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Tell me honestly what you think of my mums behaviour?

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Zezzl · 07/09/2016 19:18

My mum divorced my dad when I was very young. My father had full custody. I was regularly sexually assaulted by my 'd'f for years as a child. My mum learnt everything in my late teens. My father used to dress me in slutty lacey womens lingerie. (Which didn't remotely fit). This left me with a sickening aversion to pretty undies. With therapy in my 20s I overcame this disgust and was able to look at pretty underwear as just that, nice lacey pants and being a girly-girl I started to wear them. Come my marriage, I was in my bedroom showing my mum the stuff I had chosen to take away on honeymoon - 'this dress, this top, these sandals etc - oh & this lace body'. The body was a very sexy garment. See-thru lace, dark red, deep plunging bust, very little going on at the back, you get the idea. My mum got really excited and took it and ran downstairs to show my step-father. She held it up for him to see & turned it back & forth before holding it up against herself. 'Look what Zezzl's bought to wear on her wedding night'. I felt humiliated and violated. I'd like to hear what you think of my 'd'm's behaviour? Inappropriate or ok really?

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Lovelydiscusfish · 07/09/2016 23:12

I don't think it is that unusual to show your mum your honeymoon stuff - which might include some underwear. I'm fairly certain I can remember my mum making a jokey comment to my bridesmaid about some underwear I bought for honeymoon in my first marriage (it stuck in my mind because it was so wide of the mark, as it turned out) - I vaguely remember them helping me pack, or something?
Either way, enough with all the victim blaming. OP's mum was wrong to show the underwear to her stepdad, and no wonder it made her feel so bad.

ApproachingATunnel · 07/09/2016 23:43

You don't need to keep the relationship going just to alleviate her shame/guilt. You had traumatic childhood in your father's hands and you deserve for all kinds of inappropriateness to stop. If she brings nothing but upset then i'd consider going back to nc. Flowers

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