The internet is such a strange world
Why is it that it's so easy for us to expose ourselves and our secrets on this forum? It's not that private when you think about it...
I remember once: I won't use her name more so out of respect for her rather than being worried she'd be able to see/read this but this girl I used to know used to go to the same primary school as me. It was big school and I was too shy to ever talk to girls back then anyways so I never knew or even talked to her back then. It was in my later years in high school that I came accross her on the internet. We realised who we were once we found out that we had the exact same birthday and went to the same school and once we told each other our full names. A face finally connected to the name. We got to know each other on the internet of all places. She told me that when she was 14 she went to Indonesia and got raped by 12 amateur rugby players who were on a trip to 'celebrate' their victory back in Australia. Again out of respect I won't rehash the details. Obviously I was devastated to hear such news inspite of how little I really knew of her. But then that's my whole point. She never told ANYBODY about that night, not even her parents. She told me how ashamed she was etc, none of her friends knew and yet on this forum she felt comfortable enough to tell me such a deeply personal secret. I really wonder why that is. I also don't know what happened to her as we lost contact. It's a shame cos I'd really like to know where and how she's doing these days. That was probably about 10 years ago.
I hope she's ok.
I remember once: I won't use her name more so out of respect for her rather than being worried she'd be able to see/read this but this girl I used to know used to go to the same primary school as me. It was big school and I was too shy to ever talk to girls back then anyways so I never knew or even talked to her back then. It was in my later years in high school that I came accross her on the internet. We realised who we were once we found out that we had the exact same birthday and went to the same school and once we told each other our full names. A face finally connected to the name. We got to know each other on the internet of all places. She told me that when she was 14 she went to Indonesia and got raped by 12 amateur rugby players who were on a trip to 'celebrate' their victory back in Australia. Again out of respect I won't rehash the details. Obviously I was devastated to hear such news inspite of how little I really knew of her. But then that's my whole point. She never told ANYBODY about that night, not even her parents. She told me how ashamed she was etc, none of her friends knew and yet on this forum she felt comfortable enough to tell me such a deeply personal secret. I really wonder why that is. I also don't know what happened to her as we lost contact. It's a shame cos I'd really like to know where and how she's doing these days. That was probably about 10 years ago.
I hope she's ok.