I could totally see this happening...
My problem is, I was born like a 1960's flower child but in a strict, religious family...
I'm forever f*cked up....
i hear of these stories of elders swapping wives, i remember when i was young hearing of three elders in florida doing this and getting dfed.
my question is this how is it possible to bring this up in conversation?
it seems impossible, how can there be multi elders that know each other willing and the wives?
I could totally see this happening...
My problem is, I was born like a 1960's flower child but in a strict, religious family...
I'm forever f*cked up....
i was a member of this community a long time ago and have lurked for years.
well, i am back and still thoroughly conflicted, with my heart/loyalties as divided as ever.
please welcome me back, hear me out, and make me feel as welcomed as before.. the wtbts has changed so very much in recent years that i feel trapped in a completely different religion altogether.
My basic story is that I, being a multigenerational JW, cannot emotionally handle losing my loved ones if I walk out on this religion. So, I am making the best out of this incarceration. I can honestly say that in the congregations I am not alone so we of like minds keep each other company while enduring the misery of the Organization.
My heart goes out to you completely. I understand the feeling so 100%....
You have 100% right to be happy. And you get to decide what those terms are. I will not judge you. It is a very difficult position to be in and you love people that are in.
The great thing about being out, is, you get to decice what will make you happy as a person...
I lost some family members because of being outted and the devastation is impossible sometimes.
You need to do what will make you happy. Period... I am happy that you have learned to think outside of the cult and maintain some sort of balance. I applaud and support you completely....
a special message to her daughter, ann marie if you are watching this site.
your mother is eighty-eight now and her memory is going fast.
please call her, ann marie.
We always affectionately called her the forum granny.
She was.... You are right on your other points too. I feel sad that this topic hasn't received more responses, because she was there for SOOOOOOO many people.... Maybe there aren't a lot of people on here that are old timers, idk.... I just wish she could feel how much of an impact she's had on people.....
I keep thinking maybe someone will read her these responses.... I wish more people would reply.... She's helped so many....
out at the mall with mrs. otwo, she sees a shirt on the rack that was marked down from $25 to just $4.
she holds it up and says, "should i buy this as a workout shirt?".
i tell her "no, because as soon as you figure out what it means, you won't wear it anymore.
My thoughts are that it would be hilarious to see her face if a JW says anything... 😂😂😂😂
Whats great is that she will probably defend herself too... Wonder how she'd react...
i stole this from a webpage and altered it to fit my thoughts.
(https://www.yahoo.com/makers/the-age-when-you-should-1339034007961654/photo-age-3-sucking-your-thumb-1452582698549.html).
it's time to stop doing that-.
a special message to her daughter, ann marie if you are watching this site.
your mother is eighty-eight now and her memory is going fast.
please call her, ann marie.
a special message to her daughter, ann marie if you are watching this site.
your mother is eighty-eight now and her memory is going fast.
please call her, ann marie.
a special message to her daughter, ann marie if you are watching this site.
your mother is eighty-eight now and her memory is going fast.
please call her, ann marie.
CC - That sounds so familiar... I'll have to look but if you happen to find it could you bump it?
a special message to her daughter, ann marie if you are watching this site.
your mother is eighty-eight now and her memory is going fast.
please call her, ann marie.
dear newbies and others somehow unaquainted with our resident grandma,.
"...the watchtower is determined to doggedly hang on to the lie that the time of the end commenced in 1914. there is no other explanation for the watchtower's persistent and seeming incurable interpretive schizophrenia.
" [cc: emphasis] -------(e-watchman.com/essays/dawn_new_world_order.html --- sorry, it's not clickable[?]).