W went through IC for incest about sixteen years ago and did a lot of letter writing. I never pressed her for specifics on what happened. My W never filed charges or anything like that. Her siblings were either sexually or physically abused by this monster, girls got molested, boys got beat up. Real nice guy! My MIL claims she never knew about any of it, and she is a total head case. My friends that know her all say, your W is headed down the same path, why do you want to be around for that? MIL was an only child and I suspect was either physically or sexually abused somewhere in the past. She was narcissistic, childish and selfish, qualities she handed down to my W! Nothing is ever good enough for my W, kids are constantly needing to step up, house sucks,car sucks, job sucks, life sucks! She presents herself as a happy, happy, joy, joy cheerleader type, but mentally, she is just a mess. After being away from her for awhile I am coming out from under the cloud she kept me under. She is always moving on, to the next "new" thing. She is like a child window gazing at store after store full of toys.
LE - Replace incest with teenage rape and you have my W. I feel ya bro. In hindsite, M prob never had a chance. This is my feeling anyway. Sorry if that's not a positive statement but I'm sure you feel/felt the sam way.