3. My Boyfriend Hurt Me

I received a comment on one of my blogs from a girl named Alicia.  What she had to say really made me think:


 I love your show. I am 14 years and I listen to your show as much as I can. I had a hard time last year because one boy I like was at the bowling alley and made me do nasty stuff that I really didn't want to do.”


Her note reminded me of similar stories I’ve heard many, many times before.  She met this boy she really liked.  But by the time their relationship ended, she felt used and probably ashamed.  Why?  Because, “[he] made me do nasty stuff that I really didn’t want to do.” 
 

It makes me wonder what her ex-boyfriend was thinking. Why did he push her to do things sexually that violated and hurt her?  Maybe he felt like he was in love with her, and wanted his sexual passion to become even more intense.  But the truth is, he did not really love her.  You see, love never demands someone to do something that would violate another.  Love does not trash someone else’s deeply held values.  The term love is one of the most misunderstood and abused words in the dictionary.  Sometimes, when a guy says to a girl, “I love you,” he is really saying, “I don’t love you.  I love me and what sexual favors you do for me.” 
 

When a guy really loves a girl, he will do everything he can to protect her.  Someone once said, “Love can always wait to give.  Lust can’t wait to get.”  I don’t really know what Alicia’s ex-boyfriend was saying to her.  My guess is he told her he loved her and if she loved him, she would do things he wanted her to do.  He was lying to her, or he was terribly confused.  I often say on my radio show, Dawson McAllister Live, something very simple:  “Don’t listen to what a guy says.  Watch what he does.”  Whatever Alicia’s ex-boyfriend said to her, his actions proved him wrong.  I believe in guys (I happen to be one myself), but I’m tired of some guys using girls just for their own cheap thrills.  Next week, I want to blog about why girls often give in to guys sexually when they shouldn’t. 


Your friend,
Dawson


 

 

 


Posted 05-25-2007 12:00 AM by Dawson

Comments

Megan wrote re: 3. My Boyfriend Hurt Me
on 09-05-2010 10:54 PM |

Thanks Dawson. This advice helped me because I actually went through something similar to Alicia, because I am the same age and had a guy that kinda pushed me to do stuff I've never done before. And the kind of guy this was the type of guy you described,  and I wish that I hadn't done stuff with him, because it left me hurt still a year later. I've finally moved on, but I still have a little hurt inside, and I hope that Alicia will move On and forget about that guy, because she deserves better, and so do I.

jackie lynn wrote re: 3. My Boyfriend Hurt Me
on 09-21-2010 7:04 AM |

thank you Dawson. I do belive all the adviceyou give is strongly taken.im now 15 and i went through this when i was 13,now im 15. I have been through this same problem and well now i regret it, allthough i shouldnt.I dont think i will be able to trust when a guy says "i love you". Usuly when they say that all they want is sex or some kind of pleasr.It is kind of hard to get over when something like that happens but in the long run it some what overcomes you.so Alicia everything will be okay...i promis.

e.c. wrote re: 3. My Boyfriend Hurt Me
on 09-24-2010 9:30 AM |

my mom always told me this: "any boy who forces a girl to do things she doesn't want to do, means he doesn't really love her" and every time she told me i always thought 'wow shes crazy" but once i really thought about it i realized she was right

Meredith wrote re: 3. My Boyfriend Hurt Me
on 11-24-2010 7:34 AM |

Boys are idiots. Simple enough, we have to live with it, but when one tries to force you to do something you DO NOT want to do is when I draw the line. Forcing someone to do something they don't want to do is wrong! Esspecially in this case.

I agree with you Dawson, the idiot- or boy, went all sappy (As I put it) by going "I love you, and if you love me you'll do whatever I want!" Then Alicia got all confused and- Did nasty stuff she didn't want to do.

God people like this seriously make me angry!

Meredith

Age: 13

emcon444 wrote re: 3. My Boyfriend Hurt Me
on 04-27-2011 6:50 PM |

I had a very similar experience. I was at a party with who I thought was my friend. He told me he wanted to tell me something in private and asked if we could go somewhere quiet. He lead me into a bedroom, told me he loved me, and kissed me. I told him I didn't feel the same way, I didn't. but he got angry and I didn't know about his anger issues. He raped me. It took me YEARS to get over it. I was depressed, then one day I turned on the radio and heard you on the radio. Though you were not talking to me directly I was talked out of doing something very stupid, and I thank you very much now. I do not go telling people for attention, but I am not afraid to tell my story anymore when I need to. I am living a happy life. Though I still have few hauntings of my memory and still some sleepless nights, I am okay. :)

Amlele wrote re: 3. My Boyfriend Hurt Me
on 01-28-2012 10:55 AM |

Oh gosh. I know so many people like this. Sometimes I almost do the bad things the guys want me too do, but instead I think to myself. "Why in the world would I do something like that to someone I don't love, and they sure as hell do not love me. They just want to use me, and I'm positive I'll feel like crap afterwards." That's why I'm still a virgin, and I still am happy for my body.