parents became jws 1953. i grew up under the old congregation regime, congregation overseer, assistant overseer and theocratic ministry school overseer, along with assorted ms. father df 1956 reinstated 1962. i was baptized ?63.
in 1972 was being groomed for ms position in new kh until i married a girl who was?gasp!!!
?only an ?interested person?, that is to say she was ?just studying?, divorced too (another gasp!!
Perhaps the "brother" took it on himself to retrive the literture, or someone advised him. Sometimes a JW will do something based on what they think they know or how they understand the WT literture.
I remember being reprimanded once by a "pioneer sister" for wearing a jacket that had an eagle stamped on the buttons. Now that was funny.
ok quick recap of events leading to this.
my dtr married young to prominent family in wtbs...had dtr...dtr now 14 years old....my dtr left hubby and wtbs about 10 yrs ago....she is doing very well in life...... she told me today her 14 years old dtr has not heard from her father (x-hubby) for over a month....why i ask???
?because she does not want to become a jw...............he now basically has very little , if anything, to do with her due to this.
"Yes, and does that make it RIGHT!!!"
Not in my book. Your kids need to know your there for them.
"good parenthood is rare!"
True.
parents became jws 1953. i grew up under the old congregation regime, congregation overseer, assistant overseer and theocratic ministry school overseer, along with assorted ms. father df 1956 reinstated 1962. i was baptized ?63.
in 1972 was being groomed for ms position in new kh until i married a girl who was?gasp!!!
?only an ?interested person?, that is to say she was ?just studying?, divorced too (another gasp!!
I didn't give up one page. In fact I have dad's old Aid to Bile Understanding, as well as the next generation replacment.
Saddly when my mother died all of the WT literature she had was lost. There were bound volumes back to the early 50s and some of Russell and Rutherford's books my grandmother had.
ok quick recap of events leading to this.
my dtr married young to prominent family in wtbs...had dtr...dtr now 14 years old....my dtr left hubby and wtbs about 10 yrs ago....she is doing very well in life...... she told me today her 14 years old dtr has not heard from her father (x-hubby) for over a month....why i ask???
?because she does not want to become a jw...............he now basically has very little , if anything, to do with her due to this.
It never changes. What's sad here is the dad probably belives what he's doing is out of love.
Gag..I need a trash can.
i?m sitting here wondering what to make for dinner, and began to think of all of the great old family recipes that i will not be able to enjoy due to disfellowshipping.
i actually had one ?relative?
ask for the old fashioned "potato cake" recipe back.
"a-pasta-sy"
Now that's funny!!
parents became jws 1953. i grew up under the old congregation regime, congregation overseer, assistant overseer and theocratic ministry school overseer, along with assorted ms. father df 1956 reinstated 1962. i was baptized ?63.
in 1972 was being groomed for ms position in new kh until i married a girl who was?gasp!!!
?only an ?interested person?, that is to say she was ?just studying?, divorced too (another gasp!!
Thanks everyone for the welcome. I do have a question and will post it here instead of opening a new thread.
As I mentioned my father went back to the WTS and passed away a staunch JW. At first we remained close. In ?95 I finally sent a DA letter and was DF after two brothers were sent to find out if I was serious, about the letter, they didn?t call or send a letter, Dad?s the one who told me. Being Df didn?t bother me in the lest, of course our relationship changed, which made me sad.
Now here?s the thing, my dad and stepmother (non JW) had divorced and he went into the full time ministry. He bought a travel trailer and moved around some, going were the need was great, until his health got bad. When he died I inherited his estate, such as it was. His door-to-door buddy came around and wanted me to ?return? all of the WT literature my dad possessed, even his NWT with his name stamped on the cover and full of his personal notes. I refused which the ?brother? didn?t take well. He then approached my non-JW aunt and insisted she ?recover? the books and such, even asking her to get his book bag. He hit me up again after the funeral service. By then I?d had enough and wasn?t kind.
Now the question: Is this something new, that is post ?74? I think about it from time to time and wonder, did this fellow have a problem or did it come from the KH/WTS? I never saw, or heard of anything like that being done when I was in.
this has always troubled me:.
i was studying to be babtized although i was raised around the "truth" i still had to have an official study.
so i was taught that i had to go to jehovah in prayer stating my desire to be dedicated and babtized.
At the time I felt good, even lightheaded. The void came years later when I saw the "truth" for what it was.
i know its an old thread, but its fun and educational.. i had many, but the one that come to mind the most is.
the orgy!!!.
it was southern calif. about 1969. i was 20 years old.
I threw up in a large flower pot once. My mother almost fainted. She did place the mags though.
parents became jws 1953. i grew up under the old congregation regime, congregation overseer, assistant overseer and theocratic ministry school overseer, along with assorted ms. father df 1956 reinstated 1962. i was baptized ?63.
in 1972 was being groomed for ms position in new kh until i married a girl who was?gasp!!!
?only an ?interested person?, that is to say she was ?just studying?, divorced too (another gasp!!
Thanks.I browsed around for a couple of weeks. Liked it.
parents became jws 1953. i grew up under the old congregation regime, congregation overseer, assistant overseer and theocratic ministry school overseer, along with assorted ms. father df 1956 reinstated 1962. i was baptized ?63.
in 1972 was being groomed for ms position in new kh until i married a girl who was?gasp!!!
?only an ?interested person?, that is to say she was ?just studying?, divorced too (another gasp!!
Parents became JWs 1953. I grew up under the old congregation regime, Congregation Overseer, Assistant Overseer and Theocratic Ministry School Overseer, along with assorted MS. Father DF 1956 reinstated 1962. I was baptized ?63. In 1972 was being groomed for MS position in new KH until I married a girl who was?gasp!!!?only an ?interested person?, that is to say she was ?just studying?, divorced too (another gasp!!) and smoked (gasp!, one more time). The road has been long and rocky but were still together. Parents divorced 1973, mother DF same year for ?smoking?, mother died in ?83. My dad remarried (non JW) and was ?inactive?(an old JW term) until he, God knows why, went back in ?93. He died in 2000 a staunch JW.
I left in early ?74 after the turmoil of the previous year. Wish I could say I never looked back, which would be untrue. It took a long time to get the WTBTS out of my system. I could of course go on and on, but I don?t think my experiences, as a JW, or the aftermath, are all that different from what others have gone through. Weather you?re a current JW, living in hell on earth, agonizing over what to do, or an ex Watchtower slave, making a life for yourself, we all have made the same journey, one way or the other.
That?s about it. Glad to be here. Hope to be of help.
