Date: 10/27/2016
By amandalyle
I was sat in a room full of people, who were all facing a 1980's-sytled TV set on wheels. "Today we're going to watch porn!" The - who I assumed was the teacher - said to the class. But his idea of porn and my idea of porn were two separate things. Rather disappointingly, this video wasn't sexual in the slightest, instead we watched a storyline unfold of a girl called Colette (who I recognised from my old hairdressing course) As it turned out, Colette was stuck in an abusive relationship where her boyfriend would demand sex from her at any given opportunity (even when she didn't feel like having sex). She hated her existence and felt like she spent her life treading on eggshells. In the video we saw him make several attempts to have sex with her - but all on his terms. Finally she ran away to her sisters house, but he had followed behind, demanding that if she doesn't come back something bad will happen and "she'll be sorry." Next scene; I was swinging on a swing in a park I didn't recognise whilst texting my mum about when she could make my sons birthday party. She told me she was already at the party and ask me where the heck I was. "I'm just having a swing!" I replied. Next scene; I was watching a video back of a graduation ceremony - my graduation ceremony. All my friends were there. It was held in a grand cathedral, but I was absolutely mortified when I saw how dishevelled my hair was on the day...and how shiny my face was! "Oh my GOD! I look bloody terrible!" I thought, watching the memory back in horror.