i've been out for a year and miss a couple of my friends a lot.
someone told me a saying yesterday, though, that some friends are for a reason, some are for a season and some are for a lifetime.
i'm usually not into corny sayings but that one made me think.
I also left when I was 17. Growing up as a JW made me into a very shy, withdrawn, socially crippled person. It has taken me many years to feel like a person like everyone else. I still dont think of myself as "normal". But who wants to be normal anyways.
It is true, real friends will not leave you or turn their back on you when things are not perfect. Those are the best kind to have....
Stacey
pardon this off topic please.. i thought i could get some good input here.. i'm sending my son on a mini-break (vacation) for his birthday.. he's always wanted to see san francisco.
(yes,im still a mother hen too :>) he has just a few days so what would you recommend as a 'must see'?
what will really give the 'flavor' of sf?
Willow, you can email me if you'd like. I dont want to make someone look bad on this public board in case anyone else who knows him reads this. I'm curious to know who you are, and if we do indeed know one another.
Stacey
pardon this off topic please.. i thought i could get some good input here.. i'm sending my son on a mini-break (vacation) for his birthday.. he's always wanted to see san francisco.
(yes,im still a mother hen too :>) he has just a few days so what would you recommend as a 'must see'?
what will really give the 'flavor' of sf?
How do YOU know Dana? Do I know you? So you see him often? You know of his engagement and his new baby? Has he been attending meetings? Are you an EX or a current JW?
pardon this off topic please.. i thought i could get some good input here.. i'm sending my son on a mini-break (vacation) for his birthday.. he's always wanted to see san francisco.
(yes,im still a mother hen too :>) he has just a few days so what would you recommend as a 'must see'?
what will really give the 'flavor' of sf?
Willow, are you a current JW? Are you attending there now? Do you know Dana?
pardon this off topic please.. i thought i could get some good input here.. i'm sending my son on a mini-break (vacation) for his birthday.. he's always wanted to see san francisco.
(yes,im still a mother hen too :>) he has just a few days so what would you recommend as a 'must see'?
what will really give the 'flavor' of sf?
LisaBoobesa,
I went to Campell for a few years as a child, then spent most of my teen years in Santa Clara. I left the org in 89. We did attend the LG/Monte Sereno hall on occasion in the late 80's, for a change of scenery and rude people. One question, did you know the Topping family out of curiosity?
Stacey
pardon this off topic please.. i thought i could get some good input here.. i'm sending my son on a mini-break (vacation) for his birthday.. he's always wanted to see san francisco.
(yes,im still a mother hen too :>) he has just a few days so what would you recommend as a 'must see'?
what will really give the 'flavor' of sf?
Lisa Bobesa? Are you from the Sunnyvale/Bay Area originally? Did you go to a local KH? I grew up in this area and still live here also. Just curious!
Stacey
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i found out i had been "terminated" from my last job and found out on my first day back from vacation......argh, oh those cc bills!
well, i went out and immediately signed up with about 7 temporary agencies.
NY, I cannot figure you out? You sit on the fence. But you seem like you are very much feeling out. What are you thinking????
c'mon, 'fess up.
shouldn't you be workin'?
I dont post often, but I'm here reading every day. My job is REALLY BORING and there's not much work going on. I have several free hours a day that I can spend on the internet. How sad is that? Thank goodness or it would get in the way of my daily review of this board! (Kidding). I'm quitting this boring job in December so that I can go travel next year. Then I'll REALLY miss reading the board.
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i voluntarily dissasociated myself about 5 1/2 years ago.
i did not know anything about the things on the internet i just had a feeling that something was not right and i needed to exercise my right to be free and make free decisions.
how happy i was that a year after i dissasociated myself i got on the internet and found a wealth of information and a heck of alot of encouragement.. anyway my question is to those who have been out and free before the days of the internet.
Bboy, just saw this post.
You are right, it is duty to help people out. I agree it is a very destructive group that kills and ruins lives. I know this. Take for example my friend who commited suicide. I am not sure, but I would say his JW background had a lot to do with his death. All I am saying is that there are people who are happy in the organization. There is nothing that anyone can do or say to get them out. They will never leave because they are SO brainwashed. My life goal is not to save people from what they are responsible for themselves. People will make their own decisions and if they are so staunch in their beliefs then no matter what you or I tell them, they will not leave the "truth". This is life. Nothing can change it. As I said, no one got me out of the religion. I came out using my own brain. We have to give people credit that if they have that same use of their brain, I think they'll come out eventually. If not, there is nothing anyone else can do.
Yes, when someone comes to the board or comes looking, searching and doubting the "truth" then I think it's anyone's duty here to share what we know. But I would not track down current JWs who are "happy" with their spiritual life and "know" that they have the "truth" and try to get them out of the religion.
That's all I was saying.
Stacey
did being in the org really screw up your idea of what dating is.. i gues you would have to had "courted" in the org to answer this question.. the orgs idea of dating is in a sense to get married.. while outside.... marriage isnt even thought of for a looooong while.. my question is because i dont know if a girl is .
being casual or brushing me off : )
LOL... who needs dear abby when you have apostates. You're a crack up. Dont ask her if she wants to continue it - just ask her out again and go from there. Take it easy with things. Be cool. If she wants to see you again she'll say yes. It doesn't have to be complicated. Just go have a good time.
Between 25 & 30 and you haven't figured it all out yet? It's ok... you probably never will! Haha. Men and women, how does anyone make it work?????
