Welcome!!! I hope since you were never baptised your family does not shun you.
Hi everyone
by missellie 30 Replies latest jw friends
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besty
welcome to JWN Ellie - my wife Sam (Sweet pea on here) and I were living in London for before moving to LA 18 months ago. Before that I was in Scotland - maybe we know some people in common.
Anyways - stick around and share your views....
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Chalam
Hi and welcome aboard!
All the best,
Stephen
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sweet pea
Welcome Miss Ellie, great to have you here and well done for avoiding that ultimate ticket to captivity - Baptism!!
Look forward to hearing more of your story.
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missellie
Quandry, I'm not really shunned as such but most definately the black sheep of the family, the outcast.
I live a clean life, have 3 children who I adore, never do anything that could really bring shame yet they treat me like a second class relative, for instance, if I were to knock at their door today I would be welcome, yet I have waited 2 years for a phone call, and even though my half sister lives just a mile up the road she never pops in to say hi.
This, I am aware, is getting off lightly, some of you are sure to have experienced much worse, as did my dad after he was disfellowshipped. And can I point out that the reason he was disfellowshipped was mainly due to rumour, don't think there was any hard evidence, not even a confession.
Betsy, I don't know anyone in London or Scotland, sorry, I attended meetings in the north and England and north Wales. But well done you for moving out to LA, very smart of you lol.
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jookbeard
welcome to another from the UK
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Heaven
Hi Miss Ellie... welcome! My father is a MS but none of my parent's children or grandchildren are JWs. I studied in the '60s and '70s. We kids saw the flaws and never signed up. Almost 34 years ago, Armageddon was supposed to have been here (in addition to many other failed past dates so I found out). We were told we don't need to go to college as the new system would be here. This year marks my 25th work anniversary. I think the JWs were wrong. They still are.
Have you checked out www.jwfacts.com and www.freeminds.org? They're both very good resources. There is a lot of information on the Internet, including YouTube as well. Hope you can stay and share with us your story.
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quietlyleaving
Hi Miss Ellie
welcome
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yknot
Glad you have joined!
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snowbird
Welcome, Miss Ellie.
Sylvia
