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  JW girlfriend

  by JohnZogby in

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  hello, i am new to this site, and i am dating a jw.

  however, my experience has been quite different from that of others doing the same thing.

  unlike other posts that i have read, her parents (we are both 18) are supportive of her relationship with me, she is quite open minded when it comes to social activities, she has both jw and non-jw friends, and is a totally "normal" 18 year old girl.

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  1. The fourth of July Celebration wasnt called that, they just said it was a BBQ, they have a few a year, and they "coincidently" decided to have one on the fourth of July

  2. Her brother has invited me to Kingdom Hall a few times, but ive never gone

  3.Maybe i was a little misleading when i said her parents were "accepting" of her relationship with me. All i know is that they are nice to me while im in front of them, and they have not prohibited their daughter from dating me. I have no way of knowing what they think of me, or what they say about me when im not around

  4.I wrote this post because im worried that at some point she is gonna change, and i was wondering if their was any possibilty that wouldnt happen, and i guess the answer is no, from what everyone that has responded

  those answer some of the questions you guys had. To those of you that think im lying, lol, wtf exactly would be my point for lying about this? whatever
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  JW girlfriend

  by JohnZogby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, i am new to this site, and i am dating a jw.

  however, my experience has been quite different from that of others doing the same thing.

  unlike other posts that i have read, her parents (we are both 18) are supportive of her relationship with me, she is quite open minded when it comes to social activities, she has both jw and non-jw friends, and is a totally "normal" 18 year old girl.

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  JohnZogby

  I am telling you the whole story, or at least what i know to be the whole story. If you have any questions, ask me them and i will try to answer them.
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  JW girlfriend

  by JohnZogby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, i am new to this site, and i am dating a jw.

  however, my experience has been quite different from that of others doing the same thing.

  unlike other posts that i have read, her parents (we are both 18) are supportive of her relationship with me, she is quite open minded when it comes to social activities, she has both jw and non-jw friends, and is a totally "normal" 18 year old girl.

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  hello, i am not saying that you guys are wrong, but i just dont see why her parents would have let it get this far if they didnt want her to date me. My gf is very influenced by her parents...she broke up with her ex-bf, a JW, because her parents didnt like him ( i know the guy, he is a total ass). If her parents would have told her from the get go "dont go out with this guy" she wouldnt have gone out with me. Eh, maybe im just being naive, i dont know.
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  JW girlfriend

  by JohnZogby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, i am new to this site, and i am dating a jw.

  however, my experience has been quite different from that of others doing the same thing.

  unlike other posts that i have read, her parents (we are both 18) are supportive of her relationship with me, she is quite open minded when it comes to social activities, she has both jw and non-jw friends, and is a totally "normal" 18 year old girl.

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  hey, thanks for replying. Actually, thats what i find so weird. They do go to 5 meetings a week, and feild service on Sundays. They are in good standing within the congregation (I think). From what i can tell (me and my gf have been dating for about a month and a half), and from what they have told me, they say that they dont judge me or anyone else because only Jehovah can judge, is there any chance that maybe this is ideally how JWs should act? Heres a little more info on the family. Her younger brother plays in a rock band with 3 non-jws, the Father is an Elder, the 2 children are already baptized. hmm, thats all i can think of right now.
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  JW girlfriend

  by JohnZogby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  hello, i am new to this site, and i am dating a jw.

  however, my experience has been quite different from that of others doing the same thing.

  unlike other posts that i have read, her parents (we are both 18) are supportive of her relationship with me, she is quite open minded when it comes to social activities, she has both jw and non-jw friends, and is a totally "normal" 18 year old girl.

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  JohnZogby

  Hello, i am new to this site, and i am dating a JW. However, my experience has been quite different from that of others doing the same thing. Unlike other posts that i have read, her parents (we are both 18) are supportive of her relationship with me, she is quite open minded when it comes to social activities, she has both JW and non-JW friends, and is a totally "normal" 18 year old girl. She is totally devoted to the JWs doctrinal interpretation of the Bible (which i dont believe to be any more or less strange than any other religeon) but doesnt take part in the mind-control part of the religeon. And i can say the same about her JW friends, that i have become friends with as well. Mainly, my question is, is there JWs, or maybe even Congregations of JWs, that are much more open minded, or liberal than most? They even had a Fourth of July BBQ, which really surprised me. OK, any insight would be welcomed, thanks.
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  question for JW's

  by JohnZogby in

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  i have a question that hopefully some of you can help answer for me.

  over the past couple years i have become very close friends with a jw.

  he is an awesome friend, and an awesome person.

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  My friend seems to be very similar to your daughters bf. The thing with my friend is that he knows he is living a double life, and he feels bad about it. He tells me that he is sorry that he cant introduce me to his JW friends, and that he cant really hang out with me outside of school. I dont know if admitimg this to me is normal JW behavior.
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  question for JW's

  by JohnZogby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a question that hopefully some of you can help answer for me.

  over the past couple years i have become very close friends with a jw.

  he is an awesome friend, and an awesome person.

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  thanks a lot for the info
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  question for JW's

  by JohnZogby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a question that hopefully some of you can help answer for me.

  over the past couple years i have become very close friends with a jw.

  he is an awesome friend, and an awesome person.

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  i cant get that link to work, would some one mind posting the answer on here? thanks
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  question for JW's

  by JohnZogby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a question that hopefully some of you can help answer for me.

  over the past couple years i have become very close friends with a jw.

  he is an awesome friend, and an awesome person.

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  Thanks to everyone that has responded. Well, for those of you asking about more info on my friend, we are both 17 and have known eachother for the past 3 years. He has never once pressured me or confronted me about converting. He seemingly has 2 groups of friends, his JW friends, which he goes out with and hangs out with, and then his non-JW friends (me, and a couple guys from his old school) which he seems to talk to more candidly and honestly. My friend has always been honest with me, and when we first became good friends he told me that at some point he would probably have to end our friendship, but lately he says thats not gonna happen. He is also candid with me about the fact that his JW friends would not approve of his non-JW friends. From what i can tell, and from what he has told me, he is very commited to the religion, but he and his family are also very liberal in a lot of their interpretations. Thanks Again, anything you can tell me will be greatly appreciated.
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  question for JW's

  by JohnZogby in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i have a question that hopefully some of you can help answer for me.

  over the past couple years i have become very close friends with a jw.

  he is an awesome friend, and an awesome person.

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  JohnZogby

  Hello, i am new here. I have a question that hopefully some of you can help answer for me. Over the past couple years i have become very close friends with a JW. He is an awesome friend, and an awesome person. My question is, i have read and heard some contradicting statements about frienships between JW's and non-JW's. I have read on certain occasions that JW's should not be good friends with non-JW's unless they are trying to convert them. Is this true? Im sorry if i sound naive, i am young. Thank you for your help.