What Do You Miss Most About Having Been A Witness? (page 3)

iiz2cool

I miss wearing ties that cut off blood flow to my brain.

I miss my polyester pants.

I miss carrying my heavy service bag.

I miss singing kingdom songs, even if I can't sing.

I miss the extra five hours of sleep I enjoyed each week at meetings.

I miss waking people up on Saturday mornings just so I could show off my polyester pants.

I miss having to buy a new car every three years because of excessive miliage accumulated in field service.

I miss having my July long weekend spoiled each year by conventions.

I miss all the cleavage I saw on sisters when I worked behind the magazine counter, and on mics.

I miss shaving twice a day on meeting nights.

I miss the regular counsell and discipline from elders. I crave discipline.

I miss springing leaks in my boots while out in service on slushy winter days.

I miss having elders call me to fix their computers. Now where will I get my coffee and cookies that I used to receive in payment?

I miss the association of people who genuinely cared for me. The warm and fuzzy feeling I used to enjoy is now gone.

I miss the stale cakes Sister Elizabeth always brought to our book study coffee nights. Now I pay dentists for mere cleanings rather than repairs. What a waste of money!

I miss "Mabel the Mouth". Now where am I supposed to get my weekly fix of gossip and slander?

These are a few of the things I "miss".

Walter
Ontario District Overbeer

xjw_b12

Walter. If you put that post to music, I think you'd have a hit on your hands.

blondie

Apple and cheese danishes

Chocolate pudding

Burritos

But then then were eliminated already. That's the really reason I don't go anymore.

Blondie

GentlyFeral

True prophecy (ha!) - or, as dmouse said, "knowing all the answers.
I was going to say "interracial friendships," but, hello...my boss and 2 favorite workmates are black, and I ain't.
Having a semi-plausible excuse not to find a job (it's better that sisters stay home with the kids).

And that's it -- a pretty poor haul for 23 years, huh?

GentlyFeral

blaid

nothing yet...but I know i will miss my friends anthony, aaron, ricky, scott, bob, mark, josh, blake, and whoever else, lol

i used to play some songs with these people...so its going to throw me for a loop when I leave..it will toss them for one too...

other than that, screw the WTBTS. I dont need any more of it. And I can find new friends so HA! *adds insult to WTBTS's injury*

Dawn

there was this great donut shop we always stopped at in field service..........

wait............the donut shop is still there. In fact, I still get donuts from there from time to time..........

so.............I guess I haven't missed a thing

There was a lot I THOUGHT I would miss. But now that I am out and have built a new life - I don't miss it at all. There is not ONE person from my KH that I considered my friend whom I miss today. Sad hu?! I guess that somehow I always knew they were only surface aquaintances and not true friends.

ozziepost

I miss wearing ties that cut off blood flow to my brain.

Me too!

Also, I miss teaching the congregation that the Watchtower magazine carries as much, if not more, authority than the Bible.

Cheers, Ozzie (of the freedom lovers class)

Freedom means not having to wear a tie.

Pistoff

I know this sounds sappy, but I miss the very tight sense of community and purpose.

Of course, the purpose was a joke, I now realize, and I can find a sense of community elsewhere, but I am just saying.

And of course, the feeling that it was us against the world type of community was elitist.

Never mind.

Kenneson

Nil, nothing, nada, rien.

spero

Standing on the platform, desperately trying to present in a good, wholesome, positive way,

the rapes, murders and just general brutality, that happened to be in the public talk outline that I had "the priviledge" to have been given.

Oooh, yes, and the priviledge of trying to dodge around, side step or redirect, those same rapes, murders and general brutality, in field service.

Mmmm, now where's the kingdum hall......

(Yeah, right, time for a cup of tea methinks. )

What Do You Miss Most About Having Been A Witness?

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