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Ok so here is my life story:
Joined the JW at age 10 (coming to this country) I had not seen my mother in about 3 years before...I lived with grandmother who was and still is a Catholic. So of course I went from living a life full of birthday parties, christmas and New Years to...Not living!!! Well I got fed up with it..I hated each passing day. My parents forced me to get babptized, forced pionering, etc etc. I hated it all. I dont think anyone felt as disguested each day more and more than I did. I saw the hipocricy immediately, the prejudice, the hate....I had never felt anything quite like this.
Well I turned 18 and immediately I began having plans to leave. I had worked since I was 14 and had a few dollars saved. At the time I was dating my present husband (behind my parents backs of course how dare do I date a worldy guy?) One day the elders sat me down because they had concerns. Apparently some whistleblower had informed them that they had seen me sing the National Anthem in School. They said that I was going to have my priviledges suspended for a couple of weeks while they re evaluated my case. They asked me if I felt repentance for what I had done and I said " why? I have done nothing wrong" It was for the first time that I had the urge to stand up for myself ( I got sick of all the BS) Of course my mother was"soooo disappinted in me" sniff sniff, my stepfather all he did was scream at me and almost punched me out while my litle brother cried himself to sleep (he is very overprotective of me) So that night after everyone went to sleep I packed my bags and left. I asked my boyfriend to pick me up and I left. I havent come back since.
Now they never disfellowshiped me. They did come by my house a couple of times but my father in law kicked them out one time they came and my father in law had a gun (that was not charged) attached to his belt you have never seen those two elders leave as fast as they did. He simply told them dont you ever step in my property again....I still laugh about it. My in laws were so comforting I found my mother in law to be the mother I never had. She was not opinionated she would listen to me, she like all my friends they gave my husband and I soooo much support ( yes we got married the weekend I left my house)
My mother and I didnt start speaking to each other until six months later..we now have a good relationship and she never brings up the JW crap my stepfather does but not my mom.
SO anyways I was sitting here pondering and I realized on thing... See my brother keeps me informed of all my ex-JW friends (boy did I find out who my REAL friends were) and I was just sitting here laughing my ass off. Ok so here it goes :
It is almost 4 years since I left my home and got married
By the age of 19 (1 year and 3 months after we got married) My hubby and I had bought our first home. I held a good job at a publishing company as a Marketing Assistant and my husband got a job at a Toy licencing business as an office manager. We have increased our salary every year and our goal is to hit the six figure bracket in the next five years.
We are just about to finish with our educations ( we skipped school a whole year in order to work and save moeny for a down payment on our house) My hubby is in the Business management and I am studying Elementary education. We both have decent cars, multiple CD accounts, We are continoulsy saving for the 401K retirement , we go on great vacations every year (leaving in one month on a 7 day cruise), we still dont have any kids we want to wait until we are throurgh with school. Yes we have a great life because we worked HARD and we are good giving people and I believe deep in my heart that God has helped us and has helped me soo much. I have a deep spiritual connection with God that I never had when i was a JW.
Now get this!! All my other four friends: 1 has three kids she is not married, the first one from one guy, the second (twins) from another still lives with her mother does not work and depends on Government for assistance.
The second got married bought an apartment and first got fined by the city for keeping her house so disgustingly filthy (in unsanitary conditions nicely put) Her husband just lost his job for continuously showing up late every day. His excuse " I am pionnering every morning"
THird friend: She has two kids and a husband is 28 years old and are still to this day living with his parents because they still cant come up with a few bucks to live on their own. She is a compulsive buyer and they just had to rent one of those storage places to store all her crap. (ALL six people live in two bedroom house by the way for further refence she happens to be the oldest sister of friend #1 enough said)
And last but not least my beautiful wonderful friend #4. She was 24 married a guy that was 17 and went off to Bethel. He got kicked out for smoking pot. They came back and went to live in Orlando six months later they divorced. Now she is 28 years old, still never finished high school and has no desire to and works part time at McDonalds. But low and behold they are Jehovas Witnesses so they are Still better than me (Step fathers words not mine)
My mother for the first time in her life told me " Thank God you didnt turn out like them" Yes mom Thank God I didnt. Thank you God for letting me out of that terrible terrible cult Thank you for giving me a wonderful life a loving husband, letting me finish my Univeristy, allowing me to have a wonderful family in-law, and friends allowing me to write on this board and above all for never ever allowing me to even think og going back!

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