PEP: Jomari says marriage to Pops not in his '09 agenda

For quite some time now, this has been the perennial question of showbiz press to the celebrity couple; and repeatedly, their answer has been: "We're enjoying what we have." During the birthday party of GMA-7 executive Redgie Magno, PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) asked Joms the same question, and he just took it topic nonchalantly. He replied, "Right now, I'm very comfortable with what we have..." Pops said in her previous interviews, "We never fight." Likewise, Jomari also related, in an article published in PEP last year, that the age gap is working in their favor because of "maturity." So what's stopping them from taking their relationship to a higher level? The host-actor replied quite vaguely, "Ang problema kasi, may mga anak kami, di ba? Tatlo yun, eh, sa ‘kin yung pinakabata...So, kung iisipin mo, hindi pa...sobra kaming okay, pero baka ‘pag nag-asawa kami, baka...definitely may mga masasaktan, di ba?" They both came from broken marriages. Pops was married to concert king Martin Nievera, while Joms was the first husband of politician-actress Aiko Melendez. By the looks of it, the two are very happy with what their set-up, and are probably afraid to do something that might change the status quo. Their relationship became the core of intermittent breakup rumors last year, but Pops and Joms remained together. In fact, they celebrated their third anniversary last December 8. But Jom believes he and Pops are not yet past the getting-to-know-you stage. "We're learning more from each other, e," he said. "Marami kaming natutunan sa isa't isa. Kumbaga under pressure, personality, character, weakness side, diskarte, yun, nakikita namin ourselves in action together, how we work." Wedding is far from their minds, as both are currently busy with their upcoming concert entitled Missing You. Pops and Martin, will be the performers, while Joms will produce the show. The project has given them the chance to get to know each other better. He remarked, "Three years na kami pero meron kaming nakikilala sa isa't isa na hindi pa namin alam, e. Nadidiskubre namin ngayon lang." And so far, every thing goes smoothly. Do their busy schedules get in the way? The ward of Douglas Quijano answered, "Actually nagsimula kami, sanay kami ng ganun, e. Sanay ako ng nagtu-tour siya around the world. Umpisa pa lang, ganun na yung trend namin. Lagi siyang wala pero pag nandito siya, masaya. [Nandun] yung element ng missing someone."" CONCERT UPDATE. The upcoming show, which will happen on February 6, is "okay," according to Jomari. "Kahit na ina-eye bags na ako," he added. As a producer, he described himself as "very hands-on." He said, "I'm very much on top of everything, except creative, and yung production side—that's on Pops, she's in charge, and I leave it to her, kasi yun yung hindi ko alam, e. Yung iba, okay ako...Parang naghati kami ng responsibility para mas maging efficient nga, di ba? "Pero Martin-Pops past concerts, I've seen them. Meron lang akong isang [suggestion] for [the] creative part. And isa lang, request ko lang, kasi I've never seen it before." PEP asked him to elaborate about his suggestion, but he just smiled and nodded when we said, "Aabangan na lang ng fans?" - Philippine Entertainment Portal