Sometimes people annoy me. I haven't posted in a while cause there hasn't been much I felt like sharing....but today someone asked me a bunch of questions that really irked me so I figured I'd come complain about it. So I was having a decent conversation with someone who I've never been super close with, but they've been reading my blog and BOY DID THEY HAVE OPINIONS!
I'm just going to go ahead and list all of their ridiculous questions and my responses that I most definitely did not keep to myself.
1. Don't you think that if you had reported it earlier people wouldn't have treated you so badly and he would have been caught?
No. It's not like I waited days or weeks. I waited hours. Even if I had called 911 right after like I should have, he still would have gotten away with it and my life that first year still would have been a living hell. Everything happens for a reason, and I think what happened to me was supposed to happen this way. He'll get his eventually, when it's his time and when that time comes I will sit back, relax, and enjoy watching him squirm like the slimy little worm that he is.
2. You should have kept this a secret....what are people you work with going to think?
Thank you for telling me the things about my own life that I can and cannot share. I really appreciate it. I share this link on Facebook and tumblr, and I'm only friends on FB with two people I work with and one of those people is Whitney who has been dragged along on this ride to begin with. And I'm pretty sure the other one doesn't read this, and if she does well that's cool too. I don't care what people think because it is not something that was a fault of my own. This whole situation should not be a reflection on me in any way whatsoever, I did what I was supposed to do and someone took advantage of an unfair situation. This honestly was probably the dumbest question I have gotten. I think for the first week or two I was worried someone would see it and spread it around but honestly now I just don't care.
3. If you had just kept it to yourself your family could have been spared, that wasn't very fair to them was it?
I guess it wasn't fair. But what happened to me wasn't fair either. I have taken my family through hell and back with me this past year and they dealt with it, know why? Cause they're my FAMILY and that's what family does.
4. Why did you make yourself seem so vulnerable that night?
Direct quote on my end "That doesn't even warrant a response. You may be one of the stupidest people I have ever talked to."
Sometimes I just really dislike people a lot. I know I put myself in a position where I'm open to a lot of criticism. That's what happens when you air your business out on the internet for all to see. I was just hoping that people wouldn't be such jerks. And not everyone has been, but some people have been and good grief it makes me so mad.
Besides all of that mess, life has been good. I've been so busy which is why I haven't been updating this often. I quit therapy, which I think I mentioned earlier but it's official now. I'm so exhausted and barely ever home but I don't mind that either :) And hopefully I can start writing some more posts once things calm down a tiny bit!
Kayleigh,
ReplyDeleteI did read this and I would never ever criticize you for something you had no control over. The people you work with, including me, would probably do nothing short of support you and your decisions. I commend you for making it through such a difficult time in your life which is way more than some can say. No one has the right to tell you what you should or should not have done especially if they have never gone through the same thing. Everyone reacts differently in serious situations like that. Rape is not something we plan for. We don't carry around a list of the top 10 things to do if you are raped. It sounds like you made the best decisions you knew to make and those decisions were the right ones for your life. You shine so bright every day and you don't let things get in the way. I am proud of you for standing up for yourself. People are crazy!
Your family could have been spared what? Caring about you? Helping you through a terrible time? Loving you so much that they would go through Hell and back for you??
ReplyDeleteI actually feel a little sorry for this person. Just a little.
Pardon my language, but fuck them. How about "You know what would make this easier for me? Being supported instead of second-guessed." Period.
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