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    I have been dating a girl for a couple months now. I found out by accident that she works at a massage place that offers “rub and tug” services. I freaked out and offered to help her get her life together. She quit right after I asked her to and with my help, has joined a GED education course and is learning full time.

    When I asked her why she would ever get into this kind of work, which I can’t see her doing because she is such a large hearted person, she began to cry and told me that her father raped her when she was 16 and it lasted a year. She then entered into child services care. She said she did it for money to get herself, mother, brother and sister out of the Government Housing projects and into a decent area. She did it for money. She said she didn’t care about what was happening to her or how men used her body.

    As for her past relationships, she has has about 7 meaningless relationships lasting only several months where she was basically used as a sex toy.

    My question here is: Is there a real chance at a future with this girl? What are the chances of having a real future with her as my wife with children?

    She says that a husband and children is what she wants and she is completely in love with me. She says she has never had a man love her for who she is and treat her like a woman like I do.

    I know that drug addicts will do anything and use people to get what they want. My worry here is that she basically is looking at me as a ticket out of the ghetto and once she gets what she wants she will leave.

    I want to know what are the typical behavioural and mental effects of a person from her situation.

    Help me please. Any advice or knowledge in this case will help me make a more informed decision.

    Thank You,

    J

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    Everybody is different, and nobody comes with a black and white guidebook that is full proof. So, while there are definitely chances that your girlfriend can overcome her past troubles, know that you are in for a rocky ride because of all the abuse and dysfunction she has known as normal for most, if not all, of her life.

    You only mention at the end of your post that she may be a drug addict, and if she is currently using, you should not be dating her at all. That said, addicts do tend to show certain behavioral patterns that put their dysfunction ahead of everything — making relationships difficult.

    I can’t give you a crystal ball answer, but I can definitely advise you to proceed SLOWLY and WITH CAUTION.

    The more important question that you didn’t ask me is WHY do you want to date someone who has dabbled in prostitution so recently? Why do you feel you need to save her AND date her? Can you just be her friend and advise her and guide her, while dating someone more suited to your goals of marriage and children?

    It’s great to have a big heart and want to help people, but it’s better to know your limits. Enabling addicts and others just prolongs their own sicknesses and creates problems for the enablers. I don’t think that you have the tools needed to help this woman with her historical and very deep problems. It would be better if she could get better and then start dating (you or anyone). If you can find someone who fits your profile of what Ms. Right looks like, that would be a better choice for you.

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