Yesterdays conference.

Reflecting on yesterday the first thing that comes to my mind is Kim fleets story. The story of Laura Wilson. A girl that was in a controlling relationship with a guy, they were really on and off for a while then finally after a while she got sick of it and broke up with him for good. He continuously called her and called her and she never picked up, he would leavemany msgs saying shes a slut and how could she not be with him. When he called on a different cell phone laura picked up and he asked her if she had a bf and she said yes she did.. when she didnt she was just fed up. After kim and laura went to bed, they heard the glass in the front room smash and they got up to see who it was.. it was lauras ex boyfriend. In the end. Lauras ex boyfriend stabbed her to death and beat her.. also hit kim and cut her shoulder with the knife. This story slightly scared me a little bit because it reminded me of some things that had happenend in the past of course i could never really relate to what kim went through, but the things about lauras bf continuously calling her and saying that he needed her and leaving lots of msgs and how he seems slightly.. obsessed with her. I think Kims msg to us is to watch out for ourselves and for our friends in relationships, to know the warning signs because anything could happen. Abuse could happen to you. Another thing i liked was the sexual assult presentation, the girl made alot of points. approx. 80% of sexual assults are done by someone you know, and that most names we call people relate to female..whether its female anatomy or being like a female. I think its weird how things are like that. Some of the things i learned are that if you feel something is wrong, make a big deal about it because what if something does happen? If you ignore the feeling it would be to late. Rather be safe then sorry. If nothing was going to happen then you can laugh about it later. Another thing i learned was that if you feel you are being followed turn around and look at that person it makes you less of a target. Make sure you stay 2 arm lengths away, when he gets closer you back up. Always make sure your looking at them to that way it doesnt give them a chance to grap you when your not looking. I think this trip was a very good one, and i learned alot of different things. I would recommend going to one. :]