How long did your JW "Honeymoon" last? (page 2)

SB

the first less than enjoyable experience was the period after I gave up pineering in 1990, when the elders and circuit overseer were pressuribg me to sign up again

i remember this was true for me too. the first time i was really disgusted with the whole org set up was when i stopped pioneering after pioneering abroad, and the C.O. came up to me, shook my hand with glee and a big smile, and said, "Hey! so, how's your pioneering going now that you're back?" And i said, "well, actually, i've felt really drained, so i stopped pioneering". my thoughts were, maybe he will ask if there is anything "the friends" could do to help me get started again (because in all honesty i really missed long days of coffee breaks, i mean field service.). instead he said, "well, let me know if you start again, your experience in the ministry would be nice to use in a convention". so, i was "unusable" because i wasn't out in service to the WT full time anymore. i was partly relieved, because having had parts on assembly's before, i had no desire to be in front of 4,000 people bragging about "my ministry" again, but at the same time i felt very dejected like all my efforts for the society were worthless unless i kept up the status.

SB

Honesty

Until I was 'appointed" MS. Then I found out how screwed up the whole lot of them are.

jaguarbass

I got baptized in 1987, and I was a happy JW until 1991, so my honeymoon with the JW's lasted about 4 years.

How about you?

I was born in 52, I was raised as a jw. I cant say I was ever happy about that. When I tried to leave after high school I was scared into getting baptised in 73 because armegeddon was coming in 75.I guess that would be like a shotgun wedding. In 83 I left for good cold turkey no fade, just made up my mind I had enough and it wasnt the truth. If there was a honeymoon it was 74 and 75 in anticipation of the new world order.By 76 the honeymoon was over. So to answer your question 2 years.

lisavegas420

There was supposed to be a honeymoon period.

Being as I was raised in, I just did what I thought everyone wanted me to do.

lisa

frankiespeakin

Until I got baptized, soon after the love bombing stopped I was put to work slaveing for WT. A friend of mine used to always say after you're baptized the extra ordinary kindness stops, you are no longer able to get away with asking questions that you used to before.

Abandoned

I was baptized in July, 1990 and became disillusioned in March 1992. I did regain my zeal (whatever that means) in April, 1998 though. I walked away some time in 2001 or 2002. I don't remember the last meeting I attended. I think it's funny that even though I lived at the bottom of the street that the kingdom hall sat on, I never received a shepherding visit. Not that I'm complaining. I did receive a visit from the CO, but I think it was before I quit attending the hall full time.

Anyway, I guess the honeymoon lasted a couple years. The second honeymoon lasted three or four and I was finally blessed with permanent disillusionment when I found this site and started learning the real deal behind the wt and the gb.

purplesofa

I am sure my honeymoon with the Witnesses lasted longer than honeymoon with my ex-husband.

jayhawk1

Maybe 2 years.

Wasanelder Once

I was baptized at 16 in 1974 and six months later was inactive for 11 years. Back in 1985 and I think the honeymoon lasted ten years. I deleted as an elder in 1995 and was on a slow fade which accelerated in 2000.

W.Once

zagor

Actually looking back now the only time of "Honeymoon" was while I was doing research of bible by myself even before starting actual bible study, which extended that for like another couple of months of so. But hard reality started hitting even before I got baptized. Which was in a way begining of the end for me as a dub.

How long did your JW "Honeymoon" last?

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