I found out something terrible this past weekend. It was my birthday on Friday, and I had a small get together with some friends. One of those friends was my youngest brother (I have two younger brothers actually) who I have always been close to; my other brother however, I have never had much of a bond with, but I think I am going to try and change that....
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My youngest brother told me something at my birthday party about my other brother that I didn't know. And it was this: a relative had sexually abused my brother (the one I am not close to) when he was young. Finding this out explained a lot about my brothers personality and it has made me start thinking about trying to work on my relationship with him.
Finding this out about my brother had me wondering just how many people suffer some kind of sexual assault in their lifetime? I was date raped when I was 18 (and sadly that was how I lost my virginity), and my ex-husband was molested when he was a child. This sadly seems all too common to me.
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