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In reply to the discussion: About girls and women not telling after they're attacked [View all]Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)38. Reminds me of a similar situation that happened to me at the same age
except I think the situation I was involved in was really quite innocent. I was shoveling snow in front of my house and a man stopped by and asked me if I wanted to go have coffee with him. Just a random stranger. It was weird, but I don't think the guy meant any harm by it. I told him no and that I was 12 years old. I think that made him feel really weird too and he got in his car and drove off. I looked virtually the same at 12 as I do now and I'm almost 40. I can see how a man could have thought I was adult back then. Unfortunately, girls do mature sooner than boys, so many look like women when they are still underage.
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I know why. I'm so sorry it happened to you too. There is an embarrassment and shame
Maraya1969
Sep 2018
#3
Don't worry. I was molested riding alone on a city bus back in the late 1970s
Tardislass
Sep 2018
#5
Reminds me of a similar situation that happened to me at the same age
Zing Zing Zingbah
Sep 2018
#38
No, we don't tell because it's an ugly disgusting thing that happened to us. Hell, I can barely
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2018
#8
Oh MM - you & me except I was 5-6: "Get to safety and keep quiet. Don't start anything"
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2018
#18
Yeah-pretty f**ked up stuff & when I hear Hatch saying: "She's mixed up"-I feel threatened again
AnotherMother4Peace
Sep 2018
#22
I'm sorry. I should have said that at the outset before telling my brother's story
MaryMagdaline
Sep 2018
#27
Why? First, discussing sexual experiences of any kind, with parents is uncomfortable
whathehell
Sep 2018
#37