To think this is overkill ?

[AdderJagfa]

The context to this is I was 9 years old and it was the no man’s land time between Xmas and Nee Year - so let’s say around December 29th?

I had a mad crush on a boy at the time and I wrote a letter and rang someone’s doorbell I knew 2 streets away and gave it to the woman of the house who had kids roughly my age - I’d signed letter with the boys unusual surname. I wrote another letter and signed it with a completely different surname

After i delivered the letters I walked home knowing I’d made a huge mistake

That evening my doorbell rang and the husband and wife from the house in question were both at the door with the letters in hand and came into speak to my parents

I got a huge telling off and dressing down by my parents and felt very mortified and embarrassed about the whole thing. There was such a bad atmosphere in the house I actually begged for the cleaner to come the next day 😭 - but she didn’t cos Xmas hols

Just to say the content of my letters wasn’t in any way rude or offensive

AIBU to think the adults in this situation went too far?

But it also makes me wonder for this one telling off to be such a huge thing nearly 40 years later, and.so memorable...was that the only time you were told off?

Well, all those updates helped.

Not.

@AdderJagfa I'm sorry if you felt your parents weren't understanding or kind enough to you as a child, maybe that general feeling is something you could discuss in therapy, but this one of particular event you need to let go.. . It was an extremely random thing you did and I'm not sure your parents would have been equipped to deal with any better at the time.