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Do I just need to accept that I was a Slut?

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cheekymonk · 01/03/2010 20:27

Evening All! I am happily married with one ds now but back in my uni days I was very promiscuous and did sleep with over 100 men roughly. I used to have to get really pissed to have the confidence to approach anyone (mainly due to being fat). I was lonely and although I had made some friends, I wanted a boyfriend too and in my warped mind sleeping with someone and being wanted for all of 30 mins or if I was lucky, the whole night was the next best thing.
I lived with 6 male housemates at the time who were appalled my behaviour. I did have threesomes/forsomes (and a fivesome too I think!) which was what pushed them into really despising me. One night I brought someone back, he went then I went back out and brought someone else back. It is shocking and I was out of control but those housemates were so vile.
I ended up recently sending a message to one of them on facebook. I wanted an apology but have today come home to this
"It has been a long time - 13 years in fact, which i why suddenly recieving this from you scares me that you have gone to the lengths to find me. Obviously some deep seated resentment there that you probably need to get off your chest/deal with through professional help. Either way - yes behaviour to you may not have been entirely appropriate, but my did you deserve it. Hoping to find brother figures? WHy on earth? I cannot imagine why you, a second year, felt the need to take a room with six male 4th year students. Most 2nd years got digs with friends they made in the 1st year...!!!! To refute some of your allegations about us. 2 of us had girlfriends, neither of them cheated on them. The rest of us, me included, enjoyed a significantly lower level of "single life" than you did - as you said it's what people do at uni...mainly with students met at the Student's Union", though, not with sailors they pick up in Joanna's night club. While I am all for enjoying the single life, both for men and women - you took it to such an extreme. 2 guys in one night I recall...one at about 1030 and then you going back out to bring another one back! Another stealing my bike from the hall! I hope my thoughts about the way YOU behaved are clear. I may have been a little immature back then and yes, 13 years is a long time. But do I have any regrets/would I behave differently to such a prolific enjoyment of the single life as yours now - I doubt it. I trust that I will not hear form you again."

I feel so gutted and worthless, just like I did then. I sincerely regret raking up the past. I am trying to understand now WHY I behaved so badly and try and reconcile the past but am having trouble.
Any thoughts? Do I just need to accept that i was a total slut back then??

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Lulumaam · 01/03/2010 21:52

you chose to live with those men, chjeekymonk .

Lulumaam · 01/03/2010 21:53

they were appalled at your behaviour too, as a woman.

bluetits · 01/03/2010 21:53

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cheekymonk · 01/03/2010 21:56

Thank you Dittany. It did feel like 6 against 1 and being ostracised for the behaviour kind of made me do it all the more.Whilst my behaviour was anti-social, annoying, selfish etc etc it was not emotionally damaging. Do you know what is is like to lie in bed in the dark and have your door kicked and be called a fat slag? I got up to close it then they did it again so I had to lock it. My best friend at the time, insisted I move in with her the last 2 weeks of Uni as she could see the effect it was having. I will always be grateful to her for that...

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SolidGoldBrass · 01/03/2010 22:00

The whole idea of settling scores from the past as 'closure' is a dumb one anyway. While some people may react kindly enough or at least reply with something like 'oh we were all young and silly, let it go', others will get stroppy about it.
Cheeky, one way to think about this might be to consider that maybe the man actually feels guilty about his treatment of you, and people who feel guilty sometimes react very aggressively when challenged, and frenziedly try to throw the blame back at the challenger. This might help you feel less bad about it. But don't, DON'T contact the other men, or contact this one again. Let them go, they are in the past, and remember that the only person who can fix your feelings for you is you.

dittany · 01/03/2010 22:01

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ReneRusso · 01/03/2010 22:03

Cheekymonk, you have moved on in your life and have put this behaviour behind you. So why are you raking it up? I think perhaps you still feel some shame..? There is something that still needs resolving and it would be much better to talk it over with a counsellor than to contact any of these people again. Contacting this guy has made things worse, but I hope this will spur you on to sort it out and put it behind you.

HerBeatitude · 01/03/2010 22:03

TBH I don't understand why you thnk e-mailing any of them will help you understand your behaviour then. It won't. It will probably, as in this instance, simply invite abuse.

Get to counselling and find out why you think an apology from some dickheads you had no respect for years ago, is something you need. You shouldn't need it and the fact that you do, is something you should sort out.

morningpaper · 01/03/2010 22:03

Really MP. Did you break down many doors yourself when you were at university?

