I am a bisexual man, 22 years old. Pero since grade 5, alam ko na na hindi lang babae ang gusto ko. I was confused tho since yun nga nagkaka-crush ako both genders. Tapos dumating pa itong si Lady Gaga, sabi niya Born This Way okayy edi sige go push. I've had flings with women before, and some of them, alam ng family ko. I've also been suspected to be gay many times before. Pero since nagkaka-fling nga ako with women, my family had always defended me and told everyone I was straight.

So here's the setup. Recently kasi mataas ang blood pressure ng tita ko (she's the only one I have, my mom's dead and my dad has always been MIA since day 1), so patatas lang ang kinakain niya for lunch, hindi siya nagkakanin. Siyempre ako itong si pampam, gusto tumikim. So nakikain ako from her plate.

And then for no apparent reason, I decided na it was the perfect time for me to talk to her about this.

"Tita, magjojowa na ako," sabi ko.

Sabi niya, "hala bakit ngayon? Saka na pag 25 ka na."

"Hala, ang tanda ko na no'n."

"Eh marami ka na ring pera no'n," sagot niya. "Para hindi na kami mag-aagawan sa suweldo mo."

Tinawanan ko lang siya. I grew up poor, and since ako ang panganay, it always felt like I was the promised messiah, yun bang magpapapako sa krus para lang makaangat kaming lahat sa laylayan. It used to be very traumatic for me, but that's a story for another day. Besides, I grew up to love providing for them, and naging running gag na lang sa family na hindi puwedeng hindi ko ibibigay yung suweldo ko. In reality, my aunt's very considerate, and never asks for more than what I can give.

While I was laughing from that, she asks me the most ridiculous question I've ever heard from her.

"Yung jojowain mo, boy ba o girl?"

I didn't have time to think! In a split second, I just thought f\ck it, bahala na I'm gonna have to do this sooner or later anyway.* So I said

"Boy"

And you know what she said?

"Ay... ok."

There was an awkward silence.

"Basta yung suweldo mo ah, akin 'yun."

Another round of laughter ensued. I jokingly protested, sabi ko, "pa'no yung pang-date namin???"

"Magjowa ka ng may trabaho, parehas kayo lalaki 'no. 'Wag ka manlibre, mag-ambagan kayo."