What did you miss the most while being a kid in the Borg?

Jessica Rabbit

The other day I was watching "Charlie's Angel's" (the weekly series from the '70's) on TVLand. It dawned on me how much I used to wish they had aired that show any night but Thursdays. Maybe twice a year, if I was too sick to go to the meeting I would get my hour to watch my favorite star...Farrah! Not to mention Saturday morning cartoons.

And to really be open, I used to DREAM about Christmas. I have been trying it for the past few years. It has it's pros and cons. It definitely isn't as magical as I thought it would be, but it is nice to be able to participate in "normal" activities without feeling like a freak.

obiwan

Well since I didn't have it to begin with, I never missed it!

pamkw

Having friends at school. I had to act like I didn't have any to keep my mom from making me feel guilty. And because I couldn't do birthdays or anything, I never got invited to anyone's house. My mom married a non-believer and we were poor so that left us out of any congregation activities.

I also missed Christmas, I always wished I could go to school and say I got this or that of Christmas. Having fun would have been nice too. But I wasn't allow to be a kid, I got baptized at 13.

Pam

Hamas

The whole idea of childhood. I never enjoyed myself as a child, I always felt in fear of God.

Traci Owens ..... girl you sound like a superstar !

144thousand_and_one

Happiness.

jws

I remember missing Saturday morning cartoons. Happy Days was also huge when I was a kid, but I rarely got to see it because it was on a meeting night (I think Tuesdays). Keeping in mind, this was way before VCRs were commonly and cheaply available.

The one consolation about being sick was that I sometimes got to watch these shows. But wouldn't you know it, out of the maybe 2 or 3 times a year I was sick and out of the hundreds of episodes, it'd end up being a rerun of one I had seen already.

Can't say I really missed Christmas or birthdays. My parents were pretty good about presents and we had enough toys to keep us happy.

freedom96

As a kid growing up, I missed out on having a variety of friends instead of just jw's, I missed out on high school sports, holidays, Saturday morning cartoons, certain tv shows, certain movies, and too much more to list.

expatbrit

I missed having parents who weren't at war over religion.

Expatbrit

EMTmom

My entire childhood. I missed being able to have friends that weren't witnesses. I was able to have them while in school, but God forbid I do anything with them after school or during the summer.

I also miss actually being able to be in anything in school. I wanted to be in drama and choir, but of course, that was off limits. I wish I could have went to Prom, but a boy might look at me. Doesn't matter that on the night of the Prom, I was at my soon to be husband's house getting our freak nasty on. LOL Yeah, I was one of the many JW children that got married at 18, yet wasn't a virgin on my wedding night.

Ah, to turn back the hands of time.

Heather

wannaexit

Relaxing on a Saturday afternoon. I longed to do nothing on a Saturday afternoon like the other kids. But no, I could not do that. I had to accompany my father on his return visits. Can you imagine dragging a 10 year old every Saturday morning for door to door and then the afternoon for return visits. When I think about it I feel like puking.

What did you miss the most while being a kid in the Borg?

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