Michael said 8 years, 8 months ago:
You don’t need to forgive him for anything and the fact your family is trying to force you to “move past it” like it never happened is insane. You don’t have to get on with him at all, sure he was a minor at the time, but he probably knew what he was doing to some extent especially since you mentioned it went on over a while.
Acceptance of what happened is a good thing, becoming stronger from those experiences is also but it’s not easy.
You’re not at fault here and you in no way have to be his friend. I would recommend talking to your family about how you feel, maybe one person first that you’re closer with just to get someone to back you up with the rest of them. It’s utterly unfair for you to suffer for his sake.
If you need to get stuff off your chest, you can private message me. I understand your pain.
Stay strong.
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