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Ryan Agoncillo recalls the moment he knew Judy Ann Santos was 'The One'
Ryan Agoncillo on Instagram recalled the moment he knew his wife Judy Ann was "The One."
He wrote the story as an entry for his Instagram series #storiesforlucho, the hashtag he created to record their memories as a family and where he files stories he'd tell his children.
Ryan began by sharing the context: he was 26 years old, having made a habit of picking up Judy Ann from her movie sets and riding motorcycles to sip coffees at random gasoline stations. Sometimes, they would be "soaked to the socks in the middle of nowhere" but Judy Ann would just be giggling through shivers.
It was also the time when Judy Ann would visit the rock n' roll club that Ryan co-owned with Lucho's "Ninong Ramdy" and mix drinks for him and his friends, as well as serve beer for guests at the bar.
The moment came when Judy Ann, having gone through a rough patch, stayed at Ryan's parent's house. She stayed in his bedroom, while Ryan stayed in his parent's bedroom.
In the second afternoon of her "retreat," Ryan's sister came with three Frappucinos. Judy Ann rolled over, they all sipped on their coffees. Ryan looks to Judy Ann side ways and asked, "you cool with this?"
"With what?" Judy Ann asked back. "This. This is how quiet and boring it gets with me," Ryan replied.
"She just sipped the frap, smiled, and went back to her nap. That’s when I knew," Ryan concluded.
On the comments section, Judy Ann replied and said she remembered everything as if on "full HD. That mattress.. rainy day rides, gas station moments.. sleeping for 3 days with no phone, and a lot more.. sealed the deal my love... I love you."
It's a very cute anecdote, allow us to share it in its entirety below:
I was maybe 26, Mom and I were only really starting to get to know each other.
I’d pick her up from 1 of her movie sets, we’d ride a motorcycle thru fog and a thunderstorm just to hang.
Not every girl would’ve liked it, Mom just giggled thru shivers, while we were sipping gas station coffees, soaked to the socks in the middle of nowhere.
Sometimes, Mom would drop in on me at the rock and roll club I used to own with your Ninong Ramdy. She’d offer to mix drinks and serve beer at the bar for guests along with her other beautiful friends, I don’t think we ever refused.
There was also this time, she pitched to help set up at one of my photo shoots.
While in the studio hallway talking shop with the fashion editor, Mom comes out, wearing mechanics gloves, all sweaty from adjusting the lights, telling me the set up was ready.
I turned to face my editor, her mouth was just wide open, her jaw, we had to scrape off the floor. Apparently, her team had been trying to book her for a cover shoot for months already, and there she was, on a random morning fixing lights for the part time photographer.
By this time though, I’ve had my heart broken enough times to know that exciting times fade, I knew it was a must to also be comfortable in silences.
Mom hit a very rough patch and wanted to disappear, even just a few days, to breathe.
I took her to Lolo and Lola’s and they agreed that it was the best place for her to relax, undisturbed.
She stayed, with one of her cousins, in my bedroom since I was 8.
There wasn't much, just a big mattress on the floor, a noisy A/C and a wonky CD player you had to whack to get thru old DMB records. I slept in my parents room, as I usually do when I’m home for the weekends.
Probably the 2nd afternoon though, I was on the parquet floor, reading a paperback, your aunt had just quietly come in with 3 Frappuccinos, and Mom gets up from under the blankets and pillows. There wasn’t much talk, but I do remember asking her with a sideways glance, “you cool with this?”
She said “with what?”
"This. this is how quiet and boring it gets with me too.”
She just sipped the frap, smiled, and went back to her nap. That’s when I knew Bud.
Ryan and Judy Ann have been married since 2009, they have three children Yohan, Lucho and Luna. — Jannielyn Ann Bigtas/LA, GMA News
