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wronglyconnd410 karma

I got in shape. I as kind of a fat-ass before, so I started doing tai chi chuan. I got my MA in education, learned Spanish, wrote a really extensive journal. I made a project every day, every week, every month, every six months, every year (Tolstoy's advice) and kept plugging away.

One of the guards became a friend. He and I would talk during exercise periods. He used to joke that I was Andy Durfresne and that they should check my cell for a rock hammer. Took that as a compliment.

wronglyconnd327 karma

Truer words, rarely spoken.

wronglyconnd312 karma

They knew about her confession to the therapist and didn't report it. Sued under emotional damages. They settled out of court for a lump sum. They wanted it over.

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I wish I knew.

wronglyconnd227 karma

No. It's a stunningly small amount (they're not rich people and they had to sell their house to pay the judgement) and considering what I traded...no.

My mother died when I was a teenager, my father was ashamed and after paying my bail told me to not contact him again. He's deeply religious and remarried after my mom died to a woman with whom he has "built a new family". He viewed what was happening to me as a "threat."

My extended family was fairly small and the girl's story was lurid and violent (at one point i was charged with "forcible sodomy" for supposedly using a candlestick on her) so they were repulsed. Friends just ran in terror. Most of my friends were teachers, again I was seen as a threat, a leper.

My GF now knows. She's a cop and fucking wonderful. No one else knows.