Help/Advice getting out of a talk..

by Mysterious 24 Replies latest jw friends

  • Mysterious
    Mysterious

    For some reason they lost my name or something for talks, haven't done one in a year. Anyway I got assigned one and I sure as hell don't want to give it since I'm trying to get out as is. I also don't want to make the talk but there is no way I can turn it over to someone else with my mom around. It's this Tuesday (haven't even started it yet). My policy is general coasting until the end of December and then get out. Giving a talk is not in this plan and I simply refuse.

    The problem of course being the guilt trip/duty/no good reason not to do it that my mother will use. I know I could just say I'm not giving it but that's not realistic at all, it would just make waves with mom and the tsunamis will be hitting by Christmas as is.

    SO. I'm looking for some way to get out of it. Can anyone give any advice on a similuated crisis of nerves or such. I'll do just about anything, if it gets me out of going to the meeting that night as well so much the better!

    Help..advice..anyone?

  • morty
    morty

    Paint your face with red spots and tell them you have the chicken pox...sorry, thats all I can think of....Chickenpox

    and if you have had them already as a child, this will make it look even better because you are very sick with them as an adult..

    Just my 2 cents...good luck and really do hope you escape that talk....

    morty


  • Mysterious
    Mysterious

    Naw dont think mom is quite that stupid. I don't think you can get chicken pox again unless you had a very mild case, and I didn't. And when you get them as an adult it's called shingles I think.

    It's very tempting to simply collapse to the floor moments before having to get ready and start sobbing and just not stop until she leaves.

  • Simon
    Simon

    Just wear the shortest skirt you can find on the day with thigh length boots and a low top. They will not let you give a talk like that.

    Oh, and post a pic

    Seriously, I hated giveing talks and would have done anything to get out of it. Of course, I'd love to give one now !!

    You could always just tell them "I don't want to do this and am not going to". They can't force you.

  • shamus
    shamus

    Just tell them that you can't do it, sorry, and hang up the phone. They can't make you do it, so don't. Don't go to the meeting, and do something more interesting!

    Live and enjoy life like you were supposed to.

  • morty
    morty

    ok then,

    just simply get a real bad case of the flu....call in sick to work as well the same day if you have to.....go to bed real early the night before to start showing some serious start of it....have a cold towel on your head, pretend it is coming out both ends if you have toVomit Into The Toilet...even call the doctor.....

    I am with simon on this one though...they really cant make you.....If you cant fess up and just say your not doing it, then you better start taking some good notes here, on all the ridicules advice your gonna get.....I am sure you will read some real good stories....Flirty 2

    morty


  • blondie
    blondie

    I vote for an easily fakeable illness. Why not a mysterious case of diarrhea. Just start running to the bathroom. I don't know how many times people just didn't show up on the night they had a talk without calling the school overseer.

    Or call the school overseer and say that things have been busy at work/school and to reschedule you. By that time you should be out of home. He will appreciate your calling rather than not showing up.

    Blondie

  • freein89
    freein89

    Are you feeling alright? You look pale, I think you are coming down with something. Probably a stomach flu. What? are you running to the bathroom again? Hope you are feeling better soon.

    Deb

  • Sentinel
    Sentinel

    At this point and time, with being so concerned about what your mother might think, and the fact that you aren't quite ready to push the "exit" button, you can do what I did for awhile. Once I realized that I was going to have to live a lie, I knew the minute I was assigned a talk that I would NOT be doing the Ministry School thing. I didn't worry about it too much because they usually give you lots of notice, but then as it would get closer I would get very nervous. I was not a person who told untruths. I was missing many meetings anyway, due to my "job" and "family responsibilities", "lack of transportation" and to "illnesss", so I would just alternate which excuse I used and in my mind I felt this was not a bad thing to do, as it hurt less people.

    In the end as my excuses were way too obvious, I just did not show up when I was assigned. It was cowardly of me. I knew they had to get some "pioneer" or other qualified person to fill in for me and I really felt guilty. But, even guilt could not make me go. After I had done this about three times, one of the nicer elders simply took me aside after a meeting and kindly "suggested" that I should remove myself from MS until I could get my personal life straightened out, which I promptly did.

    Of course I was labeled, but I had already been labeled as "weak" anyway. Here I was, this young woman who was once been such a shinning example of what youths should strive for. I was very "strong" in the truth from age 14 until around 19. I even Pioneered, served at the assemblies in various capacities. Then I made a mistake and fell in love with someone "worldly", got married and had a child. Of course I was honest about everything, told the elders, but they df'd me anyway. They wanted to use me as an example. Even though I had been reinstated later on, things were never the same.

    Now here I was, in their eyes, someone unworthy to associate with because I still asked too many questions. Why couldn't I just "accept" and keep my mouth shut? Well, being in this condition got me off the hook, but upset my mom terribly and that was the one person that I hated to disappoint. She always took our decisions very personally, and she felt this reflected on her abilities, etc. Little by little, the final exit door was getting closer and closer, and finally I went through it. It felt great and was the right decision for me. Trying to stay "in" to remain connected to friends and family wasn't working because I wasn't being true to my heart. At age 36, it was time for me to find my own self.I had played that game for a very long time, and when I finally made the decision to leave in every sense of the word, I felt finally free. It cost me a lot, but in the end, it was so worth it.

  • Stacy Smith
    Stacy Smith

    We are all very capable of doing the cramp thing. It's never failed me and I've never really cramped badly in my life. Intestinal disorders are always effective too. Mom wouldn't want you to crap your pants up there would she.

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