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I tried to give up, but I was not brave enough......  [message #9254 is a reply to message #9228] Sat, 05 April 2003 22:07 Go to previous messageGo to next message
marc is currently offline  marc

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Registered: March 2003
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I wish it were true... I wish it could have been different.

An appology.......

Sometimes an issue crops up and things seem to go all fuzzy. I get fixated on it and can't seem to let go. Sometimes the "issue" is due to or related to a post or reply here on this MB and sometimes I loose control. I don't mean to, but it happens. Some subjects seem to cause me to become upset, to go over the edge. Sometimes I make bad choices that I regret later. Sometimes (even though I try my level best not to), I word things wrongly. I'm sorry.



Life is great for me... Most of the time... But then I meet people online... Very few are real friends... Many say they are but know nothing of what it means... Some say they are, but are so shallow...
I have said this before  [message #9256 is a reply to message #9254] Sat, 05 April 2003 22:38 Go to previous messageGo to next message
timmy

Has no life at all
Location: UK, in Devon
Registered: February 2003
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It takes a real man to apologise.



Author of Queer Me! Halfway Between Flying and Crying - the true story of life for a gay boy in the Swinging Sixties in a British all male Public School
Re: I tried to give up, but I was not brave enough......  [message #9257 is a reply to message #9254] Sat, 05 April 2003 23:04 Go to previous messageGo to next message
ashley is currently offline  ashley

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Location: Sydney Australia
Registered: February 2002
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Take some hugs Marc and an OZ guys hand in yours and we can sit and chat ok?? You are you and unique and it wouldnt be any good if ya wasnt YOU.


Some ppl make mistakes and never know it, some make them and choose to forget them, some choose to BLAME others for them and some just outright lie. But, among all those ones are the ones that KNOW they have and they do something about their errors. You are ONE of the latter Marc ok?? The Roos will be looking out for you ok??





People have a habit of changing your direction through life
Re: I tried to give up, but I was not brave enough......  [message #9261 is a reply to message #9254] Sun, 06 April 2003 03:05 Go to previous messageGo to next message
rbryce is currently offline  rbryce

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this is why this message bourd is special.It has special people in it.Please Marc-never let people ever say you are not brave,Because you are brave.Strong too. rob
Re: Male Rape Up in Australia  [message #9291 is a reply to message #9069] Sun, 06 April 2003 21:15 Go to previous message
trevor is currently offline  trevor

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Registered: November 2002
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Sorry it's taken me so long to get to this important post. I've been busy and stressed and tend to avoid emotional subject or tangents when I'm like that - e.g. "go check this out." I also tend to boycott spam postings, which may not be a good "universal rule."

I'm glad I finally got to reading this thread. Lenny posted some things to think about. One of those was "something good comes out of everything bad." That's REALLY hard to believe, I'm very sure you'll agree Ashley, Marc, Tim and too many others. But, people who commit rape don't usually stop with one person unless they are caught. That doesn't dull your pain in any way, I'm sure, but it's a good thing that likely fewer will share that pain.

Too, maybe some folks reading this will know they are not alone - that they can e-mail their fellow victims for a bit of support and mutual e-hugging, even if they aren't up to posting about it or are unable to report it.

Marc - thanks for the explaination and the apology. We are all so imperfect and for better or worse, the products of our childhoods and society. I guess that is just part of being human.
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