M@el5trom

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  Invited to convention - told dad no thanks

  by M@el5trom in

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  my dad called and invited me to the last day of the convention a couple weeks ago, and i told him we weren't gonna be going.

  i did finally come out and tell him that we were not attending meetings for a reason.

  he tried to say that if my wife was holding me back, or me her, blah blah, and i told him this was something we decided together.

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  Making new friends after fading

  by M@el5trom in

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  what are some good methods for finding and making new friends after fading away?

  i know this is critical to help myself and my wife to move on, and we both have suffered from depression partly because we are isolated to each other for now.

  we are good friends, but we both feel the need for others also.

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  Mom said we would still be family regardless of my decision

  by M@el5trom in

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  first, a little background.

  i lurk here from time to time, generally if i am feeling down or having trouble with something re: jws.

  i have not been to a meeting for over a year now, and neither has my wife.

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  Didn't go to assembly last weekend

  by M@el5trom in

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  this marks the first time my wife and i didn't go to the district convention by choice (one other time we missed all three days due to illness).

  my wife was sick this weekend, but we would not have gone anyways.

  we probably would have gone camping this weekend if she wasn't sick and it wasn't raining all weekend.

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  What do you do when Elders (or Parents) come calling?

  by M@el5trom in

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  the subject pretty much is my question, but here is a little background - i have recently made the decision to fade away, but have been relatively inactive as a jw for a couple years.

  i live in the same town i grew up in, and at one time was a ms and regular pioneer.

  therefore, a couple of elders, and my dad, make a point of stopping by to see how we (my wife and i) are doing.

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  New here (long)

  by M@el5trom in

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  i'v been lurking for a while now, reading many of the messages, and thought now's as good as time as any to say hi and tell ya'll a little about me.

  i was raised a jw, and am currently still in "good standing", although inactive.

  i went to the memorial and special talk and a recent special day ca, but few meetings or fs in quite some time.

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