DD victim of date rape

Pea
Thu, 16 Jun 2011 22:24:30 +0000

I had a close call with a serial rapist when I was the same age as the OPs daughter. Well, I don’t know how close it was exactly. The case was famous enough to have a book written about it and I recognized an event described in it. I was there and he was there on the sidelines watching. Was he randomly watching me or stalking another person at the event whom he later raped? Probably stalking the other person but I’ll always wonder. Was I lucky because I left the event at the right time or was I unlucky because I was there at all?

I never even wondered about reporting or not reporting or testifying or not testifying, (I’m speaking in general terms now, for me there was nothing to report). I just thought about lucky and unlucky and the best way to put it behind you. There is no right or wrong, just doing whatever you can to get on with your life.