Sentinel-
I cried after reading your story. I fear this same thing could happen to me. I am SO sorry!
i am having a very difficult time and i am here right now because i know in my heart, that when i explain what has just happened to me a few minutes ago, you will understand.
many of you are no doubt going through the same thing.. within several posts here, i have spoken of my mother.
my dear sweet mother, who just turned 78, and who has been a faithful jw since 1959. she abandoned me in 1981, when i decided to leave the borg, and for twelve years she did not speak to me, write to me, call me, or visit me.
Sentinel-
I cried after reading your story. I fear this same thing could happen to me. I am SO sorry!
does anyone else dream about jw.com posters from time to time?.
i have the most vivid dreams.. .
write a short essay of appreciation for .
Umm, this is all messed up but where can I find all these smiley's?
remember, you had the truth!
everybody else didn't even have a clue!
the worldly people never understood our spiritual paradise.
Yes, I did. . .
after posting a reply to another thread i wondered if anyone can answer these questions??.
1. why are sisters not allowed to wear trousers?.
2. when sisters where a skirt why have they got to be below the knee?.
An elder's wife in my hall wore pant-suits and no one ever said anything. My mom said it was okay.
i love
to read but i've recently gotten bored with it; mostly because i've read all of the books by my favorite authors: stephen king, dean koontz, mary higgins clark, john saul
james patterson.
I love to read but I've recently gotten bored with it; mostly because I've read all of the books by my favorite authors: Stephen King, Dean Koontz, Mary Higgins Clark, John Saul and James Patterson.
Who are some of you favorite authors, and what are your favorite books (fiction)? I prefer psychological thrillers or scary books.
Edited by - StinkyPantz on 28 August 2002 23:37:41
for years i was in a state of depression that was so intense i attempted suicide a number of times and grew dependent on crystal meth.
i blamed this entirely on my family particulary my mother for shunning me for leaving the org.
you can only hear "you will die in the end" so many times.
You story is like so many here. But don't worry this is a great place to come for support. This site literally saved my life! I learned SO much and just reading the stories and realizing that so many have been in my shoes makes me feel so much better.
Try not to worry, you'll make it through this, we'll help!
since my introduction post was so gloomy, i thought i would share with everyone my top 5 list of things i have done since my escape from the watchtower!.
1) celebrating my birthday.
2) decking out the christmas tree.
Hey this is a cool thread. Since I've been out I've been able to
1) Have sex!! Woo-hoo!!
2) Get married to a "worldly" guy
3) Carve a Jack O' Lantern
4) Gamble (a lot) in Vegas
5) Give birthday presents
On my to-do list includes:
1) Not neccessarily "celebrating" but joining in the festivities of Xmas, Thanksgiving, etc
2) Get a tatoo and a couple more piercings
into the borg?.
i fortunately was never able to have a bible study grow all the way to the point of baptism.
but for those of you who did, do you feel guilty about bringing another person into what i think of as a cult?
nita-
That's terrible! Men. . . .
Edited by - StinkyPantz on 28 August 2002 16:39:51
i just wanted to say hello and that i think it's nice to find a place where i can express myself if/when i need/want to, although i feel pretty timid about posting.
Hi Nilfun! Welcome!
i was raised with a bookbag in my hand.
every saturday and sunday our family was out in service.i vacation, temporary and auxillary and regular pioneered.
i never enjoyed it but did it because i was supposed to do it.
When I auxilary pioneered it was kinda fun for about the first week, especially if all of my friends were pioneering that same month. But then it got to be boring as usual. In general I hate it, and hated that I was FORCED to do it.