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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I find people on this thread incredibly naive about how life really works.

I was in a similar situation to the sister. There was only one incident and I shut it down and told my mother.

And then life went on. No one was reported or charged. We maintained our family life. I forgave my father and moved on. He babysat our kids and life moved on.

It is a fiction that you can blow up relationships like this and have it be better. For us we needed our father's income growing up. I would not have been better off without him. In addition, I loved my dad. His terrible mistake and all.

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Am I the only one that finds this disturbing? I find this unforgivable regardless if it was just once, and over my dead body would I let him be alone with my children. Once that line is crossed by a parent, there is no going back.  I consider myself a flexible thinker but this one got me. [/quote].
Pretty sure most of us find this disturbing.[/quote]

No, this is actually what MOST people do. They get through it and soldier on.

I know several families like this from when I was a kid in the 60s. There was no leaving abusers. Wives didn't have jobs and if the scandal of abuse became known, the entire family was ostracized.

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Incest was much more common back in the days. There was a point when it was thought to be healthy. Now we know that it caused PTSD similar to what combat veterans experience. I hope you find peace someday. [/quote]

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