She Saw Searches for P-Force on His Phone: How They Finally Talked It Out

On a weekend afternoon, Ya-wen borrowed her boyfriend A-kai's phone to check the bus schedule. Halfway through typing, a few old search entries popped up below the search bar. She was about to dismiss them, but out of the corner of her eye she caught a name she'd never heard before. She didn't ask about it right away—just quietly filed it away. That night she tossed and turned, her mind spinning through every possible version: Was something wrong with his health? Did he think she wasn't good enough? Was he hiding something from her?

The next morning at breakfast, she decided not to beat around the bush. She brought up the search entries she'd seen, deliberately keeping her tone even, not accusing—just saying she felt a little uneasy. A-kai froze for a moment, first embarrassed, then came clean: he'd recently seen people online discussing men's health-related things, and out of curiosity he'd looked up a few entries. He also admitted he did have some concerns in that area but didn't know how to bring it up.

A-kai said he was afraid that speaking up would make him look like he "couldn't perform," and he also worried Ya-wen would overthink it, so he chose silence. Hearing this, Ya-wen actually felt relieved—because what worried her wasn't the search history itself, but the fact that a corner had opened up between them that they couldn't talk about. She made herself clear: what bothered her wasn't what he'd searched, but that he'd rather stew in it alone than let her face it with him. The conversation didn't reach a conclusion, but it loosened the tension between them.

Later, the two of them sat down together and went through those search results page by page. They found that what people said online varied wildly—some made the effects sound miraculous, some didn't mention risks at all, and some had no discernible source. Ya-wen suggested that instead of guessing on their own, they should first figure out what this kind of thing actually is and what category of product it belongs to. So she started searching for P-Force, wanting to confirm whether it's classified as a prescription drug, an over-the-counter medicine, or just a general health supplement—and whether the packaging had clear labeling.

The research process wasn't smooth. The same name was described differently on different pages—some wrote it up like a food product, others hinted it required a doctor's evaluation, and still others only talked about personal experiences without mentioning any source. Halfway through, A-kai said that the more he read, the more confused he got, and it actually made him more anxious. Ya-wen closed a few of the more questionable pages and suggested they make a list of questions first: What is the official classification of this product? Does it require evaluation by a professional? If someone is already taking other health supplements, should they mention that first?

Once the list was made, their roles shifted. What started as Ya-wen questioning and A-kai defending became the two of them looking for answers together. A-kai volunteered to take photos and organize the health supplements he currently had on hand, so that next time they went to a pharmacy or clinic, he could ask a professional about all these questions at once—instead of piecing things together from the internet on his own. Ya-wen also admitted that her initial reaction had been emotional and had nearly turned the conversation into an interrogation, and she was willing to work on that.

They didn't reach any conclusion right away, and they weren't in a hurry to buy anything. A-kai said that rather than finding an answer, what mattered more to him was whether, the next time this kind of unease came up, he could tell Ya-wen right away—instead of searching on his own first and then being scared on his own. Ya-wen said she could accept that he was still figuring things out, but she couldn't accept being shut out. Once they'd said these things out loud, those search entries were no longer a secret—they were a starting point.

Weeks later, when Ya-wen thought back to that morning, she felt that what really moved their relationship forward wasn't who found out what, but that they were willing to lay their worries on the table. The topic of health supplements was still there, and so were the questions, but they agreed that any related information would be looked at and asked about together—not judged based on fragments from the internet. The search history was still on the phone, but now it represented a conversation they'd had properly.