Are You Afraid To Be "Outed"? (page 2)

blondie

Don't worry, when you're inactive, they make up stuff.

kls

Outed ? If after all these years i'm not outed they are really stupid,but if i am not then i wish they would hurry up.

avishai

I am SOOO afraid. Yup. shaking in my widdle boots.

It would be a relief if my jw relatives stopped talking to me, lol. I would care that the rumor would be spread around the community and normal people would find out I had a JW past. I think it would make people wary to be my friend and would negatively affect my career. Being in a mind control cult is not exactly something I'm proud of.

BluesBrother

Why should my relatives have to face the issue of shunning me?

Why should I be banned from family asssociation?

Why should my wife have to sit alone and cope alone?

That is all.. It would be inconvenient , not fearful.

Finally-Free

oh, er, i outted myself. but yes, it did change my life.

Yeah, me too. It was tough but worth it in the long run.

W

Honesty

I didn't know all the consequences when I DA'd. I just knew i couldn't live a lie after I found out the JW's are not a Christian group.

It's been a rollercoaster ride:

Shunned by family and friends

Called an apostate in front of a crowd of non-JW's by a JW MS 'friend'

Received anonymous hate mail

Would I do the it the same way if I had it to do it all over again.

You bet I would.

ezekiel3

I think it would be a welcome relief.

I'm just curious which of my friends and family would join me on the outs. Some are just hanging by a string.

littlerockguy

Sometimes I am afraid. It depends on on who I am outted to. I thought about this a lot, especially being a witness and coming to terms and accepting that fact that Im gay. I always thought well, my friends and relatives who are JWs wouldnt have anything to do with me if I was DF'd or DA'd and my "worldly" relatives wouldn't have much to do with me if I was gay (or at least no more than they have to). Sometimes it is hard talking to just anybody about both issues; which is why Im so glad I came across this site and met some other people whom I can relate to like EF, Darkuncle, Preston, OhioCowboy, etc.

Are You Afraid To Be "Outed"?

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