Anonymous wrote:This may be child abuse (child on child abuse) please let DCF know
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:The reason I've had trouble believing OP from the beginning is not that abuse does not happen. However, it usually happens behind closed doors. I find it unlikely that abusers are as blatant and obvious as OP made this seem. To hear her tell it, brother is practically fondling the sister at the local swimming pool. Abusers tend to isolate their victims and try to maintain normalcy for the sake of public appearances, but apparently this family goes on vacation with OP's family and, according to OP, there were other friends of the family who witnessed all this inappropriate behavior. This is where the story does not seem true.
This is definitely true of adult abusers, but may not be the case when children are the abusers. Particularly if the child does not see anything wrong with it. I remember, back when I was 12 or so (40+ years ago), I had a friend (a year or so younger than me) who's younger sister (4 or 5) would hang out with us. Bottom line is he told how he would put in in her (or near her). The context was we were in the woods and peeing....and sister was trying to pee with us. (FWIW, family was totally f****ed up. His mom later (when I was 13 and her H was deployed) seduced me. So, it is possible he does not realize it is wrong.
Anonymous wrote:The reason I've had trouble believing OP from the beginning is not that abuse does not happen. However, it usually happens behind closed doors. I find it unlikely that abusers are as blatant and obvious as OP made this seem. To hear her tell it, brother is practically fondling the sister at the local swimming pool. Abusers tend to isolate their victims and try to maintain normalcy for the sake of public appearances, but apparently this family goes on vacation with OP's family and, according to OP, there were other friends of the family who witnessed all this inappropriate behavior. This is where the story does not seem true.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I totally think this is a troll. Early on she said she'd call CPS, then she got wishy washy, in order to generate more pages of responses. I haven't read everything, but first got a whiff of troll when she said that others haven't noticed anything unusual, and then said well actually other people have noticed. Something feels off about OP.
I dont think the wishy washy means troll, unfortunately. I wish this were a troll. Unfortunately people will grasp at whatever they can to avoid hard things or facing things. My mil and sil don't speak because when sil came to her and told her she was molested by her mom's brother, mil did not believe her. SIL had signs of sexual abuse and MIL used those very signs to say she couldn't trust her and therefore didn't believe her. She thought sil just needed more religion to behave better. It was a screwed up situation but how these things often go.
Adults dont want to face what is happening and they will grasp at anything to avoid it.
I wish this were a troll because I don't want it to be true. Statistically, we know these kids are out there. Most likely it is true. OP just wants to put her head in the sand and not confront it.
PP here. I agree that sexual abuse/incest can happen at greater rates than what people would like to think. In my home town, there was a whole large family that were reputedly the products of incest. I had a friend in high school that had been sexually abused by both her mother and uncle. It definitely happens.
I suspect OP is a troll not because of the content of her post, but because of the tone, and pattern of responses in this thread. OP wants to pretend she's hemming and hawing over the decision when really I think she likes the attention this thread has gotten.
Anonymous wrote:I am crying reading this thread. This happened to me. My cousin was 3 years older than me and I was his target for years until he went to college. I’m almost 50 now. It still hurts. I hope the op will make the call.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I totally think this is a troll. Early on she said she'd call CPS, then she got wishy washy, in order to generate more pages of responses. I haven't read everything, but first got a whiff of troll when she said that others haven't noticed anything unusual, and then said well actually other people have noticed. Something feels off about OP.
I dont think the wishy washy means troll, unfortunately. I wish this were a troll. Unfortunately people will grasp at whatever they can to avoid hard things or facing things. My mil and sil don't speak because when sil came to her and told her she was molested by her mom's brother, mil did not believe her. SIL had signs of sexual abuse and MIL used those very signs to say she couldn't trust her and therefore didn't believe her. She thought sil just needed more religion to behave better. It was a screwed up situation but how these things often go.
Adults dont want to face what is happening and they will grasp at anything to avoid it.
I wish this were a troll because I don't want it to be true. Statistically, we know these kids are out there. Most likely it is true. OP just wants to put her head in the sand and not confront it.
PP here. I agree that sexual abuse/incest can happen at greater rates than what people would like to think. In my home town, there was a whole large family that were reputedly the products of incest. I had a friend in high school that had been sexually abused by both her mother and uncle. It definitely happens.
I suspect OP is a troll not because of the content of her post, but because of the tone, and pattern of responses in this thread. OP wants to pretend she's hemming and hawing over the decision when really I think she likes the attention this thread has gotten.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I totally think this is a troll. Early on she said she'd call CPS, then she got wishy washy, in order to generate more pages of responses. I haven't read everything, but first got a whiff of troll when she said that others haven't noticed anything unusual, and then said well actually other people have noticed. Something feels off about OP.
I dont think the wishy washy means troll, unfortunately. I wish this were a troll. Unfortunately people will grasp at whatever they can to avoid hard things or facing things. My mil and sil don't speak because when sil came to her and told her she was molested by her mom's brother, mil did not believe her. SIL had signs of sexual abuse and MIL used those very signs to say she couldn't trust her and therefore didn't believe her. She thought sil just needed more religion to behave better. It was a screwed up situation but how these things often go.
Adults dont want to face what is happening and they will grasp at anything to avoid it.
I wish this were a troll because I don't want it to be true. Statistically, we know these kids are out there. Most likely it is true. OP just wants to put her head in the sand and not confront it.
Anonymous wrote:I totally think this is a troll. Early on she said she'd call CPS, then she got wishy washy, in order to generate more pages of responses. I haven't read everything, but first got a whiff of troll when she said that others haven't noticed anything unusual, and then said well actually other people have noticed. Something feels off about OP.