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When I was a senior in high school I started talking to this girl who was a junior. One day, she's in my room (we went to a boarding school), we're watching a movie and start making out. One thing leads to another and she asks me "Do you have a condom?" I said yes, and we moved to the bed where we had some really awesome sex. We ended up dating for about 9 months after. Fast forward to the end of the relationship and she starts telling me that the relationship is based on a lie, etc. Admits that she was a virgin when we first had sex and that she didn't always want to have sex when we did. About a week after we broke up I was paid a visit by a dean and a member of the health services faculty. They brought me to the Dean's office, told me that another student had accused me of sexual assault and rape, and told me I should get in touch with my parents before my judicial hearing the next morning. I was a [nearly] straight A student, a 3-sport athlete, a member of more than a couple student clubs, and I had just been accepted into my #1 choice school. My parents drove up that night, and the next morning I went to the hearing. I was interrogated for 4 hours about the sequence of events from our first sexual encounter almost 9 months before. She was questioned once for about 20 minutes. Luckily- depending on how you look at it- I was going through some pretty rough shit when the relationship started so I had spoken to my advisor and dorm parent about it extensively when it was happening. The school decided that since I was graduating in a month they would just leave me on probation- I wasn't allowed to finish out the track season, I wasn't allowed to attend any school club events, and, unlike other seniors, I wasn't allowed out after sign-in. I spent the next month as essentially a prisoner for something that was consensual. It could've been a lot worse, I could've been kicked out and lost my chance to go to my dream school, but I still struggle with the accusation. It's been about 7 years now, and I've been dating an amazing girl for the past 3 and a half years. Unfortunately, I really struggle when it comes to interacting with her intimately because I'm afraid of something like that happening again. Luckily she's wonderful and fully understands, so it's never an issue. But I'll never forgive that girl for what she did to my mental health. I am not a rapist, but because of one girl's retroactive decision I was treated like a convicted one for the last month of my high school life.

TL;DR: old girlfriend accused me of rape 9 months later, fucked up my emotional ability to be intimate probably for life.

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