I don't have a problem with it because I don't live in a town where jws know me. It's wonderful.
Flyin'
do you ever?????
by Lehaa 24 Replies latest jw experiences
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RR
I was shunned twice, once at a JW funeral. I had been gone a few years, and my wife went to teh funeral. It was her old congregation, but there were people there from my old congregation, I could see the stares and the whispering. I laughed. I wasn't even DF'd. I guess they felt silly, with all the rumors that went arounde. I didn't fit the apostate profile.
My sister-in-law and her family all ignored me, I mean, they wouldn't say hi, they made faces, I looked at my brotehrs and asked" what's up with them?" the funny thing is, we were at a birthday party. I mean, what witness goes to a birthday party?
On top of that, my sister-in-law married my brother, a non-witness, in fact she was pregnant when she went down the aisle. Her older sister ( I call "UN") has five kids all different nationalities, no husband. Yeah, the ideal JW family!
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I still get nervous when I run into a witness. I smoke now and have several tattoos, so I always wonder what the rumor are going to be around the hall. I'll say hi sometimes. At our local mall, they have a table set up where the hand out literature. I am ashamed to admit that sometimes I'll go out of my way to avoid them. I'm just not a confrontational. It's still weird after all this years, but it has gotten easier. My biggest fear is running into my former best friend. That will be the weirdest one, cause I have so much to say to her. I just don't know if I'll have the courage to do it. Anyways, hang in there.
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hillbilly
"I'm not the devil or a murderer, just no longer a witness"
I have said those exact words to more than a few of them.... makes sweat even more... I love that!
Hill
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I am really starting to have too much fun watching the Jws squirm when I cross paths with them, thats kind of a funny way to put it,since I feel like the black cat that crossed in front of them any more...To be avoided...I used to feel ashamed,but not anymore.
Just remember, you don't have to shun them, but they DO have to shun YOU. There is a lot of potential fun in that simple fact.
Elsewhere:an excellent way to look at the shunning.Great advice!
Welcome to all the new ones.