The speaker shares a traumatic experience from their past. They were in a relationship with a man who was 5 years younger and seemed normal, but the speaker's father and the boyfriend were acting strangely around each other. The speaker discovered that their father and boyfriend were secretly meeting and that the boyfriend was a gay prostitute who was being supported by the speaker's father. The speaker caught them together in a car and confronted them, leading to a dramatic and traumatic scene.
After the incident, the speaker's father sent them a large sum of money and told them to leave the country and live with their mother in Portugal. The speaker complied and has since lost contact with their father and ex-boyfriend. They describe the experience as traumatic and something they still struggle to process.
Here are the key facts from the text:
1. The speaker is a psychologist who was born in 1991.
2. In 2016, the speaker met a 20-year-old boy on a course.
3. The speaker and the boy started dating despite their 5-year age difference.
4. The boy started coming to the speaker's house, where they lived with their father and stepmother.
5. The speaker's stepmother was almost their age.
6. The speaker's stepmother and father were married.
7. The speaker's father was 60 years old.
8. The speaker's boyfriend worked in security.
9. One day, the speaker's boyfriend forgot his phone at home, and the speaker accessed his WhatsApp conversations.
10. The speaker found a conversation between their boyfriend and their father.
11. The conversation revealed that the boyfriend had been in contact with a gay sugar baby website.
12. The speaker's father had been in contact with the boyfriend through the website.
13. The speaker discovered that their boyfriend was a gay prostitute in his free time.
14. The speaker decided to follow their father and boyfriend to a meeting in a park.
15. The speaker saw their father and boyfriend kissing in the park.
16. The speaker confronted them, and their father sent them a message saying they had transferred money for a ticket to Portugal.
17. The speaker's father asked them to leave the country and live with their mother.
18. The speaker left the country and lost contact with their ex-boyfriend.
19. The speaker's father no longer speaks to them.