I was a JW from birth to 25. Never got to have a normal child hood. No birthday parties, no christmas, no sports in school, no friends from school, pretty much NOTHING, unless it was with other JW kids. It sucked. Marked at 25 for talking to a DF'd brother, left at 25 because i was treated like i had been Df'd 17 years later forced to DA because the boyfriend of an ex dub i was seeing grassed me up to my old elders. Bad me. Don't know why I'm here, Jw's have caused me nothing but pain my entire life, but I still see you lot as family.