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[quote=Anonymous]NP here.  I just read through all these threads and I'm sorry to say I'm in your club.  There's a lot of good advice on this thread and I really appreciate the time people took to tell their story.  As far as what to tell people, I usually just say that my family lives out of town, we don't see them much, etc.  I don't feel the need to go into much detail and I've never had anyone really pursue it.  The more difficult issue has been what to tell my kids.  They are of an age where they've asked where my parents are.  I don't want to lie to them so I've told them that my parents were very mean and were bullying me.  They weren't good to me.  I gave them a choice - treat me in a loving and respectable way or I would leave the family - we've had lots of conversations about this and reassured them that this would never happen to us because even though we sometimes get angry, we never hit or bully.  It's worked for us.  I'm hoping it will lay the foundation for healthy relationships for them as well.

OP - I do think you need a different counselor.  I can't imagine anyone thinking what your father did to you is minor.  It's not!  It doesn't matter what the extent of it was, it crossed the line.  Best of luck to you.  Please post back with an update.    [/quote]

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