The LCS Factor

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After logging back in today and reading a few replies to my post, OUCH! I felt a little sting as I read someone pointing out holes in what was already a humiliating incident. I am okay with a person trying to prove slanderous statements are not being made, but if this is the reason perhaps a private message should be the first step in validation.

This is the first time I have written on a public forum and would like to know if there is a standard code of conduct. Especially since this particular thread is about abuse, may we provide a safe zone so others won't shy away from writing about whatever they need to write about.

Also, I am a wife, mother of 5, grandmother of 2, and work in a high-security job position – please, could everyone refrain from making specific references to more private aspects of any incident (i.e., words like kissing). May I suggest to let the person telling the story decide what is okay to be written in a public forum. This probably goes for anyone else brave enough to post here. Thanks in advance.

It has been a long time since I have thought about or mentioned this part of my life. Am I way out in left field to think by now everyone has realized gross abuses of authority occurred? I assumed the skyrocketing divorce rate alone would speak volumes. [By the way, just in case members or guests don't know it, pseudo-arranged marriages by meddling authority figures rarely work. Don't try this one again.]