Picked up by a friend (not an appointed man) in his car, linked my phone to his bluetooth stereo for music, the big screen immediately showed what I'd been listening to previously. A podcast from healing X outreach on jw's new light. awkward much? Much fumbling trying to get my phone to show something different while mumbling something about down loading lots of random podcasts.... Not a word has been said. HUGE elephant in the room. Watch this space to see if I end up stood in poo.
D'oh. Just outed myself to a mate unintentionally.. Elephant - meet room.
by Captain Blithering 18 Replies latest jw friends
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cofty
doh!
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snare&racket
You get one life, it is not very long....
In 300 years time if you could be woken up and shown this situation again.... maybe you would be more annoyed that you gave a shit and that you were living a life you didn't even want to live...
Don't worry bro, it will be ok.
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Oubliette
He's probably been secretly listening to it too!
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AlphaMan
Use theocratic warfare on him. Claim you had thoughts he was a closet apostate and you were trying to flush him out by letting him think you were too.
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steve2
This is upsetting - you were caught with your pants down and you weren't even watching porn. For that alone, you have my sympathy.
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Glander
...serendipity...
play it as it lays
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braincleaned
" closet apostate'' I love that term! :D
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Band on the Run
We tried to hide our family Christmas tree from my aunt and uncle. Unfortunately, my aunt decided to use our bathroom when she had an appt with the doctor across the street. My younger sister could not locate my mom so she called me. It was a compliment that my sister wanted my input. I was aghast. We would not be loved. As though love conditional on not having a tree were love. I ordered her to wrap the tree in a couple of bedsheets and throw it over the fire escape. I noted that she should scream a warning before the heave-ho. She decided not to do so--wisely. The tree meant a lot to us. We had already started collecting ornaments. Such is the JW in/out problem.
The tree was never mentioned. Life continued as it did before. I am grateful to my sister for providing an occasion for us to stand up and be counted in the world. From my infancy, the delicate dance of doing some worldly things and not revealing them was ongoing. Every Xmas season, my active relatives took us to Macy's toy department on 34th St. and bought us a toy- but it had nothing to do with Christmas. I loved my dolls as though they were Christmas dolls which are very special. As we looked over the goods, we were warned about celebrating Christmas. I saw joy in the eyes of the children and their adult escorts.
Perhaps it wasn't an accident that it happened. You are not a CIA agent about to be tortured and perhaps traded. My family was very strict with rules but made exceptions for individuals.