Do you find that most of the ones you grew up with left? I looked around while still active and saw numbers dwindling from my generation. I pioneered while in late teens/early twenties and several from my class that were friends of mine left years ago. I run into people now and discover they too have stopped. What about you guys?
For any who were raised a JW...
by rache31 40 Replies latest jw friends
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Tuesday
Actually my generation mostly stayed, but the ones right after me (the younger brothers) all left.
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katiekitten
Virtually everyone in my peer group has left. When I was a teenager there was a group of 15 of us - there are 3 left in.
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144001
Most my age left.
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R.F.
Most of the ones around my age that grew up in the religion as well left before I did. I'm one of the last in my age group locally to walk away from it.
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mrsjones5
Most around my age left
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bigwilly
It's a mixture. My sisters and I left, as well as a few of the others. I think more stayed but I'm totally out of the loop that way. Since most of the people I knew my age moved around it's hard to say.
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babygirl75
Just about everyone in my age group or that I hung with while growing up has left. I can account for only a handful that are still in.
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DJK
Most from my age group left after I did. I have run into a few and they turned out to be the coldest, unfriendliest people I have ever met.
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ex-nj-jw
I often wonder about this. I left at 18 and I have no idea if anyone else left or not. I never kept in touch with anyone except for 1 friend that I ran into a couple of years ago. He's still in, loyal dub but seems to be a liberal dub Just when I think I've said something to make him think, he comes back with "where else would I go"? *said with a whine and a pouty face* And then I just want to slap the $&%# out of him.
Something about hearing "where else would I go" from a 48 year old man just irritates the crap out of me. Sorry for the rant, back to topic now
I would like to know if any left and where they are in their lives now
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