Hi there, so glad you've found us...your story is so sweet, poignant.
Welcome, settle in, it's a lovely forum for people just like you, and us.
Paisley
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OutKasted ;-P
by SpaWn of MeDusa inhello in there ;-p. wow wow wow.... i never knew such a place existed.... unfortunatly i don't have a lot of time to type right now & believe me i'd need days, perhaps even weeks & i'd probably still feel like i wasn't done.... in short... my name is jodie, i'm from australia, i'm about to turn 32 & i am a jehovah's witness outkast... i wasn't kicked out, i left of my own accord when my parents divorced & i was about 14... my father, my younger brother & me - the 3 black sheep !!
my father was disfellowshipped, he was an elder who also happened to have bi polar... the day ( or technically night ) my father was disfellowshipped was the saddest time of my life - it was more like a death or a funeral, something tragic... when my parents divorced i went to live with dad, i was always closer to my father plus when he left he had nothing... he lived on the river bank in the middle of winter for 6 weeks in a tent ( while his good christian jehovah's witness father & sister slept warm in their beds in the same town... ) dad bought a little caravan & he & i lived in it, eventually he bought some land & built a house & my younger brother joined us.... anyway to cut it all short... i've suffered badly from depression - so badly it's almost killed me & my brother also... the crux of our depression is our mother, our sister's, our grandfather, our aunt's & all of our relatives are jehovah's witnesses - most of them live in the same town as us altho they may as well live on the other side of the world.... you know, sitting here thinking about it all - it all makes perfect sense... how can families be torn apart like this, how do they not realise it is wrong & sad & wicked ??.
i've spent more than half my life trying to have any sort of relationship with the rest of my family.... anyway i have to get going.... hasta la vista .
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How Far Up The "Ranks" Did You Go In The Organization?
by minimus inat age 18, i was a regular pioneer.
at 20, a ministerial servant.
at 24 an elder.
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Paisley
new boy
left at 52...........................What difference does it make
ITs like how I up in the Nazis Party did you get............"Oh I got to put the guys in the ovens"
Great point, the "lower" someone stayed in the organization, the less harm they generally had a chance to do to others while in, right?
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How Far Up The "Ranks" Did You Go In The Organization?
by minimus inat age 18, i was a regular pioneer.
at 20, a ministerial servant.
at 24 an elder.
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Paisley
Welcome and congratulations, ImFreeNow! How wonderful you were able to see through it, after all that service.
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My Bethel Experience Part 10
by new boy inthere were guys at bethel, who had great jobs........like don brouex.....he was the receptionist at the 124 desk....checking in and "checking out" ......all the bethel tours and "hot" sisters......on there way through the "home tour"............that my friend, is not a real bethel job.. there were guys at bethel, that had great congergations with maybe only 2-4 bethelities in their halls.
one hall, midtown had over 80 bethelites there.............. 3 old ladies 4 kids and a dog.
odds of getting a home cook meal on sunday 0%.
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Paisley
New boy I do enjoy these posts of yours very much. I am a bit surprised you were at Bethel at all...but maybe I just need to go back and reread your original post on the topic for the reasons you went there.
I'll do that!
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Starting my story...very long
by Synergy in[the watchtower, july 15, 1961 issue, page 420: .
[the watchtower, july 1, 1963 issue, page 413: .
[the watchtower, july 15, 1974 issue, page 442: .
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Paisley
tears of joy are saved for the last. There is a wonderful ending and that's the part I want everyone to take from this.
Renee aka Synergy
Excellent news! Can't wait to hear it.
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Who knows us best? Spouses? Adult children? Friends?
by Paisley ini'm wondering about this lately.
i've always assumed that spouses know us better than anyone else.
but when i really think about that statement, what i personally mean is wives know their husbands better than anyone else knows them; but not necessarily the reverse.. i've also felt that our adult children know us pretty well, especially same-gender children.
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mama
Definitely not my spouse. He just does not get me at all. I would have to say my Mom knows me best for sure. My best friend used to be my #1 gal, but we have such different lifestyles know, that she doesn;t get me like she used to. I think I know my Mom best. She may have a different opinion, but I know otherwise. I can read her like an open book!
Sounds like a reciprocal understanding there, between you and your mother, mama. So nice to be in sync.
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Who knows us best? Spouses? Adult children? Friends?
by Paisley ini'm wondering about this lately.
i've always assumed that spouses know us better than anyone else.
but when i really think about that statement, what i personally mean is wives know their husbands better than anyone else knows them; but not necessarily the reverse.. i've also felt that our adult children know us pretty well, especially same-gender children.
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Frannie
Depends on the spouse, whether self-centered or sensitive to others' feelings and thoughts.
Bingo! Sometimes I think we may be so concerned about how our mate's behavior affects us, that we forget completely that the more important thing is, why do they feel the way they do?? If we would get to the bottom of that, understand that, their behavior toward us just might change for the better.
My experience, anyway.
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Who knows us best? Spouses? Adult children? Friends?
by Paisley ini'm wondering about this lately.
i've always assumed that spouses know us better than anyone else.
but when i really think about that statement, what i personally mean is wives know their husbands better than anyone else knows them; but not necessarily the reverse.. i've also felt that our adult children know us pretty well, especially same-gender children.
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Paisley
I remember soon after my mother died my oldest cousin informed me that I "never knew the real ("Peggy")", that none of us children knew her like her own sister and her nieces (my cousins) knew her.
Well that might even be true, but who would say it?? So insensitive, especially while you're mourning her loss.
Family! Huh? Lol.
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Who knows us best? Spouses? Adult children? Friends?
by Paisley ini'm wondering about this lately.
i've always assumed that spouses know us better than anyone else.
but when i really think about that statement, what i personally mean is wives know their husbands better than anyone else knows them; but not necessarily the reverse.. i've also felt that our adult children know us pretty well, especially same-gender children.
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Finally Free
My parents knew me for my whole life. So did my sisters. My ex wife knew me for over 20 years. While they may know more facts about my personal history than most people, none of them really ever understood me - who I am, how and why I think and feel the way I do about things. The person who knows me best is a friend I met on this board a few years ago.
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A little sad, makes sense though...sounds like you had a natural connection with the person you met online. I'm glad you met him/her - better late than never!! Right?
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Who knows us best? Spouses? Adult children? Friends?
by Paisley ini'm wondering about this lately.
i've always assumed that spouses know us better than anyone else.
but when i really think about that statement, what i personally mean is wives know their husbands better than anyone else knows them; but not necessarily the reverse.. i've also felt that our adult children know us pretty well, especially same-gender children.
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Unc
For me that would my dog.
<grin>No kidding, right? So true (that it would be whoever we trust the most...)