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  Explaining to my wife that this stuff really happens!

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  i was disfellowshipped when i was 16 for playing sports, girlfriend, high school parties, etc.

  basically the normal stuff 16 yr olds do.

  i was booted out of the house and bounced around to various family (all non-jw) until i went to college.

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  I was disfellowshipped when I was 16 for playing sports, girlfriend, high school parties, etc. Basically the normal stuff 16 yr olds do. I was booted out of the house and bounced around to various family (all non-jw) until I went to college. The reason I had to go was because I had 3 siblings that i was going to influence, as the party line goes. I have lived a pretty good life on my own without my family since then, and although I miss my family, it is now easier to just blow them off than worry about them. My own defense system. I ended up getting married, having a son and divorcing. My family has a great relationship with my ex-wife and son, but not a thought about me. While going thru a nasty court case for child support/visitation, my family came up with all kinds of repressed memories, hidden criminal activities, and other quite atrocious things against me for my ex to use in court. Of course none of it made a diffrence since it was BS, but wondering how many other people have had this kind of thing go on. Background on my family- Mom does what she is told, dad(step) is an alcoholic who has been counseled several times about it, and made decent monetary donations, brother 1 never was baptized and kinda sits on the fence, brother 2 was baptized and got an elders daughter pregnant(her second, not disfellowshipped) and was disfellowshipped until he married her, sister is a housewife who was allowed to quit high school because it was too emotionally taxing on her, has admitted to three-ways, as well as other swinger type gatherings with other jws, but was real sorry and never DFed, accuses others of terrible things(repressed memories she learned about on tv) but happens to be married to a fairly well off ministerial servant. My wife who I love dearly, has a hard time believing some of the things that have went on. My family has no desire to associate with her, and I try to explain it, but if anyone else has other experiences to share, please do. Thanks