I didn't notice. We had a great time going out in service in the snow knocking on the doors of my school mates, who were inside with family eating ham and getting presents. What's depressing about that? We got to go to Mcdonalds on break. Oh I forgot it was closed on Christmas. Good times.
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I remember my mom making Christmas so depressing!
by Champion ini read the post about how much to spend this year and saw a lot of um bug ex-jws.
it reminded me of my mom growing up.
i was always looking for a party or some kind of fun.
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wanting to make new friends, i need emotional support. any advice?
by garyboler ini really enjoy reading your posts.
even though i've never met you it seems like i have got a whole community of friends.
trying to remain secret about my true feelings is getting harder and harder.
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Hi Gary, I am relatively new here too. We just quit in May. Not DA or DFed. So far they are leaving us alone. Your history sounds similar to that of my husband and I and we are about your age and were born in. I know how hard it is at first but I will tell you it is easier than sitting there 3 times a week living a lie and then being expected to sell it. Have you thought of a real rapid fade? Seems to have worked for us, but there is still a lot of emotional garbage to sift through, this site has really helped us. We need new friends too!
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Your STRANGEST most SHOCKING marriage, death..or event at the KH. !
by caliber ini've lived through some ... a death where my brother caught an elderly lady as she dropped dead while singing !.
a girl in early twenties marries a man (elder) 27 years older ..still married 30 years later !.
an elder is stabbed with a knife.. but it hits his belt buckle.. police called.
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The elder (that was the most vocal about every body's kids) gives birth to the Antichrist that turned the lights out during the memorial and used to call 911 from the hall when he was bored. Last I heard he is a cross dresser who sends pictures of his genitals on his cell phone to little boys (he's locked up now). Another brother (again a little different, sure it has a diagnosis) who was thirty and living with his elderly parents would yell out "terrible! just terrible"if he didn't like the talk. His mom would bring him an entire bunch of bananas or a jar of peanuts to keep him quiet.
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JW'S: WHAT A LOVING BUNCH!
by Mary ini just found out that one of my moms friends is in the process of being taken to the cleaners by her scumbag son-in-law and her own daughter---both who are witnesses.
she's been widowed for several years now and, like many witnesses, her husband had no life insurance (why bother----the new system was going to be here long before either of them got sick or died right?
) and she had never worked outside the home.. anyway, she managed to save enough money through working part time (she gets part of her husband's pension but it's only about $800.00 a month) and she put a small downpayment on a place to live.
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Maybe, just maybe, if enough people knew about him or sent him the AOTY award, he would reconsider.
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Christian Love in action
by lancelink inthis past weekend i was speaking to a friend who attends the hall that i once did in northern illinois.
we were catching up on the latest news regarding the mass disfellowshipping (53) of teenagers that happened in the area, and she shared .
they were talking about the dfing and he said that they needed to be cast out, it was akin to "scourging" and hopefully they would wake up and realize what they had done.
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When my "worldly" neighbors or friends have a problem with one of their children they handle it within their family, maybe confide in a few friends that will genuinely try to help. The problems are never really huge because they allow their children to move through the normal stages of development. They usually get the kid back on track. But in the org if your child has a problem everyone knows about it, gossips about it and remembers it forever. You are right it's not loving and it sure doesn't make it easy for them to return to the fold.
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Your STRANGEST most SHOCKING marriage, death..or event at the KH. !
by caliber ini've lived through some ... a death where my brother caught an elderly lady as she dropped dead while singing !.
a girl in early twenties marries a man (elder) 27 years older ..still married 30 years later !.
an elder is stabbed with a knife.. but it hits his belt buckle.. police called.
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The poor old sister that died during the circuit assembly but no one notices until lunch because she was just slumped over with her eyes closed like everyone else. By that time the poor thing was cold and stiff. Twenty something retarded men marrying normal IQ (debatable) late forty something women. It gets worse it happened twice and one of them even reproduced. Another sister would have catatonic episodes and lay in front of the drinking fountain as still as a corpse with her eyes closed (like a speed bump) .
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What was your congregation's Theocratic School "Written Review" like?
by juni inhey everyone... what do you remember from your experience w/written reviews?.
did you correct your own paper or did you pass it to someone else?
any other details?.
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That was a good night to skip.
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Frustrating dub babysitters
by JimmyPage inyou need a babysitter so your wife gets one from the congregation.
but your cong is so eaten up with the "pioneer spirit" that they don't stay home to watch the child- instead they go traipsing about all over creation out in service, confining the child to a car all morning.
it is so hard to find a dub who has sense enough to just stay home on a cold morning!
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In a nearby congregation we have a young mother, pioneer super zealot. Her baby (now about 21/2) has been dragged out in service everyday of her life. One day they stopped by here to use the bathroom on a school snow day day no less. She said I have to get back to the car. I followed her out to the car and the baby was sick with a cold and she left the van door open and the wind was blowing on her chapped snotty little face. I used to go in mid week service, that's really where all the kooks are, and I would have to beg for a break to feed the baby or change him. They were always encouraging me to take him out of the car seat and take care of him in a moving car. Or they would say "He's going to have to learn" Learn what he's 9mos old?! Or they would always get car sick If they got over heated. One brother who I was related to was always too cheap to turn the AC on and sure enough I would have a lap full of vomit on me before 1000am. I am so sorry for some of the things I did to my kids. By they way I would never let one of these wack jobs take my kid out in service.
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Can fader's ever get off the pot, so to speak?
by dinah inthey seem afraid of what they would lose.. can you not see what you would gain?
most of us born-ins lost our first loves at the hands of the wt.. why live a lie?
don't it eat you up?
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My immediate family stopped abruptly 5/08. I still call it a fade because there was a long time that we were living a lie. My heart wasn't in it, things didn't add up and I didn't even visit this website until after I left. It definitely confirmed what I already knew. We still have some friends that are in and they are so bitter, constantly complaining about stupid arguments in the car groups,nepotism, doctrine and the temperature in the KH. However they want us to come back!! I ask myself how long can they keep it up for themselves and bringing kids up in this craziness. I don't want to say too much or I will completely scare them off, but I too wonder, why the miserable pot sitting?
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Can fader's ever get off the pot, so to speak?
by dinah inthey seem afraid of what they would lose.. can you not see what you would gain?
most of us born-ins lost our first loves at the hands of the wt.. why live a lie?
don't it eat you up?
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My immediate family stopped abruptly 5/08. I still call it a fade because there was a long time that we were living a lie. My heart wasn't in it, things didn't add up and I didn't even visit this website until after I left. It definitely confirmed what I already knew. We still have some friends that are in and they are so bitter, constantly complaining about stupid arguments in the car groups,nepotism, doctrine and the temperature in the KH. However they want us to come back!! I ask myself how long can they keep it up for themselves and bringing kids up in this craziness. I don't want to say too much or I will completely scare them off, but I too wonder, why the miserable pot sitting?