richierich posted something about how odd witness kids parties were and it reminded me of being reinstated.
i never quite fit when i got back in.
i would sit in the car groups and think...are these people for real?
I always said that things were never the same and that hurt more than the actual shunning.
Purza-So true. But then I realized in my case, it was just I never had seen it before. It took me growing up and being out to see how I had never really meshed.
You know, a different perception. I just was so nieve, that I did not see it, nor did I think "Witnesses" were capeable of such behavior....That is so funny yet sad now.
richierich posted something about how odd witness kids parties were and it reminded me of being reinstated.
i never quite fit when i got back in.
i would sit in the car groups and think...are these people for real?
Nina,
How absolutely shitty of them. I cant say all the words I want to say describing what I am feeling now. ((((Nina))) That is so very hard for you. Or has been hard for you. They are a cold lot of fish cold slimey worm bellies. I am so sorry that you your father suffered this.
I hate what they did to your family. I think that people always are in for such a cold awakening when they see the things they do. Sad thing is it is not often that Cult like minds ever think that hard. I am glad to see you and yours going on in a wonderful manner. It seems like you an Chris have had such a hard road. You two deserve good things.
I hated sitting there trying so hard to be a friend, not seem desperate..etc. I ended up making friends with the middle aged ladies group. Even now I tend to stick to that. It seems like the gals my age are so much drama. I try to be friendly, they just have so much intrest in things that I think are rubbish. Often they have not come to grips with honesty and themselves. Some try to say they are happy scamming on whoever, or try too hard to claim they are more than they are. Examples: Homes, marriages, clothes, etc. It all seems so shallow. (Dont get me wrong, I like all of the listed items...) It just seems that often they try to make thier life appear to be something it is not.
I cannot stand presenting oneself as more than what one is.
Being a witness just exasterbates the situation. It is like the hen club...pick pick pick on whoever the eye falls upon.
Also because I had a brain and did not feel the need to get under an elders wifes wings and let her parade me around like her prize Bible study...well that did not make it easier. I had not learned at that time one of the rules for power. DO NOT OUTSHINE THE MASTER.
richierich posted something about how odd witness kids parties were and it reminded me of being reinstated.
i never quite fit when i got back in.
i would sit in the car groups and think...are these people for real?
Kwin,
Do you think there is a difference because I was a single mom with kids. Those ladies are vicious. It seems like they would like males a bit more seeing the available ratio of men is "off." What do you think?
the other day i was getting my hair cut.
after she was finished using the clippers to trim the back of my neck she pulled out a straight razor to scrape the hair on my neck even closer.
i just about jumped out of the chair when i saw her try to trim me with that thing!
Elsewhere-
It was not in a jar with alcohol? At the hairdressers I always see razors in a jar with alcohol.
Decki
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i was trying to fade, and thought i had done so successfully for the past 18months.. i have just received a call from my dad saying it will be announced tomorrow that i have been disfellowshipped... can they do this???.
chok.
I am just here to tell you that yes..it does happen. It happened to me the second time around. I even talked to them, and they told me they would call back after I had a bit to think on my actions. After not hearing from them, I called my mother. She told me I had been announced disfellowshipped and hung up on me.
Two years ago I got the nerve up to call the elder who was on the call. And he said that that is not how it happened. I said "oh really?"
PS. I also questioned why did he get to stay in the congregation when he was a married elder and was screwing a pioneer. And I was not and was not screwing a pioneer. And how in the hell could he have a say in my reinstatement, when all the while he was doing this? He did a fast tap dance and gave me a hearfelt plea to come back to Jehovah. No answer.
richierich posted something about how odd witness kids parties were and it reminded me of being reinstated.
i never quite fit when i got back in.
i would sit in the car groups and think...are these people for real?
RichieRich posted something about how odd witness kids parties were and it reminded me of being reinstated. I never quite fit when I got back in. I would sit in the car groups and think...are these people for real? It was like talking to a bunch of cold mindless and boring robots.
A few people and I got to know each other at home and that helped, but except for them, I always got the suspicious looks, the hush hush when I came around. Oddly enough I always found that the so called "sisters" were huge on gossip. They ripped me apart at every chance they could. Not all, but a good portion.
It made it really hard to stay in the congregation and almost programmed me to get into more trouble.
What really makes me mad now, due to the size of the robot group and the party of one I had, I was almost always on the out. took me a bit to figure out I was better off without them. No I cannot hardly relate to any at all. I work with some, and to hear them makes me shudder.
How many of you got such a warm reinstatement welcome?
i talked to one, and man, the voice just didnt match up to the person i chat with online!!!
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I have met more than I have talked to over the phone. So far so good. Everyone has been really nice and no one has really thrown me for a loop. I met everyone I chose to talk to in person first. That helped. I was very jumpy about meeting everyone. The first person I saw was Valis...Could not miss him. It was very funny. Looked just like his picture.
my history,.
47 years doing the jw thing from the age of 3.. many good times and many times i thought i was worthless especially as a teenager.
couldn't be good enough to please some elders.
Good Morning!
Great to see you still have a thought of your own. Hope you stick around a bit!
Decki
ok, i must fess up, someone sent me this as an e-mail...but there are a lot of texans on this board and i thought you might enjoy it.... gives everyone a clue into texas girls.
(yes it is a joke).
mattel recently announced the release of limited edition barbie dolls.
Horrible Life- I love Sam Moons....better yet Rebekkas next to it!
FHN- you crack me up...you should keep it going. Better yet I think each one should make a Barbie from where they are from.
we all are identified by our names here on jwd.
some use their real names, and others pick a moniker that is their nickname or perhaps a few words from a song they like.. why did you pick your name?.
for instance,.
Kwin
My first name is Kwin, and my last name is Testal. My parents were on crack.
Kwin
Now that is a bit humourous. I had wondered a bit what your name meant. There it was in front of my face. Kind of the song in Spanish Juan Tadameda. I sung it for all of my life as one tadameda and wondered what it means. Come to find out it is his name. The song goes,,Juan tadameda, for he is Juan tadameda.. Duh huh?
