u/Equal_Ticket_5034

TW: abuse and rape mentioned

Please dont post this anywhere else I don’t want this all over the internet

So about a year ago i met my (now ex) boyfriend. At first everything was great. He was very supportive and sweet but things took a turn…

It started off with him being very sexual. I wasn’t a huge fan of it but i allowed it bc it didnt seem like a big deal. Then he got too physical. Not in a really intimate way (at first), but more like touching y hands and my face constantly. I’m not a huge fan of PDA or physical touch especially so early in a relationship, so i told him how i felt. I asked him to stop touching me so much an to stop saying so many suggestive things. He said he would stoop didn’t last long. He went right back to touching me. His jokes started getting worse. They were daily. He would joke about moving to Afghanistan. When i brought up how they rape women, he said he would be mad to see me sucking another guys d**k. He used to pretend to punch me in the face. The one day, out of no where, he grabbed my breast. I laughed it off at first, but then texted him about how i hated he did that when i got home that day. He apologized profusely and he was terrified that i would break up with him. Not in a manipulative way. He was genuinely sorry. So i forgave him and we continued on.

In the last days of our relationship, he would make jokes about sneaking into my room at night while i was asleep and raping me. He would say this daily. I broke up with him after that.

Now here’s where i think i may be wrong.

Technically, I did give him permission to touch me. One day we were talking and he said i could touch him anywhere and i said he could do the same. I feel like i didn’t speak up as often as i should have. But at the same rime i think that after me saying that i dont like him touching me so much, he could’ve asked if i was alright with him squeezing my breast.

We did end up getting back together a few months later, and he would make a lot of jokes about besting me. Then one day he pulled my ear and laughed when i said it hurt.

My friends say he was entirely wrong and a horrible person, but he genuinely is a good person.

So AITAH for breaking up with him when i could have spoken up more than i did?

Edit: this did happen a few months ago and i realized i got a detail wrong.i just remembered that i actually didn’t ask him to stop with sexual comments until around the end of our relationship. i don’t remember if he completely stopped or not. but when i did bring it up he said that he did ion fact notice i was uncomfortable but he kept going. Im sorry i got that wrong it was an accident. Everything else in this post should be true.

God bless!

My parents are Protestants who hate Catholicism and so i was also raised Protestant. Lately i’ve been doing my own research and even though i am pretty confident that Catholicism is the most accurate denomination, I am still struggling getting rid of some Protestant belief. I am honestly of scared of praying to the Saints. How do we know if they actually are listening? What if God gets mad at me for it? What if my parents find out? How can i become Catholic even though i live in a Protestant home? and hiw do i know I’m not making a mistake?

Also this is a genuine questionnthats been on my mind. Why would mary tall us the pray to her more thn to God while praying the Rosary? From my understanding thenRosary consist of 50 Hail Marys and 10 Our Fathers. Why not 50 Our Fathers

I'm a Protestant and I wanna pray to Mary. How bad would it be?

Edit: yall this wasn't supposed to be a war between Protestants and Catholics.

Edit 2: To the ones saying yes. Would I lose salvation if I did it?

What made you convert?

How have they helped you?