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I just want to add that yes my father slept with me till about when I was in 5th grade. Mother would not sleep with him, so my sister slept with my mother, and dad slept with me upstairs with my brothers. He only came home sometimes on weekends so he slep with me. He would never ever hurt me ever. He would make me say my prayers and sometimes get upset that I could not remember them. But he also let me hold his finger so i could snuggle up and go to sleep. I think dad was the only one in the family that liked me. He was always kind to me. He would never harm me in any way. I just needed to say that.. Just because he slept with me does not mean he would harm me in any way....I do not know why mother would not let him sleep with her. But I was always happy when he crawled in my bed. I always felt safe..I was never afraid of him...and feel I have no need to have been afraid of him........

Yes, when we moved, when I was around fifth grade, he did sleep with mother then. But when I had night terrors he would always come to me and calm me. Sometimes he took me to mother's and his bed to sleep the night.

When I told the T this, the T thought my father may have harmed me... But I can tell anyone, that is the furtherst from the truth. My father would never hurt me in any way... I just needed to make that clear...

I'm glad you have a good relationship with your father!!

Thanks pamelasu..I am glad someone heard me.

Guess nothing like a movie to trip one out. And then all I could hear was what the T was trying to suggest and he just would not "hear" me that my dad never did anything wrong to me. He actually refused to believe me which left this issue hanging for years because my experience and knowledge was not validated by the T. I guess I just needed to scream from the rooftops that my dad never harmed me, molested me, or hurt me in any way.. and I was heard and validated.. ty

(((((((( Hugs )))))))

I wish more dads can be like that...