Hey, Freedom Frog I have just gotten to the anger stage of a divorce. I don't like this place & plan to move on as quickly as possible. It is kinda empowering for a woman but it is making my soon to be ex hate me, since that seems to be where I am now. I am trying to move out of the house we both own, he is buying me out. I will be able to get another one for the price of the buy out. Problem of finding a new one out of town. I don't want to live near him at all. His mid-life crisis finding out he wants to be free after so many years together has just made me nuts. Maybe all of us women out there can go through the same thing & turn around to these jerks & say kiss off!!! Anyway, I really do want to move on from here. But it just isn't right someone can tell you they love you & will be there for you but they don't want to be married to you anymore. That's my two cents, I'll not say anything else right now. I appreciate your comments & would love to find out a clue about moving on from here. Thanks.
Bubblie
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Loss of family, beliefs, life, divorced? Learn to feel, then move on.
by FreedomFrog inwhat i was forgetting to do was learning to feel each emotion and sorting them out so i can then move on to the next phase of the healing process.
i was suppressing them which only caused me to be "trapped" with that one feeling.. recently, i have understood what i was being taught in college.
i have found a sense of peace inside that i have not had for a very long time.
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Have you Made Closer Friends on JWD than you had as a Witness ?
by flipper injust a question i thought i'd put out there.
interested in your comments.
my wife and i are going to the airport this afternoon to pick up mincan, later on thursday to pick up jk , for the tahoe apostafest .
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Bubblie
There are lots of people on JWD that you can meet at the Apostafests. I encourage all to go when you can. Meeting the faces behind the names is so much fun. Bumble Bee nice pic! I don't know how to do a pic yet. I will find out how to do this soon. The friends from the board are way better than the witnesses who only will like you if you attend & shun you when you leave. Such an ugly thing to do!! My new friends here would never do that! I love this board.
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Bubblie
It is really scary when you are first out. You feel so exposed. So many of us have gone through this, or are going through it now, so we can just about all identify with your situation. You will find comfort here. Each one of us take different spiritual paths. Look around at the world, then decide. How did you become a witness? The people in the world are not evil. Welcome to the board. I am also a new poster here but have been reading on here since 2005 or so. Comment when you have time. Enjoy the varied responses.
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My grieving process
by OnTheWayOut inperhaps my personal thoughts will help someone else.. even if they don't, they help me to write them.
feel free to .
in my life treated me like it was wrong of me to examine my core beliefs and .
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Bubblie
How long does the grieving process last? I am still sad over the lost years & so called friendships that disappeared after leaving. How long have you been OTWO anyway?
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Newbies - How are you Benefiting from the Supportive Discussion on JWD ?
by flipper inso - i thought i'd put this question out there for the newbies here.
how are you benefiting from the supportive discussion you are partaking in here on jwd ?
do you see a different sense of freedom of speech which you can partake in - as opposed to being under " information control " as a jehovah's witness and only being allowed to talk about subjects that are previously arranged for you to discuss ?
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Hello Mr & Mrs Flipper. I have been a lurker on here for a few years. I am just now posting. I am thinking of relocating to a Southern town in Georgia. Wonder if there many ex dubs nearby? This is the Bible belt area so I am not sure about how I would fit in, since my interest in religion isn't that keen. I love the board. Wish it wasn't so big. Sometimes, I just get worn out trying to look at all the topics so I keep it down to Active topics. Support is good. Thanks for asking.
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Anyone who joined here in the last 6 months post here
by WT=watchtrouble ini thought it would be interesting to see just how many people have climbed aboard jwd within the last 6 months.
it will give us an indication on how many people are actually coming away from the borg.. i may not be replying all the time but will pop in every day of so.. lets keep this thread going and use it to welcome new ones.
may i be the first to say welcome.
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Bubblie
Been lurking off & on since 2005. Just posted the other day for the first time. Being on my own I will have more time to read here & join in with the interesting topics & fun stuff. Looking forward to interactions.
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How do you start over again when marriage ends?
by Bubblie ini have been married a long time over thirty years.
my husband says he wants doesn't want to be married anymore.
he left dubs before me.
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Bubblie
So sorry so many have gone through or going through this experience. I never understood what it was like before. The sorrow is sometimes too much to bear. You just have to move on. Bumble Bee thanks for the encouragement. You said something to me once about being on your own "it isn't so bad." I am beginning to see this for myself, slowly. Sweetface always good to hear from you. Happy moving day Saturday. I will think of you as I make my way down the East coast. Hope I can access the board from my sister's computer. If not see you all in a few weeks.
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Witness work at 2 a.m.?
by Fatfreek ina non-jw friend in a southern state has close ties to a jw with a late teen-aged son.
this son is pioneering during late hours, meaning 11 pm to 2 am.
i'm told his car group calls on, among others, convenience store workers where they apparently have much idle time on their hands.
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I can remember some examples of truck stop visiting. They asked all who received the cassette tapes to turn them over after reading the mags & put them together with same mag in a plastic bag to hand out to drivers of the big rigs. I got rid of lots of the tapes like this. Who needs them once they were played. I know people that save them. For what? Are you really going to listen to them again? There were many pioneers that got together at 5:30 AM to start their witness work in my old congregations. There were lots of gas stations with little coffee shops that they would visit. Also, they hit parking lots at big companies as the workers were going into work. It worked out better when it was light outside. That way people didn't get frightened. Gotta get that time in!! Glad I never did that!
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Well, I finally did it.
by mavie ini finally contributed to a presidential campaign.
during my witness years i could never understand why people would give up their money for such a passing transient thing such as a presidential campaign.
don't they understand that the president will only be in office for 4 - 8 years and then the next one will most likely extinguish any good work they had done?
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I hope that means you registered to vote as well. That is an empowering thing to think you can be a part of something that was taken from you when you were a witness. I love being involved in the political process now. It also makes me feel good to drop money in a bucket or buy a ticket to help out a good cause. You are part of humanity again. Good for you!
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Today is my 4 YEAR ANNIVERSARY on JWD!! Can't believe it!!
by Terry infour freakin' years!.
look at the number of posts!
i can assure you very few of those posts were short, pithy, truncated or otherwise carefully considered sententious sentences!
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Bubblie
Today is the first day I posted on here. I have been a lurker for a few years. I always enjoy reading your posts. Keep up the interesting topics. Thanks for your kind words on my thread today. I am keeping an open mind about my up coming divorce, viewing it as a new start. You are right it isn't easy but you can stay out of other peoples way & still have fun.