Posts by Icansaylucky

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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

please everyone more stories, this only comfirms the decision I made 23 years ago.

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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

exjw b12, they are so picky about little stuff like that! ha ha

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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

Prinsess, doesn't that elder know that without the slit in a skirt like that you have to walk like a geisha girl? So trivial and ridiculous.

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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

blondie, are you male or female? Why are you scary? It's good to know that the elder's can be intimidted as well.

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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

Texas Apostate, sounds like you had your own designated chair in the library (committee room). Unbelievable, talk about harrassment.

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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

I must have missed the "must wear a suit" scripture.

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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

calamityjane, that's horrible making a little 11 year old feel almost like they're dirty little sexual beings.

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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.

knowtomuch, yes I certainly did get rid of my husband two children later. Now he is remarried to his third wife and making her miserable. He abused the second wife as well. As far as I know he only verbally abuses this latest one, guess he's getting too old for all that physical stuff. He still calls me and literally cries and apologizes for treating me so badly.. My new husband non-witness is a jewel and I now I'm a clothes horse and my husband never says a word about my love for clothes.lol

edited for spelling

Edited by - Icansaylucky on 23 January 2003 11:44:10

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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

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. I was not allowed to buy clothes unless they were secondhand and my wardrobe left a lot to be desired. So fashion wasn't a big priority of mine only because I didn't have a choice.

I was not allowed to buy nylons so I had some white ones that I would dye in tea so they wouldn't look too awful. I wore them all the time with my unsightly Salvation Army dresses. One day after the meeting an elder came up to me and said I needed to meet with the elders. I had no idea what it could be for. I honestly thought that they were going to talk to me about the fact that my husband was physically abusive to me, as I had reported the abuse some time earlier to an elder and he read me scriptures on how to be a good wife and to be obedient to my husband. I asked him to talk to my husband as I felt like he was going to really hurt me someday or even kill me. He said he would and never did. The abuse continued.

I followed the elder back to the dreaded library and I don't remember how many elders there were, but there were more than one. I asked what this was about and the elder said. ''We need to talk to you about your nylons." I said "what about them, I don't understand". He said "we feel you are wearing them to draw attention to your legs". I was so shocked I was almost speechless. Of course I told them that it was the furthest from the truth, and that I wore those nylons because it was all I had and I was permitted to buy more. They said that it was distracting to some brothers. I did not wear my dresses too short, they were the standard 2 inches above the knee or below. I think some wife caught her creepy elder husband looking at my legs and he had to blame it on me somehow.

I still am amazed that they found the time to talk to me about my ugly off white nylons, but never talked to my husband for the abuse.

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Your LAST door

by RAYZORBLADE in

just curious.

would anyone like to share, if they feel like it, their memory of the last door they ever knocked on?

i was with about 3 or 4 other people, all sisters.

Icansaylucky

I don't remember my last door, but what I do remember is I never enjoyed service. I was approached by and elder who suggested that I temporary pioneer. I felt cornered and as much as I didn't want to do it, I agreed to for the following month. There were 2 full time pioneers that I went out with everyday. I remember them going on and on about how much they loved going out in the ministry and that they were their happiest while out in service. I remember siliently sitting there wishing I could have those feelings, but I simply didn't. All I could think about is getting home, and dreading everydoor we pulled up to.

I never did capture that zeal, and I think it's because I never truly believed in what I was preaching. A lot of the questions I was being asked at the door, I questioned myself.