What Regrets Did You Have Because You Were A Witness?

minimus

One of the biggest regrets a person might have is that they let their children become involved in the whole JW "thing". You know---everything from the elders always cornering them to "investigate" something or even having the parents "turn in" their own kids......Is there anything that you especially regret?

JH

Being a witness, I distanced myself from my family which weren't JW witnesses. I didn't participate in Christmas gatherings with my parents and my sister with 4 growing children. Living some distance away, my sister, her husband and 4 children only came down on Christmas or New Years, and at birthdays. I avoided each occasion because it was wrong to celebrate these events.

Now they are almost grown ups, and I hardly know them, because I missed so many occasions to see them in the past. Even after being inactive for many years, I still kept that witness attitude that these feasts were to be avoided.

minimus

No question----FAMILIES suffer the most, JH. It's part of the systematic alienation process of JWs

mouthy

Just being one

Stefanie

Having my 2 yr old cussed at for trying to leave a tract.!

I think children are innocent. Its not their fault that their parents drag them out in the field.

BluesBrother

Just wasting the first 50 years of my life, and at this rate I will spend the rest of it on this board ranting about it

micheal

I pioneered instead of getting a college education.

sandy

My biggest regret is not going to college. As a JW my mind was telling me to focus on finding a part

time job after high school so I could pioneer. School was never a priority in my life. So even though I

became in active around 20 years old I didn't have the discipline I needed to go to college.

But I am happy to say that I am in College now. Thank God am still young. I really feel for you older

ones who gave your time and energy to the org. for the majority of your lives.

nobody told me

Letting the Jw's dictate who I married. I gave up a girl because she was worldly when I came into the borg, only to marry a self-righteous snot.

minimus

BluesBrother-----------Rant away!-----I regret that I "judged" so many people, especially because I was an elder.

What Regrets Did You Have Because You Were A Witness?

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