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by Chameleon 61 Replies latest jw friends

  • MsMcDucket
    MsMcDucket

    Chameleon, good nick! Change according to the situation until it's safe. That's what ya gotta do.

  • Chameleon
    Chameleon

    Thanks.

  • Free
    Free

    You said it. All you have to do is move. Then claim spiritual weakness to the friends and family when they ask, and be on your way to freedom , you'll love it. If you didn't read Crisis Of Conscience. do. welcome

  • BabaYaga
    BabaYaga

    WooHOOoooo, one more year to AA degree, aye? CONGRATULATIONS!!! AA is the way to GO... that way you can transfer as a Junior to any University with your general distribution requirements IN the BAG. AWESOME! You are certainly doing the right things so far, man, keep it up.

    Cheers to YOU!!! And we'll be here :)

  • JWdaughter
    JWdaughter

    Don't say no to being a MS the way I said no to being a Den Mother-or you will be a MS so fast you get whiplash! The gradual fade w/some depression seems a good way to go. Seems as if your parents love you and you don't want to lose them (I assume) permanently and you are likely to if you just get out openly. Finding a job away from your folks after you graduate is a good plan, easier to fade in a cong. where your parents (elder dad) don't attend.

    I was never baptised, left when I was 15, now 40. Its not easy, but you have a good start with college and some ambition. Don't let the Dubs get you down.

    Shelly

    What kind of nuts are baptising pre-pubescent children, knowing how many will leave and be shunned???

  • Frannie Banannie
    Frannie Banannie

    Welcome to the JWD forum, Chameleon! So glad you're here. Enjoy!

    Frannie

  • Little Bo Peep
    Little Bo Peep

    I agree, there is a lot of pressure being a MS. Maybe faking "depression" with all this pressure. You remember the "meeting sickness"? I think all of us have played that at one time or the other. I would think after a little while of putting off being an MS, and slacking hours etc, they'd move on to someone else.

    Little Bo Peep

  • I quit!
    I quit!

    Hi Chameleon,

    You said:

    To be fair, I've never been treated badly

    Don't worry that part will come once they decide you are an apostate. I think you are getting some good advice here. Mine is don't let the cat out of the bag till you are ready to deal with it both emotionally and financially. When they turn on you your live can change very quick. In my case I felt I had to get out of there pretty quick or go crazy but I got some good advice about what to expect so I wasn't shocked at their behavior.

    I hope you will stick around. You can learn a lot from the people that post here. They've been through it all.

  • Chameleon
    Chameleon

    Thanks, everyone. I quit!: How will they tell if I'm an apostate? I'm going to play the depression card; how long do you think I can go with that?

  • MidwichCuckoo
    MidwichCuckoo

    Welcome Chameleon.

    I tried telling my parents about it but they said apostates are good with twisting words and whatnot.

    Lol - in MY experience, the WTBTS are the experts in that!

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