Blackwolf,
You have a dilemma and it's difficult because you really love your parents. Sometimes they leave too.
My daughter started having doubts the same time as me and so did my son. We all left within months of eachother
Kate xx
my mom and i were talking today about how next summer i will be 18 and she said that just thinking about it might make her cry.
that made me think about how much more it would hurt her if i quit being a jw.
i really do love my parents, i know they are just being cruelly manipulated by a cult and that they really think they are doing what is best for me.
Blackwolf,
You have a dilemma and it's difficult because you really love your parents. Sometimes they leave too.
My daughter started having doubts the same time as me and so did my son. We all left within months of eachother
Kate xx
hi, new here but have been lurking for a while.
some background first, i am from the uk, 3rd gen born in, dad, grandad elders etc.
17 years ago i left, no df or da just left, 18 years old and alone but i did it and have had no regrets.
Welcome freeandcontent.....very difficult to find a balance.
Thanks for your experience Leela1 it's very apt for this thread. I am sorry this happened to your family
Kate xx
just now finding this web site and have enjoyed reading the comments.
i've never written down my story and it could be a jerry springer episode but here goes.
i was raised as a jehovah's witness from as early as i can remember.
Hey Chip,
Great story, it will help others in your position
Kate xx
only a few days ago i was walking around the house in a mindless wander thinking if i needed to seek professional help.
then i got the courage to seek the comfort of complete strangers on the internet and found a world of support here on this website.
thank you simon and whoever else has made this website possible.
Welcome elderess,
Thank you for your story. It was wonderful to read
Kate xx
mum phoned last night to see how we all are.
after fifteen years away from meetings and my old jw life you'd think my fade could be called 'successful' and for the most part it is.
.. my resentment at being lied to and having wasted over thirty years of my life has left me like a glass of water full to the brim, it only takes a tap to make a mess.
Sorry to hear about this nic,
My parents were never JWs and I had someone to run to when I was Df'd, my daughter faded too and my son is out too.
It sounds like even though I have been out two years I am more out than you due to my circumstances.
I am so sorry this cult has put such a terrible strain on your relationship with your mum, and you still feel there are things left unsaid. It's so frustrating for me as I want to stop you feeling so restricted.
Sorry Nic
Kate xx
the topic of circumcision has been brought up a few times recently.
then i wondered... .
how do women really view circumcision?
What is appalling about removing foreskin?
Many people say the penis is cleaner and less susceptible to infection without foreskin.
How do you know about sexual stimulation? There isn't any research that can be done to compare this.
Kate xx
the topic of circumcision has been brought up a few times recently.
then i wondered... .
how do women really view circumcision?
I had my son circumcised also. No big deal. I don't think it's as abusive as being in a cult and being shunned.
Kate xx
those of you fading- with the memorial approaching are you going to appease family?
not going and making up an excuse?
acting like your going but not really?.
I am not a fader. I wish I was but I spoke my mind to quickly. Last year I was encouraged to go to the memorial.
As I am df'd it's just another opportunity to be ignored and shunned......I would rather talk to JWs at the trolley than go to a memorial.
My daughter is a fader and stopped going two years ago and never attended a memorial.
Kate xx
the topic of circumcision has been brought up a few times recently.
then i wondered... .
how do women really view circumcision?
The actual anatomy has no bearing on the priority in a relationship. If a man is generous, considerate, has a sense of humour and intelligent. It doesn't matter to me if he does or doesn't have foreskin.
I have no preference
Kate xx
just happy to be alive....can barely move ☺.. a girl who just got her license , and a new suv....thought it might be cool to pass the person in front of her....at a curve......on a two way road!!!!!😠😠😠.
very mad puppy.
Wow, What news. Glad you're home now and nothing is broken.
Kate xx