i am sitting at home on yet another saturday night alone.
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more or less i'm just venting that i'm bored, but if anyone wants to come down here and do something, let me know.
I am sitting at home on yet another Saturday night alone. Yeah I guess I could go out, but it's not really fun going out alone to the same ol' bars seeing the same ol' drunks. There's not much to do around here being in a small southern town. I need to meet some people around here to go out with.
More or less I'm just venting that I'm bored, but if anyone wants to come down here and do something, let me know
lately on here someone got a piecing and my question is did it mean anything to you or was it a thing to do?
i have thought of getting a tattoo but i don't know what to get.
it needs to repersent something of significance in my life.
I got my first tat 3 years ago, and while it's just a small butterfly, I drew it myself, so it's special. My second one will be a tribute to my father (which I also drew myself). I also plan on getting more. And although tattoos are forever as terry said, if I really liked a hairstyle or whatever I would keep it. And tattoos can be a work of art if done correctly. True it is becoming more common place, but you shouldn't be afraid of doing something just because people think it's tacky or don't agree with it. It's not peer preasure unless you have to be talked into it.
My piercings though were done merely for defiance and pleasure reasons.
i just wondered if anyone has been to a church since fading, or getting out?
and how did you feel when you went?
I don't know how I would react if I went to a church, but I think I might give it a try, mainly for fellowship. I don't know very many people in my small town, but since fading I have lost contact with my so called friends. All I have to choose from here is methodist, baptist, church of christ, and an independant church. Since I've never been to any other churches I don't know what they teach or what to expect. But I think a few of you have touched on that for me.
Please keep your stories coming
Katy
after fading away i have decided to try dating in the "world".
i've tried the online thing for awhile and i'm not getting anywhere.
other than bars and clubs, where else can i go or what else can i do to get a date.
I very much appreciate everyone's advice, please keep it coming.
I live in a very small town and it's not easy to meet people to dat here. I have joined a club, but I found out that it's all older women. and as far as speed dating I don't think we have any of that within driving distance.
Btw, if any of you know anyone in north east Alabama or western Georgia, I'm still looking. LOL
i just wondered if anyone has been to a church since fading, or getting out?
and how did you feel when you went?
I just wondered if anyone has been to a church since fading, or getting out? And how did you feel when you went?
after fading away i have decided to try dating in the "world".
i've tried the online thing for awhile and i'm not getting anywhere.
other than bars and clubs, where else can i go or what else can i do to get a date.
After fading away I have decided to try dating in the "world". I've tried the online thing for awhile and I'm not getting anywhere. Other than Bars and clubs, where else can I go or what else can I do to get a date. I'm so very tired of spending my nights at home. HELP!!
i just wanted to see if their were any friends in my area.
i live in a small town near anniston, alabama.
anyone near here?
My mom and I love east TN. Thanx for the post Dave
And thankyou kitty whiskers for letting me know that, I'm sure there are many more lurking about.
I'm very glad to have found people like me and I know that I am not alone.
Maybe if I can get enough posters from around here we can organize some sort of gathering
i just wanted to see if their were any friends in my area.
i live in a small town near anniston, alabama.
anyone near here?
I just wanted to see if their were any friends in my area. I live in a small town near Anniston, Alabama. Anyone near here?
we share myspace all of the time.
what about the instand messangers?.
my aol is blocked to random people because i got tired of getting pro-jw people harassing me.
I have msn. it's kathrynlhardy @ hotmail . com
and I have a myspace too, but I'm not sure what the address is. If you have one just send me an email and I'll add you on
most of old posters have hashed and re-hashed our backgrounds, history, and method of discovering the 'truth about the truth'.. your turn newbies!.
those who are lurking without the benefit of registration - it only takes a minute, and you too can give us your stories!.
those registered lurkers - what holds you back?
Hi everyone. I am mastiffoner's daughter, and while some of my story is the same as her's, I have more to add.
I was 8 when my dad met a JW at work and decided that we needed a religeon. Everything went along fine for me until we got kicked out of our home by a "missionary" mama's boy. During that time (I was 19) I was being counceled for going to a JW party in another state. Even though I hadn't done anything wrong, I was associating with those who had. I also was talking with a brother online and when the PO's wife (who I thought was a friend) told me "You expect me to be happy for you when you met this person in a way that's bed in Jehovah's eyes?". Well this was very discouraging to me, and as it ended up, noone I knew was at the wedding except for my parents. After moving around and being inactive off and on for about 1 1/2 years, we moved back to my home congregation, where he revealed that he had been cheating on me with several people. We had a meeting with the elders where they asked some inappropriate questions and all but accused me of causing the breakup. But they granted me the ability of a divorce and I took it. When it was disclosed to the congregation that my husband had been DF'd and I was getting a divorce, the congregation basically shunned me, and that same sister acually said "I told you so"!
Shortly after this, before my divorce was final, I becam interested in a man at work and we started dating. My father found out about us and gave me an ultimatum, either stop seeing him, or get out. Well I thought "how hipocritical" when he was inactive as well. But I no longer blame him, because he thought he was doing the scriptural thing at the time. I ended up living with that man for around a year before leaving the abusive relationship and reconciling with my dad. I moved back in with my parents in another state, and started going back to meetings about 6 months later. The congregation wasn't at all loving, so I stopped going until I moved again, and found a loving cong. I stayed there for around a year while on reproof for about 3 months of that. When I moved back to my home state with some of my JW friends that I was still in contact with I attended a Spanish cong for awhile. I noticed there the divisions of race. I was the only white sister, no problems there, but the cong was mostly black with about 1/4 mexican. No one ever sat together, it was one race on either side of the hall, and no one ever talked. I moved back in with my mom when my dad died, and no one from any of our former halls bothered to send a card or call. That was also very discouraging. I have not been to a meeting in about 6 months. There are lot of other reasons why I don't go, but those are the major ones. I know that my parents raised me the best they could considering the circumstances, and I do not blame them for anything. I'm just glad that both me and my mom have seen the truth about JW's.
