Young phenom JW kids vs Out on their own as adults!
How many know of young JW Phenoms that set the congregation on fire (metaphorically speaking) and then once they get out on their own faded, got DF or just quit being a JW?I know of quite a few. Funny...
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I have not yet said, eewx2!You are absolutely doing the right thing for your family! We have to break the cycle of abuse! We have to give up trying to be the perfect dub, sister, daughter, mother,...
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Duwut rocks. His insights are so clear! I think he was in my congregation, as we seem to know all the same people. It's amazing! We can go anywhere in the ex-jw world and find the exact same kind...
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Totally awesome description of so many of the fine upstanding family types DuWut! Bloody good insight mate ... and yes, I'm sure we all know families like that or have been part of a family like that!...
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I just find it ironic how being a JW is totally a "What have you done for me lately thing". Pioneers, MS, Elders all come and go. Some are lifers and many others serve for a handful of years and...
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It's a trip and a half isn't it DuWut. You've described it all SOOOO well. I remember those kids who came in and out like yoyo's. The older more stuffy types would say things like "I KNEW she'd do...
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Lol I gotta say DuWut, you described me in a lot of respects. I got baptized "late" (age 16) but that was the only thing that held me back in terms of privileges. I was running the sound before I was...
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I find the whole grooming to be an elder via ms via mic holder thing to be quite gruesome for the average jdub male Dave. As you said yourself ... you aspired to be one of those who 'shows up and...
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It's quite gruesome. I really didn't mind carrying the mics because it gave me something to do during the meeting and honestly the only positive part about it is that it makes the time go by faster....
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I imagine there'd be far more pressure on the males of the borg than the females. At least we didn't have to prove as much ..... providing we were modest, humble and obedient ..... the rest of the...
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That is until they actually have the ability to move into young adulthood, have to start to deal with real life issues outside of the JW bubble their parents have raised them in the previous 17-18yrs...
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There was a young lady that went to our hall that I was good friends with. Long before I was a witness her mom was a school teacher studying with the witnesses and she was a young girl of three. Her...
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That's so sad, Chlotean. I feel so badly for your friend, who would rather die and be left in peace than to live her life as a "happy JW." It makes me angry, especially when there is a solution, and...
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I just wanted to bump this thread because of the great stories . I notice something at the assemblies, they always have a cute little kid giving an example
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LakerFan03 wrote: I notice something at the assemblies, they always have a cute little kid giving an exampleToward the end before I DA'd I noticed this and it made me gag! One time at the hall they...
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Duwut you are very insightful as always....I had a best friend who was a "young phenom" too , she started pioneering at age 12, first part time and then full time pioneering, I was constantly compare...
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inpeace wrote: By Junior year of HS she began to distance herself from me, which was hurtful because I geniunely tought of her as my sister...months later I found out she was having an affair...with...
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You know she did move very far away Within months...me been Jw was very Upset with her like my uncle was kind Of sacred or something-don't get me wrong They were both wrong---but much for a great...
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And of course the whole thing was never reported to the police. It really should have been. My uncle was reinstated about 2 years later. He is still inside but I know for a fact he still cheats on my...
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I decided to bump this thread .
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Inpeace ... you may find that your friend has no real idea why she left or what was going on around her. A lot of young ones in the phenom category would be doing what they thought was right for...
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