hi, im a young annointed also!! no just kidding. Im not a jw, i was on this board a while ago as morrigan, we have gotten a new computer and all that stuff. so anyway if any of you remember, which im sure you wont but thats ok, I was studying with some relatives of mine who are jw to try to help my cousins. heres the story. my cousin died like four years ago, her parents are jw, she was df when she was 18 or 19 because she got pregnant before her wedding. so she had two kids, and her husband took off, my parents and my grandparents helped her and the kids alot for most of this time, cause her parents wouldnt have anything to do with her. I idolized her, was at her place all the time and loved her two kids. so she got breast cancer and then her parents come around, act all nice.they take her into their home and help her. i dont know anything about the religion at this point, never understood why everyone was fighting all the time. so when my cousin died, her children were adopted by her grandparents, my aunt and uncle. under the condition that they would not be raised as jws. now for the next four years contact with them is VERY limited, like i see them at weddings and funerals, phone calls not returned, nobody answers the door when you knock, that kinda thing. meanwhile my life treads on, meet my husband get married, have a baby. after i had my monkey i tried bringing him over, they let me over once, that was it. (oh i call my son monkey, he is a toddler now so all you parents will understand why) decided to try to see what i could do to help the kids, recconect with family. found out the only way to do that was to show some intrest in their religion. after many studies, my relatives started to trust that i was starting to believe the "truth" and started telling me stuff about how bad my cousin was, how they had to ask permission to help her when she was dying, how her children are studying everyday and LOVE jehovah. now im pretty tolerant of most things but i just couldnt take it anymore after a few more months of being nagged to go to meetings and stuff, i just stopped. I talked to my husband about it, hope that the kids know that our house is always open but think maybe it is a lost cause. now im staying on this website to learn more and keep informed so if they ever actually do come to us we can tell them our version of the "truth".well i have rambled on long enough, will try posting more to keep up with things. thanks for listening.
hello from new person
by monkey 6 Replies latest jw experiences
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Dutchie
Hi Monkey, welcome again to the forum!
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dungbeetle
((( )))) welcome!!!
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Unclepenn1
my little monkey **he he** My mom used to call me that too **blush**
Penn
P.S. De-program these kids quick!
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Carmel
So do we call you monkey or mamamonkey?
Welcome anyway simbian sister.
carmel
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Adonai438
Welcome MamaMonkey--
Me also mama of my own little monkey a 17 month old boy.
I can totally relate to the family stuff but my story is a little different
I too have cousins that I love and are unfortunately getting a tad brainwashed by the WT. I was studying and would call myself a JW for about 1 year also through the influence of family members. I was very close to my aunt who as I was raised by my grandmother was like my sister. She has 4 (yikes) kidlets ages 10-17. I was always very close to my cousins too when they were younger. I decided JWs was not right after studying the Bible myself and became a christian instead--LOL there is a difference! All the sudden I don't see anyone anymore period (Tons of DRAMA inserted here!). Those 4 kids allways looked up to me and were so close to me and now who knows what they were being told about me. For 6 years this goes on in silence. Recently my aunty trie to make amends and has been talking and I see my cousins but it's rough going. I do have to go for now but email me if you want to talk <>< Angie -
gold_morning
Hi new person. I go by gold_morning. There is an excellent group for you all in yahoo. There is many there with JW related problems. There is support, friendship, understanding and a varity of problems we share. Try it out. Would love to see you there. agape love gold.
The link is below