I've changed my name for patently obvious reasons. This is not something I want the world to know about me. I'm female, incase any of you think that this is a man.
When I was between the ages of 15-18, I used to dial those free sex chat line numbers that you get in the back of the likes of Chat magazine etc when my parents were at work. I had left school for a time after a cry for help suicide attempt and it was very easy to do as I was home alone a lot)
I widened my scoipe and started using web chats at my Uncle' when he was working. I got heavily into it and met a few guys who were a LOT older than me but had the same sexual fettishes as I did. One guy I saw for about a year and, when I was 18, I fell pregnant and had a miscarriage to him that my parents knew nothing about. Cue my second, very serious, suicide attempt.
My parents knew nothing of this but they never really gave a shit anyway. Obviously they knew about the suicide attempt but not the rea reason behind it.
After that, I was a bit of a whore for a while. I have long since put it all behind me and no-one ever knew any of it, except my Husband.
But I bought Chat (I think it was chat) a few month ago and saw that number still there and it's really been playing on my mind. What if other very young girls are calling these lines like I did? It's very easy to do and doen't show up on the bill.
Am I just blinkered by my own experiences or is this a real issue? I realise that they give these numbers free to women to get them to call but I was not a woman and no credit card was required.