I have those same feelings, I have blamed the organization for not encouraging parents to send their kids to college for years. I did go to school to be a CNA and also a Medical Assistant against my parents wishes but they were trade schools and it has at least allowed me to make a living as a single person and enjoy my life. Had I gone straight out of school I would be much better off. I have always wondered if cleaning houses and office buildings was enough for the JW's? Which is what I was told to do.
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Just become a window washer..............ya that.
by ctrwtf ini"m normally the kind of guy that likes to count his blessings.
i've got two great kids.
and a super wife who loves me despite myself.
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This photo woke me up
by krejames in.
i was already on my way to my second fade when i went to the wildlife photographer of the year 2012 exhibition, but this photo made me lose faith in the idea of a loving creator......(the gazelle has been injured by the mother cheetah so she can use it to train her cubs to hunt).
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Justmenthedogs
But, but, in the new system animals won't kill other animals to eat and cheetahs won't get a baby animal to train her babies.
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Surviving 2014
by Defianttruth insometimes i get stuck in the "ruts of my past".
i worry about the family i have lost and the pain i live with because of this cult.
this is my plan for 2014. i'm going to do things out of my comfort level.
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Justmenthedogs
Sounds good to me:)
2014 has my puppy starting to compete in agility. She is 15 months old and a little red rocket on the agility course. She is entered in her first trial in April.
I also plan on raising the bar for myself in regards to my seasoned older dog that is already competing and is "handler" challenged, lol.
I also plan on changing jobs and possibly leaving the state and buying a house in the Northwest.
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Do you feel guilty?
by Justmenthedogs inso while i was out hiking with the dogs today i got to thinking about this forum and was wondering how many of you still feel guilty from time to time for leaving?
i do, i miss my family at times but then i think about the life that i have created and i have a good one, i have good friends and i am happy, happier then i ever was as a jw.
i was just wondering if others feel the same way sometimes..
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Justmenthedogs
underline my watchtower, lol I forgot about that. You all are great!
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Do you feel guilty?
by Justmenthedogs inso while i was out hiking with the dogs today i got to thinking about this forum and was wondering how many of you still feel guilty from time to time for leaving?
i do, i miss my family at times but then i think about the life that i have created and i have a good one, i have good friends and i am happy, happier then i ever was as a jw.
i was just wondering if others feel the same way sometimes..
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Justmenthedogs
There is no way I would ever change my family, they are in deep. I relate to all the guilt back then, always worried about doing something wrong and wanting so much more but at times I feel bad that I don't see my family and my folks are only getting older, I just don't want any regrets with them but I also need to be true to myself and cannot be something I am not just for other people.
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Do you feel guilty?
by Justmenthedogs inso while i was out hiking with the dogs today i got to thinking about this forum and was wondering how many of you still feel guilty from time to time for leaving?
i do, i miss my family at times but then i think about the life that i have created and i have a good one, i have good friends and i am happy, happier then i ever was as a jw.
i was just wondering if others feel the same way sometimes..
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Justmenthedogs
So while I was out hiking with the dogs today I got to thinking about this forum and was wondering how many of you still feel guilty from time to time for leaving? I do, I miss my family at times but then I think about the life that I have created and I have a good one, I have good friends and I am happy, happier then I ever was as a JW. I was just wondering if others feel the same way sometimes.
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Weekend Warning - Family May be after You Come Sunday, be ready.
by LostGeneration inthe wt this weekend:.
help those who have become inactive.. jesus said that there is joy in.
heaven when just one lost sheep is.
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Justmenthedogs
I have not had my family preach at me in years, they do try to "encourage me" by telling me all about the pioneering they are doing or the brother who dumped his dog at the pound because he was going to go to where the need is great and we all know he can't take his dog but its ok that it was taken to the pound since he was doing Jehovah's work. I am glad they leave me alone. We do not have the same values at all.
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ARE YOU AN ANGRY and BITTER APOSTATE?
by Hummingbird001 ini have noticed that there are different reactions to learning the "truth about the truth".
some become quite bitter and angry and become very activist.
others seem to just move on quite easily.. .
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Justmenthedogs
I have found actually to be rather relieved that all my feelings almost my entire life are justified and correct. I have never felt it was right and always questioned it. There are some things I am hurt over but I cannot fix it so I move on, why dwell on it, I do miss my family at times but the fact is I have a great life and really cool dogs that have taken me places and I have competed with them in activities and made incredible friends, real friends through the dog world that I would never have done as a JW. I do not regret anything at all and feel no bitterness or anger.
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I can't believe how sexist the Borg is!!!
by quellycatface injust letting off a bit more steam.
why can't sisters look after the library or the sound.
what makes the brothers so damned special???.
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Scratching head...While the organization IS a sexist organization, they are following what their interpretation of it says. I don't have an issue with it, although I did notice women are ok to clean the bathrooms and vacuum the carpet and check out territory cards. I remember when I was living in Utah, going to dinner with some folks from the Kingdom Hall, 2 couples. The men sat there the entire meal and put down their wives, the wives sat there subserviently and allowed the verbal abuse in public, I can only imagine what went on behind closed doors. There is a lot that goes on that I have always questioned and the way women are treated was one of them.
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My parents threw me away
by mzmmom inneed to put it in writing.
i think of it every day.
i know so many of us have gone through this, but it sure hurts.
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Justmenthedogs
Such hypocrites. It's all about family, unless a member of the family is not a JW.