by minimus 41 Replies latest jw friends
born to baptized parents in 1948
went to meetings until I left home
got married to a wordly guy who studied and got baptizedgot divorced
married another wordly guy who became a witness in his last days before he died of cancer
married now to a wonderful man who has been a witness 62 years
I dont go to meetings except the memorial,I havent been in the service since i left home
I have a study to make my husband happy but he knows i dont believe it
Over 30
Born into it as a third generation witness. Left it when I was 19, came back when I was 24. Left for the final time when I was 35. So all in all, 35 years out and 12 years free.
Gretchen
baptized for 21 years before I left about 1 year ago--studied for 3 years before I was baptized. Was concidered for a long time to be "spiritually weak" because it took me so long to make up my mind to get dunked. Still wasn't feeling sure when I did get baptized, but one sister insisted that all my questions would eventually be answered--guess she was right in some ways...should have listened to my gut in the first place, but you know your weren't supposed to "lean on your own understanding" and "the heart is treacherous and desperate"and "the dangers of independent thinking" ..and all that blah blah blah...
Met JW's March 1971, started study with them, baptised January 6th, 1972, attended last meeting August 1999, became Christian March 2000, baptised Christian January 6th, 2001, offically disassociated from JW's Septenber 2001.
Wouldn't have bothered to DA but 2 years after I had stopped going to meetings, become a Christian, then they decide to come and see me. Then it was only to get me back to make up the numbers. Made me mad so wrote them a DA letter. That caused my JW wife, who I was already separated from, and two JW daughters to stopped having any contact with me, and have not done so for the past 3 years.
It was strange that they didn't mind I had become aChristian and attending a church, but as soon as I had DA'd it all changed.
22 years in
17 baptized
still believed it for 10 years after I left (so under their influence for 32 years)
Active, and the termed is used very loosely, from 1974 until 1988, drifted (faded) until disassociating in the early '90's. I still intend to discover the exact date when I DA'd just for curiosity sake.
cheeses.
Cheeses----you were always considered "weak", huh?
Mini,
I don't believe so, as I served as a MS for several years, but I have always had a rebellious streak in my character. I just lost interest - my life was passing me by, and I could see there was more to life than being a jdub.
cheeses.
Feels like a million years sometimes, but here are actual numbers:
Born in jw family, attended roughly 43 years (some yrs of my early youth were on again-off again in terms of attendance)
Baptized 30 yrs (close to 31 now)
Totally inactive 1 year
