Question for ex jws.......What do you really enjoy doing, now that you have the freedom to do it?
HOW DO YOU ENJOY YOUR FREEDOM?
by bay64me 15 Replies latest jw friends
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OUTLAW
I enjoy having the freedom to speak freely.Something WBTS dosen`t like their members to do..With that in mind.... WBTS.. SUCKS!! ..That feels much better..LOL...OUTLAW
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lovsinner
After three tats and ears pierced?? Lots! I registered to vote ( Bush was my first). I feel I have total control of my life and what I decide to do with it! No longer forced to associate with people, simply cause we were under same mind controling beliefs. now it makes me nauseus to here dubs talk about their "crap". It would be like dog returning to vomit if I were to go back!! " I feel so alive for the very first time" POD
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LyinEyes
Good question!!!!!!!!!!!! :) LOL Outlaw ,, I agree......
I love the freedom from guilt, that is the best thing.
I love the freedom of not having to go to the meetings and field service and other endless forms of sacred service.
I love the freedom to not care what others think about me .
I am not d/f or d/a ,,,, YET!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I can only imagine that there will be even greater freedom once that takes place. I am sure it will sooner or later, but not a big concern to me now.
I love the freedom to think on my own, even if it is totally wacked......... it is my mind and I have a right to be there!!!!!!!!!!!!! WTBS holds no mind control over me anymore, but I am still picking up the pieces in my recovery. But it is nice to have the freedom and the TIME that I need to do it, my own way.
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giantjason
My wife goes nutz at christmas......She loves it. especially with the kids now, I think she gets more into it than I do now!! Also birthdays, and all the other fun holidays. Our Son was alittle devil for his first halloween, I couldn't believe she let me do that. I posted the pictures on the web that I KNOW her JW family constantly checks.....I love harmlessly jabbing them once in awhile.
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ThiChi
Smoking a good Cuban Cigar! Yea...........
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WildTurkey
DAMN!!!! ThiChi, now I want a cigar and a beer!
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dottie
I am enjoying my freedom very much!! Although I will have to admit that for quite a few years after I left, I would have twinges of guilt when I picked up a drink, toke, smoke or anything else that was frowned upon! (Even the godforsaken premarital sex.) So to help remedy the guilt my then boyfriend & I would go to the bar, get smashed beyond talking and go home and fornicate!! A great way to compensate for lost time!!!
Dottie
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ISP
I started going to the Casino. I play poker and its fun!
ISP
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Marilyn
I've been out so long that I've forgotten what it was like to be enslaved to the Organization.
Actually I feel a lack of freedom from life's demands anyway. I used to love to drink wine and gin and tonics, but it is ill advised because of health concerns. I would like to eat out more, but again, health needs prevent this pleasure. I find eating sparingly makes me feel healthier - and helps keep my cholesterol down. I have to exercise every day, which I do enjoy, but it is a necessity and therefore a bit of an obligation. My husband earns an unbelievable salary, but we mostly save the surplus because of our future retirement needs - so not much freedom to spend up as we would like. I'd like to buy a new car, but insurance costs and depreciation on new cars makes the old one look more attractive. I'd like to redecorate the house, but it would be expensive and I have to ask myself if it's really necessary or just me being frivolous. I'd like to buy my kids more things, but that would be spoiling them and might rob them of their desire to become independant of us. I'd like to spend a month on a Greek Island but I don't want to leave my cat in a cattery for a month. Bla bla bla. I'd like to tell my siblings that their fucking religion is a cult, but they might suspend the 2+ times a year that will talk to me. I could go on..................
What freedom? However I do enjoy being the judge of what I think is right for me and my family. Even if there are many other restraints that come into play.
Marilyn