I've never been one to believe that staying here at JWD for years on end means a person isn't growing or moving on.
For myself, I have met many friends here and I enjoy visiting with them, joking with them, planning meetups, learning from them,helping new ones learn things they never knew about the witnesses and want to escape.
I don't NEED friends here, I choose to have them. I could just e-mail them sure, but I like visiting with them in the setting we have here. It's like sitting in a bar or a social club with all your buddies.
Another reason I stay here is to learn of the latest smut on a destructive cult called the Jehovahs Witnesses as most all of my family is still inside it's walls and I eagerly await news about anything that tells me this cult is falling, slowing down, having legal battles, is being exposed by the media, etc. It makes my day.
Plus, I'm not that crazy about TV
Gumby