Hi everyone, I have been "lurking" for a week or so and thought I'd join the fun. I am a third generation JW who was determined not to make my kids the fourth! My husband and I left almost five years ago and have never looked back and as a result have never been happier.
Just a quick summary of the past thirteen years...
I never went to college (never even considered it) and was married two weeks after graduating from high school. My husband was made an alter boy (ministerial servant) a few years later. That was the beginning of the end for us. As he began to research for meeting parts and public talks he began to realize that there were an awful lot of conflicts that he couldn't in good conscience teach to the congregation, so he didn't. Funny how know one noticed. Anyway, to make a long story short, we just walked away after our son was born. Not one person in the congregation called. An entire year later an elder's wife called to invite us to the memorial but we passed on that one. She is the only person from the hall who has ever called. Not one elder visit, nothing. So, we are not df'd or da'd. We celebrate all holidays and birthdays and have a blast doing so. We decorate our house at Christmas and put the biggest tree we can in the front window for all to see. Still nothing from the elders! They know about us, but since we are quite content to let them shun us with out the hassle of the commitee meetings interfering with their favorite tv shows, they pretend not to notice.
That's it in a nutshell.
Thanks for reading!
Princess (Mulan's daughter by the way)