleague in real life.
“Then again, napakaano nito pakinggan, parang pelikula. Parang may senyales na talagang may hangin na gumanun sa yo, woosh!
“‘Yan ang magiging asawa mo. Siya yun.’
“Kasi naghahanap ako ng magiging asawa ko. I was so ready to settle down.
“And then, nagkakuwentuhan kami ng isang oras. Then in the middle of that… ‘Siya yung asawa mo.'”
Dumbfounded, Aga thought to himself, “Siya? Really? So, ilang araw iniisip ko. Totoo ito!”
THE PROPOSAL AND ENGAGEMENT PARTY
It was on Aga’s birthday, August 12, 2000, when he proposed to Charlene to be his wife.
“Ang nakakagulat dun, nag-yes siya. Naiyak talaga ako dun,” Aga related to PEP.ph.
Still relating the story on PEP Live, he said that she and Charlene threw an engagement party with their family and close friends in November 2000.
“We had a big lunch sa Vera-Perez Gardens.
