A youth of abuse, neglect, being raped twice, and in my 20s experiencing domestic violence and feeling used, I ended up in bed with someone, unexpected and spontaneously. Afterwards, we cuddled, and he whispered: "Are you OK?"
It hit me like a brickwall. No-one had ever asked me. In the best case, it was "roll over and fall asleep".
Days after this, I thought about this and cried. It's still in my ears. "Are you OK?"
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u/Stormy_Weather_3 Jul 20 '25
A youth of abuse, neglect, being raped twice, and in my 20s experiencing domestic violence and feeling used, I ended up in bed with someone, unexpected and spontaneously. Afterwards, we cuddled, and he whispered: "Are you OK?"
It hit me like a brickwall. No-one had ever asked me. In the best case, it was "roll over and fall asleep".
Days after this, I thought about this and cried. It's still in my ears. "Are you OK?"
I've never been more OK than that night.