Have you personally known someone born as a result of r@pe or incest? Did people treat them with compassion or scorn?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Yes, my mom - conceived from r@pe in the late '50s My grandmother told me a couple years before she passed. Before, I'd assumed my mom was the result of a short-term relationship between my grandmother and grandfather, as they'd never married. After my grandmother told me though, it made sense why she rarely if ever mentioned him.

Her mother (my great grandmother) ended up raising my mom, and my grandma got a fresh start in England as a nurse (we're Caribbean). Understandably, my mom and grandma were not super close emotionally, but they loved each other and my grandma never mistreated her when they were together.

My Mom also found out later in life, but she hasn't expressed to me how she felt about it. She did say she felt her physical needs were cared for growing up, but not her emotional needs. Although I love her of course, I am not particularly close to my mom, in part due to emotional immaturity. I suspect it's because of these generational circumstances. Shrug, I've worked through most of it in therapy.

I’m glad you pushed through this.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Title says it all.

You are sick.

I’m sorry someone hurt you.

[Anonymous]

My 12yo is adopted but bio mom put on her adoption paperwork she was raped. DD doesn’t know yet, although we have told her that bio dad is unknown. It’s a hard conversation to have. She knows bio mom wasn’t ready to take care of a baby and had 2 kids already.