“Ta pensa yo con el maga bata pero ciguro, kay tarda ya kami yan junto, ya tiene tamen yo lastima (I think of the children but perhaps, because we have lived long already, I also pity him).” “Jende yo ta pensa kay solo lang yo y no hay tamen yo problema na maga pulis. Sabe tamen yo cay ayuda cila si pidi yo ayuda (I do not think that I am alone and I do not also have a problema with the pólice. I also know that they will help if I ask for help).” And if ever the incident will happen again she would have courage to report. She reported the first incident to the barangay and had a confrontation but got settled because he promised her that he would not do it again. Asked if she would file a case of VAW as woman S13 answered, “Natapos na man din ‘yon kaya hindi na. Parang wala naman din siyang plano na saktan ako kasi nakikita ko naman na nagbago siya kaya binigyan ko ng second chance.” Researchers’ Observations: S13 has been abused physically, psychologically, emotionally, and with her children’s ages (30 and 20), it is apparent that she has tolerated the pain inflicted upon her for almost 3 decades now. Analysis: S13 herself admitted that she bore with the pain and trauma yet accepted the situation until the she started witnessing him to have changed and has already stopped the physical violence but admitted the occasional continuance of verbal violence. Survivor 14 S14 hails from Tumaga, and has been married for 6 years and does not have a child. The incident of violence happened was on July of 2019 when they had a fight and he got irritated with her. She experienced being physically abused by her husband, who slapped her, boxed in some parts of body. He even strangled her neck. She thought of that abuse she experienced should end that’s why she left her husband but still found her and asked for forgiveness. She never felt alone and any trust issue to the government or agency to assist and she thinks that they could help her if she was hurt again. 44