has anyone here gone nuclear on their spouse and, all of a sudden, came out in the open as a jw opposer?.
by this i mean, sitting them down and saying: i no longer want to be a jw anymore, do not want to go to meetings or preaching anymore!
and, what has happened in the relationship after that?.
My wife and I are still together.
I went nuclear.
Admitted apostasy and DF'd in absentia.
Yet, we are still together.
She attends all the meetings and prepares her lessons.
I will never set foot in a KH again.
It's not easy, but marriage is hard work.
i'm sick of.... ...having an elder i barely know invite himself over to my house, and bring another asshole elder with him, you know, to "see how i'm doing" f-ck them.
...having same elder with all insincerity approach me at the beeting and before inviting himself over, ask, "how are you doing?
" then when i say everything is great, go ahead and invite them selves over anyway.
This is a topic that no doubt rattle around in many of our minds.
I didn't want to DA, either.
I didn't attend any J/C's or appeal their decision to DF me.
It's only been a few days since the announcement and this is shaping up to be the best week in my life!
That being said, admitting apostasy and getting DF'd in absentia might be the best hope of waking up others that have known you for decades.
Shock the hell out of them!
Making them DF you is by far the better course than DA'ing, in my opinion...
i've been toying with the idea of just coming out and posting my name and location as an attempt to be available to locals that secretly browse the forum that have known me for up to 25 years.
( "reaching out", so to speak ).
i'm not da'd or df'd, so this most certainly could end in a dramatic confrontation.
They made their little announcement last night.
I realized this morning that I can now go on with my life free from JW distractions.
I actually feel pretty good.
hello friends!today is a sad day for me, as seven months have gone by since my mother passed away after a decades-long fight with breast cancer..
because the witnessing/preaching/teaching work doesn't make any sense to me anymore; because it's not about any "truth"; and because it's basically useless, i've decided to quit doing it.
instead, i've decided to do something that actually can make a real difference in other people's lives.
http://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2015/jul/27/jehovahs-witnesses-destroyed-notes-about-child-sex-abuse-inquiry-told.
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/07/27/us-australia-religion-sexcrimes-iduskcn0q10ih20150727.
http://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2015/07/28/australia-jehovah-witness-sex-abuse-hannigan-lklv.cnn.
I'm an apostate...
In the land that JWs dwell, I have , overnight, for some of them become scarier than Satan. Why? You can SEE me. I EXIST and may pop out from behind any random bush, shopping cart or trash pile.
Satan, eh?. He never shows up to anything.
As for web sites. Anything that is not directly coming from the "approved channel of communication"® is likely from an apostate source. ( unless it's FB, Google, Yahoo, Angry Birds, personal e-mail, etc and you are able to have enough "self control" not to type "jehovah" in a search window or you sit in your living room when using your computer ).
People in my town are going to SHIT when I engage them as if we are still friends.
I'll say, "I'm what?"
"You're no longer one of JWs"
"I haven't been for years and you spoke with me until Sept 10th, though?"
"I mean you're a DF'd apostate"...
"I missed that announcement"...
<hilarity ensues>
today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.
how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.
i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.
Back home from a night out.
We went to one of my rehearsals tonight. Big Band jazz/dance band.
Professional musicians and paid gigs.
She dialed in and listened to just the announcement.
It made her very sad, but there is finally closure.
We are spending some quiet time together and I don't have to work early.
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After thought: Admit apostasy ASAP.
You get out, it shocks everyone else and might wake someone up to TTATT.
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I half-expect the announcement to be made in the other Napa congregations, as this is fairly big.
today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.
how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.
i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.
Announcement should read out in about 4 hours or so...
Oh, the suspense is killing me!
today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.
how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.
i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.
Glad it isn't the 1200's...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbTaD2C08xU
3-25-89 to 9-10-15
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My FB post for today.
I had the joy of recently performing the orchestra piece, "Candide".
This number rings true on many level.
How about the three man JC?
I really mentally left the ORG early this year.
This announcement is to "close my file".
Happy are those who mourn, since they will be comforted
Matt 5:4
today is the day.. i was baptized as one of jehovah's witnesses on march 25th 1989.disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, september 10th 2015.. what an amazing story we all share.
how did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?.
i asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.she is.... we celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past monday.. i must admit, i never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.i'm free of all the fake friendships.
Today is the day.
I was baptized as one of Jehovah's Witnesses on March 25th 1989.
Disfellowshipped for admitted apostasy today, September 10th 2015.
What an amazing story we all share. How did we get involved with this group and think this was the best way of life?
I asked my wife to stay home from the meeting tonight and spend the evening with me.
She is...
We celebrated our 19th wedding anniversary this past Monday.
I must admit, I never saw any of this coming, but it couldn't have come sooner.
I'm free of all the fake friendships. I can do as I please with out having to worry who sees.
That's a relief right there.
i think that it's possible that they're getting ready to issue a new end time date insinuation like they did with 1975. now i know what some of you are probably thinking: why would they be so stupid as to repeat such a mistake, knowing what happened in 1975?
well here're two reasons why i think they could do it:.
first, it's important to remember that they are deluded.
Nothing surprises me. Even if they are 100% correct, I would rather take a permanent dirt nap than spend eternity with these crazies!
It is sad that it has come to this for so many of us exJWs.
