I finally get to get in at the beginning! I was reading JWD since about 2002, and I'll miss it. I only got like 300 posts on there, but I enjoyed it.
May I suggest expanding out the posting boards, kind of like JWD? I mean, we have Friends, how about Personal Experiences, Beliefs, etc, etc? That would be sweeeet!
I look forward to customizing my profile and reading more on here.
Also, I am on the X-JW Support forum run by Randy Watters as well.
WOW guys - this is so cool and I'm so stoked that you guys have joined. I'll be still posting on JWD until it closes but we can turn this forum into a place for us to support each other.
White Dove - gurl you need to get a huge as star - thanks babe
Moxie - it's always great to have new ones join us.
Kinjiro - I just didn't want us to have no where to share - only as ex JWs know what it's like - how hard it is to let go
Minu - aaaah you never know - this could be your soap box to shout from.
Falling Star - no need to lurk anymore.
As for rules and regulations....so far there are none I'm going to chat to the administrator and get some other Forum headings such as Apostafests / Adult / New Light From the WTBS - what else....
I also come from JWD... althoug I've been dfed since 1993, the almost 30 years I spent as a JW have taken a big toll... finding that discussion board helped me understand that I am not alone suffering still from the bad spells of the wtbts...
Reading the posts (I read more than I write; I could never understand how some people went from noobie to jedi master in 3 months! lol) made me understand the depth and extension of the control the jws have over their members...
I have suffered the shunning of all the friends I had growing up and I've dealt with the void, but being shunned by your little brother to the point that I do not know his address nor he wants to know mine, is probably the worst of all...
I have to stay that my parentes never shunned me, although if I come to visit and they have their precious brethen visiting, my father specially gives me 'da look'... one day had a few heinekens and this happened... I told them to their face that they should not worry.. that I had the same love for them that they had for me.... not an ounce more... not an ounce less...LOL
What really frustrates me is the fact of what we could've been but were denied to all the bs about the end of the world... I guess nothing we can do now about that...
I thank Loubelle, which I consider a very smart and down-to-earth person, for posting this address over at JWD... and White Dove also...
In my land they have a saying "Las penas compartidas pesan menos en el alma" which translates "Shared sorrows weigh less on the soul..."
That exactly is my reason for being around... you help me carry my sorrows and hopefully, I will help you carry yours...
I have found a couple of sites that might fit my taste. But I like the idea of a new site without a history that I don't know. I felt at a disadvantage at JWD for a long time due to not knowing the background.
Jerry - Hooray for the Avatar and real name ID. Your fade is over my friend. That HAS got to feel good.
So glad to see you all showing up, looks to be just shy of 20 from jwd here and growing!!! Keep encouraging folks to come to this place as a source of encouragement, friendship and information!!!
Just saw that JWD is shutting down, needed another home to lurk ASAP!Perhaps now that all posters are pretty much at same level I will share some stories/experiences of my time as jdub and exit out.
OTWO - and your lil firey man Thanks hon! Simon says (from the latest post of his) the JWD forum will be up for a while but in the mean time nothing wrong with getting a plan B going
It's me, OnTheWayOut. That name just won't cut it at any new sites. I don't know what site will be the new place, but I appreciate any efforts to get things started. Maybe this will be the one. Maybe it won't.
YaY *summer* & Eric - whoop! It's not an exclusively JW forum and at least it's a spot to gather once the shop doors close on the other side. Spread the word.
As Simon has announced that JWD will be closing it's doors, I was wondering where we could all still get on and "meet" / chat / help others that are looking to be free... a friend of mine had set up this here forum so asked very nicely if he would add on a JWD goodie thingie.
So welcome and hopefully we can continue - we can moderate it as time goes by and add in more forum titles ie: Friends / Adult discussion / Doctrine / Apostafestes and literally take it from there
I do believe that there are some that need to still be connected to a support group, pluse there are some that need help etc and just to talk a bit of **** every now and again like we did before
I'm going to chat to the administrator and get some other Forum headings such as Apostafests / Adult / New Light From the WTBS - what else....
Thanks hon! Simon says (from the latest post of his) the JWD forum will be up for a while but in the mean time nothing wrong with getting a plan B going
