Welcome glad you are with us...thanks for sharing your life and struggles with all of us here. Looking forward to many posts from you. Believe me in time it gets better,,,,,you need to vent and this is a safe place to do it.
Leslie
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My first post
by Dianna ini was kind of skeptical about registering or even posting anything on this site but after a long struggle of going back and forth and after talking to a friend telling me that it would be good for me i decide to do it.
i grew up in a jehovah witness house hold.
it all was great a had a wonderful childhood but everything went down hill when i started to have my own opinion on things.
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LIGHT A CANDLE TODAY FOR LINDA & POST A PIC HERE
by rebel8 inis there something we can do for linda as a group?
purplesofa sent a nice card from jwd.
is there something else we can do to support her and trev right now?
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LeslieV
You are in my thoughts.Leslie
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So that's what the other shoe looks like. Update with my parents
by Paralipomenon inheading to the apostafest this weekend, we have made a deal with our friends to look after our kids.
given that they already have 3 children, adding 3 more could be stressful so we thought we would ask my parents if they wanted to take one overnight.
bobbi mentioned that she hadn't really heard much from my mom and suspected something was up.
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LeslieV
I am so sorry your family is experiencing this. I have to say as far as your children are concerned, better to find out now then later. I think it is worse when grandparents are in their life, leave, come back, etc. Better that they leave, then that ping-pong behavior. That is utterly devestating to kids.
My family also walked away from my three girls. At first I was crushed. But not I thank my lucky stars that they did not have the influence that I had growing up. All three daughters are in college, and now see the JW religion as a cult. Believe me it is not easy, but it does get better.
Leslie
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Excuses Excuses
by REBORNAGAIN inwhat were your excuses for not going to the meetings?.
ours were the usual ones, boredom, illness or weather, yepp even the tiny snow flurries were a good excuse to stay home.
linda.
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LeslieV
I always used my kids as an excuse. Someone had to stay home with them...I was glad my husband was an elder he had to go.
Leslie
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Are you a mom? :) Listen to the MOM SONG.
by bebu inmy sister sent me this link.
listen to the lyrics of this song!
they're spot on.. tell me how you like it!.
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LeslieV
That is awesome!!!!!!!!!!!
Leslie
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Hi ,,, here I am
by Nick! ini joined this forum very recently, and have already posted some comments in reply to given threads.. you may want to know that .
- i am living in the e.u.
s. - i was raised as a jw since the age of 2.
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LeslieV
Welcome Nick...we are sure glad you are here with us. Looking forward to hearing the "rest of the story."
Leslie
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exiting the watchtower
by jacethespace inhi im new to this forum and am currently trying to exite the watchtower.for the past 12 months or more i have stopped going on the ministry.in august last year i stopped going to the meetings but depression kicked in and other symptoms and i returned to the meetings in april.i stopped going to the meetings again in july and did more research to see if this is a cult.but im having all sorts of symptoms.confusion of whats right and wrong, panic attacks when i go out, one minute i hate the watchtower the next i wonder whether this is the truth and wonder if ive been mislead by satan.i dont know who to trust and where to go from here.and none of my family was ever in the watchtower so i think they know somethings going on but they can,t understand what im going through.ive been in the watchtower since 1999 off and on, i finally got baptized in 2005 after what i thought was carefull examination of the truth.and whats worse is the elder i studied with when i came into the " truth" lives right next door to me with his wife, which plays all sorts of guilt trips on me and paranoia.
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LeslieV
Welcome Jace!!!!!! Keep coming back...there is alot of support here for you.
Leslie
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My son & his wife are going to have a baby
by coffee_black inthe sonogram today shows a girl....due the end of march .
here's the happy couple and me on a recent visit...and at their june wedding.
coffee .
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LeslieV
How exciting....I can't wait to be a grandmother someday. Just think of all the little girl stuff you can buy.
Leslie
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Fade Unsuccessful
by FadingELD ini am new to this site but have been lurking for a while now.
i have not told my story yet because i am in the middle of a situation i had hoped to avoid.
my wife is still a jw in good standing, my two sons were dfd a year ago.
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LeslieV
First welcome we are all so glad you are here with us. You need to listen to your own heart...and do what is the best for you. You also need to realize that you do not have to play by their rules. They are just manmade rules anyways. You control the situation, you need not tell them anything that you don't want to. It is your life, not theirs to dictate to you how you should live it. We are here for you.
Leslie
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I am stupid...
by metaspy ini just thought i would give a little update on my fade.. for starters, i found a new job and will be starting soon.. secondly, i found the job far enough away that a move to a new apartment is necessary.. thus i have achieved two of the major parts of my fade at once.. i will not be working for a brother, nor renting from one.. .
however, another part of my fade is my wanting to get out zelda, the girl i have loved for quite some time.. recently she tried to commit suicide again.. i have gone to see her every day since she went into the hospital.. this is more than i can say of the brother she is courting.. .
her mother is df'd, we shall call her kairi.
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LeslieV
I have to agree with everyone else that has posted. Please think of yourself......you are trying to rescue her, but the only person that can do that is herself. You need to find happiness for you.....where whoever is going to share your life is a partner, not someone that you have to take care of. Good luck
Leslie
You are in my thoughts.
