Coffee House Girl
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Call out to faders- stories needed
by Coffee House Girl inhey all out there on jwn, newbies and veteran favories:.
i faded from my cong about 21 months ago and have been talking about my experiences leaving the org to a journalist who is interested in doing a freelance piece on exiting jws or even jws who have doubts/have eyes opened about the wtbs and stay "in" for family/friends.
to put her subject of interest in her own words, she wants experiences of jws who are:.
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Has anyone tried tactics from"Captives of a Concept"?
by Coffee House Girl injust read don cameron's book...which was very en-light-ening (sorry for the "new light" pun)....and i agree with many of cameron's points about how to reason with a jw but i am curious..... have any of you out there in jwn land ever tried to have a witness come to your door, pretend to have a bible study & get the jw in a "teacher" setting where they have to research for you the history of jw's in the time of 1919????.
were you successful?
did it not work out?.
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Awwww...people miss me
by Coffee House Girl inso my mom tells me that my jw niece (whom i have known all my life but has made zero attempts to contact me after i left jdubland) told my mom that she misses me,.
she was invited to a "get together" at a married jw's house and i always went with her to those things before because she is single (because of the narrow field of good jw brothers who want a 30something pioneer who lives with her parents), and i was "spiritually single" (because i had no scriptural grant for divorce because of adultery-he skipped town).
but now she had to go alone and she didn't want to (but she figured she had to go, otherwise people would stop inviting her to do things), and big suprise from a jw "get together"...she didn't have a good time.. aaarg how depressing for her... i had to respond to my mom, so i said:.
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Listening to your "inner voice" lecture in college
by Coffee House Girl inso i'm taking a business law course & this week the professor is off on a tagent about listening to your inner voice & the formula for life,.
1. be honest & ethical and work hard..then.
2. watch the opportunties come your way.
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Update: part 2, elder's counsel to mom to quit "bad association"
by Coffee House Girl inwell because i knew the questions would be the same on saturday as they were friday i was even more prepared.
my mom has this pattern of repeating the same questions over and over again...she will leave it for a few hours & then she will cycle them over again, but then ask more detail.. so saturday she calls me before i leave for home and now she is backpedalling her story.
she tells me that the elder's never said that they were going to disfellowship me, they just were counseling her that she should no longer be associating with me because i am bad association and have been seen with "him" (again with the him) and that his car has been seen parked there all the time.
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Update:Elders still using passive/agressive & Confrontation with JW mom
by Coffee House Girl inwell, i am glad my brother called and forwarned me this was comming...i got to come on here and get so much good advise from you people.
it actually started friday nite....my door bell was buzzing at 7pm, this time they parked their car so that they thought i couldn't see it but i climbed up my kitchen counter and could see the rear end of the car by peeking out that window.
it was the same elder as before.. an hour after that: must be mom couldn't stand it anymore & she called me crying.
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To my ex JW ex-husband....if you are out there on JWN
by Coffee House Girl ini often wonder if you are here somewhere amongst the cool avatars and catchy screen names...it killed me 5 years ago when you ran away.....i felt as if i was shattered and would never be whole again.
and if i had stayed in the borg....that would still be the case....alone i was dying inside slowly....the borg was drowning me in duty, loyalty to the organization, isolation, spiritual hunger, thirst for understanding- i had to leave too, i just didn't do it quite as dramatically as you did.. i don't know why you still feel the need to remain "missing" after all these years.... i just want you to know that i was tired of hanging on to the hurt and pain over you...i let it go when i left the borg.
and all i want for you now is peace & i pray that you are okay and safe, wherever you are..... chg.
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Got My Nose Pierced Yesterday
by Coffee House Girl inwell since i cant grow a beard, dont have the patience for dread-locks, and do not want anything permanent like a tatoo yet..... i enjoyed the experience, never been in a tatoo parlor, this looks understated, not painful & everyone hates my new nose "glitter" which i find kinda funny.
i don't see it being a permanent thing with me, but i always wanted one, and you never know if you don't try..... just one more step in the independent direction of making my own choices-.
btw i also registered to vote last week!.
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Wish Coffee House Guy safe travels to South Africa!
by Coffee House Girl inmy boyfriend left today for a 17 day trip to johannesburg south africa as part of a charity group to help provide blankets and clothes to people in outlining areas, and give support for aids victims there..... this is the first time we have been apart since september, i miss him already but he is doing so much good and he has such a loving heart.
i love you baby, come back to me safe .
chg.
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Got a DC invite in my door last week!
by Coffee House Girl ini got one shoved under my door and i even have a "no trespassing" sign on my door what the heck???.
i thought they couldn't leave literature if there was a no trespassing sign posted???
am i wrong?.