Posts by nolongerwaiting

this is a truthfull account of what i went through,it is a work in progress and there is much mor to come.. all i can say to anyone reading this and are contemplating joining or are still a jehovahs witness is dont join and those that have,leave asap!.

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nolongerwaiting

Wow what an experience. I'm glad that you have gone on and found some happiness.

NLW's wife

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What Do You Miss About Being An Active JW?

by minimus in

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do you miss the "friends"?.

do you miss the meetings?.

do you miss field service?.

nolongerwaiting

NOTHING.

NLW's wife

7

No chance of going back now!!

by sinis in

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well, it was hard but after a few years my sig other is pretty much out.

we celebrate the holidays, and they are very enjoyable.

i was shocked, though, that last night she pulled out a lottery scratch card!!

nolongerwaiting

How nice for you.

NLW's wife

43

Is it just human nature to gossip or are JW's worse? Feelings are hurt....

by mamalove in

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it is so strange how once you distance yourself from your kingdom hall and friends, that they find it necesary to discuss and contemplate your departure and put out all kinds of statements that simply are not true.. i am licking my wounds today because some kind of nasty things were said about me to a friend of mine who is df, from her ubber righteous sister.

it was via text, so it was there to read.

the thing i can't figure out is i have nothing to do with this woman.

nolongerwaiting

I was thinking more about this post and decided that it really is worse if you are a JW. If you aren't a JW, normal things in life don't cause you to gossip. Like if you went and saw an R rated movie, or went to a resturant for your birthday to get a free meal, or have a BF/GF that is not a JW, or sex before marriage, or swear, etc. There are so many little JW rules that you can break that give people more to gossip about that a non JW might not care about it.

NLW's wife

27

As a witness, what view of the world did you have? Heres my story

by stillstuckcruz in

so heres my story:.

i just turned 20 years old.

like many i was raised as a jw.

nolongerwaiting

I was scared and uncomfortable around anyone that wasn't a JW due to the constant ragging on how awful and unhappy all world'ies were. Now I'm finding out that non JW's seem pretty normal. That and they are very accepting of you and horrified by the JW religion and how you get treated by your family when leaving. I am really digging these worldly people.

NLW's wife

29

Considered rebellious because I choose to think for myself

by LovelyEunie in

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hi all, this is my first post.

but i was one of those kids that was born into the whole jw thing, and like a good little witness kid i did everything i was supposed to do to please my parents (mainly my mom my dad's an unbeliever).

my mom was very strict with me when it came to everything they taught, no holiday parttys at school, no sports, no worldy friends, i was only supposed to associate with other jw kids (my mom is one of those extremist jws, she says she doesn't judge, but she's a perfect example of one one of those sisters with the holier than thou attitude).

nolongerwaiting

LovelyEunie-- That is so great that you are going to collage!!!

NLW's wife

38

Did you have higher ed when you were in? If so how were you treated as a result?

by highdose in

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i went to both collage and uni when i was a jw, i got marked and shunned as a result.

it seemed like every week there would be some dig made from the platform about " those that chose higher education" , my so called "freinds" were constandly on at me " why don't you pioneer highdose?!!".

i even had the ciruit overseer denounce me from the platform as being "spirtualy weak" never mind that most of the peers i grew up with had got themselves reproved or disfellowed and that i was the only who had been good!.

nolongerwaiting

My two brothers got a little flack but I never did. I suppose it calmed down for me. I think we were the first in a long time that went to collage and that was at our parents pushing. We never missed meetings and went in FS so I guess that helped. I do feel sorry for all the young ones now with the very anti collage blah blah stuff going on. Though the collage education didn't make me leave the JW's like they seem to be so scared about.

NLW's wife

21

Did having a Bethelite travel to your congregation and deliver a talk motivate, encourage, or excite you?

by miseryloveselders in

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i ask this, because i just got wind that at my hall, we're paying the travel expenses for a bethelite to come and do our memorial talk.

i don't know how much this is going to run us, but i fail to see the practicality of it.

he's not delivering a special memorial outline or anything.

nolongerwaiting

I remember being excited when one would come. I remember hating all the extra people that would show up and make it hard to find seats.

NLW's wife