First and most importantly, I'm genuinely sorry for what you've suffered.
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I've been through similar experiences, though for the majority I was too young to ever push back enough to get to the insincere apology stage. By the time I hit my teens I had stopped thinking anything of it and it took years for me to really reckon with everything that had happened.
I know nothing I can say will make you feel even the slightest bit better, but I truly do feel for you. I'm sorry if it didn't come across that way.
Please let me know if you'd simply prefer not to continue this conversation.
That said, no, I don't expect you or indeed any decent person to be happy with the current state of affairs. But that's precisely why I think it's worth trying to eliminate the factors that led to where we are now. Even if the work rightfully belongs to the men in question, since their damage makes the prospect of spontaneous self-improvement rather unlikely I'd rather take a share and see it done if it means even one less person will go through what you or I have. I fully acknowledge that this is an unreasonable ask for some people, and I don't hold that against them in the slightest.
Once again, I apologize if I've caused you distress. It was not my intention.
First and most importantly, I'm genuinely sorry for what you've suffered.
CW:
spoiler
I've been through similar experiences, though for the majority I was too young to ever push back enough to get to the insincere apology stage. By the time I hit my teens I had stopped thinking anything of it and it took years for me to really reckon with everything that had happened.
I know nothing I can say will make you feel even the slightest bit better, but I truly do feel for you. I'm sorry if it didn't come across that way.
Please let me know if you'd simply prefer not to continue this conversation.
That said, no, I don't expect you or indeed any decent person to be happy with the current state of affairs. But that's precisely why I think it's worth trying to eliminate the factors that led to where we are now. Even if the work rightfully belongs to the men in question, since their damage makes the prospect of spontaneous self-improvement rather unlikely I'd rather take a share and see it done if it means even one less person will go through what you or I have. I fully acknowledge that this is an unreasonable ask for some people, and I don't hold that against them in the slightest.
Once again, I apologize if I've caused you distress. It was not my intention.