Did You Ever Wonder What Goes Thru People's Heads When They Realized You Were A Witness?

by minimus 25 Replies latest jw friends

  • minimus
    minimus

    I know my granddaughter's birthday. It is one day after mine.

  • Bungi Bill
    Bungi Bill

    When the WT Madness took hold of me, people I knew must have thought that I had taken complete leave of my senses.

    Interestingly, though, when I re-contacted these same people 40-something years later, they were still quite happy to have me as a friend:

    - just like nothing had changed.

    All I can say is that they could teach the JWs a thing or two about forgiveness!

    Bill.

  • insearchoftruth4
    insearchoftruth4

    I understand you say mim, I use hear that all the time. YOU a"JW" Even when I was going D/D. Thats ok man. I'm glad I is who I is

    Looking back, I never really was a pigeon-toed dub. People see you better sometimes better than you see yourself...

    insot4

  • minimus
    minimus

    A lot of people were surprised that I was a Witness in the 1960 and 70's because they all JWs were black! lol

  • skeeter1
    skeeter1

    OMG, I was asked to speak to a large crowd about my experience as a JW. As I was talking, I became like a 3rd person listening to my story. Then, I thought to myself, "These people must think I'm a nutcase." So, I finished up and alot of people came to talk with me after. They said they thought I was a survivor and a strong person. That made me feel better.

  • skeeter1
    skeeter1

    OMG, I was asked to speak to a large crowd about my experience as a JW. As I was talking, I became like a 3rd person listening to my story. Then, I thought to myself, "These people must think I'm a nutcase." So, I finished up and alot of people came to talk with me after. They said they thought I was a survivor and a strong person. That made me feel better.

  • Frequent_Fader_Miles
    Frequent_Fader_Miles

    I shudder to think of how I must have come across to people sometimes. There are three dubs I work with right now who have no idea of my fading status. I observe their behaviour and feel so ashamed.

  • Julia Orwell
    Julia Orwell

    II never acted weird when I had to tell someone or they found out as it was just a fact of my life. I never preached at people at work and everyone thought I was a nice person and tried not to offend my beliefs at Xmas time and that. I didn't get offended even if they gave me an Easter egg or something cuz they were being nice, and it wasn't offensive anyway.

  • jam
    jam

    I wasn't a born in, so people knew me before I became a JW.

    My friends that knew me before told me later after I left the cult,

    we figured you smoked to much grass in Vietnam or you couldn't deal with

    your experiences from Nam. We chalk it up that you went nuts.

  • jam
    jam

    I wasn't a born in, so people knew me before I became a JW.

    My friends that knew me before told me later after I left the cult,

    we figured you smoked to much grass in Vietnam or you couldn't deal with

    your experiences from Nam. We chalk it up that you went nuts.

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