Wow...does this bring back memories. I recall a JW family I was close to in MD that tried to hook me up with this divorced brother in his 40s...while I am 23! The story was that this man waited forever to get married, finally does, and she cheats/leaves him. So he was now looking and his beety eyes were set on ME. Now I have always been loud and speak my mind, so when my friend basically pushes us together to talk, I got irritated and grossed out at what this much older man would want with me?! In the end, it was obvious why this brother was cheated on - he was so weird. I almost believe he had Aspergers years before that was even well known. But my friends actually got OFFENDED that I had no interest in this man. As if???!!!
Another example is when I was about 16. There was this older man (40s) who used to come to the Khall from the sign language cong - and he was totally deaf. No one knew why he came to my cong as he had no translator and couldnt hear the speakers? Come to find out, this dumpy man was coming to talk to me. He told the brothers...correction...he WROTE the brothers that he was interested in me, and wanted to get their feelings on us being s match?! The elders told me and my parents, and then next meeting, this creeper writes in his tablet "I would like to date and get to know you better"?! I was so disgusted!!!!! I was in high school...come on. Igave him the stank face, smh, and wrote back "no thank you. Im still a kid."
Last story...I swear (cause I have a billion). Had met a bunch of brothers I became friends with, and we would all hang out. One of these brothers liked me and was very open about it. Mind you, I had my own apt, my own car, a good job, and was independent. HE was the same age, worked PT so he could be a reg pioneer, honestly...looked like a human version of Shrek, and lived at hime with hos parents and sisters. This guy was sweet but a damn mess! So when he asked me out and I told him no...he got MAD and offended that I refused. His response t me saying no was "...but you are 27 and not married. Isnt that what you want? I can give you that?" I remember LAUGHING out loud in his face (since my full blown IDGAF attitude was in effect in my 20s) and couldnt believe thr nerve of this guy. It really is no joke how JWs date and marry. It is so backwards!
