Circuit Overseer Visit....not interested

by New Castles 63 Replies latest jw friends

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  willy_think

  I know how stressfull the waiting can be, so:

  Go to the house the overseer is satying during his visit at about 10:45 pm knock on the door and ask him if you can talk. if it's a bad time for him, tell him, you are having a lot of problems sleeping at night, and financial truble that Jehovah told you HE was to help you with and the voices... the darn voices. tell him you need to spend as much time with him as you can and that you can come back in about an hour or you can wait in the car untill he is ready to help. if he want's to come to your house at another time say "YES YES YES but come alone i don't want it to seem like you are braging about the money Jehova said you are going to give me. I can't thank you enuff, we can have brunch and make a day of it. hay you can stay at my place with me! after all your going to be paying for it!...do you want to go to a movie or somthing? I've been having glorious dreams of the New System but before it can take place, the false servents of Jehovah must be crushed and utterly destroyed...Do you think Jehova works through sinfull men like us? the shafe must be seperated from the wheat. well any way, we have a lot of work ahead of us."

  (for the comic frlief of anxiety purposes only)
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  blondie

  (they do recognize my car and will know if Im home, though)

  You could be out for a walk.

  You could have gone somewhere in someone else's car.

  You could be in another part of the house and not hear the knock/bell (I do that all the time, even when it isn't JWs)

  Finally, who cares. Then they know you meant it when you said they shouldn't come. If they didn't make a definite appointment, day and time, that you agreed to, they are being rude, inconsiderate and selfish to just drop by.

  Don't let them bully you or shame you into doing something you don't want to do.
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  New Castles

  LOL!!!! (wiping tears from my eyes)

  Thanks for that, awesome funny stuff!
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  shotgun

  Layout your game of twister and wait for them to show up...

  If you do not have to endure the C.O then don't....
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  undercover

  What a hold this religion has on us. Someone asks, "the elders are coming to visit, what should I do?" and the best answer is "hide" or "don't answer the door"?

  It is a very stressful situation to stand up to these people. We know that for the most part, we can't reason with them, so why try? But, to run and hide is no better than those JWs who refuse to listen to logic and reason. At some point we have to stand up, admit that we question the WTS and be honest about it. Running, hiding and avoiding these situations just reinforces their opinion that they are right and we are scared or ashamed. Now, that doesn't mean you have to admit that you're going apostate or turning your back on Jehovah(tm). We can be "mostly" honest(read: use theocratic warfare) and be coy at the same time. But don't be afraid of them. They're only men. What can they do? Yes, some of us are fading so as to not lose family connections, but that doesn't mean we have to live like refugees in our own home.
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  Elsewhere

  I like the old stonewall technique...Every time they ask a loaded question just say: "I'm sorry, but I'm not comfortable talking about that right now".

  Keep repeating it like a broken record.

  Ultimately the only way to get rid of them for good is to DA and tell them to never contact you again.
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  czarofmischief

  Answer the door naked, spit pea-green soup on them, and pleasure yourself with a crucifix. If you can spin your head around, that would help.

  CZAR
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  blondie

  I like the old stonewall technique...Every time they ask a loaded question just say: "I'm sorry, but I'm not comfortable talking about that right now".

  That sounds good.

  Blondie
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  blondie

  Stuttering I guess.
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  Sassy

  If they press for a meeting, tell them you aren't feeling well and are just not up to a meeting that week..