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  New here, would like to say hello.

  by puff candy in

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  i just registered right now.

  i would like to introduce myself.

  i am a 30 year old female and not a jw but my mother is so thats how i came by this site.

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  under74

  Hi Puff Candy. Welcome to the forum.
  
  I think if you stick around you're going to find that many here are going through the same thing you are...many in the WTS form a kind of conditional love towards people/family outside the religion and it's tough to cope with. I wish I could tell you what to say or do in order to make your mother snap out of it, unfortunately it's not as simple as that...but like I wrote before if you stick around you'll see how others are dealing with the same situation.
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  Are you a naturalist ?

  by one_ugly_time in

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  what do you see in this picture?.

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  under74

  "In fact I see a nude woman on her knees with her arms raised. Behind her, and on his knees is a man holding her breasts and kissing her."
  
  YUP. I see the same naughty stuff...what dolphins?
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  Warm Welcome For exdub

  by under74 in

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  i liked your post exdub.

  i'm glad you can move on now.

  welcome to the forum.

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  under74

  well, my younger sister always said I was bossy...I've learned to embrace it....lol
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  Warm Welcome For exdub

  by under74 in

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  i liked your post exdub.

  i'm glad you can move on now.

  welcome to the forum.

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  under74

  There, I took the red x off...you happy now?
  
  Just say hi dammit
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  Warm Welcome For exdub

  by under74 in

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  i liked your post exdub.

  i'm glad you can move on now.

  welcome to the forum.

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  under74

  Attention getter...getter I don't think is a word....
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  Warm Welcome For exdub

  by under74 in

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  i liked your post exdub.

  i'm glad you can move on now.

  welcome to the forum.

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  under74

  I SAID GIVE exdub A WARM WELCOME!
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  Warm Welcome For exdub

  by under74 in

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  i liked your post exdub.

  i'm glad you can move on now.

  welcome to the forum.

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  under74

  I liked your post exdub. I'm glad you can move on now.
  
  
  
  
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  Thanks for such a warm welcome

  by AloneinOh in

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  wow!

  it's really encouraging to find such warm hearted people so willing to welcome a new guy.. all of your kind words have made a difference already.

  i have been reading hundreds of posts and i never imagined that there were so many others out there going through or have gone through the same thing.. i think you all are right about talking to my parents.

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  under74

  "talk about being bored while pretending to read. I used to say the alphabet backwards whenever we used to have to pray. Now I have a unique party trick of being able say it in under 5 secs"
  
  HA lol! I never tried that one, I'd just think about The Facts of Life or some other TV show.
  
  WELCOME TO THE FORUM exdub
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  Run Ins

  by Max in

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  i had a run in with a witness and it took me along time to get over it, i still don't talk to that witness.

  some of the witnesses i know are two faced and it makes it hard not to feel aggresive when i go to the meetings, i sit there and think what am i doing here but i feel better when i leave so that is why i suppose i still go, it makes me feel good even though i feel there alot of stuck up attitudes when some feel they are more spiritual than others.

  it feels like such a struggle to go there but yet i really want to be there.

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  under74

  "...but surely remember as a kid that feeling of dread."
  
  
  My childhood seems like a blur of depression when I think about it. I could barely function on the days of the meetings knowing that I'd have be there among people that didn't care for me or my family...i knew this from the constant rumors and the fact the all the kids at the KH avoided me and my siblings like the plague. It's ridiculous looking back on it now.
  
  
  There's absolutely no need to torture yourself. I know the rules are that you attend the meetings and put up with it, but these are man made rules. I personally don't believe anymore but I think it's possible to believe without the Watchtower Society and all the petty snots in the congregation.
  
  
  All the best.
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  How rebellious did you get after leaving?

  by JH in

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  after leaving a controlling sect, it?s normal to want to live ?freedom?.

  what did you do to show that you were no longer under the influence of the watchtower?

  did you grow a beard, start having sex with whoever, start drinking, start gambling?

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  I rebelled before I left...