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W hen my daughter was 5 years old, we lived in Canada. A man who was highly
regarded in my husband’s family visited us with his wife. The man showed an
instant liking for my daughter and started playing with her. We took it very normally
and felt happy to have them over. Over the next 2–3 days, this man’s behaviour with
my daughter raised a little alarm inside of me. He started taking my daughter inside
his room when I was busy cooking and he closed the door.
I felt a bit uncomfortable. His wife noticed my discomfort and immediately opened
the door and went in. This happened a few times and my discomfort kept increasing.
I decided to share it with my husband but to my shocking surprise, my husband
refused to believe me.
My husband told me clearly that this man is greatly respected in his family as he has
played an important role in his career, so I shouldn’t even think in this direction and
should clean my mind. I felt ashamed and insecure as my husband didn’t even give
me the beneit of doubt. But I continued to be alert and would go inside the room to
take her out by making some excuse or the other.
One day, I went to take a shower after putting my daughter to sleep. When I came
out, I discovered that she was not there. My heart started pounding so fast that I
screamed her name. I went out and opened the door of his room. He was tickling my
daughter so aggressively that it was making her scream with discomfort. I grabbed
her and looked him in his eyes. I could see that he felt offended but there was no
shame in his eyes.
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regarded in my husband’s family visited us with his wife. The man showed an
instant liking for my daughter and started playing with her. We took it very normally
and felt happy to have them over. Over the next 2–3 days, this man’s behaviour with
my daughter raised a little alarm inside of me. He started taking my daughter inside
his room when I was busy cooking and he closed the door.
I felt a bit uncomfortable. His wife noticed my discomfort and immediately opened
the door and went in. This happened a few times and my discomfort kept increasing.
I decided to share it with my husband but to my shocking surprise, my husband
refused to believe me.
My husband told me clearly that this man is greatly respected in his family as he has
played an important role in his career, so I shouldn’t even think in this direction and
should clean my mind. I felt ashamed and insecure as my husband didn’t even give
me the beneit of doubt. But I continued to be alert and would go inside the room to
take her out by making some excuse or the other.
One day, I went to take a shower after putting my daughter to sleep. When I came
out, I discovered that she was not there. My heart started pounding so fast that I
screamed her name. I went out and opened the door of his room. He was tickling my
daughter so aggressively that it was making her scream with discomfort. I grabbed
her and looked him in his eyes. I could see that he felt offended but there was no
shame in his eyes.
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