tage fright, or butterflies in the stomach, happens to the best of them. Gary Valenciano, he who has filled up huge venues near and far, admits he still feels nervous before a show. Zsa Zsa Padilla seconds the motion.

But both agree they need the adrenaline surge, and the energy it gives. Gary and Zsa Zsa will depict the many faces of love – sad, happy, bored, corny, funny, what have you, in their show, Faces of Love 2 at NBC Tent, Bonifacio Global City on Feb. 18, 8 p.m. and Feb. 19, 7 p.m.

They will also draw on the rich experience in matters of the heart when they sing of falling in love in the weekend series.

Zsa Zsa is fighting the pressure to marry Dolphy. The specter of her failed marriage (to dentist Modesto Tatlonghari) still hovers over her like a sword of Damocles. So, even if people urge her to go tie the knot, now that her marriage is annulled, Zsa Zsa says no.

"They've been telling me to hurry up, given Dolphy's age (78)," she reveals.

But Zsa Zsa has put her foot down. She will marry not because she is pressured to do so, but because it's the right time. And that time has not yet come, thank you.

"It (the marriage) didn't happen when it should happen," Zsa Zsa recalls a time when she and Dolphy were already planning the wedding. "I took it as a sign that it's not yet the right time."

What if daughter Karylle beats her to the altar by marrying Dingdong Dantes?

The usually spontaneous Zsa Zsa is momentarily speechless.

"I will be shocked out of my wits," she replies. "I'm not ready to be a lola!"

In contrast, Gary is more open. He is ready to embrace grandfatherhood anytime.

"My brother's son already has kids. They call me lolo," relates Gary .

He has briefed his children, especially the boys, Paolo and Gabriel, about love.

"I tell them our hearts are made for love. And I tell Paolo I'd rather see him getting married than coming up to me one day and telling me he got somebody pregnant," Gary adds.

Like a barkada, he even advises his sons about their LQs (lovers' quarrels) with their girlfriends.

"I tell them to just look at their mom (Angeli) and me. We also went through the whole process," states Gary .

Zsa Zsa adopts a more strict view on love where her children are concerned.

"I want my daughters to have their own lives and careers so they can invest their earnings. This way, they won't depend on a man for support," she says.

Zsa Zsa has no reason to worry. Karylle has yet to discuss marriage plans with her mom.

Grandfatherhood seems a distant possibility to Gary , too. He knows Paolo and Gabriel have their own girlfriends. But none of them has told him and Angeli they're ready to take the plunge.

Gary doesn't have that laidback view when it comes to youngest child Kiana, though. As the only girl in the brood, Gary plans to guard Kiana like a hawk when she grows up.

"When she asks me at what age she can have a boyfriend, I tell her when she turns 28. And I'll be bombarding her future suitors with a string of questions," says the protective dad.

Now he's sounding more like Zsa Zsa. The many faces of love, indeed!

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