by gumby 36 Replies latest jw friends
We don't have Thanks Giving...it sounds like fun. I wish you all a happy thanks giving holiday...tis just another ordinary working day here for us in Aus
~Beck~
ps to add ((((gumby))))
If we lived closer I'd call you...hey I can still call you...email me your phone number and I'll call you tonight for a very quick "hello, and how'yer'going" chat.
Edited by - Beck_Melbourne on 28 November 2002 19:35:41
I raise my glass to all of you though, because, dammit, this is the last year for me to be alone on a holiday and I'm looking forward to many freedoms in the near future and I'm sure all of you will too. I think for many of us, it's the first year and we're going through transitions of an enormous sort
Hang in there Lutece. In 2000 I also got divorced (ex is a diehard JW) and da'd. JW family are also diehard borg. What hurt the most was hearing from my kids about my family having my ex over while treating me as though I were dead. I guess blood isn't always thicker then water.
Since then I've made some wonderful friends and have been "adopted" by another family. They're wonderful and always include my two kids and I in differnt holiday celibrations (and more!). Their love isn't conditional. Thank God for people like them.
Enjoy your wine and keep your chin up.
Never lonely. Had a nice dinner with two of my sons and their mother and family and friends. Spent the morning working on an old bandsaw I am cleaning up and painting to sell. Had a friend drop by for a bit and now I am sitting with my feet up mindlessly watching tv.
gb
Yes I am lonely. I have not gone to meetings for 2 years and my family will not have much to do with me,not that they are celebrating. I just moved here and have only met a couple of people. One of them post here on this board and she is my new roommate, she invited me ;. I don't know if I will go,don't know anyone except her. I told her I was thinking about going back to the meetings and she told me to check out this site. I did'nt know it was a ANTI-Jehovah's Witness site. Sorry , I am just babbleing.
dear bootsie: i'm sorry you are lonely. (you're not babbling, by the way.)
if you are thinking about going back to meetings, don't go back out of loneliness. i know it's hard to believe, but after a while, you will make new friends in your life and you won't be lonely anymore. once i stopped missing my jw relatives, i was able to move into my new life and embrace everything that came into it, good and bad, at least it was my own. just remember you don't need them to be happy.
good luck to you.
(((((((((((((((( I & P )))))))))))))))) Welcome back!
((((((((((((gumby))))))))))))) sorry that you are alone on TG day. You're a sweet guy and it's a shame that you can't share the day with your wife.
(((((((((((Yeru))))))))))) if you did strip down to your boxer shorts, you would have taken a pic, right?
((((((((((hugs)))))))))) to everyone else that was alone/lonely on TG day. I'm facing the same prospect this Xmas day, so I understand how you'd be feeling.
I thought I was going to have a lonely day today, but it didn't turn our that way. My kids are with their Dad who is still a JW...they went to meeting tonight, so I planned to spend Thanksgiving by myself. My Ex and his new JW family had their big shingding last Saturday, but they didn't claim it was for Thanksgiving.
I went over my mothers' who is a JW (but isn't active) and spent the morning with her. We had some good mother-daughter conversation. We then decided to drive to a casino here in Oregon by the coast. The day was beautiful for a drive and it allowed more mother-daughter bonding! We did play a few nickle machines (LOL) and we had a great dinner. I didn't get home until 12:30 a.m. It turned out to be a pretty enjoyable day......even though we didn't win anything.
Hey bootsie,
Please post your story and situation if you would like. Remember you aren't alone in all of this.
Please e-mail me if you want to. We are glad you are here.
