Great comebacks OTWO!
changeling
My wife says "They miss you at the Hall"
by OnTheWayOut 52 Replies latest jw friends
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isnrblog
When they say they miss me, I always say "Ya know, I always miss you guys too. I keep forgetting to get those sites on my rifle calibrated. It shoots a little high.
My wife (not a JW) works where my father works. He will often come in her office and tell her how much he "misses me". Her standard reply is "Come on over tonight for supper. Bring Mom". I'm DF'd and an apostate. Of course he says "he can't" and she says "Sure you can! You can drive and you know where we live."
Piss on 'em, really.
Fred www.isnrblog.com
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Anti-Christ
Good response OTWO. That's just a phrase they say and don't know why they say it but I know you already know that. What a bunch a robots it's hard to believe that I was once one of them. Glad to hear that your wife is slowly starting to get it. It's difficult to get over the fear. I don't know if that's the case with your wife but for me it was at first and after it was just a question of "deprogramming" myself.
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ILikeToThink
Everytime I miss a meeting (which is happening ALOT lately), I get a call from the sister I studied with next morning: "we missed you at the meeting last night." Ugh, those words make my skin crawl! It's really just a polite way of scolding you.
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FlyingHighNow
"Well, tell them if they miss me so much to get off their sorry, lazy a$$es and come over here and see me. Cuz I sure as hell ain't goin' to the hall to see them. They miss me at the hall? They don't have to miss me here. They know where I live."
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moomanchu
I had a Sheperding call by brother and sister Maykuk.
Sister Maykuk said everyone at the hall really misses you.
I involuntarily started laughing for about 5 seconds till I regained my composure.
Then she said "they dooooooo miss you" we need younger ones at the hall.
All I said was "really". They left shortly.
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sass_my_frass
Let's see, four years ago I was sharing an apartment with two other single sisters. They were your typical JW and I had been edging out for years. The first year I was with them I was in a new town so I was going to the meetings and had a lot of JWs to hang out with, but three years later I was over it, secretly engaged and trying to work out how to get my life started without ending it, you know what I mean. So, in my last months there one of my flatmates would be asked that every time she went to the meeting and she eventually started answering with 'here's her number, call her and ask her yourself'. I imagine that took a lot of people by surprise. Eventually one lady did actually care enough to do so, we chatted for a while, I couldn't really say anything important and knew by then not to think that anybody can actually be trusted with what was bothering me, so I just told her I'm doing really well and am very happy, thanks for calling etc. It was nice to get just that one call.
It's good that you're making your wife be realistic about it.
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sass_my_frass
I kept my reaction to the statment '___ asked about you' to the softer approach - 'Ah bless him' or 'Good on him!'. My flatmates were ultrasensitive to aggression, and our relationship didn't need that, and it achieved nothing anyway. I wanted to focus on the bigger things, (they just didn't come up in time).
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wha happened?
How annoying although I usually get the have them call us when they talk to my sister in law
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OnTheWayOut
I have meditated on this, reflecting your thoughts. Here's what I will do from now on.
She feels obligated to keep her word, "I will tell him you miss him at the meeting."
OTWO: "That's nice. Tell her/him/them I miss them, too. Ask if they want me to
arrange a lunch. I could meet with them somewhere during their break from service
or perhaps after the Sunday meeting at a nearby restaurant. I could drop you off
at the hall, Mrs. OTWO and pick you all up."She will be obligated to tell them.