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That’s

not what happened. This episode has a content warning for domestic

abuse and graphic sexual violence, because the fairy tale life Mae

had planned gradually turned into a nightmare. Until she finally

decided that she’d had enough.

Resources:

Crisis

Center brochure (Castle Rock,

CO):
https://whatwasthatlike.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Crisis-Center-Brochure.pdf

Domestic

violence safety

planning:
https://whatwasthatlike.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Domestic-Violence-Safety-Planning.pdf

How

does domestic violence affect

kids?
https://whatwasthatlike.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/How-Does-Domestic-Violence-Affect-Kids.pdf

Keeping

your children

safe:
https://whatwasthatlike.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Keeping-Your-Children-Safe.pdf

The

National Domestic Violence Hotline: 1.800.799.7233

National

Resource Center for Domestic Violence: 1.844.762.8483

Local

in Colorado: Rose Andom Center: 720.337.4400

Local

in Colorado: Porch Light: 720.853.8850

Local

in Colorado: Gateway Domestic Violence Services: 303.343.1851

Location

in Colorado: SafeHouse Denver: 303.318.9989

you’d like to contact Mae:

email: [email protected]

Mae’s

website: https://MaeScottOfficial.com

Mae’s

book, An Embarrassment of Pandas: Exposing an Abusive Family and a

Flawed System, is available

here:
https://www.amazon.com/Embarrassment-Pandas-Exposing-Abusive-Family/dp/B0G548WTHP

Her

FB:

https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=61577182454783

Her

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/maescottofficial/

Full

show notes and pictures for this episode are here:

https://WhatWasThatLike.com/257

Graphics

for this episode by Bob Bretz. Transcription was done by James Lai.

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