Who and what would you have been if not for the JWs..............

by fifi40 15 Replies latest jw friends

  • fifi40
    fifi40

    Abandoned got me thinking about this is an earlier post, when he said along the lines of 'he wished he had never had thw whole JW experience'. I also remember reading recently on another thread how one poster said their creative talents were stifled.

    So now I am pondering what life woulda/coulda been like...............had I not had JW parents................in my own case I was very bright at school and excelled in maths and english subjects, but I remember zero encouragement from my parents for all that I was acheiving, or to pursue any type of career.............so maybe I was destined to be a journalist, an accountant (or maybe not)........I always liked the thought of acting, but guess that is most kids dream and I was also drawn to my fathers vocation, that of training racehorses but being the fourth child and having three older brothers my dad didnt take this very seriously. I also love doing old houses up and interior design, which whilst I have done for my own personal use never considered as a career...................and then there is the latent writer in me just bursting with a bestseller.

    Oh my!! I want to be everything.............................

    What do you think life may have been like for you had you missed the whole JW episode...............

  • purplesofa
    purplesofa

    I probably would have become a morman

  • DJK
    DJK
    Oh my!! I want to be everything.............................

    I was never allowed to set a goal for my future. I really could have been anything if I were allowed to go to college.

  • slimboyfat
    slimboyfat

    I coulda been a contender.

    I coulda been somebody.

  • ninja
    ninja

    Napoleon....I was well on my way to dementia.....the swines!

  • fifi40
    fifi40

    Slimboyfat and Ninja are you sharing the same bottle..............you are too funny.........

    Feefster

  • fullofdoubtnow
    fullofdoubtnow

    I might have become a teacher, which is what I wanted to be when I finished University at age 21. Then the jws knocked on my door, I joined the org, and became a part-time cleaner, then a part -time office worker instead.

    I did meet Trev while I was a jw though, and that's the best thing that's ever happened to me

  • jelcat8224
    jelcat8224

    I always wanted , and STILL want to be a teacher. (literature and grammar to be exact) As it is, I was judged enough for the career that I DID choose. I was judged because it involved me moving away from my parents house to a whole new state in order to go to school. It involved a secondary education, although it was a relatively short program. I had elders and ministerial servants talking to me about going into a "more sensible career". We all know what they meant.

  • tetrapod.sapien
    tetrapod.sapien

    a hacky sack master.

    ...but there is time for that yet. ;)

    tetra

  • chelleadam
    chelleadam

    I've always wanted to be a pediatric nurse. Of course, now I have to wait until the kids are grown so I can afford to go back to college.

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