Aiesha Harley

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  Hi from Perth, Western Australia

  by Jon Evans in

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  hi - looks like an interesting place!.

  i was in the jw's till about 1999 in perth.

  i sort of thought the advice "never complain and never explain" was appropriate, so i just stopped going to the kh!

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  Aiesha Harley

  Oh to be in the baking sun with a nice tall drink.......oh well, soon be summer here, I wish.
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  Hi from Perth, Western Australia

  by Jon Evans in

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  hi - looks like an interesting place!.

  i was in the jw's till about 1999 in perth.

  i sort of thought the advice "never complain and never explain" was appropriate, so i just stopped going to the kh!

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  Aiesha Harley

  mmm, well it snows in the North of England and I think they've got some in Wales and obviously Scotland but us Southerners get about a millimetre of snow a year if we're lucky, that happened on Boxing Day (I think). We're kind of inbetweeny down here - lots of rain though which is great for the garden, and ducks.
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  Hi from Perth, Western Australia

  by Jon Evans in

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  2. friends

  hi - looks like an interesting place!.

  i was in the jw's till about 1999 in perth.

  i sort of thought the advice "never complain and never explain" was appropriate, so i just stopped going to the kh!

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  Aiesha Harley

  Hi there

  Still a Newbie here myself but it's great !

  Haven't been to Australia but i'll bet it's flipping well warmer over there than it is here !
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  Toasting AuldSoul

  by jst2laws in

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  about two minutes ago the announcement was made that auldsoul was "no longer one of jehovah's witnesses".

  he and jst2laws one minute ago toasted to celebrate.

  please join us.

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  Aiesha Harley

  Congratulations Auldsoul. At least you'll get some peace from 'those who can no longer associate with you or talk to you'.

  Enjoy your freedom - my brother and sister are disfellowshipped and although tough going for them for a while they love their lives and haven't looked back !
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  Here's a question.....

  by Low-Key Lysmith in

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  ......for those of you who have family that still speaks to you on occasion, does it seem that they are always trying to update you on goings-on in the congregation?

  my grandma, every time she calls (which isn't often), likes to say "brother or sister so-and-so were asking about you the other day".

  or "brother so-and-so got disfellowshipped".

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  Aiesha Harley

  Yeah I had the whole dishing the gossip in the hope i'll be so interested i'll start going back to meetings again bit too.

  The thing that always made me laugh about my mum, bless her still going and giving the gossip though not to such an extent these days, was that when i was going and we attended the memorial she always used to start slating those who weren't exactly actively attending and sometimes on came for the memorial - she'd say that once a year was not enough to be saved blah blah blah. Then as soon as i left she started pleading with me to just attend the memorial, one little meeting - she stopped asking me after i turned round to her and recited what she used to say about people only going of the memorial.

  JW's, don't you just love the hypocracy??!
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  Why do churches still make me panic ?

  by Aiesha Harley in

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  i'm really glad i've found this site a week ago.

  reading some of the stories and comments on here has really helped.

  there are so many out there who's lives have been ruined by the so-called truth.. i was brought up in the truth as an elders daughter, youngest of 5, a brother and sister had been disfellowshiped, other brother had left as a teenager and my other sister is still sitting on the fence aged 40 going on 15, if she'd made a decision instead of sitting on the fence i'm convinced she wouldn't be the alcoholic mess she is today!

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  Aiesha Harley

  Thanks Dave

  I'll have a look at the site you suggested. Starting to get a little sleepy (it's 00.48 here) so forgive me if i don't respond straight away.

  By the way, thanks for the help and advice.
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  I got a delivery today from Commentary Press.....

  by troubled mind in

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  i'm so excited , i'm almost giddy .

  wow ,ray has a lot to say, these books are thick !

  which one should i start with or does it matter ?

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  Aiesha Harley

  I ordered my copy of Crisis of Conscience yesterday - it'll be here in 3 weeks - can't wait.
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  Why do churches still make me panic ?

  by Aiesha Harley in

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  i'm really glad i've found this site a week ago.

  reading some of the stories and comments on here has really helped.

  there are so many out there who's lives have been ruined by the so-called truth.. i was brought up in the truth as an elders daughter, youngest of 5, a brother and sister had been disfellowshiped, other brother had left as a teenager and my other sister is still sitting on the fence aged 40 going on 15, if she'd made a decision instead of sitting on the fence i'm convinced she wouldn't be the alcoholic mess she is today!

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  Aiesha Harley

  Thanks seven006.
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  I just want to share this

  by fullofdoubtnow in

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  this is a poem dedpoet wrote for me, he gave it to me a few minutes ago, and i think it is so lovely i just have to post it (he doesn't mind).

  i hope you like it, i know i will treasure it for the rest of my life.

  for linda.

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  Aiesha Harley

  Getting stood up or given the silent treatment is humiliating enough, let alone on a really good party night.

  If he's still a boyfriend he definitely doesn't deserve you ! Bastards !

  Unless he's got a really really really good excuse, find yourself someone who really cares about you - a decent man would never not call or show up !
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  If You Had Internet Access Years Ago----Would You Have Gotten Out Sooner?

  by minimus in

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  i don't know if i could've 15 years ago because of having nowhere else to go, but now i know i couldn't stay.

  what about you??

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  Aiesha Harley

  I only had the guts to Google on Jehovah's Witnesses a couple of weeks ago. I'd been told there were books written by ex-witnesses in the past but didn't feel ready to start delving into them - guess I was afraid of what i'd find out and that it would bring all the bad memories back again.

  I'd left the godsquad fourteen years ago on Boxing Day just gone, fortunately one of my friends took me under her wing and even though i was still living at home for the following two years she was my rock. That said, if i'd been able to talk to you guys back then i would have done it sooner and have had the ammunition and strength to keep them at bay instead of having my parents send people up to my room to try and reel me back in !