Finding it all funny now

feeds@yuku.com (juliebooty) — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 14:28:08 GMT

So I should introduce myself since I have been snooping the last few days! I grew up in a very small town congregation in east Texas - which is about as bad as it gets, they seem to fit the category of more fanatical than others. Was the typical sheeply kid who did every thing to make my parents proud of me as a Witness. My problems are as common as anyone else on this board it started in my teens when I began questioning history and geological findings that were of course only answered with...

hi I am dave's wife, Lisa

feeds@yuku.com (EXDave) — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:04:58 GMT

I was DFed a long time ago i have no hard feelings about this.
I had a great grammy ,that phoned me when I was DFed. My grammy never gave up on me.
She was a witness her entire life, died at 92 yrs old.
My aunt would talk to me . My uncle who was a ministerial servant talked to me, he was in a wheel chair.
Lots of family talked to me, my whole family has been in the truth for generations.
It didn't bother me being DFed or waiting in the car for Dave after...

from paridise lost.......

feeds@yuku.com (EXDave) — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 04:54:14 GMT

Hi everyone,
My name is Dave. I was the eldest of 3 boys growing up. I'm 43 yrs old and I grew up beliving that armegeddon was alway a week away.

I 'll back up a bit,at age 7 we moved to a new area where my mom was promptly visited by a neighbour who had some wonderfull good news. What happened from there was the typical scenarieo and mom was baptized in 1975,(Dad never did join up or show any intrest) thank god mom and us kids made it into the org. just in time...

Always listen to your intuition.

feeds@yuku.com (bella) — Wed, 28 Oct 2009 05:27:37 GMT

I didn't anticipate this being quite so long... but once I started, I couldn't stop. Here goes:

I can actually remember the first time the JW's knocked on our door. We never received any visitors, so someone knocking on our door was quite exciting for a 3 year old.

my story

feeds@yuku.com (oslo) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:46:59 GMT

i was born into a long line of jehovah's witnesses. about 99% of my family still are. i'm the youngest of three girls and my parents were very hard-working people; my father especially. we lived in nice houses and had nice things, but it was a huge strain on my parents. they were tired, and they missed a lot of meetings. for this they had a lot of guilt and probably still see themselves as failures. my mother consistently wanted nicer, newer, prettier things and so my dad worked his...

"FLASHES OF GUILT"

feeds@yuku.com (BethSarim) — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 09:18:23 GMT

JW since birth, baptized now for 22 years, raised my own family in the org. We left the org. recently...not long ago in fact. Been fading for about 2 years. Went on a ping pong type journey of being a zealous witness to a complete drop out and back again. Now I'm out for good. And in as much as I've learned through my endless reasearch on this org. , and for as much as I know this group is NOT the "true religion" as chosen by God, still I find myself having these brief...

Wishing to seek another Religion or belief.... ??

feeds@yuku.com (Ezzie) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:20:38 GMT

Hi Everyone I'm new here, I've been the foum for a few days now an you guys are truly amazing! I'm inspired by reading your responses to us new comers.

My family is a practacing JW's with the exception of one of my sisters, brother and myself. Its actually just my one sister and my parents. Everytime we get together I feel very uncomforatable... and I'm very...

hello im new

feeds@yuku.com (sad) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 07:07:57 GMT

Hi, im new to the forum. I have been raised as a jw, mum and dad brother and sisters still in, my dad is an elder so i have to attend the meetings although im finding it so hard. My parents are very stricked, my siblings, some are baptised and the others are too young. Im too scared to share my story yet, but i hope i can find friends on here. Dad doesnt know im here, im using the computer when he isnt home.
Thankyou for listening.

****... confused...feel free yet still enslaved PART 2 (scroll down to my conclusion)

feeds@yuku.com (creativemind) — Tue, 20 Oct 2009 12:35:27 GMT

After reading story after story not,only on this site but other sites as well, I feel relieve and a sense of freedom BUT still dragging some chains.

