When I was just 6 years old my biological dad walked out on my family. It was devastating, and for the next 5 years my mum would have boyfriends in and out of the house. I was a lonely child and I didn’t have very many friends, I was desperate for a daddy who would love me and take care of me.
When I was 12, my mum met a man who would become not only my step dad but the person of whom I fear more than anything. It started out subtle, he would tell me that he wanted to teach me how to make love and be intimate. It started with him just caressing my back. I thought nothing of it but it would soon turn into full out molestation. He continually gropes my breasts and bottom on top of and underneath my clothes. At every chance he is all over me, kissing my neck, shoulders, groping me and trying to take my clothes off. His favorite is to rub me up, downstairs, and try to get in my panties. He pins me against the bench when I am cleaning and molests me, so that I squirm and push against him. At every chance he has, he wants to see me naked and for me to see him naked and to touch him.
This has been going on for 3 years, since we’ve been living together and my mum married him. I don’t know how much longer I can do it. I can’t tell my mum because she is happy with him. He tells me he loves me, but if this is love then I don’t want anyone to ever love me.
— Keely
Keely,
I urge you, please tell someone what is happening to you. I know you feel like it is impossible to tell your mum because you think she is happy, but you do not have to live like this. So please, if you can’t tell your mum, tell a teacher, a trusted adult, a friend’s parents, the police, a local sexual assault center. Please tell someone. There are people who can help you. He may think his behavior toward you is love, but it isn’t. It is criminal behavior. Please try to tell someone what is happening to you.
Please tell someone. What country do you live in? Is there are helpline for you that you can ring? Tell your school counsellor, tell a school nurse, is there an adult you think you can talk to? You have to tell someone darling. Please, i will help you if you can’t speak the words yourself
Keely,
I agree with Alissa, you must tell someone. Your stepfather is not showing you love. Talk to a teacher or counselor at school. If you are embarrassed to say the words out loud (I was) then write it in a note and give it to your counselor. Your body is yours and he should not be touching you. Please tell someone as soon as possible. I am worried about your safety.