May 15 WT sisters support your husband.....or else! (page 2)

Ding

What if the husband is still a JW but tells the wife to read CoC and the posts on JWN?

Yan Bibiyan

AnnOMaly,

"Be a little gay and a little more interesting for him. His boring day may need a lift and one of your duties is to provide it."

LOL, how this 3rd bullet point can easily be taken out of context nowadays...

TardNFeatheredJW

@AnnOMally

"Remember, he is the master of the house and as such will always exercise his will with fairness and truthfulness. You have no right to question him."

Rarely does reading something cause physical discomfort in me. That article is the exception.

Mary

"co-operate in financial matters.........she displays a quiet and mild spirit and cooperates with him to make his decision work"

Ya. I know of several couples who have declared bankruptcy (more than once) by following this kind of advice.

Reopened Mind

I was an elder's wife who did my best to support my husband's decisions. I was a convert not a born-in so tried hard to conform------until I began to realize that perhaps

I had some better ways of looking at things simply because I had a different perspective growing up than he did as a born-in. So for a long time I was content to "wait on

Jehovah" for "new light". I think the breaking point for me was when we moved 800 miles away because he couldn't handle all the noise of the city. So we tried a more

self-sufficient life style and failed miserably. We had to move back and live with his parents with 3 small children in tow. His parents were staunch JWs. From time to time

the WT would publish articles showing appreciation for the hard work and support of the sisters. Eventually I saw that this was lip service only. It was several more years

before I could see that my husband was suffering from mental and emotional issues which I have struggled to understand. I knew that somehow I had to make certain

decisions for the good of our family. This was not easy as it still had to look like he made the decisions. (Everything is about keeping up appearances.) Looking around now

I see that many of the elders, MS, and brothers in general suffer from serious mental conditions. An elder's wife I know divorced her husband because she could no longer

live with him being bipolar. O if only it was acceptable to seek help. But as has been said many times here before the WT doesn't care about its members, only their image.

I am happy to say that now my husband and I are equal partners as we are learning to function this way. This way of viewing each other has lifted a great weight from

our shoulders.

Reopened Mind

TardnFeathered - I think I ought to mention that the origin of this 'Good Wife's Guide' is uncertain and may not be genuine (although many of the attitudes are not that far-fetched for back then!). See http://www.snopes.com/language/document/goodwife.asp for more info.

Go on, tell us, minimus. What place would that be?

Magwitch

"co-operate in financial matters"

"joyful to see her husband active in the congregation"

if he makes a decision you disagree with "she displays a quiet and mild spirit and cooperates with him to make his decision work

Good thing the organization still allows alcohol and anti-depressants, otherwise the above would be unattainable

TardNFeatheredJW

They do have a nice way with words. So much better than "Shut the f*** up, and bake me a pie, b****" like gramps used to say.

dgp

Has anyone ever thought that perhaps a bastard or two actually joins the Watchtower so he can get a wife to submit?

As in the sinful convert who was a lousy man "in the world" but "repents", gets the wife, and is now free to do pretty much what he couldn't do with a woman "in the world".

I would very much appreciate it if someone told me where I can find that magazine. I know you can download it from somewhere, but I forgot the address.

May 15 WT sisters support your husband.....or else!

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