by minimus 36 Replies latest jw friends
No Nylons and skirts above the knee. Sitting next to my boyfriend at meeting. A new pioneer sister in hall once told me after looking at the two holes in my ears that when she became a witness she sacrificed not having more than one piercing in her ears. I promptley went out and bought 2 pairs of large gold hoops for my ears. And then I went and got a 3rd hole put in.
Edited by - Scarlet on 29 September 2002 16:22:58
What "RULES" Did YOU Want To BREAK?
I BROKE them all ..........!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Beans
I think that some of the rules that I thnk I would have like to see broken would have been hmm lemme see...dating without a chaperone, piercing myself without fear of judicial retaliation, hangin out with worldlies wihtout a freaking biblical lecture on "bad associations spoil useful habits" geez I used to HATE hearin those words...lol funny that I ended up turnin into that "bad association" lol. Irony...what fun...
Zanex, were you ever threatened judicially for piercing?.........What about ear piercing? Would you get counseled for that too?
The unwritten but very well expressed by my elders rule, that said we should not bring reproach upon jehovahs name or organisation by letting others know that your husband beat the shit out of you. Or the other famous rule about not involving the authorities when the same bastard should be behind bars when he punched the kids.
When I was 16, I think I wanted to have a big Roman orgy with all those cute single sisters. When I got older, I just wanted to take more time off from meetings and have a real life.
My thought
Dragon
SEX.
I think this is probably one thread where we can talk about SEX without it being fluff. I feel sorry for all the kids, particularly boys who grow up like I did with raging hormones building up in your teens and a growing interest in the opposite sex with no outlet. And the phycological damage done by this.
Revelry.
(especially participating in New Year's Eve revelry. still haven't actually, looking forward to it.)
revelry Pronunciation Key (r
n.pl.revelries
Actually, I had three:
First, the one where I couldn't show love to whomever I wished: couldn't speak to certain ones, couldn't have certain ones (or type) in my house for a meal, couldn't help certain ones, etc., etc., etc. THAT made me feel... well, "unclean." I always felt shame when this issue arose.
Second, the one where I always had to go to "Jehovah", rather than REALLY through His Son... THAT made me feel... "disconnected"... and deceitful.
Finally, the one where the only songs I could sing where Kingdom Melodies, and the only movies I could see were rated "G-PG": the first made me lose my joy (there are SO many good songs out there, including songs about God and Christ, while the WTBTS songs tend to glorify the Borg quite a bit); the second made me feel like a hypocritical child who KNEW such stuff went on, even knew/seen some brothers/sisters who acted such ways, but could not be TRUSTED to see/know something and not want to participate/engage in it myself. Life... is life. No matter where you are or what you see. I see/hear/sing what I want to, now, praise JAH, for I no longer have some men telling me what I can... and cannot.
Other than that, I was pretty much THE "loyal" J-Dub sista'! Did I ever "sneak"? Well, with the first one, there were times when my heart was WRENCHED so that I at least had to speak or acknowledge a greeting... even with only a smile. The second one... toward the "end," yep... a LOT! The third? Nope. Never. And not for some time after leaving, either (although there were "G" rated movies that also made me cringe - like the Little Mermaid - and not for the witches (oh, who cared?) but for her rebelling against her father... at AGE 16!!!)
Anyway, peace to you all!
A slave of Christ,
SJ
