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[quote=Anonymous]I was raped in college. My husband knew but my kids never did.  My kids are in high school. I wasn't hiding it, it just never occurred to me to tell them.

Until my daughter was raped. The experience traumatized her, me, and became a family experience.  My two sons knew what happened and the family got through it together. During that process, my kids learned about my experience. In the end, my sons saw the trauma their sister experienced first hand, and understood it. They were upset but not traumatized for life. They will be better men for the understanding.

OP, my feeling on this is you need to handle it however you feel best. Certainly I don't feel you need to be ashamed and this is no secret, but it is your personal information to share as you decide to.

And ps: as a rape survivor, I am personally concerned about rape being defined recently as "saying yes if you are drunk". If two people have been drinking and have consensual sex, that's not rape IMO. Regret the next day for drunken sex does not equal rape IMO. I get worried about all of these "I consider what I went through to be rape" comments. If you are raped there is certainly no damn question about it in the moment. [/quote]

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