Lovefraud Reader

  Editor's Note: Lovefraud received the following email from a reader whom we'll call “Timothy.” It happened on May 5th. My girlfriend of almost 12 years and I had been drinking, we argued, she called the cops, and said I hit her. She got a restraining order. She cut off my mother, and our mutual friends. I don't remember hitting her. In fact, I have never hit her. The police didn't care, though. The accusation was enough to jail me for ten weeks. I'm still waiting on the trial. The court released me under pretrial probation just a week and a half ago. While I was incarcerated, she, her friends, and her new boyfriend (that was quick!) emptied my bank account of over 7 grand, took my cam …

LETTER TO LOVEFRAUD: I never hit her, but spent 10 weeks in jailRead More

Editor's note: Lovefraud received the following story from a reader whom we'll call “Margo.” My abusers were my mother and father. It began when I was about fifteen. My mother and father never really got on, would hardly speak to each other. Father went to work, came home and stared at the television all of the time. The only interest he had was making his own beer and wine, he was often drunk. He had no friends and lost his temper often. He never spoke to my sister or myself as if we were humans. He would either ignore us or tell us off. When I was fifteen he found out my mother was seeing another man on the side. She had not been seeing him long and he meant nothing to her. I think she was …

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