Im sorry, Shining. That's a whole lotta crap to have to deal with at a young age....and an important one in the life of a young woman.

Yep, I had some of the same seeds planted. It's safe to say that your sense of worth was challenged, to say the least.

I know that mine was. While I loved my xh very much, I believe that who I was at the time directly correlated with whom I chose as I husband.

So, the seeds were planted and then you went out into the world.....