THE ESTRANGED FAMILIES LIST (page 2)

upside/down

Sadly I'm not sad.... I kinda lucked out!

I lost my entire set of Dub in-laws, the most vile hypocritical class of Dubs there are. They got big shots in all directions... but I know all their dirt. Adultery, Child abues, sexual abuse, defrauding lowly ones, bouncing checks all the time, pornography, greedy, gossiping... man they excell at all of these and more.

So now I'm left with my "worldly" family, that has always held the door open for me even though as a Dub I consigned them to bird food. Talk about loyal love. I think I'm prodigal... in a wierd kinda way.

Losing all my Dub family was a BLESSING!

u/d (of the finally lucked out with something class)

Scully

When my family became JWs, we became estranged from Worldly TM relatives - aunts, uncles, cousins and grandparents - with only minimal contact and perfunctory socialization. They were Bad Association TM .

When Mr Scully and I decided to leave the JWs, we became estranged from my JW parents, JW siblings and their respective spouses and children. Now we're the ones who are Bad Association TM .

In total: JW parents (1 set), 8 JW siblings & their respective spouses (between Mr Scully & me), 5 nieces, 1 nephew. (1 niece was married recently, which we didn't even find out until after the fact - although all of Mr Scully's non-JW siblings were invited)

Non-JW relatives: Mr Scully: 5 siblings, their respective spouses, 8 nieces and nephews. Me: both sets of grandparents, 2 aunts, 2 uncles, 6 cousins, plus 6 respective spouses and 7 children of cousins.

In total: 54 family members.

wanderlustguy

I can't even count all of the family members I have lost, but I can count the ones I have remaining.

I have my Mother and my two daughters.

Last night I was thinking about this, I have no network of family or any real help should something happen to me. They (The Org) took that thing away that I can only describe with one word, "home". Home isn't where you hang your hat for me, it's where you belong, where they have to take you in and help you no matter what because they truly love you.

Maybe that's why I think I will always be...

wandering

Balsam

Lets see, I have a nephew, his wife and their son who no longer speak to me or communicate with me now for 4 years. I send them letters once a year to keep them informed of my where abouts and that of my two sons who are out of the witnesses too. I have no other fleshly family in it.

An ex-sister-in-law that I and my then JW husband practically raised turned against me when I left the witnesses. All the friends from all the congregations I'd ever been in who I considered family. About 5 congregations. People I had loved and helped during my 30 years as a witness. I feel for them because they are the ones that have lost out more than I have.

jeanniebeanz

Since I was cursed by being born into this destructive cult, I was not allowed to have associations with any but witnesses. Therefore, in 1993 I began life again as a complete orphan. I had neither grandparents, father, mother, sisters, brothers, cousins, aunts, uncles, neices or nephews or any friends. At first, it looked like I had also lost my children.

I felt that I had lost everyone who ever mattered to me in 93 and was left completely and utterly destitute and alone. At first I wanted to die, but that did not seem reasonable, so I fought.

Eventually, I won back my children and I rebuilt my life. My family has become whom I've made it. I have mourned my old family and they are all dead to me, I want no part of them.

Jeannie

kls

Great post Dansk ,i have no other family in the cult except my husband but it so pains me to read how others are treated and hurt by their own family because of the WT playing God ,,,,,,,,and not even good at that.

So heartbreaking

MerryMagdalene

Yes, good thread, Dansk!

I have lost (to a degree) *my mother (who still has contact so she can see my daughter)

*foster-sister and her husband and youngest son

*3 aunts

*1 uncle

*5 cousins, their spouses and children

Effervescent

My father, 2 brothers, and pretty much my Dad's whole side of the family.

Although I miss them, I wouldn't say I missed out on them... they missed out on me. I have two children my fathers never bothered to see. Tragic.

BrendaCloutier

Great Thread, as usual, ((((( Dansk )))))

* Adoptive Parents - dad an elder during entire elder system (Since reunited, my dad slowly dying of diabetes and kidney failure)

* Step Brother, his Wife, his Children. He never liked me, I took away his "baby of family" status.

* Step Sister (has emailed me for years now) her elder husband, their son (my nephew whom I grew up with. I recently went to their house and was greeted and treated warmly. I had to watch my language.

* Friends growing up, Shelli Schafer (Cox) Told me a few years ago she could not have any more contact with my per her husband, Randy Piltz, Fleming Blixt, Maureen O"Neal, Beverly Porter (married to General Porter), Tammy West, Tom Mosier. Other's I can't remember at this time. (Bozo day)

Hugs Love and Blessings to them all, in spite of themselves and the WTBTS

Brenda

Lady Lee

(((Dansk))) Glad to see you are still with us

Hmmmm Grandmother, mother, favorite aunt, an uncle and his wife - ex-husband (not a loss really cuz I left him) Those are still all in

But the periferal damage includes my 3 brothers and my sister - none of whom are still in but we are so fragmented that I can't see us ever really reconnecting. (Due to family problems as well as the JW influence)

THE ESTRANGED FAMILIES LIST

Share this