It's probably far more common than people will admit. It's also probably less damaging for you to have moved on and hold no resentment.
Sometimes these instances can be chalked up to adolescent sexual experimentation, rather than the actions of a sexual predator and someone who might offend later in life.
That said, I'd always keep what he did in the back of your mind, just in case there's ever the chance he might do such a thing again. You haven't said how much older he was, but if he was significantly older, his behaviour might be indicative of a sexual disorder rather than just experimentation - in which case he'd be more likely to 'repeat past mistakes' with someone else's kid given the opportunity.
He wasn't too much older than me, only a teenage at the time. However, he did try to do it again, with my little sister.
I admire her to no end, because she came to me as soon as she felt he was coming onto her, and the whole family knows about that now. She did what I couldn't do. So now they know what he tried to do with her, but not what he did with me.
In a way, it's kinda my fault. If I had said something, he wouldn't have done it again.
Is it normal that I don't exactly hate my abuser?
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It's probably far more common than people will admit. It's also probably less damaging for you to have moved on and hold no resentment.
Sometimes these instances can be chalked up to adolescent sexual experimentation, rather than the actions of a sexual predator and someone who might offend later in life.
That said, I'd always keep what he did in the back of your mind, just in case there's ever the chance he might do such a thing again. You haven't said how much older he was, but if he was significantly older, his behaviour might be indicative of a sexual disorder rather than just experimentation - in which case he'd be more likely to 'repeat past mistakes' with someone else's kid given the opportunity.
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He wasn't too much older than me, only a teenage at the time. However, he did try to do it again, with my little sister.
I admire her to no end, because she came to me as soon as she felt he was coming onto her, and the whole family knows about that now. She did what I couldn't do. So now they know what he tried to do with her, but not what he did with me.
In a way, it's kinda my fault. If I had said something, he wouldn't have done it again.