wasblind: My guidance counseler was a total idiot. She would always imply to the girls at school that their boyfriends were abusive if they were in a sexual relationship. Whenever I came to her about my mother she would just say stuff like "You know, I have similar rules in my household..." or "She's your mom and she has a right to set rules..." Fuck guidance counselers. Seriously.
cult classic: I feel that I know my boyfriend and his family really well. I've known him since my freshman year at our very small school, and was close friends with a girlfriend of his for a year or two who was very candid about him. I've also met all of his immediate family.
Gayle: I'm not even going to begin to think about furthering my education until I get my life a little more in order. I'm kinda getting out of dodge, as it were, right now.
Nickolas: I absolutely abhor the frightening, Orwellian society that is the WBTS and thinking about what they're doing to families and their children makes my blood boil.
Scully: My mom has sought out professional help before, and we've been in contact with many mental health professionals. None of them thought it was a problem, and one therapist even thought that her religious convictions were entirely healthy (she would tell anecdotes about how she'd routinely search her own children's rooms.) I'm moving out very soon and I've kind of run out of time to document anything she's done. I just never really thought that I had a serious case before because everyone I talked to about it acted like my mom was just a little nutty, and my situation was so similar to other kids growing up around me (some not even JWs), and none of them were able to recieve help or in some cases emancipation.
Flyinghighnow: No worries about pregnancy here. Babies terrify me.
Open mind: Thanks!
jamiebowers: Like I said, my mother cut off all contact with her family when she went back to the WTBS. I have no idea how to get in contact with her siblings, who don't live anywhere near us. Me and my boyfriend are both very independant, and while I'm not experienced with relationships by any means this isn't my first. I don't see making him my life becoming a problem. I've been doing a lot of research on the pros and cons of different birth control methods and discussing the options with him. A visit to planned parenthood is one of the first things on our agenda.
braveheart: Thanks! His mother's side of the family, which we are leaving behind here in Texas, are all a bunch of loonies. His mother is actually on a Watchtower subscription; I only hope that she doesn't feel so drawn to what is written in them that she joins the cult, because he has a very young sister who he often worries about leaving here in her mother's care (along with my sisters.) We're going to be up north with his dad's side of the family, who are somewhat dysfunctional but all around good people.
wasblind: It's cool for anyone to call me Bitch, Bitch on Parade, BOP or any variation thereof. If I found it offensive, I wouldn't have chosen it.
Thanks everyone for your kind words and interest, sorry if I missed anyone or anything!