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peacebird

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15. As did i, Raine1967, and it sickens me to hear the phrase....
Mon Aug 20, 2012, 07:33 PM
Aug 2012

Just sickens me. I still remember driving on skyline drive thinking about hitting the gas at one of the gaps between the stone walls.... Flying off into oblivion.

Ultimately my love for my 6 y.o. son kept me on the road. I was a single mom and he needed me.

Dear DU members who have been raped [View all] Happyhippychick Aug 2012 OP
I'm one of the lucky ones too, Happyhippychick catbyte Aug 2012 #1
how heaven05 Aug 2012 #2
Thank you for your words. For me Akin's rhetoric cuts in a much different way.... citizen blues Aug 2012 #3
+1,000,000,000 x 1,000,000,000 - I wish I could rec your response coalition_unwilling Aug 2012 #9
Thank you for sharing your experience with us goclark Aug 2012 #11
Thank you, Happyhippychick Raine1967 Aug 2012 #4
As did i, Raine1967, and it sickens me to hear the phrase.... peacebird Aug 2012 #15
I'm just getting back to this thread... Raine1967 Aug 2012 #23
You too, Raine1967, you too. peacebird Aug 2012 #30
Thank you wryter2000 Aug 2012 #5
AMEN! K&R what an asshat! secondwind Aug 2012 #6
k&DUrec JTFrog Aug 2012 #7
I was 9, I guess I should be greatful to find out after all these years it was a legitimate Rape Heather MC Aug 2012 #8
I'm so sorry. kwyjibo Aug 2012 #16
As a rape victim, I appreciate your support and sympathy cynannmarie Aug 2012 #10
On the one hand, it's easy to think of Akin as an asshole and dismissable Hydra Aug 2012 #12
+1 freshwest Aug 2012 #19
It happened to me when I was 15. RebelOne Aug 2012 #13
I was raped by an ex-boyfriend when I was 18 Lucy Goosey Aug 2012 #14
Thank you so much for this post... CoffeeCat Aug 2012 #17
Bless you. redwitch Aug 2012 #22
he is an idiot xiamiam Aug 2012 #18
and to add insult to injury... CoffeeCat Aug 2012 #21
I was flabbergasted by his remarks. It was one of the few times I walked away from the computer. Behind the Aegis Aug 2012 #20
Happyhippychick: it took me a few days to write this. Raine1967 Aug 2012 #24
Thanks for all of your stories, you are all beyond remarkable. Hugs, hugs, hugs. Happyhippychick Aug 2012 #25
I think I'm lucky in that my date rape was not violence per se, just coercion after multiple "no's" kestrel91316 Aug 2012 #26
K&R Raffi Ella Aug 2012 #27
It's been a struggle... Blue Belle Aug 2012 #28
One good thing FightForMichigan Aug 2012 #29
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