Dear Tanya: Before She Died My Mother Told Me I Was Born As A Result Of Rape

London Times ^ | October 13, 2009

[Steelfish]

October 13, 2009

Dear Tanya: Before She Died My Mother Told Me I Was Born As A Result Of Rape I'm not who I thought I was and I feel overwhelmed

Dear Tanya

Before my mother died from breast cancer two months ago she told me that I was born as a result of rape when she was 18.

I had always realised that she treated me differently from my sister and I can never remember her hugging me or telling me that she loved me, as she did my sister. Now I know why. Every time she looked at me, I must have reminded her of her ordeal.

She had always told me that she found out she was pregnant with me too late to have a termination and that she had considered having me adopted several times.

[windcliff]

You are a fine man.

[Unassuaged]

The first. Rape is so common as to be unmentioned in most histories.

Every person (male and female) is a potential rapist/murderer, ect. —I think that is also true.

Salvation is a necessity, not a bonus for good behavior!

[Mrs. Don-o]

Beautiful response.