article_snippet.sent: Mandy Greenwood, 39, from Rochdale, Greater Manchester, said: 'My dad used to tell me A mother-of-two who was abused by her own father throughout her childhood
article_snippet.sent: Mandy Greenwood has spoken out about her own father .
article_snippet.sent: Mandy Greenwood carried the terrible secret around with Mandy Greenwood for more than 20 years – and it was only after Mandy Greenwood confided in Mandy Greenwood husband, Dave, that Mandy Greenwood felt strong enough to seek help.
article_snippet.sent: Mandy Greenwood said: 'I would cry Mandy Greenwood to sleep each night.
article_snippet.sent: my mum would tell me: 'I'm only doing this because I love you.' 'In my child's mind, I thought of Mandy Greenwood as my mum wife rather than my mum daughter.'
article_snippet.sent: As a child, Mandy Greenwood was given a choice at bedtime; Mandy Greenwood could either go to bed early or take a beating with Mandy Greenwood father's belt.
article_snippet.sent: Mandy Greenwood said: 'My siblings would go to bed but I would take her father's belt because I didn't want to go to bed.
article_snippet.sent: Mandy Greenwood said: 'To Mandy Greenwood, sex was nothing special.
article_snippet.sent: Mandy Greenwood said: 'At first, I tried to keep a friendly relationship, for the sake of appearances.
article_snippet.sent: As the couple grew closer, Mandy Greenwood decided to confide in someone about the abuse – for the first time in her life.
article_snippet.sent: Mandy Greenwood said: 'Until then, I had bottled then up inside.
article_snippet.sent: Mandy Greenwood felt Mandy Greenwood could trust Dave and, for the first time in her life, confided about the abuse Mandy Greenwood suffered .