For years, I’ve been the “good” Asian daughter. I grew up in a pretty traditional Asian household, with a stereotypical tiger mom and a very strict dad. I’ve always been a bit conservative and repressed. I’ve explored DirtyPenPals and SluttyConfessions over the past couple years to help experiment with this side of me. But, the point being – I haven’t been in many relationships and I was innately sort of distrusting to really commit myself to a person because of that inexperience.
Which is why it hurt all the more when I found out that my boyfriend was cheating on me about a month ago with a mutual friend. It was embarrassing. It was infuriating. It was a whole ordeal. In recent months, I definitely did put on a little weight. I would like to think some would have liked that – even preferred that, but my sense was he was not one of those people. To be honest, I think the key reason for him.