I was thrilled. I had been asked to the prom, the biggest night of the year, by the guy that everyone wanted to date. I was the envy of all of my friends. I couldn’t believe that this was happening to me! I knew that this was going to be the best night of my life.
We met some friends at the dance and started taking tons of pictures. I was having fun with my friends but my date was bored and impatient. Finally he told me that he wanted to leave so that we could be alone. I wasn’t sure that was such a good idea but I knew I didn't want our date to be over so soon. We got in the car and drove around for awhile. Then he stopped the car and started to force himself on me. I didn’t like it and I told him I wanted him to stop and to take me home immediately. He did take me home even though he seemed pretty mad at me. I talked to my parents and the counselor at school about what happened. I didn’t want anyone to get into trouble but I did think it was important for me to be able to talk to the adults that I trust. A few days after this happened we had an assembly on dating issues. During the assembly the presenter talked about the laws regarding sexual conduct. We all learned that certain types of sexual conduct are felonies. (ARS 13-1401-1406). I think it helped to hear how serious this can be. The guy who had been my prom date even apologized to me later in the day. I’m sure he and I won’t go out again but at least we can be polite to each other. I also know I won’t let myself get into a situation like that again.
On 07/01/06 imani from DC said:
i am so happy for you .that he stop when you said to.
On 05/20/06 MARIANA from AZ said:
HEY C=GIRL THATZ A GOOD THING. THE SAME THING HAPPENED TO MY SISTER AND IT WAS BY MY DADS COUSIN AND SHE DIDNT WANT TO TELL ANY ONE SHE ONLY TOLD ME .
On 04/13/06 hayley from TN said:
way to go girl!! my stepdad has been sexually abusive since the 6th grade and i just told somebody about it a month ago. i let it go on for 5 yrs without sayin anything because i felt that nobody would belive me. things started to get more serious and i was worried that soon he would rape me so i told
On 03/22/06 shana from AZ said:
hey
you are very brave.
i was at my uncle's house and the same thing happened but this was a stranger and so yeah
it took me four months to finally tell someone i really trusted,(parents) thank you so much for sharing your story.
it is hlping girls and boys to tell somone before it's too late to do something about it
thanks again.
shana
On 03/06/06 Kaila from CA said:
Smart decision, I don't think I could have handled telling anyone. Thanks for posting the story were people could see and learn from it, your strong, most females (and males)in rape and sexual harassment situations don't tell anyone because they are ashamed that it happened or they don't want to cause trouble. Thanks for being one to help. ^_^
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