Kylie, you might have wondered why it took me so long to comment. I always like to take a light-hearted view of your experiences and put a laugh into your day. But this time, it's difficult.. There is no light-hearted way to your childhood experiences. I'm very sorry to hear about those, and, as I mentioned before, I don't know how some of my gender-pals can get so screwed-up to do all those things to little girls (and even bigger ones) what you experienced. The only thing I can say is, that I'm happy for you to have found Mark. He sounds like being exactly my type of guy: making his woman happy and comfortable and reassured. He looks the part, too. (getting a little chubbier over the last few years. Sorry, that's just the clinician in me). You deserve Mark, and I wish you both another 50 years or so of happy marriage, and if you guys were just living around the corner, I think, we could have some hilarious barbecues together. Take that as an invitation, if you ever come to Germany.