My voice came to the dinner table
The voice message she sent only to a friend came up at the dinner table. Before laughter, Daeun saw traces of her words spreading without permission.
After words she sent only to a friend spread among others, Daeun comes face-to-face with the sentence she could never bring herself to say as it happens again.
During dinner, Daeun hears her voice message playing in her friend’s group chat. The next day, when another private sentence is laid out before others, she tries to tell her friend about her boundaries late at night, then deletes it.
When my words spread without my permission
It’s not about being overly sensitive. First, let’s look at who received my words and how they were passed along.
Rather than questioning whether I’m just being sensitive, let’s look together at what happened and how much I can safely share. That can help me find a path that fits my situation.
When your words end up in someone else’s hands, the first thing to check isn’t whether you’re being too sensitive, but whether you’re safe right now. Would it be okay to do just one small thing today, like writing down who shared what?
Scenes
- 01 · The night my voice came up The night my voice came up — During dinner, the voice message Daeun had sent only to Jimin appeared in Jimin’s group chat with her friends. Daeun wasn’t in the chat, but she heard her own voice from Jimin’s phone. Jimin: You sent this, didn’t you?
- 02 · What remained after the laughter What remained after the laughter — Jimin turned her phone over, saying everyone in the group chat had only laughed. What remained with Daeun wasn’t the laughter, but the sight of her own voice passing among people without permission. Daeun: It’s strange that my voice was there, more than the fact that everyone laughed. Jimin: Why think so much about something so minor?
- 03 · The sentence laid out again The sentence laid out again — The next day in the break room, Hyeonji was showing another coworker a message Daeun had sent privately. It was a different person and a different place from yesterday, but Daeun’s words were being read again where Daeun wasn’t. Hyeonji: This is something Daeun sent, right?
- 04 · The sentence she deleted in the end The sentence she deleted in the end — That night, Daeun typed as far as, ‘Don’t send my words without my permission,’ to Jimin, then deleted it. After staring at the empty input box for a long while, her fingertips began typing the same sentence again. Daeun: Am I being too sensitive?
Stories by Suho
- Suho
- After work, I’m standing at the door, and I need to change who can see my account.
- After my appointment, an offer to work together came in.
- I check the hate comments again, even after putting my child to bed.
- When I wake up, today’s plans are already decided.
- On the first night, should I open the door when someone says we have a mutual friend?
- Every lunch break, when I’m alone, I want to know who they really are.
- I used someone I knew as a go-between at the supermarket.
- Even after the family gathering, those words are still online.