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  I am soooo not a JW anymore

  by AwSnap in

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  was out in public and ran into a df'd person.

  we chatted for a bit.

  1st off....i completely didn't even think of the fact he/she's df'd.

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  LMAO Jam
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  I am soooo not a JW anymore

  by AwSnap in

  1. jw
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  was out in public and ran into a df'd person.

  we chatted for a bit.

  1st off....i completely didn't even think of the fact he/she's df'd.

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  I actually don't call jw's a cult. But I certainly tell people they are cult-like. And I definitely believe that they are no different from all the other cult-like crazy religions out there (ie: southern baptists!!!).

  And, yes, they destroy families. They really should be ashamed of themselves. But, of course, they're not. The only people who shun me is one of my sisters. Its nice that its just 'one person' in my life, instead of every jw. BUT....she *was* a huge part of my world. She should be ashamed of herself too. But she doesn't know any better. I was once like her. And, hopefully, one day she will realize she should feel ashamed....then we can continue our lives filled with 'unconditional love': a term she always cringed at whenever I said it
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  I am soooo not a JW anymore

  by AwSnap in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  was out in public and ran into a df'd person.

  we chatted for a bit.

  1st off....i completely didn't even think of the fact he/she's df'd.

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  Thanks. I have no clue how I haven't been df'd or da'd. I'm not a wild child or anything....but they KNOW I want nothing to do with the witnesses.

  Baptism? What baptism? lol
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  I am soooo not a JW anymore

  by AwSnap in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  was out in public and ran into a df'd person.

  we chatted for a bit.

  1st off....i completely didn't even think of the fact he/she's df'd.

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  was out in public and ran into a df'd person. We chatted for a bit. 1st off....I completely didn't even think of the fact he/she's df'd. Then, an elder showed up out of nowhere. He completely shunned the df'd person but said hi to me. I said "oh hey, what's up".....was kind of a weird moment, but I didn't even realize till the evening what happened.

  The fact that I was talking to a df'd person, AND didn't even think twice when an elder showed up.....well....let's just say I've come a Lonnnnng way. And it feels damn good

  And, thinking back about what happened, JW's are seriously ridiculous. lol
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  Quit being apostates and give me some real advice

  by AwSnap in

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  ok, my subject is totally joking, but i really do need some advice.

  i purchased a $7 dollar keychain digital picture viewer from ebay.

  it arrived in the mail, i uploaded a bunch of pictures....and then realized its a piece of crap.

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  Band on the run...not sure I follow what you're saying. My niece's parents *are* consistently VERY STRICT JW'S.

  I will not go behind my sister's back to make contact with my sweet niece. Anything that is intended for my niece will be sent to my sister 1st.

  Regarding the 2nd-half of your comment, *I* was a HORRIBLE kid. I mean....HORRIBLE. I talked back...didn't care who the hell you were. I had some major issues with authority of any kind. Looking back, I'm so embarrassed with the way I was. People today think I am one of the most laid back, caring people they've ever met. (and I *am*...its not a cover, lol).

  Thank you, everyone. I know that I have no control whether she actually gets any gifts from me. As a sidenote, the keychain was a complete dud....the battery wouldn't stay charged.

  My point is that I never want her to think that I voluntarily stepped out of her life.
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  Quit being apostates and give me some real advice

  by AwSnap in

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  ok, my subject is totally joking, but i really do need some advice.

  i purchased a $7 dollar keychain digital picture viewer from ebay.

  it arrived in the mail, i uploaded a bunch of pictures....and then realized its a piece of crap.

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  Thanks. Shawn10538, you kinda made me want to cry. Not hating....you're telling the truth. The truth hurts a LOT, doesn't it.

  However, I think everyone else is right too. 1st off, its not just about the keychain. I'm talking cards/gifts in general (I'll make sure it's age appropriate). I do not feel it'd be right to contact my niece without my sister knowing. I know I probably will not see my niece for a very very long time, unless we run into each other at the store. And if one day, she looks at me and has no clue who I am, my heart will be broken.

