Last time I went to a meeting it was a Friday night meeting. (The elders decided to do Friday nites instead of Thursday night--so it would interfere with school things like football, etc)
Halfway thru the meeting I felt like I was on the outside looking in. I got numb and wondered what the hell I was doing there. It was like I could see myself in the young kids that were there. My daughter was with her dad (nonJW) that weekend. I had this jolt hit me--there was no way I was going to raise my baby like that.
I got up after the ministry school and headed for the parking lot. One of the elders came out right behind me. He said I looked upset. I told him "no, I can finally see things clearly." I left and met my other friends at the bar.My stepdad,MS, and an elder showed up at my door bright and early. My boyfriend (wordly-who had been a secret) answered the door in his shorts and refused to wake me up. Needless to say they were at my door 10 times that day. When they finally caught up to me they asked me if I had something to say for myself. I told them to "get the [edit] out of my life". Mom boohooed for days. I felt like a new person!