Sunday, January 22, 2023

I have decided to tell the story

 Ron has been dead nearly 2 years, he won't mind and maybe it will help someone.  

Ron was the fourth and last child his parents had.  He was born with glaucoma and was effectively blind.  He could see a little bit of colors and light but that was it, and that ended when he was 8.  Both his parents worked so it was up to his older brother and sister to take care of him.  

Ron had a tendency to wander so they really had to keep an eye on him.  His brother usually got assigned to watch him.  

One day when Ron was 4-5 his brother took him across the street and the neighbor boy paid A (Ron's brother) a quarter.  Ron was then sexually assaulted by the neighbor boy.  When he cried and tried to get away A told him to be still. 

In addition to that on another occasion the neighbor boy told Ron about sex and that girls were different "down there" which led to Ron's obsession with "looking". He got in trouble many times for feeling up (consensual) little girls. No one thought to examine why Ron was suddenly acting out sexually. I guess they just thought he was precocious. 

Ron never told (except me about 10 years ago) and his brother was never punished for what he did.  But I feel it explains so much of his behavior. 

Ron was never angry at his brother for his part in the assault and was sad when A stopped taking his calls after the accident. No one else in the family knew. 

He never got counseling but he paid for it with sex addiction, cheating, other acting-out behaviors. Please if you have someone in your life acting out sexually please get them some help if possible. 

That's it for now. 

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