I was 17 when I met him. I was 17 when it started, and I didn't realize that's what he had done to me until I was 19. He preyed on my fears, on my hopes, on my dreams to control me, not only mentally and physically, but financially as well. I thought that he was the one I was supposed to be with, that I'd never get any better, that no one else would want me.
I met my husband when I was 20, and I had basically had buried it so deep I just didn't think about it, but a part of me still thinks he knew..something like that had happened.
He took my hand and led me down a very difficult path, patiently, and with a very gentle hand.
And you're right, they probably won't ever truely understand...but, we have them, right? :)
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I was 17 when I met him. I was 17 when it started, and I didn't realize that's what he had done to me until I was 19. He preyed on my fears, on my hopes, on my dreams to control me, not only mentally and physically, but financially as well. I thought that he was the one I was supposed to be with, that I'd never get any better, that no one else would want me.
I met my husband when I was 20, and I had basically had buried it so deep I just didn't think about it, but a part of me still thinks he knew..something like that had happened.
He took my hand and led me down a very difficult path, patiently, and with a very gentle hand.
And you're right, they probably won't ever truely understand...but, we have them, right? :)
*hugs back*