It is difficult to know how anyone is going handle a topic such as date rape until you begin discussing it. Even though you had a deep need to offload your experiences to your friends, at least one of them was not ready to listen to it for reasons unbeknown to you. Perhaps she herself is a victim of rape and just does not want to go there because of her own painful memories or whatever. Don't beat yourself up about it though. What is done is done, put it behind you and move forward with a lesson learned. I have a very close friend who I often talk with at a very close personal level. I can sense immediately when she's had enough, not interested or whatever and although I hate not being able to talk things through sometimes, I respect her and change the subject and move on. It makes me feel let down at times and very unsupported, but then I think of all the other things she does/has done/will do as a friend and focus on that. I agree with Payne1 suggesting that you apologize for not respecting boundaries. If she is a decent person, she should appreciate this and forgive you. All the best x
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