A memory from being a JW (page 2)

daystar

I can remember sitting behind this particularly nasty, smelly fellow. He had the most horrible dandruff I've ever seen in my life, all over his hair and on his shoulders. I mean, these babies were the size of my thumbnail.

love2Bworldly

I remember one of the first times I visited the Hell Hall as a disfellowshipped JW at my old hall. An older lady was so happy to see me there she gave me the biggest smile when I was in the restroom (probably because no one else could see her smiling at a disfellowshipped person in the bathroom.) I remember how she made me feel, it was an incredibly warm smile. Everyone else wouldn't look at me or frowned when they were around me which made me uncomfortable and made me wonder why I was trying to come back to the so called 'truth'.

lucifer

there was a little girl in my hall who was about 5 years old, and she was commenting, just a few words that her mom whispered to her, at the end the speaker said thank you ummm ...(he couldn't remember her name) so her still having the microphone said "My name is Megan and I Am Canadian" people started to snicker because thats the line on the beer commercial her mom quickly grabbed the mic from her haha.

Another time the same little girl was sitting behind a little french elder who was bald, and said loudly to her mom" does he wash his head with a face cloth its so shiny?" he heard her lol!

another one was when the sunday meeting was canceled halfway because of a snow storm and as this was being announced a boy that was probably 11 years old said very loudly YESSSS!! everyone laughed because he was this little suck up, elder in the making, I copy everyones comment right after they say it, brat. ahhh the voice of truth

KW13

oh that's cool, most dubs run a mile

there was an old man from austrailia (he's gone back there now, might even be dead) called albert. He would always offer us kids mints in the bathroom, desperate for a chat. i spoke to him a few times. Poor man, he was just being ignored by folks.

greendawn

KW so did they finally fully reaccept your mother and if yes how long did it take? We hear stories about some reinstated JWs that they were never really reaccepted by their congos.

KW13

well some became instant friends, some never really said much or anything. the problem was because she got pregnant with me, that she was disfellowshipped. my stepdad spoke to her while she was disfellowshipped and when she said he wasn't meant to talk to her, he said its ok because he isn't baptized. i saw him get baptized, and i know he's aiming to be a M.S but my mum and others are aware of how he treated me and even his last wife.

skeeter1

I remember being a young child, and knowing other young children getting taken "out back" for a whipping when they fidgeted. I learned to be very afraid while being at the KH. What a nice, loving environment.....for a 3 or 4 year old to withstand.

I remember being a young child & learning that members of our congregation were "caught" cheating on spouses (it was the swinging 60's/70's). (I thought they lied during board game.)

I remember the hype up until 1974, the fear of 1975, the set-back in 1976, 1977, etc.....

I remember my grandmother going to the meetings, trying to hang on to her hopes of not dying generated during the 1940's when she switched from being Jewish to JW. It was in the mid-80's when she died.

I remember being "counseled" against going to college. I remember being "counseled" for taking advanced science and math courses in high school.

I remember my friends who stayed as a JW, married at 18, divorced/unhappy & at 22.

I remember finding out that some of my friends were sexually abused by or had alcoholic, abusive JW parents.

I remember those aweful KM songs that were slower than Lawrence Welk music.

I remember staying home to watch Barbara Anderson on Dateline.

I remember hearing about the UN scandal.

I remember leaving.

I remember finding this website & lurking for months.

I remember telling my family that I wanted to be out.

I remember learning the "Truth" on blood.

Now, I remember my past, and hope for those who are still "in."

But, at least I wasn't a Scientologist!

KW13

wow such detail. thanks for posting that! at least your free now

A memory from being a JW

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