And then that's when she also, she revealed to me, only me though, that she had messaged

many different men with my pictures asking them if they wanted to quote unquote, pop my cherry.

Welcome back to other people's lives. I'm Joe Sanagato. I'm Greg Dybeck.

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It'll help support the show and you get weekly bonus episodes. So to jump into today's topic,

today we'll be speaking to a woman who sent us an email with the subject line,

I was sex trafficked by my mother at age 12. And she's going to walk us through her journey,

being forced into relationships with men by her own mother. A journey that even took her out of

the country. And we know it's never easy hearing and discussing these types of stories, but the

goal for us is to not brush them under the rug and to in fact, bring them to light for others who

have gone through similar experiences. And for everyone to remember that it can often be those

closest to us that can do the most harm. So we've got the guests on the line. And as always,

thanks for being on the show today. Hi, thanks for having me. Yeah, of course. So looking back,

I'm curious if you remember when your mother first started to exhibit behavior that was off

and inappropriate. So my mom was always very hot and cold with affection and love for me. And

I think that I was kind of always kind of groomed for her to do something like this because

it made me have this like innate need to like please her. And I just did whatever it was that she

wanted. But it all kind of came to a head when I was 12. And I just so happened to download

an like a thing on the computer called the ICQ. I don't know if you all remember that or had it.

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