by maninthemiddle 5 Replies latest jw friends
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/09/fashion/09Modern.html?_r=1
Being male, I cannot relate to all of this, but I do draw a lot of parrallels to the JWs.
one quote:
So why wasn’t I dating Mormon men? In a nutshell, the pool is small, and people marry young, for obvious reasons. The leftovers were left over: closeted gay men, porn-addicted virgins, along with the merely awkward, uncompromising and unlucky.
-MM
thanks for sharing.....very moving!
Thanks for posting this article. I can so relate to most of what she wrote. It is the same with the Witnessses.
As the years go by,it got more difficult for me to live that kind of life required for being a Witness and still single.
"How unprepared I was to experience tenderness in the place I had been warned so vehemently against. How unprepared for the flood of relief, the bud of hope, after a life devoted to keeping myself separate from my body. Here was a path, an opening; here was empathy. "
How many times have I (and you) felt this since leaving The Truth (aka, The Lie) ?
Let me count the ways...
Wow, great article. Sad for her, though, it's a shame how religions destroy people.
