Did you make artificial smiles at the hall?

by JH 17 Replies latest jw friends

  • JH
    JH

    I smiled alot at the hall.

    But I think it was all artificial !!!

  • daystar
    daystar

    Well, since there were very, very few people I felt really connected to, I'm sure of it. Same sort of fake smiles people use when walking past each other in halls at the office.

  • Nosferatu
    Nosferatu
    Did you make artificial smiles at the hall?

    No, but I made a lot of real frowns. It was hard to smile when I wasn't happy.

  • StillGroggy
    StillGroggy

    Most definitely, it's a survival method.

    Especially since the "clean the cong." type elders will assume you're hiding a secret sin if you don't have the jw smile.

    Happened to me a couple of times

  • HadEnuf
    HadEnuf

    Yeah...I was definately a member of the False Smile and Be Nice Club at the KH. What a waste of smiles.

    mumsy

  • fullofdoubtnow
    fullofdoubtnow

    Yes I did, I was one of the main "love bombers" for most of the time I was a jw. I used to smile even when I felt more like crying.

  • luna2
    luna2

    I don't like thinking about it now...so embarrassing.

  • Finally-Free
    Finally-Free

    All the smiles I made at the hall were artificial, except when someone made a fool of himself on the platform. Then my laughter was genuine.

    W

  • Butters
    Butters

    I drew a smily face on the urinal in the men's bathroom at the hall two days before I moved. I remember the last two meetings hearing people chuckle in there, and then I would look at the sisters faces for their expression. It was a gas.

  • earthtone
    earthtone

    I think most do the fake smile thing. Because most people at the hall did not truly care if you were hurting or sad.

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