You LURKERS Out There......This Could Happen to YOU !!

xjw_b12

1000 posts, I thought it would never happen. I originally joined and lurked for the longest time, before I started posting on a regular basis.

This board was a place of comfort through justification. I still clung to some old feelings of dread, and the old "what if?"

When you are the first one out, and you expect the rest of the family to follow suit, it is a very scary feeling. Am I doing the right thing here? What if I am wrong? Am I condemning my family to death?

I was resolved when I left, and my resolve was without the aid of this board. But this forum was the cement to the mixture, to make my resolve concrete and without doubt.

I have read so so many posts and stories here that have saddened me, encouraged me, uplifted me, and just plain pissed me off. But similar to what onacruse said on another thread, I have always tried to use humour to make a point. And that is the main reason I stay here. This forum makes me laugh. I need to laugh. It is my salve.

So to all you lurkers out there….come on in, refresh yourselves. This forum is truly a place of healing and contentment.

Thank you Simon and Angie.

xjw_b12 (ex- jehovah’s witness, be one too ) for those of you who keep asking me what it means !

outnfree

Congratulations, xjw, for making jedi, for starting your family's exodus, and for your encouragement to the lurkers.

I lurked around this site and H2O for a little over six months before I DA'd myself and thus felt less paranoia about posting. To me, it is a balm for the wounds and a place of warmth and reinforcement, too.

It's nice to have you here, my Canadian friend!

outnfree

Hapgood

Congratulations xjw_b12 on making 1000 posts ! I was a lurker at the H20 board, then when that board had some tech trouble (I think), I followed the group that was posting there, here (as a lurker). I probably have been lurking for years. I just came out of the lurking mode 2 weeks age (still a little paranoid). I really don't think I'll ever make 1000 posts, I enjoy reading all the other posts so much that before I know it my time on the computer is up. I too look at this board as a place of healing, comfort and of course for all the great information that you all find and share with the rest of us. I was feeling so alone, I prayed to God to help me find fellow jws that were feeling like I was, I found H20 then I came here.

Hapgood

Double Edge

Congrats... you little Jedi you.... remember to use your awesome power with respect.

Simon

Congrats ! "Your lighsaber is in the post" LOL

xjw_b12 (ex- jehovah’s witness, be one too )

I must admit, I never got that until you explained it (too clever for me !)

ESTEE

Congradulations xjw_b12!!!!!

Your Canadian Jedi-ness.... I bow before your greatness...

Your Lightsaber.....sir...

ESTEE

RAYZORBLADE

Geez!

You know what....I thought that XJW_B12 had something to do with you being, firstly: an ex-JW. Secondly (don't laugh): B12 vitamins

For the life of me, the things I interpret without context.

It's just the (for Canucks only) Newfie in me.

But you are so right regarding this forum: it has helped me immensely. If anything, it has helped me be more diplomatic, calm and caring. I used to be an S.O.B. on some forums: you know, that gets SO TIRED!

This forum got me on to the right track.

Glad to have you here XJW_B12, you provide many of us with a very unique perspective and a great deal of humour yourself.

Thanks to you and Calamity Jane

Brummie

xjw_b12 (ex- jehovah’s witness , be one too )

Oh I seeeeeeeeeee, I always wondered what that meant too...durrr

Brummie

greven

Congrats XJW-b12!

And a clever name indeed!

I really enjoy your posts especially that comp with the chattering teeth! LOL

Greven

freein89

xjw-b12,

may the force be with you, I'm so glad you explained the the name, I am a member of the DUH class that didn't get it. I am constantly impressed with the courage of the lurkers and the former lurkers. I left in what little kids call the OLDEN DAYS, before the internet. Would I have been so brave?

All you lurkers out there, I applaud your courage and quest for the truth. Rock On and May the force be with you too.

Deb

Oh 1 more thing, I've been out so long, sometimes I forget what it felt like to be teetering on the brink. Waking up in the night, with fear exploding into my consciousness, Oh my God, What if it really is the truth? What always kept me going was realizing what really great people there were in the world and deciding to take my stand beside them, come what may. Only giving in to the fear and living with it for awhile can get you through to the dawn where the birdies are singing, it has genuinely been worth every bit of the fear and uncertainty.

You LURKERS Out There......This Could Happen to YOU !!

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