Posted by Rena at lsajca1-ar3-014-170.biz.dsl.gtei.net on February 24, 2000 at 13:57:02:
In Reply to: Re: Fucking cut-offs, man... posted by Rena on February 24, 2000 at 11:35:26:
I probably shouldn't have brought my experience up, but since I did, I can't stop thinking about the part I didn't say, so here it is.
I don't talk about it much because I still feel guilty. Stupid, huh? I still feel guilty for something I didn't do when I was seven years old.
Later that same year my best friend moved far away. YEARS later I found out that she had told her mother what happened to her (same thing that happened to me, same man) and her mother went to the police. They told her there was no evidence that a crime had been committed, and that it was the word of child against the word of an adult. So he got away scot-free. Logically, I know that if I had told, it probably still wouldn't have made a difference, but emotionally... I carry the knowledge that it probably happened to someone else because I didn't speak up. And maybe he went further the next time, since he knew he could get away with it.
I know that this is seriously OT, and that these posts will probably be deleted, but I feel better for having written them.