Mocked for Being a Hoary Head

by snugglebunny 3 Replies latest jw friends

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  snugglebunny

  I tend to be quite open about my experiences within the dub religion. I've been out for a long, long time. I'm now in my eighth decade. Sometimes, if I get into it on-line with a still-in witness, I get mocked for still having plenty to say about being brought up as witness because it was so long ago. Apparently, for some, there's a time limit on the validity of my experiences. I really should have moved on!

  As for the hoary head, well Proverbs 16. 31 says: "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness"

  Well, I'm no saint. And I do drink too much. But I'm not a bad father or grandfather. And my missus thinks I'm OK. So I'll settle for that.
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  The Searcher

  :) Don't change S.B.!
  
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  scratchme1010

  I tend to be quite open about my experiences within the dub religion. I've been out for a long, long time. I'm now in my eighth decade. Sometimes, if I get into it on-line with a still-in witness, I get mocked for still having plenty to say about being brought up as witness because it was so long ago. Apparently, for some, there's a time limit on the validity of my experiences. I really should have moved on!

  As for the hoary head, well Proverbs 16. 31 says: "The hoary head is a crown of glory, if it be found in the way of righteousness"

  Well, I'm no saint. And I do drink too much. But I'm not a bad father or grandfather. And my missus thinks I'm OK. So I'll settle for that.

  If you take care of your drinking in a healthy way, and you do it for your own well being (or maybe not if you're already in your 8th decade seems like you have healthy habits) you are 1000 times better than any of those resentful, jealous, full-of-hidden-anger, oppressed and in denial about it, JWs who mock you.

  I find their laughing at people to be a pathetic attempt at them shifting the focus away from their miserable way of living. They can't accept that a non-JW or a former JW can be (a) right, (b) happy or (c) a better person than any of them. So they rather dismiss their sad reality by trivializing or mocking those who are out.
  
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  schnell

  Release the bears!

  :)

  In all seriousness, I am deeply honored to be on a forum with someone with experience going back so far. I wish my family had made that decision decades ago.

  Those still-in dubs have a new song called "The Best Life Ever" and have the nerve to mock anybody.