Hi everyone,
As I mentioned before I have been reading for hours since last week... and now I finally would like to share my story with you. I am not DF'd nor DA I am what you guys call fading away. My mother is in the "truth" so is my sis even though I know she is active b/c of my mom.... they are so close.
I am...

My poor brother!!!!

feeds@yuku.com (waveladie) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:04:03 GMT

My big brother Quervyn got married when he was 18 to pioneer. They seemed to be so happy and in love, and I'm sure in the beginning they were. I moved away from my moms house and didn't know much about his life.

Seven years went by and i get a call from my mom telling me that my brother had been DFS because he had cheated on his wife. She said he had been kicked out of his house and we needed to go get him to bring him to my dads house. We got to my brothers house...

Sacha's Story

feeds@yuku.com (Sacha) — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 10:07:51 GMT

I was born and raised a J.W. and except for the occasional feelings of being left out for holiday or birthday celebrations, and not being allowed to play sports or go to school dances, my childhood memories are pretty good. My parents were very strict but at the same time very loving. My father was the presiding overseer at the kingdom hall we attended and my mother was a regular pioneer. My brother and his wife are currently serving where the need is great in South America. I went to...

i rather die right now, than to live life this way....

feeds@yuku.com (waveladie) — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 15:20:18 GMT

My mom joined this cult when i was five years old. She was never fond of celebrating holidays, but still we used to go to my grandmas house for christmas and mothers day...memories i now hold dear.

Soon, as a person who was thirsty to find a place to belong to, my mother turned into an extremist and was a fierce ruler over her kingdom. My dad never joined, and was to preocupied cheating with every woman he could find on his path, so me and my brother were pretty much on our own....

Hi! My Introduction

feeds@yuku.com (mendacem memorem esse oportet) — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 04:39:24 GMT

Hi everyone. I am an Ex-JW. I grew up in the Truth and left years ago. I started looking at Ex-JW boards when I had time off work a few years ago and frankly, once you start, it's impossible to stop. You think you are the only one out there with a nutty family and realize, no, in fact, everyone who has left {and you aren't the only one ; -) } has the same issues with family, etc.

So, I come and read and talk, to gain perspective, and ideas on how to communicate with my...

New here. My unfortunate experiences.

feeds@yuku.com (TheGayGuy) — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 02:51:51 GMT

Hey guys, I've been visiting this site and reading through lots of your stories, its been such a help to me to know how far from alone I am!

Let me introduce myself. My name is Nate, I'm an openly gay 19 year old, and I've been out of the J-Dubs for approximately 3 years now (not DF-ed, I was never baptized). I was born in...

My Story - in Short

feeds@yuku.com (thegeek) — Sun, 27 Sep 2009 05:24:56 GMT

I stumbled upon this site just a few days ago and have been reading many of the stories. I find myself amazed and comforted that there are so many others who have shared similar experiences to mine. I'll try to keep this as brief as possible.

My mother came...

lets hit back

feeds@yuku.com (thetruthshallsetufree) — Sat, 26 Sep 2009 21:56:39 GMT

Hi everyone , I saw some of them in the street i walked up and asked who they were , I told them getting dishfellowshipped was the best thing that ever happened to me , the look of horror on the old ones face was priceless , Im interested thuogh in where the money goes any one got any ideas , i say next memorial , lets go to our old halls and run amok drink thier wine and make the cops come F##K EM!!!!!!!!!

Loose Chains-Part 2 of my story

feeds@yuku.com (Sleet) — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 22:11:31 GMT

I've meant to write my second part of the story earlier. However, school started and one particular class left me paralyzed with the insane amount of work(mostly because I arrived to the class a few days later due to some schedule problems).

Also, around this week, something interesting happened. I wanted to see how it would turn out but I couldn't without waiting a few days.

So sit back and relax.(Keep reading after part b, it gets better.

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