my 28y old nephew was dating a 'sister' from another congregation.
he recently bought his own home.
i stopped by there to drop off something.
I used to chaperone my sister and her boyfriend (now husband) all the time. I was 16 at the time, she was 25. I always left them alone, because chaperoning was boring. I would just go into my bedroom to read or watch TV or whatever and leave them in the living room. My sister told me I was the best chaperone ever lol.
When I was dating my ex-husband, my mother let us go out alone quite a bit, which is weird since she's a very strict JW.
were you really not considered a good little witness?
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were you one of the "bad" ones that everyone was cautioned about?.
I was never warned against since I was invisible. Yes, I was a bad little JW, but no one cared enough about to me to delve into my personal life.
more emails making the rounds.. .
the district conventions are right around the corner.
85-90 percent of "all scouting" done is done here.
I was a stalker.
the vocabulary!
the word "truth" literally makes me sick!
let me give you a quick behind the scene.
My sister and mother mention "the truth" often. I have to bite my tongue so hard it bleeds.
i haven't posted on jwd for the past 4 or 5 days until tonight, because i've been busy.
had to spend a few days before the 4th getting ready for the big party, and it turned out really nice.
the weather was cool, and it didn't rain.
It was fantastic! Went to an awesome BBQ, rode my bike a TON and my boyfriend and I started packing up his stuff since he's moving in with me in the next couple of weeks. Yay!
do you look like your jwd profile pic?.
just curious.. that stupid pic of me in a columbia rain jacket is real.
it's 2 yrs.
It's what I looked like a few months ago when the pic was taken. I think I still look the same.
i wasjust really curious to see what the average of everyone's "history" is here, and also how many "higer ups" we have that have abandoned the ways.
so what were you, an elder?
a pioneer?
I was pretty much a nobody. Became a publisher at 14, baptized at 16. Stopped giving talks and going out in FS around 18. Just sat there like a lump for another 7 years before finally saying "F this crap" and taking off for good.
i heard some silly thing and did a little research on it.
turns out, if your spouse committs adultery, you are free to remarry (we all know this one).... .
but, did you know, that according to the watchtower, that if you, even so much as commit fornication (play with their genitals) with your spouse again before the divorce is finalized that you have thus symbolized that you have forgiven them and that you no longer have scriptural grounds to divorce them?
Yes, I knew that. My ex was with someone after we had separated. He and I had gotten back together, therefore I guess I "forgave" at that point, whatever. It doesn't really matter since he ended up going back to that other woman again. Maybe my "forgiveness" was voided then lol.
i was out this weekend with a group of my "worldly" friends.
the majority of them don't know that i'd been a witness in the past, nor did they know that my family still is.. i'm not sure how we got on the subject of religions, but one guy asked, "what's the name of those people who don't have windows in their churches?".
several guesses were thrown out including amish and mennonites but he shook his head.
The KH I attended growing up had windows. A whole row of them along the side of the auditorium. I remember one time the air conditioning wasn't working, so the brothers opened a few windows and the back door to get a breeze in. I spent the entire meeting staring out the windows, wishing I was out there.
just curious .
any symbolism or meaning to your avatar choice?
mine is actually a gif .
Mine is just me.
