My brother in law, who is an elder, gave me some books to read one day. I politely handed them back to him, saying "I already have some good resources. thank you". He seemed disappointed.
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My wife is attending an "Assembly"?
by Shadow1 inmy wife has gone to attend an "assembly" can anyone tell me what goes on at these meetings?.
-"un-believing mate" still very new to all of this.. .
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Thank you all once again.
Horrible life...thanks for your comments. Yes it does sound like you have had a similar experience as my wife. She was baptised at the age of 14, and stopped going to meetings and such about 5yrs ago. She is 50 now. She had been divorced for about 1 1/2 yrs when we met. Dated for about a year or so, and now have been married for just over a year. I am 54, and was widowed about 7 yrs ago.
I knew she had been a witness, but we didn't discuss it much. Her entire family are witnesses. She has a couple of brothers in law that are elders. Her father (now deceased) was a pioneer of some sort, and very active in his congregation.She had told me she just didn't have the same beliefs anymore. I had not even met any of her family until we were well into our relationship. I was cool with that, and didn't pay much attention to it again. I am not religious in any way. I have no belief in God at all. When she had told me she would like to start attending meetings again, I didn't put much thought into it really. Who am I to stand in her way? But now I find myself completely surrounded by witnesses! Now, for the most part, they tend to leave me alone when it comes to trying to convert me. I have told them flat out that I would never become a witness, and so far, this has kept them at bay. I'm sure they are just waiting for that opportune moment though, to strike!
I started doing some reading online awhile back, just to maybe prepare myself for the future. That is what lead me to JWD. I told my wife I had started to do some research, and she seemed to be quite defensive. She said she was pleased that I was taking an interest in things, but I should be careful, and not be gathering the "wrong" kind of information! I told her that I would just like to learn more about the "Organization" she belongs to. She seemed a bit worried. She has gone off to attend day two of a curcuit assembly this morning. That's pretty much where I'm at right now.
Thanks again for the comments.
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Thanks jgnat...I'll be sure to check out that link
Yes my wife is baptised, many years ago. She has just recently returned to the Org. after being away from it for a few years.
I would never attempt to stop her from attending any meetings. This is her choice. However, I don't think I could ever bring myself to attend. Just not my gig.
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Yeah...she has made it a point to tell me how happy the people in her congregation are to have her back within the Org. All of a sudden she has a LOT more friends. We've had MANY an invitation to dinner!
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What to expect of the upcoming Memorial?
by Shadow1 incan anyone tell me what to expect of the upcoming "memorial"?
i know it is on march 22nd, but what will actually take place?
is this something that my wife will be away at, all day again?
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Thank you all...
-Aude-...no, I'll not be attending with my wife. As she would have nothing to do with my celebrating Christmas with my family, -she is on her own for this event. I really can't see myself ever attending anything in regards to this Organization.
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Thanks Homerovah
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What to expect of the upcoming Memorial?
by Shadow1 incan anyone tell me what to expect of the upcoming "memorial"?
i know it is on march 22nd, but what will actually take place?
is this something that my wife will be away at, all day again?
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Can anyone tell me what to expect of the upcoming "Memorial"? I know it is on March 22nd, but what will actually take place? Is this something that my wife will be away at, all day again? Or is it basically just getting together with family for dinner and such? Should I just plan on doing my "own thing" for the day?
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My wife is attending an "Assembly"?
by Shadow1 inmy wife has gone to attend an "assembly" can anyone tell me what goes on at these meetings?.
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The assembly is an intensive programming session. She will come back a different person, when that happens, come back and tell us what is happening and we may be able to help you sort it out.
If she is going back it can be a combination of guilt and wanting the acceptance she had when she was younger. They won't really give it to her because she is married to you, an "unbeliever".
The best thing you can do is make sure you are a great place for her to be, and maybe keep any friends you have close so she feels like she isn't alone.
This is going to be hard on you, do a lot of reading and ask questions.
Good luck!
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I know things will change WLG...I just hope she does't change too much. I'm not really sure how far I'm prepared to go with this. Certainly don't want to see this becoming a "dealbreaker", as far as my marriage is concerned.
Thanks for the input.
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FreeWilly....Wife became part of the Org. when she was 14 yrs of age. apparently dropped out about 5 or 6 years ago (before we met). We have been married for just over one year, and she returned to the Org about 3 months ago.
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My wife is attending an "Assembly"?
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Ok...so basically, just a big waste of one's time!