Hello and welcome - hope you get as much out of the site as I have! I am still new myself but form what I see they are a great bunch of people who are kind and loving.
Kind Regards
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Just thought I'd introduce myself, finally!
by TrailBlazer04 ini was never "in" the wts, but my husband's x-wife and children are jw.
he never was...it's a long story, but between the "religion" and other stuff, she's managed to inflict so much damage and pain on him that at one point he was suicidal...so much for "christian love", ya know?.
looking forward to talking more, if that's ok with everybody!.
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Bring back an old post that is important to you.....
by ApagaLaLuz insince many of us have been coming to this board for a while and have gotten to know each other, some may have forgotten about our jw stories of how we all got here.
why dont we all pick one or two important posts from our past, that either we wrote as our introduction, or that someone else wrote that helped you.
it would be great to be refreshed of all your stories.. provide the link to it below:.
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These stories are so moving... thank you so much for sharing them. I really appreciate this forum and the support shown. Although I left 15 years ago it was not until I found this forum that I really allowed myself to think about the hell I went through leaving the JW?s. I have been through the mill emotionally in the last few months coming to terms with it all.
Thanks again for all your support,
L
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14 years:
9 - attending meetings & unbaptised Publisher with parents
1 baptised publisher / aux pioneer
4 as a regular pioneer
out 15 years! Not all plain sailing but very glad I'm out.
2mths of forum support for which I am thankful
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The colour of grey
by beaker ing,day all from sydney.
i've been dropping in to the board since being d'fd a month ago and have been very encouraged by the posts and they way everyone has been able to move on since leaving the collective.. being a 5th generation, it was always very hard for me to imagine life life outside the truman show bubble.
having a huge extended family who are all believers means that i now have virtually nil social contacts.. soon to be divorced, the only contact i have with my past life is weekend visits from my 7 year old boy and 9 year old girl.
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Beaker,
That was fantastic! You are so right - the world is a great place and its waiting for you - come on in and enjoy it.
Like you when I left I walked away from my family ( did not have hubbie & kids at that point) but walked from everyone else. Sure was a scary time but I got over it and am now better and stonger than ever.
Keep up the writing you have a gift,
L
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I met another ex JW relative....
by TresHappy inyesterday i got to meet my second cousin who was a jw for 45 years and left some years back.
i also met her hubby, who was an elder for 30 years.
very nice folks, we had a blast looking at family photographs and discussing all of our jw sorted stories....
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Do tell all - sounds great!
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Another newbie
by myauntfanny ini just wanted to introduce myself before launching myself at the various threads.
i left when i was 14 and that was 30 years ago, i thought i was well over it but when i read some of the postings on here they really got to me.
there are definitely long term effects.
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a wee scots lass
I agree with you all - you don't realise how much it affects you until you read and can relate to how other people were affected.
Myauntfanny - Welcome and I hope you enjoy this site. I am still very new to it myself but have really enjoyed it. Everyone is so welcoming and friendly - a great bunch of people!
Kind Regards
L
PS you are right about us Scots & brits - fanny is much worse than ass but oh so funny - LOL
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Hope and Endurance in Brooklyn
by NewYork44M inhope and endurance in brooklyn.
there may be a few that are aware that hope and endurance are the theme of the current two-day circuit assembly.
last weekend i attended the assembly at the brooklyn assembly hall.
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Who will they hire as lawyers if no witness kids go to college? They ask the brains of the congs in Scotland to go work at bethel for free - who will man bethel now?
Glad my kids are in the world
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The JWs called on us yesterday...
by Sirona inbefore i start: for the jw who i think will most definately read this thread i want to say this.
if you come knocking on my door after this and ask me personal questions i will have you in court for harrassment faster than you can say "jehovah".
don't risk it.
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Sirona,
Well done you!!!!!!
Have a fantastic wedding day when it comes,
Hope you don't have any problems with elders - as a word of encouragement though and this is a true story ?
I know of someone in a similar position to you who denied that she had committed fornication. Said categorically to the elders, that she was not doing anything wrong and that she would take it further if they tried to imply otherwise. She stood her ground and won. She then disappeared slowly from the cong with no action against her.
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funny stuff
by five_crew ini found this very funny.
we recently moved about a 1000 miles from our home state.
the night before we left we spent the night at my in-laws.
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Not so funny is it? Glad you are out. Go be happy in the world,
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Do hours in preaching affect social status?
by new light indeep down, i guess i know the answer to this one, but what the heck?
is it common for someone to have a diminished jw social life for no other reason than being a low-hour publisher?
not to seem conceited, but at the hall i was always smiling and quick-witted (i believe), talked to all types happily, gave good talks and demos, dressed well, smelled good, etc.
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I hate to say it but as a regular pioneer who had attended pioneer school, I had what I thought was a great social life! BUT - I was warned against hanging out with other JW's who were not as 'spiritual' because I was there as an example - can you believe it?
I was in with the 'in crowd' and was invited out all the time - I would love to think it was because of my fantastic good looks, my amazing sense of humour but who is kidding who - it was all about the class system.
I will never allow myself to be dictated to again over whom I have as a friend and whom I don?t!! NEVER AGAIN!!!