Posts by Icansaylucky

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JW Urban Legends 2

by ZeroKool29 in

wow!

thanks for all of your replies to my last topic!

since it was so popular i thought we could use another one.

Twisted Life

by Mysterygirl in

i just thought that i would share my life as a jw.

i was born into this cult in 1973. i was born as a hermaphodite (both sexes) this was of great shock to my parents, apparently the confided in one of the elders asking him what thay should do?

his respones was that i should be made male (the doctors at the time said i should be female) my parent took the avice of the elder and i was the made to be a male.. as i was growing up i beged my parents to allow me to be the person that god had wanted me to be but the elders kept reasuring me and my parent that god wanted me to be a male so that i could one day be a elder or s/overser.. in my teen years it became very apparent that my parents had made a mistake as i would act in a very female way.

Icansaylucky

Mystery Girl, I am so sorry that these morons had control of your life. It's times like this that I hope there is Karma so these elders can get theirs. It was also atrocious what they did to the poor unsuspecting girl that you married, she deserved to know the potential problems. I know it will take determination on your part to heal from so many years of being who you weren't suppose to be. Please keep trying, I hope to read more of your post and watch you blossom as you take control of your own destiny. I agree with some of the others that you should contact Dateline or some other type programs. You mentioned that you didn't learn to write etc. did your parents not send you to school? No one has the right to ruin someones life so badly.

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Not DF'd but shunned anyway :-(

by Sirona in

ok. i'm really quite upset.

i am not disfellowshipped or disassociated.

the people in the local congregation know very little about my life nowadays.

Icansaylucky

That is so rude!!! If you are going by what the bible says, the bible says to treat "them" as a man of the world. Wouldn't a normal person say thank you to a "man of the world" if he/she held the door for you? Such crap.

I am disfellowshipped and have my niece staying with me who was raised a JW but never was baptized and does not go to meetings. She in fact is quite disillusioned with it (especially now that she has been staying with me). She is 26 years old. My JW brother wanted to have her stay at his house overnight for a visit and I had to meet him at a local mall to bring her to him. When we met him he gave her a hug and wouldn't even look at me, left me standing there like an idiot (not me him) lol. Finally we had to walk to my car to get her stuff, as we walked in stone silence, I guess it got to be too much for him, so he came up with a profound statement that went something like this. "Have you been dying your hair". I guess "hows the weather" was too obvious. I think being a Witness makes you Socially Challanged and they honestly don't know how to act. Plus they have to give you the proper punishment. Only to me it works just the opposite, he looked and sounded ridiculous. It turns out he made her leave because she said she didn't want to attend the meetings while she stayed at his house.

Edited by - icansaylucky on 3 February 2003 20:36:49

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Strangest thing you were called on the carpet for.

by Icansaylucky in

i would like to hear some of the strangest or most ridiculous thing you got in trouble with the elders for.

here is mine.. back in the early 70's i was married at the age of 18, typical witness thing to do.

my husband who was 6 years older than i ruled me like a overly strict father.

Icansaylucky

kwijibo, sorry your wife didn't join you. Is she upset with you for your decision?

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Subtle change in UK Blood Policy

by caspian in

jw
friends

it seems that the latest directive from his at the branch office is the following.. .

hlc members are not to direct jw parents to refuse blood for their children any more.. in the past uk doctors could easily get a court order to force jw children to have a blood transfusion.

but the parents always had to refuse completely so that court action almost always took place.

Icansaylucky

Isn't tlhat so big of them to promise no sanctions on the child? Wow so generous of them. I bet they are treated differently anyway. I wonder how many parents suffer from guilt for secretly wishing the doctors take matters into their own hands and give blood. I would. I felt guilty for blinking too many times as it wasn't "in moderation", not literally of course but I'm sure everyone knows what I mean.

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Strangest thing you were called on the carpet for.

by Icansaylucky in

i would like to hear some of the strangest or most ridiculous thing you got in trouble with the elders for.

here is mine.. back in the early 70's i was married at the age of 18, typical witness thing to do.

my husband who was 6 years older than i ruled me like a overly strict father.

Icansaylucky

kwijibo, I read your profile and you didn't give an indication as to why you decided to leave. Do you feel like sharing? If not just welcome.

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Email from a JW wannabe

by Quotes in

hi gang, the following email thread isn't extremely funny, but it does give some interesting insight into the mind of a jw-wannabe.

i received the following: .

dear quotes,.

Icansaylucky

Very interesting exchange. Sounds like his wife is the intelligent one in that family.

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Strangest thing you were called on the carpet for.

by Icansaylucky in

i would like to hear some of the strangest or most ridiculous thing you got in trouble with the elders for.

here is mine.. back in the early 70's i was married at the age of 18, typical witness thing to do.

my husband who was 6 years older than i ruled me like a overly strict father.

Icansaylucky

Razorblade, maybe he was jealous that you didn't ask him.

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Strangest thing you were called on the carpet for.

by Icansaylucky in

i would like to hear some of the strangest or most ridiculous thing you got in trouble with the elders for.

here is mine.. back in the early 70's i was married at the age of 18, typical witness thing to do.

my husband who was 6 years older than i ruled me like a overly strict father.

Icansaylucky

Jesika, it's such a mistake to make a worldly boy the forbidden fruit. I am grateful that my mother wasn't a freak about us seeing worldly boys. I think she knew that we would sneak if she didn't let us, so she would let us but only when she was there. So they would come over and hang with the family and she would sometimes study with them. They would all love my mother. I had two sisters and all three of us and my two younger brothers married witnesses. We all had disaster marriages, all three girls were divorced. All three of us girls were 18 when we married. So ridiculous. I would never encourage my 18 year old to get married, that is so common amongst witnesses. I don't want to offend anyone, but I think witnesses have more potential for a dysfunctional marriage than worldly people, because they usually have so many issues from being brought up a witness. Plus they (not all) get married without benefit of being in love, just to get out of their strict homes and so they can have sex. All three of us girls were virgins when we got married, but big deal we were only 18 years old, no big accomplishment.

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Strangest thing you were called on the carpet for.

by Icansaylucky in

i would like to hear some of the strangest or most ridiculous thing you got in trouble with the elders for.

here is mine.. back in the early 70's i was married at the age of 18, typical witness thing to do.

my husband who was 6 years older than i ruled me like a overly strict father.

Icansaylucky

jadeds, that is so disgusting!!!!