I’ve always been a sucker for romance. Never really had it myself though. I had my first boyfriend senior year of high school. After we graduated he took me on a small trip with his family to his grandparents house. It was there he raped me and told me ‘it was a shame because he was going to propose to me’. I know it was true for multiple reasons. Mostly my parents when I returned home. Now I can’t think about proposals or romance without that painful thought. It’s been years.