Flossycat

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  Worth Watching - And a JW Twist!

  by Joe Grundy in

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  about the only (uk) tv show i find worth watching is 'new tricks' - a drama series about three retired detectives re-employed to work on old cold-cases.

  (it probably resonates with me because i am an old retired detective and can identify with each of the three in different ways).. .

  i have just watched an episode with a jw twist and i can thoroughly recommend it.. .

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  Flossycat

  Thanks for the thread, Joe. Love New Tricks. I'm in Melbourne, Australia, so we're probably a couple of seasons behind. Will take a squiz on You-Tube.
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  Introducing myself and opinions valued please

  by michelleatkin68 in

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  my name is michelle and from the age of 3 i was brought up one of jw.

  my parents became witnesses whilst in germany when my father was stationed there with the british army.

  we then came back to england where i lived in darwen, lancashire, and attended darwen, bolton and blackburn congregations over the next 18 years.

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  Flossycat

  Hi Michelle, Lovely to see you here. Undecover's advice is sound.

  I was 9 years old when my mother dragged me and bros&sisters into the organisation. That was in the late 1960s. I'm the only one who left, aged 20. Now I'm in my 50s. Some s**t's gone down in the meantime I can tell you. My mother sounds a lot like yours. Don't expect any reply other than 'How dare you, you apostate, you!'

  I've come to realise how frightened my mother is; things that happened to her as a child. She's never gotten over it. The WTSociety has provided her as an adult with the protection she wanted. Wonder what the big fear is inside your mum from her young days that convinced her to convert?

  Someone said earlier they send family photos - great idea. It sends a warm message of how happy you are, plus how kind and considerate you are - by contrast to them.

  But you're right in saying you don't expect anything in return.

  Best wishes from Flossycat. Melbourne, Australia.
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  A "brief" synopsis of my story

  by Sheep2slaughter in

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  i wanted to tell my story for sometime.

  i've been a member of jwn for a few months and a lurker even longer.

  here's my story.

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  Flossycat

  Hi S2S. What an inspirational story. You've been through quite a dramatic turn of events, and come through so strong. Congratulations. And best wishes on your journey.

  And welcome.

  Flossycat. Melbourne, Australia.
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  Losing the battle

  by irondork in

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  love endures all things, huh?

  i think the boys at watchtower hq found a way around that rule.

  they have learned how to destroy the natural affection of those doing the shunning and those being shunned.. .

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  Flossycat

  Hi Irondork, Resentment and anger can eat us up. Over the years, for one thing or another I've allowed it, too. Being angry has its place and can do us good - for a while. It took me a long time to realise that over the longer term it's wasted energy.

  Try to remember - you are the free one - you can rise above their petty, childish games. They're spiritual retards in mental and emotional chains, being told what they can do, what they can't do - and what they must do. It took me a long time before I came to feel sorry for them.

  Time to move on in your life and do the things you love to do, and meet new, better friends.

  Best wishes from Flossycat.
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  Life After Escape!

  by StephanieH in

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  so it has been about a year and a half since i left the jw's, it has been a long hard road but my life is finally great!

  i have actually had several recent magor changes in my life but i feel the peace in which i have been searching for.

  i just spent a month with my mom which was nice even though it didn't go as planned it was good to get to know her a little better.. i actually just moved back to the town i left so that i could be with my mom who is the only family i have left that excepts me.

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  Flossycat

  Hi Stephanie,

  I joined the forum only a coupla months ago, but have been out of the WTS for 30+ years. I'm 53, but it took many years of rebellion and guilt tripping till someone DEPROGRAMMED ME! Yep - so moronic. These days I'm agnostic.

  Glad you've made such great strides in such a relatively short time. Congratulations.

  Best wishes from Flossycat. Melbourne, Australia.
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  Hi, Melbournites Vic. Aust.

  by smiddy in

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  i was in a number of congregations in a variety of suburbs around melb.from 1960-1970 b4 we moved interstate, maybe we have some freinds ?

  assholes in common lol .

  then again i may know some of your relatives .

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  Oh f..k it. I'm just gunna name some names here that I remember: George & Molly King; the Corners. Ray Coverdale. Steve Weigler. Rae Greerson (female). The Savages (Werribee). Jeez, so many surnames I've forgotten. Malcolm Hopper (?) Lorraine Perston. A German girl, Magda, whose husband was disfellowshipped. A Hungarian girl, Gillian. The Obermeyers, (not sure about the spelling - Austrian.) Natalie & David Gilbey (Sunshine). I knew some of these quite well, and really liked them.
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  Hi, Melbournites Vic. Aust.

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
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  i was in a number of congregations in a variety of suburbs around melb.from 1960-1970 b4 we moved interstate, maybe we have some freinds ?

  assholes in common lol .

  then again i may know some of your relatives .

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  Flossycat

  Just got your reply/help on opening a PM. Now I have to learn how to send a PM (That's me on the left, and you on the right.)
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  Hi, Melbournites Vic. Aust.

  by smiddy in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was in a number of congregations in a variety of suburbs around melb.from 1960-1970 b4 we moved interstate, maybe we have some freinds ?

  assholes in common lol .

  then again i may know some of your relatives .

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  Flossycat

  Hi Smiddy. I was in the Elsternwick congo from 1977-1979. Knew some in the St Kilda congo as well then. Apparently Elsternwick went through a break-down period some time after that - half the congo left the org or something. I know one of the elders who left/got disfellowshipped.
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  They looks so old and tired.

  by jam in

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  After seeing my (JW) mother yesterday, I feel old and tired

  ps it was at a relative's Catholic Mass funeral - and she attended. My, how the JWs have changed their stance since I was a JW in the 1970s. We were too scared to enter any church. More flip-flopping.
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  Still confused after all these years,,,

  by marriedtoajw in

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  2. experiences

  as you guys can see i don't post as much as i'd like to.

  work hours and little family time don't allow me enough time to do it.

  as i've stated on some of my previous posts, also under the user name sahara, i still get confused after all of these years being married to a jw.

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  Flossycat

  I second Black Sheep's motion: get the book from the library 'Teach Your Children How To Think.'

  And for you, if you haven't already, get Steven Hassan's book on combatting Cult Mind Control.