15 Yr Old Daughter Shunning Her exJW Father - How to help him cope?
My boyfriend (*James) and I have been together for 2 years. When he was in his early 20's he dated and then married a JW woman with whom he had one daughter (*Kate). He converted to JW but when their...
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Please please please encourage him to post here himself. Do not try to pretend she is dead, or let him accept they believe he is dead. What are the circumstances of the divorce, did they have joint...
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Hi Gina, First off, to add to Matt, it is a good thing to reach out to other Ex-JWs. We do understand and some on the forum have very similar circumstances. I'm originally from Quesnel, BC, so your...
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- Do you think there is much chance of a JW teen who's been born and raised JW to leave? Maybe when they're older and not dependent on their parents? Yes, Absolutely! The Pew Religious Landscape...
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Gina, please tell James that it might not have been wholly Kate's decision. Tell him to remember that Kate was crying when she told him about her upcoming baptism, so obviously she wasn't thrilled...
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Thank you, thank you, thank you, thank you! I will take ALL of your advice, and I am so grateful for your kindness, support and help! You are wonderful people. It angers me, after reading on here,...
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Hmmm, he has visiting rights, but never gets to see her. That's odd. What visitation does the decree of divorce stipulate? Every other weekend? Weeks in summer? Time during the Winter Holidays? Those...
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Hi Gina, Wow! It is a small world. We moved from Quesnel to Phoenix, AZ in 1998. I was raised in the faith more or less. My father and mother were disfellowshipped when I was 4, but my dad continue to...
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- Do you think there is much chance of a JW teen who's been born and raised JW to leave? Maybe when they're older and not dependent on their parents? Statistics show that 2 out of 3 children leave...
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((Gina))this is so sad for all of you!! It must be incredibly hard for you feeling so helpless to sort this out...........as you will probably have seen from other stories here, sadly this is...
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Thanks everyone! You are helping me so much and I thank you for that! CeeCee: I don't know the details about their agreement. I sense that it was informal. He spent a lot of holiday time with his...
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Hi Gina, For a baptised member membership can officially end in one of three different ways. Disfellowshipping, disassociation and disassociation by action. In my case I left the faith, since I no...
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Hi Gina, I went through a similar experience. My now 17 yr old daughter didnʻt speak to me for three years. As absolutely painful as it is he needs to continue to show his love for her. I heard a...
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Thanks for the WT '53 quote, Punk. That was brilliant!Did anyone else notice how much emphasis was put on being "regular" in that wild diatribe? "Private studying regularly";"Attending ALL meetings...
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Hi there Gina and welcome ........ My answers to your questions are as follows:- Do you think there is much chance of a JW teen who's been born and raised JW to leave? Maybe when they're older and not...
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Although I'm trying learning for not 'hating", I most certainly hate that religion
View ArticleRe: 15 Yr Old Daughter Shunning Her exJW Father - How to help him cope?
"For a baptised member membership can officially end in one of three different ways. Disfellowshipping, disassociation and disassociation by action." True. But don't miss that the results of all three...
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