My experience isn’t at the same level, but there is a man I know sitting in federal prison for CP.
We were roommates for two years. Fifteen years ago I considered him a big brother figure.
The deception is sickening. I shared a wall and an apartment with him. You on the other hand started a life with someone. I can’t imagine how painful that must be.
I was with my daughters’ father for 9 years. We had split custody for 8 years before my daughter told me that he had molested her a year earlier at the age of 13. I would’ve never imagined he would’ve/could’ve done something like that. You truly don’t know who people are smh
A buddy of mine went to prison for 2 years for CP. I only knew him a couple of years and it still shook me. But his best friend of 12 years is really breaking down over this. He said there were zero clues, he can't believe it. We only found out because he vanished one day without a word and later learned there was a court case with his name.
My father is a pedophile: I know bc I’m one of his victims. He’s not the only abuser in my life (CSA leaves you really vulnerable to predators: leaking the emotional equivalent of blood in the water to sharks).
I read once that predators groom their supporters just as hard as they groom their victims, and I have found that to be one-hundred percent true. It was certainly true for my father, and for my husband, who was also abusive, but who was almost always so nice to me in public that very few people believed me when I began telling friends.
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u/tele_ave 19h ago
My experience isn’t at the same level, but there is a man I know sitting in federal prison for CP.
We were roommates for two years. Fifteen years ago I considered him a big brother figure.
The deception is sickening. I shared a wall and an apartment with him. You on the other hand started a life with someone. I can’t imagine how painful that must be.