My girlfriend is in foster care (her parents sent her away when she was 13) and her family are all mad. They beat her, they smoke dope (yeah...the parents) and they show absolutley no love for her at all. She said I'm the only person who has ever shown that someone cares about her, but there are little things that worry me.
For example, when I'm holding her, she constantly shakes and shivers. when she wakes up next to me, she withdraws from any contact for almost 10 minutes. She always covers her face with things to stop me looking at her, and she often gets upset or angry when she sees me smiling after kissing her.
One other major thing is...she was raped when she was 10. Obviously this is shocking and sick, and all I wanna do is show her that I'm there for her. She has a huge problem with trust - un-surprisingly - and its really hard sometimes. sigh. I guess theres a lot of patience involved here, but is there anything else i can do or say to help her trust me more?
2006-06-22
00:43:56
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