Child Abuse Story From Ariana

by Ariana
(USA)

When I was younger my parents went through a divorce. I was about 2 years old when it happened. My mom started dating a guy. I don't really remember what I thought of him at first. He was an alcoholic. My mom worked the night shift at a treatment center, so me and my older brother were left alone with him.

I remember coloring when the guy turned on a scary tv show Goosebumps, are you afraid of the dark? I remember asking him to change the channel but he didn't, instead he sat me between his legs and forced me to watch the show. To this day, being 18, I still cannot watch horror movies. I am not sure if this is from him or not.

Another time, I remember being half asleep half awake, when he came into my room smelling like booze, and he laid on top of me. After that I don't remember what happened.

I would see my dad on the weekends, and one time, I was giving the guy a hug and kiss goodbye. He stuck his tongue in my mouth...I was 4 years old.

Whenever I would color or anything and get marker or paint on my hands, he would spank me and I would be sat in a corner for a long time. I never told anyone till I was 13, and I told my mom. I'm not sure if she believed me or not. She never married him. She married someone who is very nice to me instead. I told my real dad, and now he feels guilty because he suspected that there was something going on, but never asked me about it. He tells me he remembers me clinging to his leg when he would walk me up the stairs to my mom's house.

To this day when I see this guy I get the chills. I am actually now dating a relative of his. My boyfriend is his nephew. He knows what happened. He doesn't ever want to see the guy again. No one talks to the guy that abused me, but people ask me if I remember him. I just say yes. I don't want his family to judge him for what he did to me.

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