<human>: I've been dating a terrific girl for 8 months now and things have progressed quickly. I've really never felt this way about someone; she's constantly on my mind and myself on hers. We're talking about moving in together in a few months and I've shared everything with her. Obviously there's an exception here and it's something I've never told anyone, so what better place to start than on the internet for all to see, right?

When I was 5 years old, I was molested multiple times by my 18 year old male cousin. 

It's really one of my first memories as a child. Yet just to be clear, this isn't something that really pervades my thoughts -- it's just something that happened. The only time I really think about it is when the issue of child molestation is broached. A major reason that I've never told anyone is that I do not want them to make this out to be bigger than what I consider it to be nor treating me any different for something that happened nearly 2 1/2 decades ago. I'm a fiercely independent person; I do not deal well with people being overly concerned with my welfare.

Yet it is a part of my past and I feel a need to share it with my SO. I nearly told her last week when we saw something on television about a child molester and she said something to the effect of, "I don't know how anyone could grow up normal after having that done to them." 

Any advice about how to share this? Obviously the

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<bot>: answer is to just fucking do it, but I really feel presentation is key here. While there is an element of humiliation that makes me fear talking about it, I mostly don't want this fact to make her see me any differently.