Jealous Aunt

Anton

16 years ago, I was a 15 year old girl. My pursuit back then wasn’t the girly things. I’d rather play shooting with the boys around my neighborhood. Either that, or fight with them. Some of the girls my age hangs out together and I’ll be somewhere climbing a tree. This is an Asian culture. We are free to roam. Yes I’m one of the boys. Often than not, people would say I’m a tomboy. That’s just me. I know I’m a girl but whatever the neighborhood boys do is what’s exciting for me.

Then keypad phones came and everyone became obsessed of having one. I didn’t get one right away. It took years, when a good samaritan cousin gifted me her old phone. I’m ecstatic. This is also where what we called “send to many” became too popular and I would send text to all of my contact saying “hello, have you had meals? OR what’s for dinner? OR How are you?, good night, good morning don’t skip breakfast. ” Don’t get me wrong, everyone sends this message to everyone in their contact, which once you mature you realize it is stupid. We don’t have lines, we have to buy sim card, load it mostly unlimited text for 1 day so whenever you avail this service you go crazy texting. We are literally addicted to it. So ignorant 🤦🏾‍♀️.

One day, on my way home from school. We go to school downtown, we have to wait for a motorcycle by the intersection to take us home and my auntie from downtown came charging into me, holding a copy of my texts sent to her new 2nd husband with date and time. All, the same messages that I wrote above and yelling at me saying I was seducing her husband, to stop whatever it is because I was caught already and showed me and everyone there, my texts. I tried to explain and she wouldn’t hear me and does not care at all if people are listening. I would have sent her texts but she has no phone. My 15 year old self was shocked and embarrassed that I didn’t cry until I got home. She could have went to my house, talked to me or my parents since she thinks Im doing something stupid. Instead she asked her daughter to spy on me and once I’m at the intersection, she came scandalizing me. I was not close to her husband. We only say hello how are you whenever we see each other or smile because that is normal behavior. And just to clarify it, I had never looked at him and thought, I like this man. As I said, my brain does not function into the romance world yet. I had boyfriend at 3rd year college.

I never got over it. I’m 31, I’ve a family now but I still can’t get comfortable next to or being alone with other men even a family except for my brothers. I can’t be too close and I don’t know how to deal with other men if no one’s around us. I have this anxiety that a wife will come charging on me again no matter I’m not doing anything. I also never talked to that aunt because she never apologized. Never heard the side of my story. My mom told me that she knew me and as long as I know what truly happened I will be okay and that’s the only thing I hold onto and felt no guilt at all for ignoring my aunt.

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Da

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There is no need to feel anxiety any more since you know what the truth is and you didn’t do any wrong. That lady didn’t even have a phone so she was acting up for no reason and she was being insecure. Especially since she didn’t want to listen to you. Try to live in the present and constantly remind yourself you have done no wrong, there is nothing to worry about and that you are allowing your mind to play games with you. Maybe therapy? I don’t know what they can exactly do but people say it helps with a lot of things

An

Anton • Jan 25, 2024
Thank you.

Ca

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I have no idea what “send to many” means but it sounds like she felt you were being inappropriate and because you didn’t send her those messages. She clearly didn’t handle it appropriately either, that’s how how I’d handle anything with my niece or nephew but it’s been 16 years, perhaps the two of you should have talked it out by now.

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Anton • Jan 25, 2024
Yes that’s one of those send to many. LoL different world.

Da

Daisy • Jan 19, 2024
I think “send to many” is like a forwarding chain where you see something or you get the text else where or another chat and just send it to everyone else. I don’t know if I’m making sense but I’ve been around different people where the older aunties and uncles just do that and circulate the same things over and over 😂

An

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Send to many back then was just as I said, stupid. Who would even send the same message to all their contact? But I don’t know who or how it started. I wish I didn’t fall into following what’s trendy back then.