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packrat|1466140498|4045055 said:I have more female friends now than I did back then..strange that a boy raped me, most girls reacted to me like the cat who came back from the vet and smells weird, and it was boys who closed ranks around me, allowing me to learn to work through it. And now it's women that I discuss it w/online.
It really has been a long, hard journey, packrat. I am so sorry that you didn't have a female best friend to be at your side, too. I always had one...all my life. From the time I moved into this neighborhood. (I am currently living with and caring for my 95 year-old father in the house where I grew up. I had a best friend here at 3 1/2 when I moved in.) I always had the solace of women friends to lean on. Of course what I always yearned for is what you have and had in spades: male protection!!!
I am so glad you have thrived!
Big hugs,
(((packrat)))
Deb