What Decisions Did You Make Only Because You Were A Witness? (page 2)

ocsrf

Good Thread,

No college, until I hit 40 something - than realized how useful this could of been years earlier.

Missed out on some good times with those bad wordly kids, turned out many of them raised nice families and still married to their first wives ( this surprised me, made me realize that others keep their marraiges together).

OC

Periodic Bedlam

*No double piercing in my ears until the CO's wife had it done and then it was OK

Soledad

5. Didn't pursue a relationship with someone very meaningful, because he was not a Witness

That happened to me too. It was only because he wasn't a witness!

Then there were other things: not being able to take a graduation trip with my 6th grade class, not being able to join the basketball team, and not going to any school dances or the prom.

What a pathetic and wasted adolescence.

twinflame

No R rated movies, no matter what the content

No other activities like classes on meeting nights

Love this one: Dukes of Hazzard was making fun of the law so kids couldn't watch that

Sterilization was taboo = many children

Holidays is a given

Too many to list

Legolas

Gee Min....Alot I would have to say!

But most of them I knew it was not 'me', that if I had my way I would do it/them!

Funny that that didn't clue me in to what was going on!

hillbilly

Turned down a full- ride college scholarship from the Navy. This was not a "teaser" from a quota- mad recruiter either. Legit, registered mail offer. I killed a day taking the ASVAB tests and did very well on them... That testing plus my high school grades put me on a short list of candidates...Free college, a Naval Commision (yea.. I'm officer material, imagine that) and 7 year active duty obligation.

I didnt even tell my folks about the offer.....

~Hill

Darth Yhwh

Well since the time I spent in the clutches of the WBTS I was legally a minor, I can truthfully say that the decesions weren't mine but rather they were the decisions of my mother under the influence of whatever dogma the WBTS was spewing at that particular moment.

Cygnus

I basically gave up on secular education when I was 15, and said the hell with Honors classes and college.

I married soon after turning 20 both because it was the thing to do and I felt guilty for messing around with the girl.

Even though I saw nothing wrong with standing during the playing of the national anthem during sport events, I'd give in to peer pressure and either stand out in a hallway or remain seated with the other JWs.

I threw out 2/3 of my music collection; I still hate myself to this day for doing that.

I felt obligated to go from door to door peddling magazines that told people their religion was wrong and Watchtowerism was the only correct one.

I was basically a stuck-up jerk to anybody who wasn't a Witness, and rather judgmental of those who were.

:(

stillAwitness

1. Never even glanced at my daily horoscope.

2. Never used any BIble but NWT.

3. Did not take going to college seriously till 3 years after my graudation from h.s and so I now have an "UNDECLARED" major on my students records

dezpbem

Wow! Big question.
I can relate to most of what everyone has said.
The worst was not being allowed to have friends. I felt this overwhelming feeling of loneliness. I still feel that loneliness to this day. Anyone else still deal with that?

I too couldn't practice yoga (which I wanted to), martial arts, go to alot of movies, etc.
I got to watch other people have sex (ehr...not really "watch", hehe) and date while I had to ignore potential girlfriends. I didn't go to any proms or graduation trips in my life, urghhh!

I used to df/shun people well after I left the witnesses. It took a long time to figure out that the problem was me and not them. I found something wrong with everyone and would push all potential friends away or keep them at a distance.

Sound familiar to anyone?

What Decisions Did You Make Only Because You Were A Witness?

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