I am a survivor of sexual abuse at the hands of my father and I am dating a young man who was also raped by his father. Because of this, and due to my overprotective nature, I am very worried that I will do something to hurt him unintentionally. He worries about me just as much, so we are constantly trying to assure each other that we are okay. I love him dearly and felt a connection with him the moment I met him, but I believe that this issue of trying to protect each other from every little bad thing in the world may become a problem in the future. Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I should handle this, or do you think that we are doing just fine the way we are? I would appreciate any advice you may have to offer.
Posted on Aug 29, 2002, 8:44 PM from IP address 63.88.160.101