Merry Christmas and all the best for the New Year. Did you hand out cards to neighbours? If so why not hand them in on Christmas morning next year, our neighbours had an endless flow of people stopping in, it might help get you into some Christmas cheer.
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Can I get a Merry Christmas?
by KariOtt inits almost 9:30pm christmas night.
due to hubby being a jw i am never invited to any holiday dinners.
christmas, easter, thanksgiving ect.
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New here
by winnie12 inhey i'm new here, i've been reading up so much here and on other sites about tatt and it has really settled a nagging feeling of doubt within me.
truly i have been lied to and have been trapped in this cult.
i've been suffering with depression, anxiety, attempted suicide, hospitalization, anti depressants, loneliness all this while being in supposedly surrounded by "the happiest people" on earth.
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happy@last
Welcome here. I'd echo a lot of what has been said, does your dad know the policy on shunning? My dad was never a JW either and I've only just told him after 2 years of me being out (I faded but have decided to DA). He is very supportive but also shocked. If he has some relationship with your mum then over time he might be able to gauge her reaction were you to stop entirely. All the best on your journey.
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happy@last
Merry Christmas from Scotland, my youngest wanted to go to bed at 6 tonight so she can get up early, 3 hours earlier than normal
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introduction
by monis ini am 39 years old.
i converted to the jws when i was in middle school due to a witness in school and my family having issues at that time.
i found instant friends and family at the kh.
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happy@last
Welcome, your life has taken various directions, never stop asking questions. All the best for your journey and saving your kids and husband
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Video- "Interview with a friend, moving on after Watchtower"
by RayPublisher init was great to interview my friend and talk to him about his experiences at bethel and how he left the wt thinking and mind-set behind:.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogmdi7fidqa.
what do you guys think?
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happy@last
A moving story, keep up the good work
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Part Two: The non Bethel alternative.
by Giordano inafter i had graduated high school in the early 1960s i decided to make a commitment to pioneer.
for my mother even pioneering was not good enough.......... her first choice was bethel.
pioneering in my home area.....boring.
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happy@last
You paint a good picture with your words. I'm enjoying the read. I did laugh at Frank Spence, there's a funny tv character from the UK called Frank Spencer and I pictured him!
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Interview with an Apostate: Paralipomenon
by Paralipomenon inin all, i don't let very many see my true self.
are your parents / family jws?.
my brothers initially said they wouldn't but then after trying to convince me to come back each of them decided to shun me instead.. were you or are you still being shunned by those who didn't leave?.
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happy@last
Thank you for your interview, what a great line:I would rather face the future with tears in my eyes than turn my back to it to live in denial with a smile. All the best to you and yours.
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I have JUST become a GREAT GRANNY Of Twins.
by mouthy inhenry 51bs 12 oz,eve 51bs 14 oz...phil my grnason by marriage just called.. ashley the new mum) my granddaughter who herself was a twin,from my melanie who died when she was 42(cancer).
they are doing well born by ceaserian at 2.40p.m today!!!!!
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happy@last
Fantastic news, congratulations to you and yours
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Experiences: CAA needs to emotionally vomit... catharsis... release ... etc.
by confusedandalone inok, so i have been on this journey for about a year or so.
i feel like i am no longer a part of this whacked out religion, however at the same time after spending so many years in it there have been a huge array of things that have happened to me that i feel i need to talk about.
not because they will help anyone who reads them, not because they are the slightest bit interesting, but because i can no longer keep them bottled up and expect to move on.. alot of things i have experienced hurt me deeply... although i was able to move forward with my life these things tend to hang around in my mind because i have never been able to tell anyone outside of my wife.
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happy@last
That is quite a story to carry with you for so long. Do not let it eat away at you anymore. Your wife seems a great person, and she is right, what goes around comes around. I hope you feel a lot better having put 'pen to paper'.
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A story about Reggie and Reginald... and why it makes me cringe... more vomiting
by confusedandalone inso i grew up in new jersey in a very urban part of the state.
i literally only saw white folks if they were in a police car or if i went to the assembly.
the funny thing is at the assembly there was still a level of segregation as well although it was self-imposed.
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happy@last
Whatever happened to "have love among yourselves"?? I would have said something for sure