by sspo 16 Replies latest jw friends
Did all of you "sisters" when you were single and growing up in the congregation
always dream about marrying a bethelite or encouraged to marry one
since they were viewed as "gods".
I remember many years ago single sisters constantly took trips to Bethel with the hope
of meeting and marrying one, many were successful.
This is terrible and I hope my dad forgives me for putting this on here but....
There was a bethelite that my dad wanted me to marry so bad he told me that if I could get him to marry me that he would buy me a convertable sports car as a wedding gift. I seriously considered it but in the long run backed out, the guy was in his 30's and I was 18. It was tough though, I really wanted a sports car. Thankfully I have grown up since then.
Loruhamah
Ha!
My mom (a JW!) would always tease me and say "why don't you marry yourself a nice bethelite?" knowing that that was the LAST thing I would want to do... I don't think her or my dad would have liked it too much... witness boys were nice, but BETHELITES??? -that was another story.
>:P
-K
I didn't, but my parents always talked about it. I knew wasn't about to marry a "brother"!! They were too boring, and I already knew I enjoyed sex. And wanted to KEEP on enjoying it!!
shelley
ha ha! I grew up going to DC's at Yankee Stadium. the bethel *brothers* would swarm the place passing out there phone numbers. gag! I hated bethelites who did that. they thought they were such a catch....
funny thing is I met ithinkisee when he was a bethelite. (I was dragged to bethel the day we met by a friend who liked another bethelite that ithinkisee was friends with.)
crazy. my bethelite got me to leave the cult so I guess in the long run it all worked out!
SSPO,
I knew from about 15 on that I would not be attracted to someone inside the KH or connected with it. I was an elders daughter, pioneered, etc., etc., but couldn't tolerate the "nerdy" personalities, looks, and brief cases. The combination gave me the creepy crawlies.
I wound up one of the wild ones. At one point 5 gorgeous guys were studying and coming to our hall. This was during the 70's so they had lots of hair, wearing jeans etc. Every girl I knew (including the older ones) were drooling during the meetings, ....many a Watchtower study was lost to these guys!
So the fellas with the crew cuts, polyester suits and plastic brief cases were cast to the wind in our hall.
It's really funny now that I think about it.
r.
Oh God No!!!!! I knew I did not want to be married to a JW. When I was in my late teens I dated some, but knew I didn't want that kind of life, so I usually broke it off pretty quickly. After I moved out, I didn't date JW anymore. Thank goodness!! I can't imagine what a life I would have had if I ended up with one of them. JW for life uuggghhhh!!!!
When I was 16 I had a crush on a bethelite, so glad I got over that.
Married and wished for it...convinced these would have to be truly spiritual men who would never act the way my ex-husband did. A friend of mine's sister did...and he has turned out to be a VERY controlling/ abusive husband and father.
I made a point of ignoring bethelites. The ones I knew growing up were conceited and stuck up, so I wouldn't give them the time of day.
