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Old Aug 22, 2010, 12:54 PM
imatter2 imatter2 is offline
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I want to chime in here as well - I was not a sexually abused child in the sense most think of when they hear the term - but, my father did occasionally touch me in ways that made me uncomfortable. Please understand, never in inappropriate places! But just the way of his touch or the look in his eyes was enough to make me feel icky inside and MY line of comfort was crossed. Not being touched in a sexual zone does not mean there aren't lasting negative feelings being created in other ways. Nearly 20 years later I still will occasionally flash back to one instance in particular sometimes when discussing this type of subject. I absolutely and completely do not believe my father ever had any intention to make me uncomfortable, nevertheless I was uncomfortable. But conditioned to believe by family and society that because the touch wasn't in my "private areas" then it wasn't wrong and so I never told anyone. In fact, this is the first time i've spoken of it really ever, to be frank. My mother actively and repeatedly reinforced appropriate touching, "erogenous zones" that no one should be allowed to touch, that I could come to her with ANYTHING - yet no one managed to mention that I could have a personal and individual comfort level and if that was crossed, then that counted too. Nevermind mentioning that oh, yeah, Dad is included in the list of "anyone" that can't touch without permission! I don't think it occurred to anyone, least of all me that if Daddy did it, it could still be wrong.

I say this to hopefully reinforce that just because you have not had the feeling that anything inappropriate has happened between your husband and your daughter, doesn't mean a thing. He may not have done anything that, again, would be "traditionally" associated with abuse - that does not mean he hasn't done something that he or you or any other adult might consider to be insignificant, that hasn't caused her to be uncomfortable. Or that he wouldn't do something "insignificant" in the future.

Listen to your HEAD on this one, not your HEART. Your HEAD is telling you to go - go. Your HEART is leading you down the wrong path on this one, I'm afraid.

And finally, as others have said, even owning child pornography of any kind, picture or story, is a CRIME. Not reporting a CRIME is a CRIME in and of itself therefore if you do not take steps here you are just as guilty as he is. And to a pedophile, every child is "fair game," not just your daughter, so please, keep my sons, and my niece, and my sunday school class of preschoolers, in your mind too as you make this decision!
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