Polly,
Welcome and congratulations on your new found freedom. I wanted to give you a tip. If the Elders demand to see you at your home, and they call first, just say no thanks. Being just men, and nothing more, they don't even have the right to be in your apartment. This is what I finally did, and the Elders have not been back since. I suppose they and I have a unspoken agreement. I won't go to the Kingdumb Hell, and they will not come to my house.
The world is definitly better on the outside, and I am glad you have that friend that is two years older that you can turn to. Whatever you do, don't date or marry a JW, I am a man and as a former JW, a JW man is big on his headship. (POWER OVER HIS WIFE) Women are co-equals in the household, and a JW man will never accept that. It took me a long time to finally learn how to respect a woman, and now that I have, my life couldn't be more complete. Good luck with your new found freedom.
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