Hi
i was brought up in the "truth" by my mum,my dad has never believed it or wanted to be a part of it, i was going to be the golden girl
of the family the regular pioneer but at 16 i rebelled and stopped going, a few years later in my twenties,single and with a baby and
very lonely i went back and got baptised. within a year i was very unhappy with the restrictions and the rules and i ended up being
disfellowshipped for going out drinking and sleeping with a man, the judicial meeting was awful, i had to tell them things personal things
they seemed obsessed with what i had been doing,i was in tears, one of the elders was nice and i was asked more than twice to leave
the room,when i left i could hear raised voices but the other two elders were horrible and i was disfellowshipped.
one of the elders tried to tell my mum that she couldnt visit me and my baby as i was DF but she refused and i saw her daily and
i even went on holiday, i did go back and get reinstated,i looke back now and i think what the heck? i was made to sit at the back of
the KH like some horrible criminal while noone spoke to me,my reinstating period took a year as the elders werent convinced of
my being sorry for what i had done, i was a single mum depressed,on medication with a baby and they were horrible,yet i thought
that this was the norm.
i eventually left again and didnt go for years, a couple of years ago i went back -i lasted about 5 months and saw it for what it was
and ive never been and never will go back again.
ive lurked on here for a few weeks and have plucked up courage to post finally lol! and everything is falling into place,its like
the scales have been removed from my eyes and i now see how brainwashed i was, my siblings of whom never really went have
told me im such a happier and better person to be around,my mum still goes and is a regular pioneer and i dotn think that will
ever change but shes happy.
thanks for reading.
rosie
x
i was brought up in the "truth" by my mum,my dad has never believed it or wanted to be a part of it, i was going to be the golden girl
of the family the regular pioneer but at 16 i rebelled and stopped going, a few years later in my twenties,single and with a baby and
very lonely i went back and got baptised. within a year i was very unhappy with the restrictions and the rules and i ended up being
disfellowshipped for going out drinking and sleeping with a man, the judicial meeting was awful, i had to tell them things personal things
they seemed obsessed with what i had been doing,i was in tears, one of the elders was nice and i was asked more than twice to leave
the room,when i left i could hear raised voices but the other two elders were horrible and i was disfellowshipped.
one of the elders tried to tell my mum that she couldnt visit me and my baby as i was DF but she refused and i saw her daily and
i even went on holiday, i did go back and get reinstated,i looke back now and i think what the heck? i was made to sit at the back of
the KH like some horrible criminal while noone spoke to me,my reinstating period took a year as the elders werent convinced of
my being sorry for what i had done, i was a single mum depressed,on medication with a baby and they were horrible,yet i thought
that this was the norm.
i eventually left again and didnt go for years, a couple of years ago i went back -i lasted about 5 months and saw it for what it was
and ive never been and never will go back again.
ive lurked on here for a few weeks and have plucked up courage to post finally lol! and everything is falling into place,its like
the scales have been removed from my eyes and i now see how brainwashed i was, my siblings of whom never really went have
told me im such a happier and better person to be around,my mum still goes and is a regular pioneer and i dotn think that will
ever change but shes happy.
thanks for reading.
rosie
x
