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Robredo says 'unimaginable' to date again, had 'enough love for a lifetime' with Jesse

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Jamaine Punzalan, ABS-CBN News

<p>MANILA— Eight years on, she could imagine no other love.</p><p>Vice President Leni Robredo said Friday it was &quot;unimaginable&quot; for her to date after her 25-year marriage with her late husband Jesse Robredo, the Interior secretary who died in a plane crash in 2012.</p><p>Robredo said she had been wrongly linked to many “boys and gays” since her husband&#x27;s passing.</p><p>&quot;I’ve been blessed with the best husband. Tingin ko hindi na ako magiging masuwerte ulit... I’ve had enough love to last me a lifetime,&quot; Robredo told radio show Basta Batas.</p><p>(I think I won&#x27;t be lucky in that regard again.)</p><p>&quot;Number 2, sa dami ng trabaho ko, may panahon pa ba akong mag-date? Sa akin, unimaginable for me — kahit hindi ako VP — to still be with another person. Hindi ko ma-imagine to be with somebody else,&quot; she added.</p><p>(With my workload, when will I have time to date? Even if I were not Vice President, for me it is unimaginable to still be with another person. I can&#x27;t imagine to be with somebody else.)</p><p>Due to the coronavirus lockdown, Robredo in May failed for the first time to mark her husband&#x27;s birthday in their hometown Naga City.</p><p>She had then shared an undated photo of her hugging her husband, with the caption: &quot;Nag-iisang tiyak sa sanlibong duda (the only certainty in a thousand doubts).&quot;</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10219298078015051&amp;set=a.4208322798674&amp;type=3&amp;theater&amp;_rdc=1&amp;_rdr" data-width="auto"> </div><ul class="op-related-articles">	<li><a href="https://news.abs-cbn.com/nation/10/09/15/leni-robredo-relives-whirlwind-romance-jesse">Leni Robredo recounts &#x27;whirlwind&#x27; romance with Jesse</a></li></ul><p>Jesse was known for wearing slippers, which his supporters interpreted as a sign of humility and accessibility to the people. He and Robredo have 3 daughters.</p>

<p>Vice President Leni Robredo said Friday it was "unimaginable" for her to date after her 25-year marriage with her late husband.</p>

Vice President Leni Robredo said Friday it was "unimaginable" for her to date after her 25-year marriage with her late husband.

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Robredo says 'unimaginable' to date again, had 'enough love for a lifetime' with Jesse

Jamaine Punzalan,

ABS-CBN News

Published September 25, 2020 02:20 PM PHT

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Updated September 25, 2020 02:23 PM PHT

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