Topics Started by Thegoodgirl

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My story
by Chia in
1. jw
2. experiences
i have posted this story before on some other boards, but after "lurking" for a long time here, i have finally decided to come out and tell my story.

it is really long, so i'm going to tell it in a few parts.

that way i can also tell if i'm boring everyone to death, haha!
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control
by John Doe in
1. jw
2. friends
firt of all, a bit of background.

i'm 26 years old, am a math major/english minor senior on a full scholarhip in college, was raised as one of jehovah's witnesses, babtized when i was 18, left at ~ 22/23, am now agnostic/deist/confused.

i was raised on a farm in a witness family.
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How did you react when you left WTS?
by ljwtiamb in
1. jw
2. experiences
i'm interested in your first rebellious act after 'getting out': homosexual sexadultery / fornicationklink your champange glass in a toastgrow a beardcurse (the really good words!

)go to churchdrugssmokingholidays / birthdaysoral / anal sex (with or without mate)blood transfusionfield service without filling out not-at-home slipsother (explain).

are you still involved?
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How do you think you will handle your own death? . . . . . [language alert]
by nicolaou in
1. social
2. physical
i know it's not the lightest of topics but the current news coverage of the pope's final hours made me wonder if i'd face things as calmly as he is reported to be doing.

i don't have his faith, or any faith anymore, but i can see how for a true believer that would be a source of strength.. the thing is, a lot of us thought we'd never die.

do you really comprehend what a truly massive mind-fuck that is?
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How do you know when your spouse is cheating on you?
by Thegoodgirl in
1. social
2. relationships
okay, i know this is personal, but i kind of like the annoninimity of the board versus asking my friends who are all also friends with my husband.. my husband went out of the country with a group from work this weekend.

i was supposed to go but had to cancel due to other stuff.

it turned out only 4 ended up going, my husband, a guy, and two women.
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i told my mother that i do not desire to be associated with jws anymore and
by drunkenpikachu in
1. jw
2. experiences
she totally flipped out.

all i was trying to do was find some mutual respect for my decision but she started smacking, punching, pushing me.

soon after, she threw the biggest tantrum and it disgusted me to see her acting in such a manner.
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Diary of a nobody
by New Worldly Translation in
1. jw
2. experiences
hi, i'm new to these forums so i thought i would share some experiences of when i was a jw.. i was born in 1976 into a staunch jw family.

my grandparents, parents, aunties, uncles, cousins etc etc were all jw's going back to the 1950's.

when i was a child my parents, like a lot of jw parents, didn't let me have worldly friends.
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who here has gay children?
by gotcha in
1. social
2. family
...is it ok?

did you try to stop them?

(please consider coming from a very conservative background/culture)..relatives/friends talking about it, possible trauma which may be caused by society's discrimination...
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High rates of depression in Org.
by chuckyy in
1. watchtower
2. medical
i noticed after being a jw for a while that many members of my congregation were having to take antedepressants.

(i counted at least 30 out of 100).

after a few years i too began to have bouts of depression and problems with anxiety.
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1/15/05 Saturday Chicago Meetup--Reza's Restaurant (Clark Street)
by blondie in
1. jw
2. friends
1/15/05 saturday chicago meetup?reza?s restaurant, 5255 n clark st (by wrigley field)

we are shooting for 5:30 pm giving us time to eat and talk and go to either the green mill or the jazz showcase afterwards.

parking: street parking possible, free lot (5238 n. clark st.)