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  You have to be strong

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  standing up for yourself,and deciding to follow your own path takes strength .

  you have to be strong especially if you were raised in a way of life that dictated so much of who you were .

  while being raised as a jehovah's witness i was taught to follow ,unquestionally follow .i was told to put others before myself ,serve,don't stand out ,don't be independent .

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  My family has known I'm an apostate

  by cognac in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i found out that my husband has not only gone to the elders, but has been going to members of my family about me over a period of a few years.

  this piece of news is just so depressing.

  i've been wondering how my family knew i didn't go and thats why so many of them have becoming more and more distant.

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  Premarital sex--how prevalent?

  by wafflesandpancakes in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  in my old congregation, everyone seems clean.

  mostly chaste courtship, kingdom hall wedding, blah blah.. well there are lots of cases of fondling but they were soon forgotton.

  when my husband and i confessed to sex before marriage, the elders were disgusted.

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  Which Governing body member will die next?? Will things change?

  by Witness 007 in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  i will review this post when it happens so.....prophecy time!

  who will guess correct!

  my $50 is on theodore jarc born in 1925?

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  may need some help soon

  by Missanna in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  ok so i send my father a letter telling him several reasons i do not believe the witnesses are jehovah's organization.i also told my father at the end of the letter that i was setting some boundaries once and for all.

  that i would not be emotionally blackmailed or verbally abused anymore that if he wanted to talk to me as a father then i welcome that and if he can't do that then i do not wish to comunicate with him.

  i sent it about a week ago and was waiting for all hell to break loose but nothing happend.

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  update on my divorce situation

  by depressed in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm shocked!

  if you remember my experience, in a nutshell, basically my ex-bethelite ex pioneer husband cheated on me with an older "worldly woman" from his job and left me suddenly.

  i had no idea that we had trouble with our marriage, however, when i discovered the love letters from the other woman, he moved out, and a week after that, i received divorce papers.

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  It's judgment day with mum and dad

  by sass_my_frass in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, it's been brewing for a long time and i was getting ready for it, but i've finally gotten the shun-for-life from my folks.

  i was going to visit them in a few months and had arranged to see my non-witness grandparents for a few days too, and invited them along.

  here's there responese: (first from dad, then from mum)

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  Dealing with difficult relatives.

  by ithinkisee in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i found this interesting article at a website i visit quite often:.

  http://www.stevepavlina.com/blog/2005/08/dealing-with-difficult-relatives/.

  he makes some great points on dealing with difficult relatives, and many of his points (not all though) can be applied to jw relatives with whom you need to "lay down the law".. i highlighted my favorite points (yellow) and added some comments in red:.

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  reponse letter to JW-fleshly-brother about my leaving the WT

  by AhHah in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  dear (jw-brother), .

  i was pleased and pleasantly surprised to receive your thoughtful letter.

  thank you for your concern and for taking the time to write.

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  Shunning via Rumor

  by NeonMadman in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  well, i went back to the area of my old congregation yesterday.

  my daughter's best friend amanda was getting married, and despite my trepidation, amanda had begged me to show up and to dance a dance with her.

  my trepidation was twofold; first, my ex-wife was going to be there, and after our messy divorce only six months ago, i had no desire to be anywhere where she was.

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