by minimus 20 Replies latest jw friends
Same as others here...not sure about the "threatening" part tho.
It was strongly "Suggested" that Sister's not wear dark nail polish. Also, we were
not allowed to wear tennis shoes from the convention parking lot (walking thru areas where
horses were trained) to our seats to change into heels.... ugh. Said we looked tooooo
"Churchy".
I remember one Elder demanding that women wear skirts that where so low they 'dragged on the ground'.
No gum chewing (but you could use breath mints)
Children were not allowed to have pens (sometimes no even pencils)
No suitcoats for the brothers
Only black dress shoes for the brothers on stage (no rubber soles)
We couldn't chew gum, if you were seen chewing gum you were asked to spit it out. There was a "bucket" in front of the stage with a sign that said "gum disposal"
If you were teenage female you couldn't leave the main hall at the same time a teenage "brother" left for the bathroom. You had to hold it so that teenagers (male and female) were not out of sight at the same time
nj
If you were teenage female you couldn't leave the main hall at the same time a teenage "brother" left for the bathroom. You had to hold it so that teenagers (male and female) were not out of sight at the same time
What the hell did they think was gonna happen in the few seconds you were alone in a Kingdom Hall lobby? Good God, what a repressive regime you lived under.
What the hell did they think was gonna happen in the few seconds you were alone in a Kingdom Hall lobby? Good God, what a repressive regime you lived under.
You know how those horny little females are, just waiting to pounce on the inocent brothers Repressive? you bet!
nj
You know how those horny little females are, just waiting to pounce on the inocent brothers
Unfortunately, no I don't ...the sisters in the halls that I attended were all good girls. All the "bad" girls were in other halls.
That, or I didn't warrant being pounced on...
The basics. They wanted everyone at the hell 15 minutes before the meeting started, and the servant body 20 minutes. Of course, we had to have our suits and ties to do a talk, and the suit coat had to have the button done up. The collar button had to stay done no matter how hot it was in field circus. They did not like gum chewing while at boasting sessions or in field circus.
Additionally, they made more stupid rules for me. There was one family that I felt was deserving, and they had several children (the youngest was very inquisitive). When I started doing things to satisfy this need (candies, pens of different colors, letting them rummage my bag to satisfy the need to explore, etc.), the hounders made rules outlawing them one by one. Ultimately, they drove that family out of the congregation and reproved the father for some bullsxxx. Ultimately, that destroyed whatever bond I had with the cult, making it easy for me to decide to walk out when they wanted me to just meet men at the a$$emblies. And, walk out in such a way as to waste their time and resources worrying about me.
Too bad that family couldn't see my Christmas tree. And, I hope the children (especially the one that had the curiosity and I think high intelligence) are all apostates now. Maybe they will then take those stupid rules and shove them. And, I will not enforce any of them.
Those elder watchdogs!!! I remember them expressing, at elder's meetings how they would purposely look to see if a mic handler had prepared his WT. study....Ahhhh the good old days!
Quite a few. White shirts only for brothers. No Sport coats while on the platform, on suits. No long sideburns or mustaches past the upper lip. If a brother made an erroneous comment during the WT study, a sister correcting the error in her comment was a Jezebel. Sister were constantly scrutinized on the length of their dress, and how form fitting it is. Music and movies. A person watching a PG-13 movie could not serve. The list goes on but one really came to mind. The elders had real issues with publishers associating with other JW's from other halls. When I was asked about a certain gathering and who was there. I had commented on how few persons I knew. The elder then went on to say how he wondered why anyone would want to associate with people from other halls.
