Another thing to consider is that if he pursues a life with you, he is going to lose everything else that has been his way of life for so long. When I got disfellowshipped, my whole world dropped out from underneath me. I started drinking heavily, doing drugs, screwing any skank that batted an eyelash at me. It really threw me for a loop. Consider this, he is going to be an emotional basket case when he gets out of this. Are you ready and/or willing to put yourself through that?
Low-Key Lysmith
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Lost, Confused, and Hurting .....
by Daizzy inhi everyone, i don't mean to burden anyone with my problems, but hope that i can get some feedback.
in sept. i met a guy whom i assumed was happily married.
we worked together for 4 weeks at the first job and became pretty close friends.by then i already knew how much i was liking him.
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Gettin' disfellowshipped
by Low-Key Lysmith ini was just wondering if there was anyone else out there whose "friends" came to the elders and told them a bunch of fabricated crap about you before your "meeting with the elders.
" i had people that i grew-up with tell them that they had "personally seen me beat-up my mom.
" i had also been known to "host seances" in my parent's basement.
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I was just wondering if there was anyone else out there whose "friends" came to the elders and told them a bunch of fabricated crap about you before your "meeting with the Elders." I had people that I grew-up with tell them that they had "personally seen me beat-up my mom." I had also been known to "host seances" in my parent's basement. My favorite was someone told them that they had seen this supposed video tape of me and my girlfriend having sex. (I was a virgin until I was 20, two years after I was disfellowshipped.) All of this was completely trumped up by an orginization of people who are supposed to be all about a God that is the embodiment of love. What a bunch of tripe!
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Funniest Thing You Ever Saw At The Memorial?
by Why Georgia in.
i'm wondering what the funniest thing you ever saw at the memorial was?.
for me it was when one of the mentally ill ladies in the congregation came to the kh with the back of her dress cut out because she said she was telling the demons to kiss her butt.. she walked right up to the front row, past everyone and sat down.. there were brothers running to block everyones view but it was quite clear that she was not even wearing undies.. this particular sister was always talking about the demons.
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An older sister loudly shit her pants on her way down the aisle to the bathroom.
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Welcome Newbies!!!!!
by kls inwe seem to be having on run on new members,,,,,,,yippie .
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welcome to all you newbies glad you decided to join us.
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What is sl?
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Welcome Newbies!!!!!
by kls inwe seem to be having on run on new members,,,,,,,yippie .
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welcome to all you newbies glad you decided to join us.
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Low-Key Lysmith
This site could prove to be one of the best things to happen to me in a long time. Why I didn't think to check google for a site concerning ex-dubs sooner is beyond me. I grow tired of trying to explain things to my loving friends and adopted family. They don't understand how my family and old friends can treat me this way. ( I was disfellowshipped when I was 18. I'm 31 now.) I have had to sit through 3 disgusting JW funerals in that time. (my mom, my sister, and my grandma.) How I had to re-raise myself when I got kicked out of the house when I got disfellowshipped. And how sometimes, even as far removed as I am now, it comes back in the back of your head, that haunting felling of "what if they're right?" Enough blathering...Just wanted to say that its cool to find an outlet like this. Thanks for the warm welcome.I look foreward to meeting as many of you as possible.
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JW Funerals
by Low-Key Lysmith ini have been disfellowshipped for 13 years.
last april, my mom passed away from pancreatic cancer.
she was still a very active witness until the day she died as is the rest of my family.
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Mary,
I gotta say thanks for replying. I have never been to this or any other site like it. It really means a lot ot me. I try till I'm blue in the face to explain to my fiance and "worldy" friends why my dumb-ass family acts the way they do with me, why they wont be at my wedding, etc., etc., It's really cool to know that there are other nice folks out there Who have come from behind the Zion curtain, and can relate to the stupid bullshit that we have all been through.
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im curious where is everyone from?
by brokenfairy in.
i am originally from the fort worth/grand prairie area....just curious as to where others have come from?
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This is my first time on this site ( or any site of this kind, for that matter). I live in Portland, OR. now. I grew in SLC, Utah. A JW in Mormontown.
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JW Funerals
by Low-Key Lysmith ini have been disfellowshipped for 13 years.
last april, my mom passed away from pancreatic cancer.
she was still a very active witness until the day she died as is the rest of my family.
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I have been disfellowshipped for 13 years. Last April, my Mom passed away from pancreatic cancer. She was still a very active witness until the day she died as is the rest of my family. (who I don't talk to much.) I moved from SLC, Utah, to Portland, OR in 2000. I went home for the funeral which was held in the local Kingdom Hall. I was disgusted at how the proceedings went. They used the gathering,(which consisted of a lot of poeple who weren't Witnesses) as an excuse to pimp the organization and recruit new members. I was horrified at the lack of reference to my mother. It was basically just a lot of bible flipping and scripture quoting followed by a detailed schedule of meeting times in case anyone was interested in coming back to the Kingdom Hall. Afterwards, I was trying my best to get out of there. I got bum-rushed by all these poeple that I hadn't spoken to in over a decade, and that I wasn't suppoised to be talking to now. There was no "Gee, I'm sorry about your mom", just "we'd sure like to see you come back to meetings". All-in-all it was a horrible experience. Thanks for listening. I just wanted to get it off my chest to someone who might understand where I'm coming from.
Breck Taylor
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Cross or torture stake.....
by snakeizz inthis has always puzzled me.....can anyone shed some light as to what it really was?
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Hey all,
This is my first itme to this site. I had no idea there were even sites like this out there. I have been disfellowshipped for 13 years now. (I was 18 then, I'm 31 now.) My entire family is still very active. My Dad is an Elder, My sister is a full-time Pioneer, etc. I havn't spoken a word to my aunts, uncles, cousins, or close family friends in 13 years. It was like a nuclear blast went off and everyone I knew or cared about just disapeared. I had to go out on my own and basically re-raise myself. I feel like I've done a pretty good job. My biggest problem now is trying to explain to my fiance and close friends who know nothing about how I grew up why my family treats me the way they do and why my family won't be there at my wedding, etc. It's nice to know that there are folks out there who have been through the same stuff and can relate to that unique sort of pain. I welcome any correspondance from anyone who would like to tell their story about leaving "The Truth". (I hate that term.)
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Cross or torture stake.....
by snakeizz inthis has always puzzled me.....can anyone shed some light as to what it really was?
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I think it's pretty much an historical fact that the Romans crucified folks. The word itself (crux) is latin for cross. My opinion is that they hold so fastly to the whole "torture stake" baloney to seperate themselves from the rest of "Christendom".