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Patricia Javier and Rob Walcher open up about their love story

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Actress Patricia Javier and her husband, chiropractor Rob Walcher, opened up about their love story.</p><p>Patricia shared that their story began in 2003, when she was invited to a show in the US. &quot;Na-invite ako dun ng Filipino community natin sa San Diego, California. Tapos may concert tapos kasama ako nila Jaya dun, pinakanta kami,&quot; Patricia recalled in an interview with Korina Sanchez on NET25. <em></em></p><p>Rob happened to be at the same event, attending with a friend. &quot;&#x27;Yung sponsors night na dinner, he was there with his friend. Pinakilala kaming dalawa,&quot; the actress recounted. </p><p>Rob added: &quot;My friend is a chiropractor as well and he&#x27;s married to a Filipina, and they just said hey, you should come with us to this banquet... Then we kind of met.&quot;</p><p>While it wasn’t love at first sight in the traditional sense, Rob admitted there was an instant spark.</p><p>&quot;There was certainly an attraction. She had this like big poster and I was like wow she&#x27;s maganda so certainly there was an attraction. There was a connection we had, and we were able to meet up later that night and do a lot of talking so we had a nice connection in the beginning,&quot; he relayed. </p><p>After becoming a couple, Rob proposed to Patricia nine months later. &quot;I went to the Philippines in December that year, and I met the family and did all the normal sightseeing things, Boracay, like that... Tapos, she came back in April and that&#x27;s when I proposed.&quot; Robert shared.</p><div><br/></div><iframe class="instagram-media" id="instagram-embed-16" src="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHDdcrpTEcx/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=540&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A16%2C%22os%22%3A18721070.400000036%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="0" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-16" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px;min-width:326px;padding:0px;position:absolute"></iframe><blockquote class=" instagram-media-registered" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHDdcrpTEcx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" data-instgrm-version="14" id="instagram-media-payload-16" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:540px;min-width:326px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:16px"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHDdcrpTEcx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="background:#FFFFFF;line-height:0;padding:0 0;text-align:center;text-decoration:none;width:100%" target="_blank"><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;align-items:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:40px;margin-right:14px;width:40px"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:100px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:60px"><br/></div></div></div><div style="padding:19% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:block;height:50px;margin:0 auto 12px;width:50px"><br/></div><div style="padding-top:8px"><div style="color:#3897f0;line-height:18px">View this post on Instagram</div></div><div style="padding:12.5% 0"><br/></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:row;margin-bottom:14px;align-items:center"><div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(0px) translateY(7px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;height:12.5px;transform:rotate(-45deg) translateX(3px) translateY(1px);width:12.5px;flex-grow:0;margin-right:14px;margin-left:2px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;height:12.5px;width:12.5px;transform:translateX(9px) translateY(-18px)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:8px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:50%;flex-grow:0;height:20px;width:20px"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:2px solid transparent;border-left:6px solid #f4f4f4;border-bottom:2px solid transparent;transform:translateX(16px) translateY(-4px) rotate(30deg)"><br/></div></div><div style="margin-left:auto"><div style="width:0px;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-right:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(16px)"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;flex-grow:0;height:12px;width:16px;transform:translateY(-4px)"><br/></div><div style="width:0;height:0;border-top:8px solid #F4F4F4;border-left:8px solid transparent;transform:translateY(-4px) translateX(8px)"><br/></div></div></div><div style="display:flex;flex-direction:column;flex-grow:1;justify-content:center;margin-bottom:24px"><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;margin-bottom:6px;width:224px"><br/></div><div style="background-color:#F4F4F4;border-radius:4px;flex-grow:0;height:14px;width:144px"><br/></div></div></a><div style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/DHDdcrpTEcx/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading" style="color:#c9c8cd;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by Patricia Javier (@patriciajavier1)</a></div></div></blockquote><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>Looking back, Rob said that proposing to Patricia was a great decision, as a long-distance relationship would have been difficult at that time. </p><p>&quot;I figured, you know, it&#x27;s like if I didn&#x27;t do that, I don&#x27;t think it would have lasted because it&#x27;s very hard [to be in] a long distance [relationship], and this was 2003 before Facebook or anything like that, so I think now it&#x27;s a lot easier with Facebook this time and social media,&quot; he recalled.</p><p>The couple got married and settled in San Diego, where they lived for 13 years and raised their children. &quot;I do love where we live in San Diego, and I had a nice clinic, and we had a nice life but now in hindsight I should&#x27;ve just come here,&quot; Robert said.</p><p>When asked about her life in the U.S. during that time, Patricia shared: &quot;Siyempre focus ako sa family, housewife.&quot;</p><p>Even while managing domestic life, Patricia explored her interests, as she studied to be an aesthetician and worked as a DJ.</p><p>Patricia highlighted that Rob has always been supportive of her, which she considered a sign that she had found &quot;the one.&quot;</p><p>&quot;You know what, iyon &#x27;yung isa kong nagustuhan ko sa kanya kasi ever since nung nagpa-sexy ako, I have this insecurity sa sarili ko na baka wala na talagang mag-seryoso sa akin kasi nga iyon &#x27;yung career ko. Tapos nung siya, sobrang proud siya sa akin sa mga ginagawa ko. Sabi ko, I think this is really the one,&quot; Patricia stated.</p><p>Patricia and Rob now have two sons, Ryan and Robert IV, and are currently residing in the Philippines. </p>