Speaking with Bianca Gonzalez in an episode of Cinema News, Domingo recalled almost crying when he was about to ask for Pineda’s parents’ permission for him to marry their daughter.
“Around two weeks or three weeks before the flight, they were asking, ‘Pupunta daw kayong Japan?’ Prior to Japan, dapat lilipad din ako kasama sa ‘ASAP Las Vegas’ but na-cancel because nagkaroon ng different line up. So I was like, okay baka ito na yung perfect time. Sabi ko, ‘Baka ito na yung perfect time para sabihin sa inyo na I would love to ask for your permission,’” he narrated.
While conveying this, Domingo said: “Nag-crack yung voice ko, naiiyak ako. In the middle, siyempre hirap na hirap akong sabihin yun, nag-joke lang ako to relax the situation. Sabi ko, ‘I have to apologize, this is the first time I am doing this.’ And then both of them said, ‘We hope it’s the last.’”
Fortunately, it turned out to be a great conversation.
“We talked about not just the proposal but initial wedding plans if I had, and yung marriage na kung saan titira. Para siyang HR question-and-answer. I had to tell them ready na po ako.”
When prodded to share how he decided on buying Pineda’s engagement bling, Domingo revealed he actually asked his girlfriend on the kind of ring she specifically wants.
In fact, Domingo shared that his mom was the one who physically bought the ring for him.
Saying he got the engagement ring in March, Domingo said he only had two instances that he got to take a good look at it.
The couple spent their Halloween break in Japan together with their close friends Kathryn Bernardo, Daniel Padilla, Ria Atayde, Zanjoe Marudo, and Joshua Garcia who witnessed the marriage proposal together with Domingo’s best friend and Pineda’s family.
