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Old Jul 21, 2018, 11:14 AM
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So a few months back, I was doing research searching out my ex-stepfather molesters whereabouts. I've been tracking him for years.

Now imagine my surprise when during my last stalking session I found that his address had changed - - to my mother's address. She's back with him, the man who molested me as a teenager.

I was speechless. It's not like she doesn't know.

I have written letter after letter, only to reject it and start over again. I want to make it very clear that I will not ever see nor speak to my mother again. She doesn't love me and she doesn't respect me, obviously. I won't be attending her funeral. I want nothing more to do with her.

I you were to write such a letter, what would you say? I know one thing, she didn't just burn the bridge, she stood by laughing as it fell into the water below.
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Old Jul 21, 2018, 01:31 PM
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Maybe you could write the letter , bless it and then burn it ? It's something I've done with my T. It's so painful I know , we don't get closure from these people sadly no matter how we want it. What's going to make you feel better is what's important. Hugs if wanted.
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Old Jul 21, 2018, 02:08 PM
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Werewoman, clearly your mother is just too STUPID to have the capacity to be receptive to anything you could, or even I could write to her if I myself tried to make the effort. Honestly, there are human beings in this world that are just plain STUPID, the kind of STUPID that just can't be fixed.
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Old Jul 22, 2018, 12:51 PM
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Werewoman, clearly your mother is just too STUPID to have the capacity to be receptive to anything you could, or even I could write to her if I myself tried to make the effort. Honestly, there are human beings in this world that are just plain STUPID, the kind of STUPID that just can't be fixed.
Interesting choice of words. At one point in my letter to them - I'm writing it to both of them - I point out the abject stupidity of people who hurt kids because the day will come when the child is no longer the vulnerable one, but the abuser.

As a survivor, I won't take advantage of their stupidity, but I bet there are people who do.
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Old Jul 22, 2018, 04:15 PM
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Writing a letter is good for "you" Werewoman, it's a way for you to write down how another person's behavior hurt "you". The one who needs the healing is "you" and often the people that hurt us in some way simply are unable to be receptive to "our" hurts otherwise they would have never have hurt or betrayed us to begin with.

I could NEVER ignore it if someone hurt my daughter in the manor you have shared, and I certainly could NEVER choose this man over my daughter like your mother has. I am very sorry you have this kind of mother, you certainly did nothing to deserve that and I can't blame you for being angry. Given what your mother did, I don't think she is capable of caring no matter what is said to her.

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Old Jul 22, 2018, 04:28 PM
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I just keep repeating,"don't exist,don't exist",any time they are in
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Old Jul 23, 2018, 08:43 AM
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Maybe after I send it, I'll post it here.
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Old Jul 24, 2018, 09:31 PM
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I am very sorry for the pain this is causing.

WTF? Why on earth would your mother get involved with him again?
How insulting toward you!

Please take very good care of yourself.


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Old Jul 25, 2018, 07:31 PM
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Well, I told my siblings about it. My younger brother is in complete denial, which I expected, but I still felt I should tell him anyway.
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Old Jul 25, 2018, 08:19 PM
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Here's the letter I sent them, in case anyone is interested.

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Old Jul 28, 2018, 01:40 PM
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Old Jul 28, 2018, 07:57 PM
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This is my younger brother's response when I told him they were together again...

"what you are saying is absurd! I am quite sure that is just incorrect information put on the internet by mistake, there is incorrect information every where about every body. I just had to correct about 5 different things on my credit report, one was my son was listed as an AKA. Also they had a phone number listed that I never had! This sort of thing is rampant in information on the internet! Mom was at my house for three weeks selling her house in Bedford, she brought her cat so the cat would not be alone at her house in Colorado Springs. It is just bogus information that you saw on the internet and nothing else! They were married at one time so it is just bad info!"

It's about what I expected, actually. My older brother was not surprised but like me won't have anything to do with her anymore.
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Dear Werewoman.

There is a very simple reason why you are labouring in constructing an appropriate letter to your Mother....The reason is that there simply are no words to convey that kind of disgust. Please be the human voice of reason here...please don't write anything. Please don't allow those creatures anything more of yourself. They took your innocence and your trust, don't give them insight into what's in your mind...That belongs to you and you alone.

My best advice on this is for you to galvanise your resolve, and stride forward into the world...a world where you get to choose how to become the hero of your own life story.

Werewoman, I wish you joy and peace and all the very best moving into a brighter future.
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Old Jul 31, 2018, 11:18 AM
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Here's what I'm thinking. I believe that your mother is self-destructive because she hates herself. I believe that she hates herself because she is profoundly emotionally sick and doesn't want to make the necessary changes to be healthier - in part because she doesn't feel that she deserves a better life.

Unfortunately, you have been caught in the web of her sickness. If I were you, I would work on taking the focus off her - and off the jerk who molested you - and truly focus on your own well-being. It's not easy, but I suggest that you stop giving those people any attention. If they "haunt" you, or if you dream about them, see it solely as a path to bringing you back to yourself. To put it simply: let go of that old story and create a new, healthier story.
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Old Jul 31, 2018, 07:46 PM
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Here's what I'm thinking. I believe that your mother is self-destructive because she hates herself. I believe that she hates herself because she is profoundly emotionally sick and doesn't want to make the necessary changes to be healthier - in part because she doesn't feel that she deserves a better life.

