How rebellious did you get after leaving?

by JH 38 Replies latest jw friends

  • Balsam
    Balsam

    Started smoking. Dumbest thing I ever did. I quit about 9 months ago, sure glad I did. I didn't smoke much but any was too much to affect my health.

    It was just the easiest thing to go do that separated me from the JW.

  • Scarlet
    Scarlet

    I am like blondie. I didn't smoke cause of health, can't grow a beard, love my husband too much to cheat on him. I just wanted freedom out the org. We started celebrating the holidays with our families but that was after we had been out for 3 years.

  • Valis
    Valis

    I'll let you know when I'm done...

    Sincerely,

    District Overbeer of the "Rebel Without A Pause" class

  • La Capra
    La Capra

    1) Enrolled full time in college (got bachelors degree, got teaching certificate, got real job in a real career)

    2) Registered to vote (and voted, first time was for Jesse Jackson in the 1988 California Primary, I have not missed a single election day since.)

    3) Stayed out all night (sometimes at rock concerts, sometimes just at friends' houses because it was too late to drive home)

    4) Travelled with boyfriends (Canada, Europe, Mexico, Hawaii)

    5) When my mom took my witness brother and his wife to Hawaii, my Jewish boyfriend and I put a big fat Christmas tree in her front room, so anyone driving by could see it (OK, my mom had to take crap for that, but she never "excluded" me on a "fun family trip" after that.)

    6) Still haven't smoked, been stoned or drunk. (Have no clue what I am waiting for, on the other hand, if I made it this long without, why bother?)

    7) Went to other religious services, churches and synagogues (and was) never once struck by lightening.)

    8) Was able to become financially secure at a very young age (thanks to getting a college education), without pressure and guilt for having and achieving a perfectly noble and healthy goal.

    9) I contribute both time and money to charities and important causes (even some that are founded by other religions, by the government or politcal parties).

    10) I associate with, and fall in love with whomever my little heart desires, regardless of what religion they are (some are even without religion!!!).

    I sure was a bad, rebellious, cursed, doomed, evil, wretched soul. When they try to scare the youngsters into staying in the cult, they hold up my picture, for sure... My disassociation was a sure fire recipe for my eternal suffering and damnation.

    Shoshana

  • redhotchilipepper
    redhotchilipepper

    When I was younger I was very rebellious. I found the most rebellious boyfriend in the world to terrorize my parents. Unfortunately it hurt me too because he was very abusive to me. I rebelled like the best of them. I always had my conscience though, funny. He would be doing the heavy duty drugs and such. I would have nothing to do with any of that. I always had my goody two shoes ways so to speak, compared to him and his group of friends. I was always in and out of the truth. Each time I rebelled. I now am out for good. I'm not rebelling though, just living my life to the fullest. It's different. When I was young I was very angry at the ORG., my Mom for making me be in it. Now I'm happy to be out and happy to be me. I just wish the ORG. would come to terms with that. I think my Mom and sister finally have.

  • redhotchilipepper
    redhotchilipepper

    Your bad Candidlynuts, so bad!LOL

  • shamus
    shamus

    I smoked crack, crystal meth, snorted heroin, you name it.

    I killed 10 people.

    At least that's what the 'society' wants it's followers to think.

  • redhotchilipepper
    redhotchilipepper

    Maybe I'll grow a beard too? What do you guys think? A girl with a beard, Sexy?

  • formerout
    formerout

    Well, since I got df'd a couple of months before my marriage for having sex, the only thing that changed there was I never felt quite as guilty the last 100 times or so. teehee

    I was already drinking quite a bit... don't all JW's? No change there either.

    I don't like beards.. too itchy. No change there either.

    I still think gambling is silly. No change there.

    Honestly the only thing I really did that I considered "rebellious" was that I started playing all kinds of organized sports. For shame.... I'm still being such a bad, BAD man!!....lol

    Brad

  • Fleur
    Fleur

    lol @shamus. Yeah, my family cannot figure out for the life of me why I haven't become a crack w**re yet.

    Hate to disappoint you all..but I'm afraid that I'm frightfully boring. Other than sleeping with my (then) boyfriend before we tied the knot about a year after my df-ing, my post-JW life has been dull as dirt. But I like it that way :)

    Just your basic law abiding citizen. Hubby and I don't even drink, and he was never a JW. My family has booze running through its' veins and alcoholics a mile wide through it so I don't even want to go there.

    Now, my mother says to me "there's nothing you're doing that prevents you from coming back." that bugs them even more than if I were out there drugging and debauching.

    Worst things I do (on the JW scale...) Celebrate holidays, curse to be funny (not in front of my child of course) and of course, there's that pesky apostacy thing. But what can you do...

    hugs

    essie

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