Everybody welcome Anneshirley new member! (page 5)

primitivegenius

welcomeeeeeeeeeeeeeee glad ta hab yaz

Midget-Sasquatch

Welcome, and I wish you find this board as much of a godsend as I did.

I am overwhelmed by the support and the welcome. Its been so long since ive felt that kind of support. Yes I love anne of green gables. I have all of the lm mongomery books... anything i can find that she wrote. That is a picture from the first movie. one day im going to go to prince edward island and see that beautiful area for myself. Right now though.... two toddlers, full time job in sales, remodeling of a house, AND taking care of mkr32208 ... my plate is a little full. I was driving myself insane trying to work the witness thing in there too. Im not sure that its not still a little full. But mark says that connecting with others that have left will help me deal with some of the issues ive been experiencing. I'll have to see. Im very nervous about this because i havent really talked to anybody about not even mark. His reasons are not my reasons. This will probably make people angry but I would still be in if I had recieved one shred of support when mark left. Not because i believe its the truth... but because I felt i belonged to something and when that is all you have ever known... when you gave up college to pioneer.. when you watched your brothers and friends leave and "did the right thing" it is hard to admit that your entire life is based on a lie. uh oh toddler with a nose bleed gotta go. thanks again everybody

Legolas

one day im going to go to prince edward island and see that beautiful area for myself.

Yes Anne it is beautiful...This is where I live BTW. (I know it says New Zealand...LOL...That is where I want to move to)

This will probably make people angry but I would still be in if I had recieved one shred of support when mark left. Not because i believe its the truth... but because I felt i belonged to something and when that is all you have ever known... when you gave up college to pioneer.. when you watched your brothers and friends leave and "did the right thing" it is hard to admit that your entire life is based on a lie. uh oh toddler with a nose bleed gotta go. thanks again everybody

Yes it is certainly hard!

I was not raised 'in' I went in as an adult (for around 10 years) So I know how hard it hit me when I found out it was all a lie, so I can only imagine how hard it must be for those whoe were raised a JW.

juni

Dearest Anne,

I'm certainly not angry with you or anyone for their choice. You have to do what's best for you. I can relate to the fact that you did not get support when Mark left. I can't tell you how many times this was lacking w/our immediate family.

Our last son was a colicky baby and then had cut his first tooth at l yrs. old. I would spend most all of the mtgs. time down in the ladies' room. They had speakers down there, but I couldn't here as there was always talking going on. It was so frustrating that I finally stayed home or traded off w/my husband with watching him. Mind you, we had 3 other little ones at the time also. Absolutely no help or inquiries from elders or support. Just a comment to my husband as to when I was going to attend regularly and go back on the TM school. I was truly in a bad way emotionally from all of the crying. All they could think about was mtg. attendance, etc. My husband set them straight.

Also, my husband had severe back problems for years. Only 2 bros. ever came to visit. I had to take care of him and all of my little ones. It was terrible. I was frazzled. As the years went on he continued to have surgeries and pain. Still - same 2 bros. came to visit for awhile. I know what it feels like first hand to be left out in the cold and shown no interest. And my husband is the type to help anyone that needs it - cars, painting, plumbing, etc. But no one was there for him. No offers to help in anyway. So that was added to my burden.

I could go on and on, but it just gets to be a real downer. So I put it again back in the box and go on w/life. All 4 of my kids are now adults (none JW) and we have 6 grandchildren. It's wonderful to have time to do things w/them and not be under a group of "Pharisees" who put so much pressure on you to do more and more to have Jehovah's favor.

Take care and I know that you will find support here and true empathy.

Juni

damselfly

one day im going to go to prince edward island and see that beautiful area for myself.

It's gorgeous there, I've been tempted to move.

I loved all the books too, must have read them each a dozen times over!.

Dams

lowden

Hello Anneshirley

Have fun while you're here....and kick some butt from time to time.

Peace

Lowden

towanda

Yeah, welcome Anneshirley! Lots of us newbies with lots to learn...great to have you along!

arwen

Dams: Once you meet us you will want to move..We can drum up enought business for you to make a good living there..we will tell a friend who will tell a friend.....we would love to have you for our neighbour, right, Legolas??

Everybody welcome Anneshirley new member!