Hi All, I am new to the forum and recently left the witnesses. I was excited to see this site and enjoyed reading a lot of the posts. It is nice to read so many of the same thoughts and feelings that I have had over the years. I think a lot of my non-witness friends don't really understand when I try to explain it to them.
I am lucky in the fact that so many of my childhood friends that were raised the same as I was, are also not envolved with the witnesses anymore. I recently have made contact with so many of them through facebook, since I moved so far away so many years ago. I do have 2 brothers still in the ORG, that are not aware of my change. Both my parents fell away a long time ago, I have not shared this with them either. But my husband and I are sure of our decision and are ready to move forward.
I hope to visit often, cause changes are happening for me and I will be looking for some support. My husband and I have been fading for a long time, but our challenge is that we have his parents who are wonderful people and always been supportive -that are still JW's. They live very near by. I do not see them as the traditional ones that will treat us ill for our decisions. But we have not let them know how we have been feeling for so long. They are so wonderful that it will be difficult to tell them, I know they will be dissapointed. But I think they will understand. They were ones that took over 10 yrs of studing to join the JW's.
So that is where I am. Like I said.....It is nice to find a place where there are others like me.