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Is this a new rule???

by talitha in

can someone please tell me if im going crazy or if the jw's just started this.

i have been d's for 15 years.

my mom picked and coosed when she wanted to talk to me and then when she got real mad(because i was not coming back) i was told that i could nevr step foot on their property or say goodbye to my father who has alzhiemers.

talitha

Hello,

Can someone please tell me if Im going crazy or if the JW'S just started this. I have been D'S For 15 years. My mom picked and coosed when she wanted to talk to me and then when she got real mad(because I was not coming back) I was told that I could nevr step foot on their property or say goodbye to my father who has Alzhiemers. She was hesterical! Now here is the funny part...My mother called me the next day and said...Why did you call your niece (Who is not a witness) she is upset. I about lost it. Yesterday My children and I are doomed and now you want info from me. I swear I would love to ask an Elder if this was ok. Oh and I posted my story a couple nights ago. I think I posted it wrong. I will try to re-post it later. Thanks

Talitha

To clarify my dads Alzhimers is to the point that he used to call me his friend from Canada....He also has had open heart surgery twice and congested heart failure once. Oh and I was Disfellowshiped. Whats the intials for that again?

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Finally time to introduce myself!

by ZIL in

i have been a loooong time lurker on this board.

i want to get in on the action now!!

i was a jw for nearly 25 years.

talitha

Hello,

My name is Talitha and I was born and raised as a Jehovah Witness...My Mother was in a mental home and used to burn her arms and feet because she had split personalities and was bulimic and anorexic..My father was in jail for a year, so me and my sister were sent to other family's homes in the congregation..It was known to us that they did not want us there and we felt so alone. No one would help us or ask us how we were doing. I remember being picked up by one sister and told that my mom was back in the hospital. I was 12 and I was told to pack a bag for my mother and was dropped off and left alone. I remember crying as I was packing the bag. This happened more than once and what was funny was that not once did an elder come to my home and see if us children were ok or if we needed there support. I am now Disfellowshiped on basis that were so wrong its crazy. I had left when I was 14 to live with an older sister and I had came back and I did smoke. When it came out that I was doing this I was brought before the elders and they questioned me and I answered honestly. They asked if I was sorry and I said yes. Then one of them looked at me and said if you stay here with your mom(take care of her) we will not disfellowship you but if you go back to your sisters we will. I said I can no longer take care of her, I have to take care of me now. I cant change bandages or hold her hand as they scrape her burns...Im sorry..The elders said...You will be disfellowshiped than. I cried and for years did not know what to do. It has taken me years to understand that Im a good person and that I have every right to be happy just as I am. To make a long story short. I was told I could not say goodbye to my father who has Alzheimer's and I was also told to never phone or step foot on there property. This is after years of my mother picking and choosing when she wanted to talk to me. My younger sister is the only one left as a Jehovah Witness and at times I believe it is only because she would not know how to live with me "In the world". Its odd how you still tremble when a plane goes over your head at night. Who knew everyday life could make you so scared that the end is coming. I have waited a long time to say just part of what my life was like.....Thank You

Talitha