But variations of this question might ring in your head from time to time. The hierarchy of needs and wants starts to change when it also includes those of children. Rick is a dedicated family man, easy-going and generous with the time he spends with his family despite his hectic work demands.
He is deliberate with his words. Discussing sex openly in Singapore is not something easy, even among adults. Students are still faced with inane roadblocks when it comes to learning about it at the right age, so there are bigger questions to tackle in this subject.
I thought, to break the ice, he could reveal if he considers his sex life good. Rick met his partner many years before they tied the knot. Rick stays in a modest HDB apartment with his wife, which he now shares with two growing preschoolers. Obviously, looking after kids will sap your energy. Rick and his partner would rather take a long nap than to get under the sheets. HDB apartments, compact and effective as they are designed, offer little in privacy for adults when they have toddlers running down a short hallway.
Sex be damned; he knew the priorities. For Faith Ng, being a first-time mother came with being homebound during circuit breaker in Faith is a playwright, someone familiar with drawing from lived experiences and transforming them into an intimate spectacle.
This has allowed her to look at her own life through a different lens. It pushed her to evaluate her own life as a parent and married woman. She talked to parents in different support groups. She spoke with gynecologists, pediatricians, neonatal nurses, midwives. She read stories about sexually flustered Singaporean parents, similar to the one we explored earlier. As the pages of The Fourth Trimester started to fill up, one of its stories began fleshing out as a breakdown of communication and intimacy between a couple — more importantly, showing how societal pressures play a part in this.
