Back from New Orleans, ready for DF announcement! (page 4)

Billy the Ex-Bethelite

Good for y'all!

I just wanted to suggest that you and the Mrs. dress up as Charles & Maria Russell for Halloween.
Carry around a placard that says, "Ask me about 1914!"

SBC, Do you think you will get any nasty phone calls from anyone for going to the wedding knowing full well you were going to be DF'd? Just wondering. I know the judgemental ones will really scoff and think you were super bad for exposing their angelic souls to your demonic aura and all...just sayin.

SweetBabyCheezits

Billy, for Halloween I wanna to go as Broseph Rutherford (which will also be my JWN account if I ever get booted and have to come back in new form) but I'm afraid the control and power might go to my head.

SAIM, we argued for 4 years and I started to avoid the discussions because I didn't see them going anywhere. I think a few doubts seeped in and she soon realized that when SHE asked a relatively benign question of her parents, the answers were baloney. The breakdown of programming was a slow process. My official intro post covers some of that.

MamaLove, I doubt anyone will say anything to us, mainly because the wedding was at some distance from our hometown and we only knew a fraction of the guests. My wife's immediate family knew our circumstances and they didn't reject us, although they didn't talk to me much, either.

Outlaw, that image looks like a nice, new Apostate brochure cover.

DP, TEC, UC and everyone else, thanks for the comments. I wish all families could exit together.

flipper

SWEETBABYCHEEZITS- Glad you went to the wedding with your family & children. I wish you , your wife, & kids the best of happiness. Enjoy your freedom ! Peace out, Mr. Flipper

ValiantBoy

Glad it's working out for you buddy. You and the Mrs and the kiddos will be much happier. I look forward to seeing all of you eventually :)

cognizant dissident

I left years ago and I don't smoke much or drink much. But a couple of months ago, my father the PO, came over to to my house for his annual, "save an apostate daughter" visit. The visit went OK. He didn't talk about religion this time. He did pray over the barbecue without asking me which was a bit obnoxious, I thought. He also invited some old pioneer friends to join us, at my house. A tad presumptuous, I thought, but with JW's that's par for the course.

Well, it was an early evening as they had a ferry to catch. As soon as they left, my son, who is 21, gets out the Jaegermeister. "I've been waiting all day for Grandpa to leave so I can do this", he says. I say, "yeah, what the hell, hit me too." Then he pull out his cigars which he smokes occasionally with his friends on poker night. "You can't have a jaeger without a cigar", he says.

I hesitate, not a big fan of smoking, afraid of cancer. What the hell. "Light me up", I say. He does, and there I am, sitting on the deck, the beautiful twilight and perfume of a summer evening, peacefully sharing a drink and a cigar with my son, who is now a man. No horrible scene. No shunning or upset had to happen. The sky didn't open up or fall in on us. It was just a peaceful bonding moment, sitting silently, blowing smoke rings in the warm evening air.

"You realize if Grandpa comes back right now, for that lens cap he left, you are totally screwed, don't you?", he asks me.

I think about it for a moment, blow another smoke ring, shrug and say, "Yeah, I'm good with it." And I really was.

VampireDCLXV

Wel SBC, if that's the way you want to play it, how can I argue? It's really good news that you won't be chained to the Borg by your wife. Have a bourbon on me...

V665

GLTirebiter

I just wanted to suggest that you and the Mrs. dress up as Charles & Maria Russell for Halloween

Billy, wouldn't Rose Ball be a better choice than Maria? Unless they plan on going to separate Halloween parties.

cyberjesus

Why dont you fight it, either cry and make them think you are repentant or threaten with a lawsuit. And then 2 weeks later you send your DA letter? so much for holy direction.

watersprout

Congrats on being d'fed! Now you and your family get to have a normal happy life, without the fear of imminent death and destruction....

You will need to have a big party to celebrate your freedom

Peace

Back from New Orleans, ready for DF announcement!