jamie, she's not yet spayed but will be
ninja, no comments
rebel, she already cried less her 2nd night with me
hopscotch, pics is comin
Satanus, do you really want to give her away?
just have to share with you how proud i am of my little java.
she's been so brave her first night with me.
she eats, goes to her toilet, playes and she's so diligent with cleaning herself.. she comes from a place with many cats so of course she walks around and cries after her friends but as soon as i call her she comes running to be close to me.
jamie, she's not yet spayed but will be
ninja, no comments
rebel, she already cried less her 2nd night with me
hopscotch, pics is comin
Satanus, do you really want to give her away?
i have been looking at this website for about 2 months now and feel i am now ready to say hi and intoduce myself.i dont want to give out too much info at this point in time as i still am in the org, but have only been to 2 meetings since the district convention in august and last time i went out on service was in march.
i was basically raised in the truth as my parents became jw when i was 2. i was married in my late teens and after 21 years of being married to a total control freak he left me (yay).
anyway since me ex left, i had been doing a lot of thinking about being a witness, and i wasnt really going to a lot of meetings - just didnt feel like it.
WELCOME
Thanks for telling your story. I've similar experiences. You're on the right path now...
Please keep us update.
Your friend
Newborn
some witnesses speak to me quite normally/.
others avoid me like the plague.. how are you treated by the witnesses?.
My own sister disownes me and I've no contact with any JW friends from before or now...
this is another list thread, we can list alll the things that really anoy us, heres mine:.
people who ask me to call them and then turn out not to have a answer phone!.
people who do not have locks on their bathroom door!.
people without humor and without social skills
heavy rain on way to work
sushi
bad smells
guys who ignore me of course!
this is perfect religion with imperfect people.
the elders are imperfect that is why there are problems.
we just need to endure because jehovah is allowing this as a test to see if we will still love him.
Dearest lits,
I really feel for you and the situation you're in...do you have children? I was born in the org, pioneered, married at 22 with a brother (a marriage that was never truly happy). I left the org and him last year after 12y or marriage. we had no kids. It was truly hard but I just knew that for once, I needed to put my life and my happiness first. (as a JW this is hard, we've learned not to be selfish etc especially sisters unfortunately). So I dropped everything and just listened to my heart. I finally dared to think that perhaps this is not the truth after all. God could not want me to be so unhappy. I came on here and saw I wasn't alone. That is what you have to do. You deserve to be happy. Like you say, it's horrible to realise that you may have wasted your life to a lie. So many on this forum have dedicated almost their whole lifes in the org but the FREEDOM you experience when you leave is worth so much. We only have this short life and we owe ourselves to be happy.
Is your whole family JWs or do you have someone you can talk to closeby and who can help you?
Be strong
my dear dad who has been out for more than 10y, often says that we, who've left the cult, may be the ones that are truly blessed by god and i like that thought.
My dear dad who has been out for more than 10y, often says that we, who've left the cult, may be the ones that are truly blessed by god and I like that thought
this is perfect religion with imperfect people.
the elders are imperfect that is why there are problems.
we just need to endure because jehovah is allowing this as a test to see if we will still love him.
Life is too short
Been there, done that...
I understand you feel trapped etc...but pls make an honest reflection about this religion...for ex would Jehovah, a loving god, really want only a small group of people to survive?? why would he want us to be unhappy and always feel inadequate while waiting for the paradise...why would he make good people wait soooo long?? why would he lie or hide the truth for so many years about the time when harmageddon would come?? etc etc
Pls ponder over questions like these...I think you already do since you're here??
I wish you all the best and we're always here to support you.
/Newborn
just have to share with you how proud i am of my little java.
she's been so brave her first night with me.
she eats, goes to her toilet, playes and she's so diligent with cleaning herself.. she comes from a place with many cats so of course she walks around and cries after her friends but as soon as i call her she comes running to be close to me.
thanks for good tip Jim
Fokyc, that's awful!! but I can laught at it
just have to share with you how proud i am of my little java.
she's been so brave her first night with me.
she eats, goes to her toilet, playes and she's so diligent with cleaning herself.. she comes from a place with many cats so of course she walks around and cries after her friends but as soon as i call her she comes running to be close to me.
Just have to share with you how proud I am of my little Java. She's been so brave her first night with me. She eats, goes to her toilet, playes and she's so diligent with cleaning herself.
She comes from a place with many cats so of course she walks around and cries after her friends but as soon as I call her she comes running to be close to me. She follows me everywhere. It's a wonderful feeling to be her "mum" and take care of her and that she confides in me already. She slept close to me and loves to cuddle.
She seems a bit restless but maybe that will go away when she gets older...
Shall I be worried that she cries for her friends?
/Newborn
1. getting baptized at 14 and not knowing what the heck i was 'signing' up for.
2. dating worthless, lazy, no work ethic, selfish 'brothers' who were supposedly approved all because they were baptized - but in the end - were a waste of my time and younger years in dating.. 3. subjecting my bf (back in the day) who was a non-jw to the whole jw experience!
i demanded that he study, i demanded that he change his religion in order to be with me, i made him sit with my parents and listened to them berate him (and myself) while they fed him all their haughty beliefs and requirements in order to date their jw daughter.
That I didn't get out sooner...lost years and all the points in your posts.