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[quote=Anonymous]Assaulted by my stepfather from age 11 (when he moved in) until 15 or 16 (when I started spending the night with friends). He and my mom would also go at it while we were all watching TV, or sharing hotel rooms.

I remember finding dried blood in my underwear one morning when I was 11, and thinking it was my period. My period didn't actually start until I was 13.

I never told anyone, except a boyfriend I had in my early 20s, who told me I had to tell my mom and the police. I didn't think my mom would believe me (or care), and I didn't want to blow up my family, so I didn't.

I have low self-esteem and did not make the best dating choices, but as an UMC white woman, I had family support and other resources that protected me from my own bad decisions. It breaks my heart to see women who are in similar situations who can't escape because they don't have those resources. I volunteer at women's shelters, teaching financial planning/budgeting (I'm a CPA), to help women get back on their feet.

On the outside, I really have my life together: educated, gainfully employed, healthy, I don't drink or do drugs, I volunteer, and I run marathons. On the inside, I am a total train wreck. I am married now, and I have a kid, and I am really weird about sex, or being touched, especially in front of my kid. I also don't allow my kid to be left alone with my stepfather.[/quote]

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