There were people I'd make a point of going over to and speaking with. I was never a part of the clique so that crew would ignore me and me them.
Did Most At The Kingdom Hall Ignore Or Talk To You
by minimus 24 Replies latest jw friends
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Nosferatu
I was ignored for the most part. I stood out very much from the other Witnesses. I had absolutely nothing in common with any of them. There would be maybe 1 who would talk to me regularily. However, when it came to the others, this is how the convo went:
Br: Hi Nosferatu!
Me: Hello!
Br: How's school going
Me: Fine
Br: That's good!
Then they'd walk away. I suppose I could have put more effort into conversing with people, but I was too damn depressed over the fact that I was stuck in this religion.
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William Penwell
After my divorce I felt like I was marked. Oh yeah they would give you the greeting, handshake and smile but it was all too phoney. Also because I was not the good Elder/Pioneer brother. You can feel their coldness at family functions and congregation get togethers. The Jdubs concept of love, conditionally.
Will
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spike
Not really and when I said something to an elders' wife, she remarked if we said hi to everyone in the hall, it would take us 2 hours. And then we would not have time for meetings or field service.
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imanaliento
for me it was mostly older ladies that would talk to me, and there were times where I sat down just to see who would come over and chit chat.
other times when someone was sitting by themselves I would wander over and talk to them. like most halls, there are cliques. In the 12 years I WAS there, there were still some ya never talked to.
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truthseeker1
I couldn't stand most of the people in the Cong. I thought most of them were idiots. I did have the few people I enjoyed to talk to, but most were social rejects. I usually get along with everyone, but these people just irked me. So I was pretty quiet and most people ignored me. But then again, I was the PO's son in law so maybe they were afraid to approach me, who knows and who cares....
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LB
They couldn't ignore me. Wasn't possible. I always made an effort to talk to each of them. I was almost always the first person at the hall. We threw lots of get togethers and invited the entire congregation every time.
Oh and at the store today, a sister spotted me and looked around 360 degrees, then came over and we had a nice little conversation. So not all of them are anal.
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CC Ryder
I got along well with mostly everyone at the KH up north. When I moved to Tn. I was the new single brother and got alot of interest. When Tink and I got married we did not get friendly responses. I was supposed to marry another pioneer and Tink was supposed to wait a minimum of one year after her divorce to start dating..Crock of S..t. We were given the cold shoulder alot.
As an observation, I noticed alot of people being ignored, some for the same reason Tink and I were ignored, and some for various other reasons, like single sisters with kids, not-so-regular attenders, shy ones..etc.
CC
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SheilaM
We were ignored mostly or if we were in a conversation it was inane I tried to be friendly but they were impossible.