I always thought one good thing about being a raised a JW is you learn self discpline but at what cost. My parents used to tie my one brother who was a toddler at the time to the chair at KH. I can remember the hand clamped over the mouth and dragged out for a beating during meetings. You do become really good at daydream and learning how to sit quietly and occupy your mind. If you fell asleep during a convention, my mom would pinch you. I remember hang out in back at Circuit Assembly as a teenager and my dad dragging me by upper arm to my seat by my mom. I was mortified. My dad would beat us in front of the congregation. This was 20-40 years ago. I went to a KH a year ago w/my parents and my brother-in-law smacked my 18 mo old nephew for making noise during the last prayer. I wanted to kick his butt. I'm so sad to hear that JW continue there militant discpline.
My experiences at the assmebly....
by airwlk149 23 Replies latest jw friends
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NeonMadman
i went to the bathroom alot....... to relieve tension, i turned the cell phone on vibrate...ok ok ok enough horniness.....
I think this is definitely a case of "More Information Than Needed".
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terafera
Curlers, wow...I'm sorry about what you went through. Sounds like we had similar childhoods. I remember when I was real little..about 4 or 5, falling asleep on my mom's shoulder and having her pull her arm out from under me. She got a kick out of seeing me jerk awake with a jolt. Funny...a few minutes later, during Watchtower study, I'd look up at her and see her head nodding...her eyes were closed and when I nudged her she would lash out,'I was resting my eyes.'
Many, many times being walked to the bathroom....arm carried high above your head, thought your shoulder was going to dislocate, trying to hide your embarassment of being hauled in front of everyone..knowing the beating you're going to get because of some distraction that kept you from looking up every scripture.
the fond memories.......
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slipnslidemaster
i turned the cell phone on vibrate...ok ok ok enough horniness.....
Is there really ever enough?
Nice thread. I was an uberWitness with uberWitness parents, so I was NEVER allowed to walk around checking out chicks.
When I was old enough though and now well on my way to being corrupted completely , we would drink alcohol out of thermo's and get loaded during the program. Or go out to lunch, do it, come back all sweaty. Or go out to lunch get drunk, come back.