Unfortunately, you have been caught in the web of her sickness. If I were you, I would work on taking the focus off her - and off the jerk who molested you - and truly focus on your own well-being. It's not easy, but I suggest that you stop giving those people any attention. If they "haunt" you, or if you dream about them, see it solely as a path to bringing you back to yourself. To put it simply: let go of that old story and create a new, healthier story.
Best of luck to you.
Oh, I agree with you wholeheartedly. I know she hates herself and she projects that hatred onto me - that I've known for a long time. And I don't mean to sound defensive, but I took the focus off of her a long time ago, it's just that finding out they were together again ripped open some very old scars.
The letter was really to give a voice to my 'others'. They are not alters in the true sense, but they have their own emotions and they are, frankly, very irrational. I never let them 'out' because of this, but they needed to have their say and I'm glad I gave it to them.
As to any fallout, there won't be any. I didn't tell anyone I sent it (except for the hundreds of people who have read this ), but if anyone brings it up, like if she tells my brother, I will make it very clear that no one is to speak of her in my presence again. If they do, I will simply leave, hang up, delete...whatever. You get the idea.

For what it's worth, I've been married for 27 years, most of them good or great , I wrote my own story with a happy ending.

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Congratulations on your marriage! 27 years is truly a success. And I apologize sincerely if I came off as condescending. I didn't intend to be. I'm an intense person and it seems that intensity comes out strangely sometimes. I'm genuinely sorry about your mom. I grew up with a very challenging mother who was, at times, abusive to me. Even worse was how horribly she treated herself. Sad, sad.
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Old Aug 01, 2018, 09:25 PM
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Congratulations on your marriage! 27 years is truly a success. And I apologize sincerely if I came off as condescending. I didn't intend to be. I'm an intense person and it seems that intensity comes out strangely sometimes. I'm genuinely sorry about your mom. I grew up with a very challenging mother who was, at times, abusive to me. Even worse was how horribly she treated herself. Sad, sad.
Intense is okay. It's a very intense topic. No apology needed.

Yeah, she's not kind to herself at all either.
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Old Aug 02, 2018, 04:03 AM
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I don't have your anger. I wish I did.

My mother still lives with my father. She never left him.

I wish I could find anger within me. All I have is self hatred.
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Old Aug 03, 2018, 07:11 AM
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I don't have your anger. I wish I did.

My mother still lives with my father. She never left him.

I wish I could find anger within me. All I have is self hatred.
So did I at one time. The anger comes after you realize none of it is your fault. When you stop blaming yourself, you'll stop hating yourself. Or at least that's the way it went with me.
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Old Aug 09, 2018, 11:14 AM
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Well, well, well...I got a response. I didn't read it, and I won't. I was VERY serious when I said no more letters, etc. And does she disrespect my wishes yet again? Of course. It's what she does.

I wonder how long it will take her to notice I never read it. Hmmmm.
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Old Aug 15, 2018, 02:42 PM
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After a lot of thought, I got angrier and angrier that they wrote back. After I explicitly told them not to....so even though I threw their letter in the garbage without reading it, i replied with this:

THIS IS NOT A GAME!

I specifically stated that you not contact me in any way, and what’s the first thing you do? Write a letter. It went into the garbage, as will any subsequent communications.

THIS IS MY LIFE AND I DON’T NEED OR WANT YOU IN IT!

For the last time,

LEAVE ME ALONE!!!!!

If you don’t, I will make you.
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Old Aug 23, 2018, 11:18 AM
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I woke up and realized...she's never going to leave me alone, so I'm filing a petition for a protective order. Enough is enough.
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Old Nov 12, 2018, 09:53 AM
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And just when things can't get any more complicated, my nephew, Tommy, tried to kill himself by jumping out of a moving car. I have not yet gone to Ft. Worth to see him yet because he's still unconscious. He'll probably survive, but we don't know if or when he'll wake up.
Eventually I will go and I'm sure my mother will be there. I have decided to make it clear that if she doesn't want me to enforce a protective order, don't be at the hospital when I get there. Period. I'm not playing games.
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So a few months back, I was doing research searching out my ex-stepfather molesters whereabouts. I've been tracking him for years.

Now imagine my surprise when during my last stalking session I found that his address had changed - - to my mother's address. She's back with him, the man who molested me as a teenager.

I was speechless. It's not like she doesn't know.

I have written letter after letter, only to reject it and start over again. I want to make it very clear that I will not ever see nor speak to my mother again. She doesn't love me and she doesn't respect me, obviously. I won't be attending her funeral. I want nothing more to do with her.

I you were to write such a letter, what would you say? I know one thing, she didn't just burn the bridge, she stood by laughing as it fell into the water below.
You could write the letter ou but don't even send it. We're the police ever involved in these crimes? Let people around know about her ex.
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