What would make a child do this?? Triggering

[BingoWings7]

Name changed for this for obvious reasons.

Over 30 years ago I lived near a boy who used to lock me in his garage until I’d touched him / he’d touched me etc. I can remember this happening on several occasions until we moved house.

I’ve never told a single soul about what happened and put it to the very very back of my mind. However, the last few years I’ve been thinking about it more and more.

I’ve recently found him on FB and was shocked to see his year of birth as being only two years older then me. In my head he had always been a lot older. It actually makes us only about 8 and 10 when it happened.

I know nothing will ever come of this and tbh I don’t want it to. I don’t even know if I will come back to this thread. I just needed to get it down.

I'm sorry this happened to you. I would imagine he had inappropriate contact himself or had watched inappropriate materials himself to be aware this was a thing, especially at that age. These days safeguarding would be taken seriously but back then it would've been harder to speak up about it. The main thing to know is it wasnt your fault

sadly this isnt uncommon. I know of a few people this kind of thing happened to.

Agree Greenlantern. This sort of thing happened and happens because raging hormones and a lack of education equals a nightmare in people that age. Young boys need to be taught far earlier about what is appropriate and also ways they can relieve their confusing feelings at that age. It would keep us a lot safer in the long run.