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My daughter has made allegations that my husband in abusing her, I can't find any support on the net. Please help!!!

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hurtandworried · 20/02/2009 14:16

My 14 year old daughter has made a statement to the police that my husband has been inappropriatley touching her and making sexual advances towards her. Please tell me where I can get some support around how this is making me feel. I can't find anywhere on the net for this kind of thing.

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Nabster · 20/02/2009 20:06

I don't think he would have discussed anything sexual with the daughter.

I can't fucking do this anymore.

anothernamefornow · 20/02/2009 20:07

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mindalina · 20/02/2009 20:08

At the end of the day when you go into a step-relationship the children always come first, and the parents have to accept that.

If your daughter has in fact lied, you can cross that bridge when you come to it. For now, it is so very very important that you believe her, because if she is telling the truth and you do not believe her it will absolutely devestate her.

Your husband, if innocent, should be adult enough to understand this.

Never mind that imho if a girl is making up stories like this there is something very wrong for her, even if she is not being abused. If that makes sense.

orangina · 20/02/2009 20:08

Perhaps I'm wrong, but as lots of other posters have pointed out, the 1st duty of care (until all of this has been sorted out) is to the (allegedly) abused. I'm not sure that anyone is assuming his guilt "without a fig of a doubt". I just don't think that the time frame thing is enough to (potentially) let him off the hook. It's not enough of a reason for it to be IMPOSSIBLE that he did it.

poshwellies · 20/02/2009 20:09

Nabs ,please don't post if this upsets and churns up too much emotion.

Look after yourself Nab,sometimes it gets too much to bring up bad memories like this.

hugs

Flightattendant27 · 20/02/2009 20:09

Step back Nab
you don't have to do it
its ok

have emailed you x

mindalina · 20/02/2009 20:09

Nab so sorry

hurtandworried · 20/02/2009 20:13

oh god what have i done? i didnt mean it to do this to anyone. im really sorry nabster and i will read back and study allposts tomorrow. i am having really crap connection problems and am struggling to keep up with it all

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LightShinesInTheDarkness · 20/02/2009 20:14

haw - this may sound odd, but you have been posting on this thread since just after 2pm, and its now 6 hours later.

Should you not give it a break for a while and spend some time just cuddling your DD/

You must be going round in circles now.

Flightattendant27 · 20/02/2009 20:16

H&W it's not your fault. On here everything gets shared, you'll find thee are many people coming at your issues from every angle, including deeply personal ones.

You haven't done anything, we all have a choice whether to post or not. All you have asked for is some support and that's what we're here for - we'll look after Nab as well the best we can.

It's not a pelasant subject but that's not your fault.

Try and sort out your connection and come back won't you. We want to help x

anothernamefornow · 20/02/2009 20:17

I haven't read the whole thread but I wanted to put my own experience on in case it is helpful to you.

When I was 15, my mother's husband seduced me. He made sexual advances, and I did not reject them. I in fact felt very attracted to him, and felt very guilty as a result. I eventually told him I did not want a sexual relationship with him, but he continued to make advances.

I ended up leaving my mum's house and going off to live on my own at 16, as the situation was intolerable. However, I still felt a lot of affection for him, and continued to have a close relationship of sorts with him. I also felt very sorry for him. A couple of years later I moved abroad and pretty much stopped seeing him at all.

I told very, very few people about this until 8 years later, when my younger sister turned 15 and made allegations that he was molesting her. My mother had trouble believing it (she had been with him since my sister was 6 years old) and I felt I had to tell my story in order to support her.

I felt terrible about saying anything, and would not have done it if it hadn't been because I felt I would have been betraying my younger sister if I didn't. My mum left him then, and I felt very sorry for both of them that it was all over. I also felt a significant measure of guilt for what I perceived to be my part in all of this (of course looking back on it I do not think that I was responsible, what with my being 15 and him being in his 40s, but that is how I felt at the time).

I am not saying this is anything like the situation in your household, but maybe hearing other experiences is useful. By the way, I always used to balk when people talked about him abusing me, as I did not reject all of his advances.

hurtandworried · 20/02/2009 20:19

yes light shines, wish i could, shes with the bloody bf!!

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spicemonster · 20/02/2009 20:20

Look, it is an absolute mistake to think that he would have form, that there would be signs. There are loads and loads of men who only abuse one girl, who wouldn't dream of going out and grooming but for whom the awakening sexuality is just too much.

She's 14, she's not 8. She has a boyfriend ergo she's a sexual being as far as he is concerned.

Don't look for signs as there may be none. Believe your daughter. Why on earth would she invent this? She needs you.

JustKeepSwimming · 20/02/2009 20:21

Haw - is there any way you can compartmentalise?

Pretend that your DD has said this about a total stranger, you don't even know who, just a man.
Try and think how you would react. Then do that.

When things have calmed down, then deal with the Husband issue....

Desiderata · 20/02/2009 20:21

I thought she might be out, HAW!

Desiderata · 20/02/2009 20:22

Are there loads and loads of men who only abuse one girl?

Based on what, exactly?

That doesn't sound remotely plausible to me.

hurtandworried · 20/02/2009 20:22

i dont think she is like that with him, anothername, but its certainly food for thought thankyou. she says she loves him as a dad and wants him back, she has never expressed any emotion other than that, and up unitl now they had a great father-daughter relationship

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lessonlearned · 20/02/2009 20:23

ANFN, that was a very relevant post IMHO.
The abuser usually makes everyone, including/especially the victim, complicit in their activities.
It's their insurance policy!

Nabster · 20/02/2009 20:23
hurtandworried · 20/02/2009 20:24

yes swimmer i have tried to do that and find it very difficult because i would have reacted very differently to how i am reacting now

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hurtandworried · 20/02/2009 20:26

i dont understand nabsters last message?

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PerArduaAdNauseum · 20/02/2009 20:27

H&W - she's in the same room, even if BF is there, just go give her a hug. Tell her you're so sorry for everything she's going through. Maybe (hopeful) the BF will realise he's not cut out for this and leave you two together...

spicemonster · 20/02/2009 20:28

All the women I know who've been abused by a family member were the first or only victims. I don't know - what do the women on this thread who've been abused reckon?

PerArduaAdNauseum · 20/02/2009 20:28

H&W - there's a function you can use to stop messages coming up on your 'active threads' - Nabster's saying she needs time out...

lessonlearned · 20/02/2009 20:29

HAW, NAB has had the good sense to protect herself. Leave her alone, please.

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