I was in the witness protection from 1973 to 1981 AMA

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Anonymous wrote:Are you able to tell us what your dad did (crime)? Are you able to tell us what state you used to live in, before WP? Didn't people from your Nebraska town think it was odd, when your family showed up?

Also, see 17:32 - did you get back in contact with any old friends? Did you or siblings use it on college apps? Did you travel at all during that time? What about family? Were you out of contact with them too? Did you ever talk to your grandmother again?

Agree with PP, this is the best AMA, if it is true.

Only on DCUM would this question be asked (multiple times!) on an AMA about witness protection!

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Roughly how long did it take to get used to your new name? Or remember your new life story?

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Did you &/or your parents get to choose your names or were they just assigned to you? If it was the latter, did you get veto power (if, for instance, the name they gave you was that of a girl who bullied you or was just a name that you despised because you really thought was ugly) ?

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How do you think this experienice shapes your ability to have healthy attachments to people?

Did your parents have a good marriage?

If you were in your mothers position, would you choose the same “sentence”, or leave the marriage?

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Best AMA ever

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I can't remember how the names came about. Mine had a similar alliteration so I always answered to it even when it was "new." My mom didn't take the orginal assigned name. She asked for another one. I remember being somewhere and they asked my mother's maiden name and she subconciously started to correcrly answer then blanked completely. She got nervous, bright red, and ran. She had an assigned maiden name that she knew but blanked on.

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Are you ever afraid that your dad’s enemies haven’t let go of their grudges and will still come after you?

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OP I really think there is a book in here. It would need to answer all the aspects of your WP time people are asking about here that you probably thought were of no interest to anyone or would never have thought of.

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I apologize for my typos. I'm at dd's gymnastics and the Wi-Fi is weak and puts a delay on my typing and I end up with lots of errors.

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Op here. I really dont live in fear. My father's crime life was cultured in leaving women and children alone. It's also just died out literally and figuratively. I definately had attachment issues in my early adulthood. I would drop boyfriends and just ghost. My one ex went "you know that's rude right, like very rude." And I truly never realized that! I just thought it was efficient and effective. Never interested in a book. I also don't think it would sell because it was a pretty low drama experience.

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Hasidic?

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Anonymous wrote:Hasidic?

+1. This is what I was wondering. Or MO?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Are you able to tell us what your dad did (crime)? Are you able to tell us what state you used to live in, before WP? Didn't people from your Nebraska town think it was odd, when your family showed up?

Also, see 17:32 - did you get back in contact with any old friends? Did you or siblings use it on college apps? Did you travel at all during that time? What about family? Were you out of contact with them too? Did you ever talk to your grandmother again?

Agree with PP, this is the best AMA, if it is true.

Only on DCUM would this question be asked (multiple times!) on an AMA about witness protection!

+1 most DCUM question ever asked on an AMA

[Anonymous]

Op - you would be a good candidate for the Family Secrets podcast.

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Was Nebraska the only state you lived in during that time? Any issues where you had to be quickly moved due to a threat?

Did you ever slip up and call a sibling by the wrong name?

Did you and your siblings have to change your appearances at all?