1991 was my first doubts, chronology and generations. I should have left then at age 27. Instead I doubled down, eventually becoming an elder in 2002 and attending MTS. That 8 weeks was eye opening in ways they did not intend. I swept it under the rug until 2006 when I was removed as an elder, non JC. I knew through MTS I could have fought the decision and had it reversed, but by then why bother. I had started community College, my first class was ethics. THAT made the scales drop from my eyes.
I changed congos, circuits, and states, but stayed where I lived, since it was only 15 minutes from home. After an initial love bombing as a former MTS student who had been with them for 8 weeks, once they knew I couldn't be reappointed for two years, they chilled quickly.
Short story (longer version is here somewhere), August 2007 was my last meeting and I've NEVER been back.
My life is better, I have a career, a house I own, a wife and son (neither a dub). And a JW mom who still loves me.
Snakes