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I Keep a Journal

Everythings In My Journal So I Protect It

By: boklenHolley7
Written on December 27th, 2011
Age: 13-15 , Female
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  • sariahsjourney

    i had a secret code in high school too. it is fun to have your own language :) good security feature too!

    Dec 28, 2011
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  • Serenitree

    Well, journal keeping is a great idea. I know it is wrong to invade anyone's privacy, but, is it possible he was simply concerned about you and trying to find out if there was something you were doing that could put you in a bad spot?

    Dec 27, 2011
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    • boklenHolley7

      That's what I thought the first time he did it.. He just did it too many times for it to be that...

      Dec 27, 2011
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    • Serenitree

      Oh, more than once. After he discovered that you weren't doing anything dangerous? Or harmful to yourself or others? Then he should be ashamed. Kids are people with rights and responsibilities. If you are fulfilling your responsibilities as a member of your household, then he should respect your right to privacy.

      Dec 27, 2011
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    • boklenHolley7

      I'm the goody two shoes of the family. It's understandable the first time to check on drugs and stuff this town is full of em but He goes through my stuff a frequently and has even admitted it.. Then he comments on some of my thoughts which hurts..

      Dec 27, 2011
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    • Serenitree

      That is definitely uncalled for. Unless he is really concerned for your safety and the comments are inquiring about your state of mind in an attempt to offer help if it is needed. I once found a journal of my daughter's and read it. She was quite upset when she found out I had read her private thoughts and was questioning her about them........ Well, she had left it on my pillow, on my bed, open to a page in which she described a rather frightening event in her life. I thought this was her way of telling me she needed to talk about it. I told her that I totally respected her right to privacy, but if she ever left her journal in my bedroom again, I would read it again. She never did. And I never searched for it. Twenty years later, she is still alive and well and nothing bad came from the scary event she had talked about.

      Dec 27, 2011
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    • boklenHolley7

      That I would understand. But I don't do anything to make him concerned. I kept my journal on my computer, where I kept all of my stories. He had no reason to be in my folders and shouldn't have been reading my thoughts out of curiosity. Or saying "Sorry I'm not your other step dad." Because of a thought that no one was suppose to read..

      Dec 27, 2011
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