Was it that you never got holiday candy until the day after?
That you couldn't be a "normal" kid?
That you always were feeling restricted, depressed and angry???
What stunk about being a Witness?
What Was Lousy About Being A JW For You?
by minimus 37 Replies latest jw friends
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ninja
What stunk about being a Witness?....when freety ate her beef stroganoff at the big assemblies
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Lady Zombie
Pretty much everything.
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jaguarbass
The blowhards, the lies, the deceit, the missdirection.
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ninja
hey jaggy...it might have been bad for you....but I liked all of them bands....he he
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blondie
The lying, the gossip, I gave up thinking anything would change when the biggest liars were the elders and the biggest gossips were their wives.
Blondie (who was an elder's wife...don't hold it against me)
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ninja
blondie...you gossipy liar you
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MissingLink
Not being able to be honest about what I really thought.
Never having normal relationships with family, schoolmates, workmates.
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lilybird
I think it was not being allowed to be yourself. Everything was thought out for you. I always felt afraid of "worldly people" and worldly things.Being a witness makes you fearful. I didn't do enough with my life when I was younger because I foolishly let myself be brainwashed by my mother and the jws to think only to the "new system" and not live for my future life here and now.
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Bring_the_Light
Being "required" to be in a certain small community, not being "allowed to find my own community, and getting NOTHING from the community I was required to belong to. Having a girlfriend I loved, love me if I believe shit that ain't true, not love me if I don't (wasn't even something we discussed, but was made very clear) Getting treated crazy if I say anything intelligent. Constant paranoia in those around me. No hot bitches. No loose bitches. But LOTS of big-B Bitches. :)