...as we were enjoying our weekly sunday "no meetings margaritas.. my friend and i have been meeting for lunch and margaritas ( okay mostly margaritas, we throw lunch in so we dont feel like alcoholics lol ??).
instead of going to meetings.. ( we discovered we could have lunch*margaritas* without the meeting first.).
my jw lady friend still goes out "in service" and stays in touch with her "service buddies" who also know me.. so she was telling me that they asked about me and mentioned that they would like to stop by to see me.
Yeah we could always say we were going to go to the pm meeting.
I personally dont care if they see me. My friend is more self conscious. Plus she is so polite she has to acknowledge someone if she sees them. Everyone knows her and
loves her. She doesnt like all of the attention.
The track is a great place. If we see a JW there they better have a tract in one hand or they will be the one ducking for cover.lol
to my grieving sister about the death of her only son almost 2 year ago.
he was 25.. we were having lunch when she repeated those words of"wisdom" from one of her jw in-laws.
this is a hard month for her.
Just thinking of my nephew today. He died 2 years ago today. He was 25. Way too young.
...as we were enjoying our weekly sunday "no meetings margaritas.. my friend and i have been meeting for lunch and margaritas ( okay mostly margaritas, we throw lunch in so we dont feel like alcoholics lol ??).
instead of going to meetings.. ( we discovered we could have lunch*margaritas* without the meeting first.).
my jw lady friend still goes out "in service" and stays in touch with her "service buddies" who also know me.. so she was telling me that they asked about me and mentioned that they would like to stop by to see me.
Steve: you are so right. She is very independent but I think if the Elders counseled her, she would be guilted into trying to go to the meetings even if they caused her blood pressure to rise.
I hoping she will start to see how really controlling they are.
I mentioned to her that most Born in JWs really cant think for themselves because they have been told what to do all their lives.
She is a convert..she is in her 80s and has been a JW for around 25 years.
I told her she was used to thinking for herself and using her common sense. BUT most JWs dont.
She said she never thought about it that way before.
i am thinking of turning my house in to a ex-jw meeting place, getting bar, pool tables, ping-pong, foseball, pinball and kegs of beer on tap.
big screen singles pad for the local ex-jws to visit and hang out.
will this bug all the jws who live near by me, do they get weird around known apostates?.
I guess a party would be more fun than a law suit😷
They do say living well is the best revenge.
Steve had good advice. Be assertive not as an annoyance.
You are better than that.
i havent been going door to door saturday mornings for since i can't remember when.
i have been putting in regular reports to the congregation but the last time i actually went on a door was probably six months ago or so and it has been at least 2 years since i did a saturday morning.
9:30 we showed up to the group arrangement, we waited outside because we were not sure that it was the right place.
Hoser , that's how my Saturdays used to be like. Were you in my car group? Lol.
I tried going out "in service" when I was reactivating myself a couple of years ago. I never came home "refreshed". The highlight of the morning is the coffee break and the creative time counting.
In one group a couple of us would bring some mags. Or tracts with us and try to place them in the parking lot to keep the time going. If you were pioneering, you would stop at a gas station or bus stop to start your time before the fs meeting and then hit a laundry mat right after and then go on a long distance call or not at home.
I could go the whole morning without speaking or knocking at a door.
I did get caught up on all the gossip though.
I thought maybe I wasn't doing it right. I never got any RVs.
we were neighbors for 8-10 years.
a little background, my.
and finally here in calif. the first day i met bill (not his name) he.
Bump, interesting experience. Eye opener for lurkers. Maybe they will be lucky enough to have an ex-JW or faded as a neighbor in their time of need.
It seems inactive JWs are only worth contacting if you can count your time when you visit. Notice the only JW visits Bill gets is from JWs with magazines to drop off.
They can count their time, placement and a RV. If they actually talk to him they might even count it as a bible study.
as you all may know, it is an ongoing project to translate jwfacts to spanish.
given that there are more than 2 spanish-speaking jw's for every one that speaks english, it can be safely said that spanish is the #1 language in the jw world (even though everything is made originally in english).. the spanish-speaking jw's are harder to convince.
i attribute it almost 100% to socioeconomic factors.
Bump.
...as we were enjoying our weekly sunday "no meetings margaritas.. my friend and i have been meeting for lunch and margaritas ( okay mostly margaritas, we throw lunch in so we dont feel like alcoholics lol ??).
instead of going to meetings.. ( we discovered we could have lunch*margaritas* without the meeting first.).
my jw lady friend still goes out "in service" and stays in touch with her "service buddies" who also know me.. so she was telling me that they asked about me and mentioned that they would like to stop by to see me.
What is so sad is that a grown woman feels she has to sneak around to do a very normal activity.
I dont care myself if people know I would rather go to lunch instead of a meeting.
She keeps saying it isn't anyone's business but deep down she knows she will be judged.
I think she is fading but doesnt know it. She is just starting to feel the tug of the invisible chains.
we were neighbors for 8-10 years.
a little background, my.
and finally here in calif. the first day i met bill (not his name) he.
JAM, They are so lucky to have you as a friend. Did you tell ever tell Bill that you are ex-Elder? He might be having doubts but feeling like it is just him being weak.
i am thinking of turning my house in to a ex-jw meeting place, getting bar, pool tables, ping-pong, foseball, pinball and kegs of beer on tap.
big screen singles pad for the local ex-jws to visit and hang out.
will this bug all the jws who live near by me, do they get weird around known apostates?.
BSB: im so sorry you are getting harassed. But do you think antagonizing them will help matters?
How about a no trespassing sign? Could you report them for harrassment?
