Posts by delilah

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What do you do with your time now that you are no longer a Witness?

by The wanderer in

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untitled document  time is on my side having been one of jehovah's witnesses it always seemed that there .

was never enough time to do all the things that needed to be done in life.. now, that my life is not so structured and revolved around preparing for.

meetings, study and service my focus is on finishing my college degree.. what about you and your time?

delilah

Have you missed the structured life style so much
that you found "religion"?

If you call being a JW structured,( I'd call it something else) I certainly don't miss it one bit! No, I have not found religion, although I believe in God. I have time for my family now, and my children are living a life full of adventure and fun, they are going to have a higher education, get good jobs. My life is full, and busy, but way more fun and fulfilling than it ever was before. It's no longer boring, and humdrum.

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You all are going to LOVE this!

by restrangled in

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my husband and i went up to the new renovated park in our area.

it is over a mile around and very beautiful.. anyway, we meandered over and sat down.

within 3 minutes we were approached by jw's.

delilah

Awesome post, Restrangled. Sometimes it's good to let the hubbies loose on these unsuspecting JW's.....LOL. I know mine gave it to an elder all four barrells too.....it was great!!

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We lost a family member today...

by morty in

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friends

what a sad day for our family today.. also, i would like to mention that the men that killed him, did have the guts to come and tell us.

( at 6:00am this morning) a lot of people wouldn?t do that so, this is one thing i thanked him for.

he did feel awful and had more tears then i did when i picked him up and wrapped him in his bedding.. any ways............................ i called the vet to find out how much it would be for a cremation and they want $160.00 bucks!!

delilah

Aw Morty................I'm so sorry about Stitch. (((((((((((((((((( Morty ))))))))))))))))) It's hard when things like this happen, because they are not only our pet, but a member of the family. Big hugs to you kiddo.

Love Dee

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My story, i'm 23 and [edited]

by Greenleigh in

hey all, .

i was raised as a jw, did what my parents who have been in it since there teens.

got baptized at 15, pretty much my whole only child witness life was spent alone, i never had any close jw friends, because everyone in our congregation were so cliquey.anyways i stopped really attending meetings at age 19, when my best friend got df, i had already gotten privately reproved and i was upset and how they handled things with me, so i just told my mom i wasn't going to be a hyprocrit, and go to meetings and pretend to be happy, and agree with them... anyways long story short, i'm 23 now, and of course i got very depressed in 03, for about 6months, and just went through the mill, to be freaking around witnesses who i knew were fake drove me crazy, when u only ask how i am doing after not attending for months at a time, u are not my friend!.

delilah

Welcome to the board.

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i was born into a violent abusive JW family

by ania in

the abuser was my father, we were all (7 children) abused severely (including our mother) as a child i did not understand what exactly was going on but after many years of councelling and so-forth (my counceller tells me, my case is the most severe she has had in her 12 years as a counceller) i discovered that my father was (is) a sado-masichist.

he got sexual enjoyment from beating us all.

i already knew this to an extent i just never realised there was actually a name for what he got out of it.. after 20 odd years of this abuse, my mother had tried to go through the right channels (the elders, in several congregations we moved to etc) in order to get permission to take her children and live separate to her husband who was a constant threat to our very lives (he was a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic & incrediably unpredictable) she was however told time and again that if she left her husband she and her unbaptised children (under 18) would most certainly lose out on everlasting life.

delilah

Welcome Ania. My heart goes out to you and your family. I too, am speechless. I am so sorry that you endured such horrible things at the hands of this monster. Hopefully he will be put behind bars for life.....and SOON!!!!

Please stay, and heal, and know that you have friends here.

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House of Spiritual Stuff

by Moomin in

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last month, my husband and i went on holiday with my family and stayed in a big house in the norfolk countryside.

the couple who owned the house couldn't afford the upkeep but didn't want to sell.

they made one of the barns habitable for themselves and then rented the house out for holidays.

delilah

LMAO @ Mary...........meep, meep......that would DEFINITELY be my mom....GONE.

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Did anyone just get tired?

by woodmonkey in

during my days as a witness, which was only about 10 years ending circa 1981, most of my memories revolve around how totally exhausted i always felt.

toward the last, i was dragging my family out to the five meetings a week and working fulltime and getting my quota of publisher hours on the little sheet every month, even doing the temporary pioneering bit now and again.

when i had the ministry school, i even worked a four day week to be able to give every talk on the program in case someone did not show up, which frequently happened in our little congregation west of fort worth, tx.

delilah

We were literally burning ourselves, and everyone around us, out. I am just glad I got out when I did.

Woodmonkey, such sad stories. I heard of an elder in my old congregation who suffered a heart attack a few months back, in his late 30's, not from being overweight, but from STRESS. There are FAR too many troubles, and rules and regulations they have to keep up with. Too many meetings and assemblies. Too much "investigating" for trivial things, things that are none of their concern perhaps, and it's keeping the elders away from their families and things that are most important.

I never wanted to marry a witness, let alone a man who aspired to be an elder. Wasn't for me.I wanted my husband all to myself....greedy, aren't I ????

I'm glad you got out when you did also.

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laundromat witnessing to the witnesses!

by colorado5591 in

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i just moved to a pretty nice apartment complex and i'll be damned!

everytime i take the tracts off the bulletin boards in the laundromat, new ones appear within days!

i assume there must be a dub somewhere in my complex trying to count this as "time"

delilah

While I'm waiting for my food, I go into the laundry mat and put stickers on the Wt and Aw. that say "Examples of Cult Propaganda" Quick and easy I'm in and out. I count it as 1hr on my aposta-timeslip.

ROFL.....good one Lisa...you little devil, you!!

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Hello! I'm new here

by exwitless in

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i'm new to posting to this forum.

my husband and i have been reading it for a few months.

we have finally written, sealed, and stamped our da letter, and it's ready to go directly to the post office.

delilah

Welcome to the forum, Exwitless and hubby.....looking forward to getting to know you both. Enjoy!!

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The Best Revenge as a so called "Apostate" is...HAPPINESS

by Lady Liberty in

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good morning all and happy sunday to you and your families..... don't you find that when you are asked by a jw how you are doing, they expect you to say.... horrible, terrible, i am so unhappy..blah blah blah.

witing for that kind of reply so they can say in return,"well if you would only return to jehovah, and his spirit appointed organization you would be happy again.

" you know the drill.

delilah

My parents don't even ask me how my family is anymore, they know how I'll answer. We've never been happier, and they don't understand it. We're supposed to be SOoo miserable, since we left Jehovah, and the opposite is true.