Hi, It's a wedgie here too.
I was only a witness for a few months but I noticed how very quickly I became so down-hearted. People were always assuming things about me (not just me, others too) and most of the time they couldn't be further from the truth. It really got me down and I tried to ignore it but it didn't work.
Just little things like assuming I forgot to hand in my report before I went on holiday. I had handed it into the elder before I went. While I was away the elder's wife was on fs with another lady and they had a conversation about how I probably forgot so while I was in Centerparcs with my unbelieving husband, I suddenly got bombarded with loads of text messages telling me how I forgot to hand it in and to tell her how many hours I've done. I was so annoyed, she later sent another message saying not to worry as her husband had informed her that I HAD remembered. No apology or anything or hope your having a nice holiday. My suspicions were raised and I felt like it was a sign of things to come. Which it was.
Plus the intense interest in my husband and trying to get him to the meeting or round someones house for dinner was far too hassling for me to deal with. I did ask one person to stop asking me in the end but he ignored me.
I was really looking forward to learning about the Bible but there were too many times when I came home and realised I had learned nothing and couldn't even remember what the talk was about.
Since then I've been reading the Bible myself and put faith in my own mind rather than someone else's and have found that I've learnt a whole lot more.
These off-putting incidences and much more came within a period of 10 months and then after I left I started researching.
Sorry for the rant :(
