Hi all!
I am 45 years old and have been inactive for about 8 years or so. I was basically raised in the truth (sounds funny... truth?), my dad is an elder, my father in law is a MS, my brother goes to mtgs, my wife has been raised in it, so it's all around my life. I did serve as a MS once, not for too long.
The thing is, I never made it real to me. I agree with most of the principals, but I have a hard time with feeling like there are requirements and stipulations to properly be accepted and looked upon as a good person.
My life I have led as a "double" life. My wife was a Reg. Pio. for some time, but now she's not going to meetings. We don't do anything but keep to ourselves. We've lost all of our friends, no one, except for some family members, check on us or calls us.
My wife doesn't know I'm part of this forum. I tell her we'll go back if she wants to. I've just lost the desire.
That's the short of it. There's more I could expand on, but you get the jist of it.