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[quote=Anonymous]I was 19 and desperately needed to escape. My brother sodomized me when I was 11, my parents knew, did nothing. I realize now that both my father and brother were mentally ill and I see that I have developed problems because of that.

I didn’t love the woman I married. I hardly knew her. I met her during my diasterous first attempt at college. We had both been raised in restrictive religious environments, and were both virgins on our wedding night. As I learned later, she too suffered from mental illness, but it wasn’t apparent, or more likely my head was too far up my ass to notice.

She would not work outside the home. I busted my ass. Four children in 7 years, and I decided to be snipped to prevent any more.

When my youngest was 18, I left. I paid her $2000/mo alimony for 5 years until she remarried.

We were married for 27 years. We had a stretch of 9 years with no sexual activity. I never strayed. Did I want to do so? Absolutely! Did I have opportunities?Absolutely! It would have hurt my kids, however, and working and raising them was just too difficult to add that issue.

I wonder often how I could live with someone for 27 years and not know her.[/quote]

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