Hello all.
my name is Dteve and I live in the UK
I hope I can make genuine friends here and not pretend friends.....like that among JW's.
I left, went back, and have left again, but this time it is for good. Why? Well 3 years ago I discovered my wife (sorry, now ex-wife) was having an affair. I discovered but was being pressured by the Elders not to divorce her. So I tried to work things out, but she carried on. So I filed for divorce. Thankfully my ex-wife eventually admitted to the affair.
Anyway, to cut a long story short in the three years since things have been said that have been hurtful. I was accused of apostate thinking because I said that it was possible and I personally felt that the end if the system could be decades away. By all accounts that was against the society. So many turned against me. Those in my own congregation disconnected from me in FaceBook and would not even talk to me. Nevertheless I carried on going to the meetings and on the ministry.
Then a few months ago (about October 2012) I spoke in confidentiality to an elder just to mention that I am finding it hard being alone and would like to marry again. The answer.....no sister will want to marry me because I am not a Ministeral Servant and because I divorced my wife. I was shocked. Not only was I feeling unwanted with in the congregation but then to be made to feel worthless....that was the final straw. I have not been to a meeting since then, nor contacted any of the witnesses. None of them have contacted me since either. But you know what I do not care. Last month (January 2013) I met a lovely, beautiful girl....she is originally from the Philippines...she accepts me for who I am. She is Catholic....oh dear! Dating a girl from the religion that JW's seem to hate the most. Did that sound cynical? Hehehe!
Anyway, enough of my whinging and moaning.
I hope I can get to know a few of you here. At the moment I do not seem to be able to edit my profile.
Steve :(