The summer after my freshman year of high school I was s******* assaulted by my aunt’s brother who was at the time probably in his early 30’s (he is not my uncle since my aunt married into the family). When I told my mom about it she told me not to tell anyone especially not my dad since she didn’t want to start drama in our family. She also seemed mad at me. I kept it in from everyone except my boyfriend and best friend but they only knew because I had told them before I had told my mom. I was scared to tell anyone else until a year later when I finally told my dad. He was furious ant the fact that I was told not to say anything and he was mad at the general fact that it happened. Nothing was still done. I spoke with a detective when I was a junior in high school and accidentally sent a rant about the situation to a teacher who reported it to the principle. That was the extent of it however because I was never taken to formally file a statement. My aunt’s brother went out of the country for a while and I didn’t feel like I needed to worry anymore but was then hit with the news that he was back. I’m now 21 and have been married for a year. He was at my wedding. We have a tradition of pinning money on the bride’s dress to get a dance with her and he participated in it. My mom has since apologized and I forgive her. I haven’t pushed on more because now, no matter how fucked it seems (trust me, I understand how this sounds), I don’t want to stir the pot in our family since I dearly love my uncle and cousins and don’t want his wife to be mad and make it to where I can’t see any of them comfortably for making 6 year old accusations against her brother.