Why do you think I've had to send squillions of apologies?! I did far worse things than kicking doors in...

morningpaper · 01/03/2010 22:04

Like I said an overactive sex life (which is also a common feature of student life MP come to think of it) wouldn't be regarded with such contempt if it was a bloke doing it.

Why do you think I've had to send squillions of apologies?! I did far worse things than kicking doors in...

MrsL123 · 01/03/2010 22:05

The more you talk about it cheekymonk, the more obvious it is that you haven't moved on and still feel very ashamed about the way you acted, and instead of dealing with it you've chosen to direct your anger at someone you haven't known for 13 years and who, horrible or not, still acted a lot better than you did at that time. I don't care what you did back then, or what he did. It was 13 years ago. Your actions were this week, and in this case I think you were in the wrong. Your email sounds like childish drunk ramblings, yet you're saying you've matured now.

You came on here asking if you should just accept that you were a sl*g. Yes, I believe you should. You come to terms with the fact that you can't change what happened, and you move on. If only you'd asked this question before sending your email, it could have saved you making a bit of a fool of yourself.

SolidGoldBrass · 01/03/2010 22:05

MP: Care to share? Were livestock involved? Or was it just pooing in people's pillowcases?

scottishmummy · 01/03/2010 22:05

sounds like you were monstrous and needy,what are you seeking from your flatmate?no one else can give you approbation.you can only make peace with yourself.

move on and stop dragging up the detritus of 13 years ago.causing you pain and unpleasnay memories to others

you have matured and moved on there is nothing to be gained from ruminating and raking over past

cheekymonk · 01/03/2010 22:05

No I shan't be contacting any of them. I messaged him because he was the worst. Its taking alot for me not to reply to this one and I am taken aback at how the majority of you think it is well deserved but on the other hand I do accept it was an aggressive email which isn't my normal style . I wasn't drunk when I sent it btw!
I did explain about living with them bluetits. friends either in hometown or already fixed up. I lived with friends in 3rd year and it was much better apart from getting burgled and the other 2 effing off and leaving me to spend the night alone in a burgled house!
In 1st year I was ok too, it was just this year. I don't know why I didn't move out looking back however. Stupid really.

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morningpaper · 01/03/2010 22:06

SGP: God, probably. I actually got thrown out of university but was allowed back for graduation, I was AWFUL

UnquietDad · 01/03/2010 22:06

I imagine most students did stuff they are ashamed of. Most people just move on. I don't quite get why you needed to email him after 13 years! Just digging it all up again, as is evident from his response.

thatsnotmymonkey · 01/03/2010 22:06

It does sound like you have this trawling through your mind too much, and it needs to be resolved. So good to hear your DH is supportive of you.

I think you need to see that the other flat mates are not the issue here, they are just symptoms. I hope you get your head round all this. You need to accept that you had some wild times at Uni- many people do! I was no angel. However it sounds like it is all about self-esteem. Those past times do not define you. Don't let them.

Goober · 01/03/2010 22:08

He is clearlly a cunt, dear.

You only did wjat many other girls were doing at the time.

I bet he is now bald, grey and fat and looks really old.

You are not a slag. Delete his message, and this thread then move on. None of it matters.

dittany · 01/03/2010 22:08

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scottishmummy · 01/03/2010 22:09

i hope you arent undergoing quack therapy encouraging you to do this

some things are best left in past.this is a definite example

ypu have moved on,married, had a child.be happy for what you have,not what you did

2010aQuintessentialOdyssey · 01/03/2010 22:09

Has something happened to you recently?

You knew their take on your behaviour back then, they stole your food, shouted abuse at you, called you names, broke your door down.

Why did you seek their reaction to your behaviour again 13 years down the line?

The way I see it, you were passively sexually agressive towards THEM, through your behaviour. They were agressive back.

Why revisit this pattern? What are you punishing yourself for?

By goodness, I had a lot of sex in my student days, but I never flaunted it in my flat mates faces. I wonder why you had so little decorum and dignity that you flaunted YOUR sexual acts in their faces?

bibbitybobbityhat · 01/03/2010 22:09

I think you do need to accept that you behaved badly. Not necessarily morally badly (perhaps) but without consideration to the other people you lived with. Your behaviour really has nothing whatsoever to do with your ex flatmates. You appear to be blaming them on a certain level.

Send another message apologising for your first one, apologising for the problems you caused with your behaviour at uni, and do not bother him, or any of the rest of them, ever again.

MrsL123 · 01/03/2010 22:10

Sorry, I thought that was the title of the thread. It is actually slut. OP's words, not mine. Which is why I starred it out.

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