Hey there! Little Drummer Boy and I met Joy tonight and bought her book "The Truth Book". We were there towards the end of it. From the sounds of it, there wasn't a huge turnout. Joy says Hello to all of you, and seemed touched when I told her how highly recommended her book was from some of you at JWD. She seemed very sweet and not at all bitter or angry about her bad experiences as a Witness. Can't wait to read the book.
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Just got back from Joy Castro's book signing
by exwitless inhey there!
little drummer boy and i met joy tonight and bought her book "the truth book".
we were there towards the end of it.
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Who celebrates Halloween?
by love2Bworldly ini know a lot of christians, not just jws, don't feel comfortable celebrating halloween.
for me, it's just an excuse to have fun.
are there a lot of you out there who have fun on halloween?
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Hartstrings-I think we just have to be selective about where we take our young kids for Halloween. In our town, they sponsor trick or treating inside the mall for younger kids. It's safe and well-lit. While there may be some gory costumes, most younger kids like to wear more traditional ones like a cowboy or princess.
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Who celebrates Halloween?
by love2Bworldly ini know a lot of christians, not just jws, don't feel comfortable celebrating halloween.
for me, it's just an excuse to have fun.
are there a lot of you out there who have fun on halloween?
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My 8 year old wants to. We (Little Drummer Boy and I) just DA'd ourselves this week. Our son wants to be a Vampire. I figure why not let him have fun with it before he gets too old for it? By the way, just between me and the thousands of you, we secretly had an Easter Egg hunt this past Easter at my Mom's house. We were still JWs then, though inactive. Our son had a blast. We're trying to make up for the first 8 years of his life not doing any holiday activities.
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Our first weekend as official ex-JWs
by exwitless intomorrow, my husband and i will be attending joy castro's book signing.
sunday, our 8 year old son gets to attend a birthday party for the first time (his cousin's).
i'm so glad we got out before our son got much older.
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Thanks Sparkplug. I sort of did our own inro thread several days ago. It's called "Hello, I'm new here". Yep, Little Drummer Boy is my hubby. We came to our decision to leave together. And thanks to everyone else for their well-wishing. Off to Joy's book signing in a couple of hours!
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Aftermath of DA letter-what to expect?
by exwitless ini already posted this question in the middle of my previous topic, but i think i buried my question there.
i would like to hear some more experiences from those who da'd themselves regarding the immediate "aftermath" (specifically with the elders).
neither my husband nor i have any jw family.
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It's kinda sad-there are only 3 people who I can really say I'll miss. Two are a husband (and P.O.) and wife. They are genuinely kind and caring people, and I believe they would be regardless of whether they are JWs or not. The other is a woman in her 60s who is also a genuinely kind and appreciative person. In fact, she was the only person we wrote a separate letter to (along with a copy of our DA letter to the elders). We told her we would miss her and we are not choosing to end our friendship with her, but we will respect her decision to avoid us in keeping with what "good" JWs are expected to do.
When we began missing a lot of meetings years ago, we realized that our "friendships" were based solely upon how active we were in the congregation. When we were first baptized, we were invited to EVERY get-together and we really felt we had found a nice group of friends. When we began to miss meetings and service, the invitations came to an abrupt end. Since we ended our "worldly" friendships before baptism and were not considered "good associations" with JWs because of missing meetings, we realized we really had NO friends at all! How sad. However, we have good supportive families (none are JWs) and I have friends at work. It is really going to take some time to rebuild our social network. This forum has been helpful. Who better to talk to than those who have "been there"?
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Our first weekend as official ex-JWs
by exwitless intomorrow, my husband and i will be attending joy castro's book signing.
sunday, our 8 year old son gets to attend a birthday party for the first time (his cousin's).
i'm so glad we got out before our son got much older.
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Tomorrow, my husband and I will be attending Joy Castro's book signing. Sunday, our 8 year old son gets to attend a birthday party for the first time (his cousin's). I'm so glad we got out before our son got much older. By the way, the elders should have gotten our DA letter 2 days ago. I was expecting a call-but nothing! Just makes me wonder what they're planning. I refuse to let them ruin our weekend.
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Help! Suggestions on what to say to a Niece who is Studying...
by BabaYaga ini have been trying to prepare myself for an upcoming visit with a beloved neice who is studying.
the situation is this: my beloved nephew, her husband (he is like a son to me) was baptized and "faded" many years ago.
unfortunately, he has always vassilated on the subject of whether the jw's have "the (t)ruth".
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Take them a brand new copy of Crisis of Conscience as a gift and urge them to read it cover-to-cover before deciding to completely hand themselves over to JWs. After all, once they commit, they won't be "allowed" to read things like that, so they should take the opportunity while they still can.
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How many of you are still "active Witnesses"?
by exwitless ini'm curious about some of you who post here and say that you attend jw meetings regularly.
what motivates you to post here, and does anyone in your congregation have any clue you're doing that?
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I'm curious about some of you who post here and say that you attend JW meetings regularly. What motivates you to post here, and does anyone in your congregation have any clue you're doing that?
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What song do you listen to... to brighten up your day?
by daystar inbrighter than sunshineby aqualungi never understood before .
i never knew what love was for .
my heart was broke, my head was sore .
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Any song by Josh Groban.
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C.O. is in town, the harassment begins...
by PeachRose ini haven't been to meetings in a long time (trying to fade).
ever so often i do run into a witness or 2 who are friendly, but reserved (after all i am considered in active).
anyway, my hubby & i are currently working on a letter to send to the society that will more then likely get us df'd or disassociated (same thing i guess).
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Don't answer the phone, and don't answer the door. Just because someone calls or knocks does not obligate you to answer. If you talk to them, you send the message that it's OK for them to drop by or call any old time and invite themselves over. My husband and I have been playing that game for awhile now. They still often show up and call, but I don't give them the power to impose themselves on me, my time, or my home.