Anytime a molester is portrayed in a movie or TV show, it is almost always an old family friend, priest, or father. They gain the trust of their prey, usually a young girl or boy, through gifts or saying they will babysit the kid. Then the adult starts to ask the kid to touch them in the special place, saying something along the lines of, “Don’t worry. This is a good touch.” The kid doesn’t realize it isn’t a good touch and continues. These are usually the face of a molester. But mine was the face of who I thought was my best friend.
When I first met Eric, I was a freshman in high school. I was the new kid and any friends that I could make was great. Which looking back, there is only one person that I met at band camp and I am still friends …show more content…
All I could feel was the bulge. I tried to put as much distance between Eric and I, but is was hard because I wanted to act like everything was normal. The next day in Beaver Creek, we went to an Air Force Museum. Josh, Eric, Emily and I decided that we would play hide and seek because we had 6 hours to kill at this museum. I immediately jumped up and picked Emily for my partner. We ran off and hid. As we hid, I thought about what Emily’s friend said to be and that was when it hit me. I wasn’t the only person he had done this too. Out of nowhere, I turned to Emily and told her, “I know what he did.” She looked at me confused and then I told her what happened. She looked at me and said I never had to sit by Eric ever …show more content…
We never talked about what he did. I later found out that Eric did this to multiple girls. I considered telling, but I knew Josh would get upset with me. Anytime Josh’s family had Eric’s family over, I never went over. Only in school did I act like Eric and I were friends. I didn’t want Josh to get mad at me. After Eric and Josh graduated, I finally expressed my real feelings. By then, Josh and I had been dating for three years so I finally asked him to choose. And he choose me.
My sophomore year at Aquinas College, I finally went and saw a therapist and she helped me open up about what happened and I got prescribed anxiety medication. I told her I was still mad at Josh for not picking me right away. She told me I had to tell him that so I did. He told me he was sorry for putting me through that. I understood his reasonings, but it still hurt. He told me I never had to see Eric ever again if I didn’t want to see him.
Josh and I are still dating and he hasn’t seen Eric in three years. He tells me it is because of life, but I know it is because he doesn’t want to lose me. He was the one good thing that I got out of this situation and I am so thankful for
When I first met Eric, I was a freshman in high school. I was the new kid and any friends that I could make was great. Which looking back, there is only one person that I met at band camp and I am still friends …show more content…
All I could feel was the bulge. I tried to put as much distance between Eric and I, but is was hard because I wanted to act like everything was normal. The next day in Beaver Creek, we went to an Air Force Museum. Josh, Eric, Emily and I decided that we would play hide and seek because we had 6 hours to kill at this museum. I immediately jumped up and picked Emily for my partner. We ran off and hid. As we hid, I thought about what Emily’s friend said to be and that was when it hit me. I wasn’t the only person he had done this too. Out of nowhere, I turned to Emily and told her, “I know what he did.” She looked at me confused and then I told her what happened. She looked at me and said I never had to sit by Eric ever …show more content…
We never talked about what he did. I later found out that Eric did this to multiple girls. I considered telling, but I knew Josh would get upset with me. Anytime Josh’s family had Eric’s family over, I never went over. Only in school did I act like Eric and I were friends. I didn’t want Josh to get mad at me. After Eric and Josh graduated, I finally expressed my real feelings. By then, Josh and I had been dating for three years so I finally asked him to choose. And he choose me.
My sophomore year at Aquinas College, I finally went and saw a therapist and she helped me open up about what happened and I got prescribed anxiety medication. I told her I was still mad at Josh for not picking me right away. She told me I had to tell him that so I did. He told me he was sorry for putting me through that. I understood his reasonings, but it still hurt. He told me I never had to see Eric ever again if I didn’t want to see him.
Josh and I are still dating and he hasn’t seen Eric in three years. He tells me it is because of life, but I know it is because he doesn’t want to lose me. He was the one good thing that I got out of this situation and I am so thankful for