So... this is a bit of dark topic. I'll try and be clean for the sake of posting on OT, but I really need some advice here.
My girlfriend and I have been together for about 5 months. We've just recently considered having sex (17 by the way). I already know some pretty dark stuff about her, drugs, cutting, etcetera. When we finally did try it though, she just broke down in tears, and I learned of an absolutely horrible secret she's been keeping from the world for 10 years.
When she was 7, she was sexually abused multiple times. I won't go into graphic detail, but you can well imagine that she's hesitant to doing anything intimate with me because of it. The abuser was her brother's friend, who was around 14 or 15 at the time. I vaguely know of him.
I don't know what to do, guys. She's become increasingly distant since then. I try to comfort her but she just pushes me away. I'm considering telling someone, but she made me swear to never tell anybody about it (so I guess I'm kind of breaking the rules here). I mean, I don't want her to have to relive everything by facing her past again. I just love her so much and I can't stand to see her like this.
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