Posts by mamamo

I'm guessing this was more than the scripture of the day? I have lots of friends that I guess feel we all need ot be saved and thier godly posts will do the job. But they are my friends so I put up with it. I don't read it, though.

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High School Renunion and Hypocrite Jw

by mamamo in

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last night i attended a 80's reunion for my high school.

i was one of 2 ex jws and there was one current jw there.

the current jw shut me out, but i saw a fb post today between the other ex and the same current jw.

mamamo

The way it looks the last one will probably be DF again soon. She is ending her 3rd marriage.

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Considering organizing an unbelieving spouse support group in my area. Any suggestions?

by garyneal in

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i like coming to this board because i like the feeling of knowing that i am not alone in dealing with jehovah's witnesses and their mind control.

however, i still feel largely alone because i cannot find any actual people in the area i live who is dealing with a situation similar to mine.. as most of you know, i am the unbelieving spouse of a jehovah's witness and i find it frustrating to know that holidays, birthdays, etc.

are not held in as high regard by my wife as they are for me.

mamamo

Meetup charges but there might already be a group on there. Another source is Yahoo Groups. The ex JW group I am a member of was on Meetup but is now on Yahoo. Our coordinator is a nonbelieving spouse, but the rest of us are mainly exes. I haven't been able to make it to the last two meetups because of work, I am really looking forward to April's meeting. Yes I am in the US, the South to give you some idea.

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High School Renunion and Hypocrite Jw

by mamamo in

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last night i attended a 80's reunion for my high school.

i was one of 2 ex jws and there was one current jw there.

the current jw shut me out, but i saw a fb post today between the other ex and the same current jw.

mamamo

It was actually a block party with everybody from the 80's from my little podunk high school. The person who is still in in my class talked to me and another ex JW. Out of 210 graduates we had 5 JWs, only one is still in. The hypocrite was in the year before ours. When I saw the still in person walk into the restaurant my class was having their dinner in, I asked if she was going to talk to me. One of our classmates heard and said" She sure better!" and she said she didn't have any problem talking to me. In fact we are now FB friends. Quite frankly, it is a Whatever! moment.

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Is anybody interested?

by onemore in

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.....in getting together for fellowship, spiritual encouragement and biblical discussions?.

i (as well as many) am doing fine, but sometimes i feel the need to get together with some friends for spiritual fellowship...i dont want to go back to the kh searching for it, because i know i will not find it there.

im also hesitant about looking for christian fellowship in another church, as i dont feel ready for that just yet.. .

mamamo

I second what Broken Promises said about not using the meet up group for preaching or the other. We had a lady show up a few months back that wanted to do that. Quickly nipped it in the bud. Just sometimes it is good to get with others who have had some of the same experiences and understand some of our quirky thought processes.

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High School Renunion and Hypocrite Jw

by mamamo in

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last night i attended a 80's reunion for my high school.

i was one of 2 ex jws and there was one current jw there.

the current jw shut me out, but i saw a fb post today between the other ex and the same current jw.

mamamo

Last night I attended a 80's reunion for my High School. I was one of 2 Ex JWs and there was one current JW there. The current JW shut me out, but I saw a FB post today between the other ex and the same current JW. BTW the current JW is on FB and doesn't have any blocks on her account. Talk about dumb. But there was plenty of other "worldly" people I could talk with and have fun with, so I did. But what a hypocite!

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Is anybody interested?

by onemore in

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.....in getting together for fellowship, spiritual encouragement and biblical discussions?.

i (as well as many) am doing fine, but sometimes i feel the need to get together with some friends for spiritual fellowship...i dont want to go back to the kh searching for it, because i know i will not find it there.

im also hesitant about looking for christian fellowship in another church, as i dont feel ready for that just yet.. .

mamamo

Check out Meetup.com or Yahoo Groups. I belong to an Ex Jw group in the Tampa Bay area. Yeah, not too close ot NY, but I bet you can find something like it up there. It has helped me a LOT.

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Local Elder advises Young woman to make up with abusive husband

by troubled mind in

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just never ceases to amaze me how things in the organization stay the same .

you would think by 2011 these guys could come up with something better than " makeup now ,you know jehovah hates a divorcing !

" ( but obviously he doesn't mind a woman being abused !

mamamo

As a child I used to wish and pray that my mom would leave my father who was abusive. The same thing, how she couldn't leave him because of the violence, only adultery. It was the hardest thing to stay silent and in my chair at his memorial service a month ago when the elder spoke about how much he loved his family, wife and children. I was almost sick. Yes, the elder was one when the abuse was going on. Thank God I got away and never married a dub.