  I just don't want her to wonder why I never attempted to know her. She *will* be a teenager one day, and she *will* know that her mother has a sister that they don't talk to. I don't want to force myself in their lives....but I don't want to voluntarily disappear either.
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  Quit being apostates and give me some real advice

  by AwSnap in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, my subject is totally joking, but i really do need some advice.

  i purchased a $7 dollar keychain digital picture viewer from ebay.

  it arrived in the mail, i uploaded a bunch of pictures....and then realized its a piece of crap.

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  GL, that is a wonderful idea! Fugue, I really do not want to give up. I ran into my niece a couple months ago at Walmart. My sister acted completely awkward and barely spoke to me. However, when my niece 1st saw me, her eyes lit up and she ran up and gave me a hug. I immediately said "I love you so much".

  I want to do all I can do so that she knows I did not abandon her. Her parents are shunning me because I simply do not want to be a jw

  ps GL...my jw family is all about 'staying neutral'. They will not get involved.
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  Quit being apostates and give me some real advice

  by AwSnap in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, my subject is totally joking, but i really do need some advice.

  i purchased a $7 dollar keychain digital picture viewer from ebay.

  it arrived in the mail, i uploaded a bunch of pictures....and then realized its a piece of crap.

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  Ok, my subject is totally joking, but I really do need some advice. I purchased a $7 dollar keychain digital picture viewer from ebay. It arrived in the mail, I uploaded a bunch of pictures....and then realized its a piece of crap.

  I am thinking of trying to give it to my 3 year old niece....who would probably think it's very cool. It's got about 50 pictures of my baby, her cousin whom she's never met (but she knows ME). My sister & her MS husband quit talking to me a little over 2 years ago...when my niece was 1. Probably about 3 times, I have sent my niece an "i'm thinking of you" card.

  I have no idea if it was actually given to her.

  Is it appropriate to do this? If I decide that I don't want my daughter around someone, I would be royally pissed off if they tried to contact her. However, I keep imagining my niece growing up and wondering why I never tried to get to know her.

  I rarely attempt to contact her....and I've always done it through her parents. Should I just throw in the towel and never try to contact her? .....Or is it okay to occasionally attempt to send gifts or 'i love you' notes......?
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  How Many Years have your JW Relatives Shunned You ?

  by flipper in

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  i felt with newer members coming on and other jw fence sitters lurking it might be a good thing to explain what many of us have had to go through in regards to being shunned, cut off, ostracized from our jw families in an unjust way .

  whether we are dfed or inactive - many of us have shared this same fate and ill treatment.

  for many of us- it makes us stronger, more firmly entrenched that the decision we made to exit the jehovah's witness organization was the correct decision as no organization that claims to be " christian " would ever commit such horrid atrocities or justify it !

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  About 2 1/2 years. I sent my sister a goofy happy birthday e-card for her 1 year old daughter. It was sent to my sister's email. But then I realized it was stupid to do, and I apologized a couple days later. In fact, I was able to sit down with my sister to somewhat explain why I'm not a jw anymore. Basically, she broke down in tears and said she couldn't talk to me anymore. In the past 2 1/2 years, I think I've received 1 or 2 text messages from her. I have a baby now, and my sister never asked how I was doing during the pregnancy. Never offered advice. My sister just had her 2nd child yesterday morning....she never even told me she was pregnant. I was not invited to the baby shower. Wasn't told about the baby shower. And the rest of my jw family talk to me about her as though she's just a good friend of theirs....they don't realize that, when they tell me stories about my niece, I no longer know the little girl they are talking about. And when my mother mentioned the newborn baby yesterday, I felt like saying "Oh YAY! ANOTHER person who will shun me!"

  It blows my mind that we are not allowed to explain to our family why we do not believe anymore. I was soooooo careful when I spoke with her 2 1/2 years ago. I stayed calm and tried to explain a few things that bothered me. Obviously, it wasn't accepted.

  ps: I am not df'd or da'd.
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  My son is having a birthday party today

  by mrsjones5 in

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  2. friends

  one of his friends can't come because his mother is a jw.

  i told my boy he shouldn't have said to the mother what kind of party it was.

  he's just having a few friends over for food and video gaming, something his friend has done before at other "worldly" kids' house along with my son.. there will be no beheadings at this party..

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  Hi Mrs. Jones Happy Birthday to your Little Big Fella