A little something that happened at the Ibercon 2026
5 days ago
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Hello hello! How are you doing? Hope you are alright
I tend not to talk a lot about my personal life here. I am more focused on sharing comms, stories, etc.
But I feel I wanted to share this.
I attended Ibercon 2026. It was an amazing experience, meeting with pretty nice furs, making new friends, being asked to appear with my partial... and I even hosted a panel about how to spread positivity among the fandom and improve ourselves as people. It was very well received!
But... something happened.
I had my suspicions. I hoped I was wrong. But... No. The man who was my psychological and economical abuser for +4 years was attending the con with his current boyfriend. What's more: he was part of the staff. Even if it has been +6 years... I felt shivers down my spine when I glimpsed at him.
I tried to avoid him. Luckily, I only saw him on the first and the last day. But on the latter, we came across each other.
For a fraction of second, I froze. But...after that, I smiled. I smiled at him. No words. Just there. Smiling, showing him that despite everything, I was still alive, kicking and happy. I had grown as a person, I was surrounded by people who loved me. I had no reasons to shrink in front of him. I broke up with him, and I managed to survive.
Even if he still scares me, that day I felt a little bit more brave. And for the first time in my life, I thought there will be a day his existence won't be able to hurt me anymore
Thanks for reading ❤️
Thanks for being there ❤️
I love you all ❤️
I tend not to talk a lot about my personal life here. I am more focused on sharing comms, stories, etc.
But I feel I wanted to share this.
I attended Ibercon 2026. It was an amazing experience, meeting with pretty nice furs, making new friends, being asked to appear with my partial... and I even hosted a panel about how to spread positivity among the fandom and improve ourselves as people. It was very well received!
But... something happened.
I had my suspicions. I hoped I was wrong. But... No. The man who was my psychological and economical abuser for +4 years was attending the con with his current boyfriend. What's more: he was part of the staff. Even if it has been +6 years... I felt shivers down my spine when I glimpsed at him.
I tried to avoid him. Luckily, I only saw him on the first and the last day. But on the latter, we came across each other.
For a fraction of second, I froze. But...after that, I smiled. I smiled at him. No words. Just there. Smiling, showing him that despite everything, I was still alive, kicking and happy. I had grown as a person, I was surrounded by people who loved me. I had no reasons to shrink in front of him. I broke up with him, and I managed to survive.
Even if he still scares me, that day I felt a little bit more brave. And for the first time in my life, I thought there will be a day his existence won't be able to hurt me anymore
Thanks for reading ❤️
Thanks for being there ❤️
I love you all ❤️
AverageOtter
~averageotter
A powerful experience <3 thank you for sharing.
Tupelo
~thetopbug
I'm sorry you had to go through with all of that, I'm glad you're in a much better spot today ❤️
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