30-Year-Old Retaliates Against Her 60-Year-Old Single Aunt Who Asked Her If She Was Dating Yet
Show of hands: who here has attended a family reunion or even a get-together? Most of us right?
If so, you know how those things go. You meet relatives you've never seen before and you get introduced to a lot of people who have tons of stories about your parents they can't talk to you about.
Although the food is good, there's a catch. There's always one and this time, it's relatives asking if you're in a relationship and if you answer no, they ask you why.
They ask why you're not dating and tell you that you better start looking because you're not any younger. Questions like these get old real fast and most of the time you can awkwardly wriggle your way out of them.
From time to time when they catch you in a bad mood, it's easy to snap. Such is the case with one Reddit poster.
OP (original poster) broke up 7 months ago with her partner of 3 years. Admittedly, she's having a difficult time with her first Christmas without her SO.
She and her mom went to visit her 60-year-old aunt for Christmas. The first thing her aunt asked is: "Well, any new man yet?"
OP snapped and said, "Well, how about you? How come you aren't married yet?" The aunt was taken aback and stayed quiet for a long time while the rest of the family carried on with their conversations.
On the way home, OP's mom told her she was rude for answering that way because her aunt was just taking an interest in her and making conversation
Read OP's entire original post below:
This redditor believes OP is the A**hole as she could have politely told her no or whatever answer she was comfortable with
In reply to the comment above, someone pointed out that the aunt's question was not only rude, it was also sexist
Others were quick to point out that OP wasn't asked why she didn't have a new man; she was asked IF she had a new man.
The commenter doth project too much methinks?
The aunt was just curious about OP
It could have been phrased better for sure
But just because she asked, it doesn't mean she was being rude
It may be a sore spot for OP but it certainly wasn't unreasonable to ask her if she was back to dating 7 months post-break up
OP's rude "clapback" was uncalled for
It was 7 months ago not 7 hours
This person who related too much
People of the internet being sensitive? No way.
And apparently, the question wasn't too soon seeing that OP is currently dating someone according to some internet sleuths
It is very irritating and the emotion behind OP's *rude* response is totally understandable. Although, she did pick on her aunt like a low hanging fruit.
Yep, the aunt could have at least said Merry Christmas
OP seemed to be determined to hurt the Aunt with that specific response
Plot twist: the aunt is not actually single and OP forgot to mention it in her original post
Reddit was confused and so are we
Because it's a long-distance relationship it doesn't count?
Come on, OP. We were mostly on your side.
Short but sweet
OP only shared the facts that made her look like the victim
To be honest, we can't really be sure about the intention behind the aunt's question but it certainly didn't warrant a rude response
There may be a generational misunderstanding thing happening there
Yes the question is intrusive and yes OP is rude. Both bad things can be true and maybe the right answer is: everyone sucks here.
This is a comment worth reading:
Judging by the aunts silence after OP's response, she was definitely humiliated
For that reason alone, OP is the a**hole
After much deliberation and possibly reading all those comments, OP waved the white flag and admitted that she might have been in the wrong here.
What's a family reunion without a little bit of drama? OP's Christmas certainly wasn't boring and for sure, the aunt won't soon forget this one.
OP learned her lesson not to be cruel to someone who annoyed her and the aunt also potentially learned not to ask intrusive questions or not to direct them towards OP.
How's that for a serving of mild drama? How many aunts and uncles asked you if you were still single this year and did you respond the way OP did?
