I don't remember all the details...I think it was the hiding it and not being truthful or out front about it. "Let your yes mean yes, no, no" kinda thing. Of course, the real reason is that it brought reproach on Jehovah the Organization.
Is Eloping very common in JW land?
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ninja
and a couple of big grey wrinkly folk ran off too....they elephant-eloped
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Finally-Free
UC, I'm thinking the elders were just too cheap to buy presents and siezed the opportunity to get out of it.
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sir82
...and then there was the couple who tried to, but couldn't...they canteloped.
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ninja
and the two melons who ran off...they cantaloupe-d
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dissed
undercover...if they were "horny"...surely that is anteloping?
Ok, that's pretty good
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ninja
the two gay brothers who ran off...they man-teloped
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undercover
the girl who backed out at the last minute aint eloping (with apologies to ninja's original antelope joke)
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babygirl30
I DO remember a WT or Awake article on this...and how they made it CLEAR that if you decided to elope, that you were to TELL the elders BEFORE running off and getting married so that it didn't seem suspicious. They also counseled against implying 'wrong motives' to those that decide to get married by the JOP (in the US of course). Just seemed like they were making it seem like you had to report on your marriage to the brothers or else you could get in trouble or suffer some type of scrutiny.
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ninja
and the wallflower sisters who wished it was them who ran away with a brother...man-tel-hoped