by sosoconfused 37 Replies latest jw friends
Yeah, I don't bother making up stories for missed meetings anymore. I since then noticed that they stoped asking.
"We haven't seen you in a while, how have you been doing?"
"I've been great! Thanks for asking!"
"You haven't been here often though"
"Well, my objective is to be here at least twice a month, If I can reach that goal, then, I'll be happy"
As long as you look very happy, they don't bother you.
ecan6 - this is a great response. Not one that they would be ready to deal with probably. They are used to those who say "Yeah, I know, I need to be more regular, bla bla bla." But to turn that around, and not even recognize the rule that meeting attendance is expected at every meeting (except in very rare circumstances) to get a ticket for entry into the Paradise Earth TM (if you're lucky)...well that has to be confusing for them. LOL. Saying you have a goal to be there once or twice a month -- well, how do they even respond to that? Is there anywhere in Bible that says a certain number of meetings a week are required? If they tell you that the Bible says " do not foresake the gathering of yourselves together" you can always say "I'm not! I'm very regular with my bi-weekly attendance." LOL. Love it.
You go girl!
Still waters run deep!
Wow! What a firecracker. Makes me happy for you both! Happy Sunday!
Maeve
Wonderful! :-)
To be continued:
Let us know what happens next. I'm sure you'll hear from them again.
That's wonderful! I wish I had your wife's moxie!
I hope you're not going to be shunned by anyone important in your life. If not, it will be an honor to be shunned, i.e., left alone, by that bunch.
Great news.
'that article on IVF a few months back made her irrate.'
Ivf, ivf - i'm trying to think what that might be.
S
Invitro Fertilization - the article said that if a husband and a wife were not able to have children and decided to go to a fertility doctor and he takes sperm from the hubby and the egg from the wife and placed them into a surrogate that they have committed pornea and would be disfellowshipped.
The compared it to Onan I believe or something... I can't remember because reading it was such a joke it was incredible. We have had our kids already so we wouldn't run into this issue. It was just appauling to her that they can make these types of rules and no one asks why.
I am sure that everyone we know will shun us in our congos but believe it or not with alll the years I have been in the truth and the myriads of people I know I have 0 friends. Being a witness made it impossible for me to cultivate any friendships. The only people that will hurt are my mother and father but I will deal with it.
She is fine because all of her family for the most part were never witnesses so she doesnn't really care
