Quote From: icepnc525Why are the first 3 pages filled up with messages for the girl with the tatoos? Yes at her age her's are a bit excessive, but what about the girl who went on national TV and admitted that her step father sexually abused her. That should turn more stomaches then inking your body. Wake up people, this is a huge problem that no amount of ink can cover. I should know. I am 36 years old and have just recently admitted to the biggest of the big secrets.......my stepfather sexually molested me when I was young. My mother and him started dating when I was 2 (after my real father passed away) and he started touching me in areas that a little girl shouldnt be touched. Then on a trip to California, in which my mother didn't attend, he decided that I needed to find out how oral sex felt. I left California a different girl then when I went. I started withdrawing, rebelling against both my mother and her boyfriend. Thank goodness I didn't turn to drugs or sex. I kinda just stayed in my own little world harboring the darkest of secrets. Then at age 14, the unspeakable happened, they got married. Of course no one figured out anything and I was told by my mother not to mess things up for her, so I kept quiet. I felt that if I kept the secret that no one else would have to get hurt and I could handle it. I started getting really premiscuious (spelling) at age 18 and started using men and throwing them away like trash, I had trouble holding on to friends, because I was withdrawn, and when I did find a guy I liked I couldn't trust him. I never put two and two together. I kept going on like this, never knowing. I finally found a good man and got married at age 26, had a baby at 29 and when my little girl turned 2 it was like a ticking time bomb that was just waiting to go off. Of course you have to realize that I am an only child and I had the only grandchild so my mother and step father were always around and my husband felt some tension, but never put it together. One night him and I went out for drinks and I had a few too many, and my husband got brave and asked me some leading questions (yes he is a law enforcement officer) and he had the last couple pieces to the puzzle. He figured out what had happened to me without me giving all the details. He begged me to tell my mother and if I didn't then he would. After much thought I told my mother before she left my house for the weekend. She wanted to know why I didn't tell her sooner and all I said was I was scared and didn't want to ruin her relationship. To make a long drawn out story short, it has now been 4 years since I told my mother what her husband of 22 years did to her little girl and she still is married to him and I haven't spoken to her in 3 years.
I have been going through counseling and I think it is helping a little bit, but I am starting to miss having a mother around for the mothering things and I am just not sure how to approach the situation and start to talk to her again without having to deal with her husband.
Dear one, you have my sympathies. Actually I responded the same day of the show, but maybe it got lost in all the other messages. I know where you've been, what you've gone through since, and how it's affecting you now. My first word of advice to you is to KEEP YOUR CHILD AWAY from that man, no matter how many people may dislike it! When I began to relive the abuse through nightmares, panic attacks, etc., at age 36 (sound familiar) which was 9 yrs ago, my daughter was approaching her 6th birthday. I had never allowed her to be alone with my stepfather (now former, thank God), not even if there were others around, as I knew firsthand how he could molest without others realizing what he was doing. So, I beg of you, please keep that precious daughter of yours away from him.
You should seriously consider pressing charges against him, as people like that do not simply cease the abuse. Has your husband suggested this, since he's in law enforcement? At least talk to someone in authority, maybe even ask your counselor to accompany you. Mine was willing, but because I couldn't remember whether the stepfather had actually touched my vaginal area (when I would be sleeping), the police said they couldn't press felony charges. BUT, I haven't given up. I don't seek revenge, for I'm a born again Christian, and I do believe that vengeance is God's (otherwise I would have probably shot the man!), HOWEVER, I also know that God does not want me to sit silently by while others may become victim to that man. So, I'm still seeking some way of preventing him from being around anyone under 18. I am also sharing my story with others, and offering assistance in any way I can to help others to heal, and to hopefully prevent innocent children (anyone under 18) from being abused. I believe that something good comes out of every situation, it's just that sometimes we don't always see the end results...that's where faith comes in.
Please don't give up hope, and know that you're certainly not alone. As for your mother, she needs to make some type of choice, and may have already done so. My mother chose to finally divorce my former stepfather. She knew that she would never have a close relationship with my daughter as long as she was married to the man who abused her youngest daughter (he also abused my older sister, but that didn't come out until my revelation did). She realized she couldn't love a man who would do something like that to her children, and she also realized that he had broken the trust and bond of marriage, by living a lie for so many years, and basically committing a type of adultery.
My mom and I are not as close as we once were. I'm still dealing with so much from the abuse, and just so you know, it's a lifelong battle, but there's hope with God. I now live 3 hours away from my mother, because of my husband's job, but also because I needed to get away from where so many bad memories existed. I'm so much more emotionally healthy. I hope that someday she'll finally understand why I had to move away.
Please understand that your mother may be living with a lot of guilt, if she's allowed herself to think about what her husband did to you. She may be feeling shame and embarassment as well as many other emotions. She may be too ashamed to face you. She may be afraid of leaving him and being alone. But that's her problem, not yours. Your first and foremost responsibility is to that sweet child of yours, and protecting her as much as you are able to do so. Thank God for the older women in your family whom you trust and can talk to; they are a true gift and blessing.
Please e-mail me if you need to "talk" or need comfort. I'm only an e-mail away.
God's blessings to you...
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