What was your "eff them, I'll do what I want" event(s)?
I think all of us who have left have little things we do that were formerly forbidden. For me my "eff you" moment was when I donated blood. That was one thing we were trained to believe was an...
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Some things I started before I finally left, like dropping the occasional swear word, which sounded weird at first until I got used to it. Other things like celebrating Christmas and birthdays with my...
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Cursing like a drunken sailor was awesome and still is. Watching R rated movies. And celebrating birthdays and Christmas.
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@Chas, I completely forgot about watching rated R movies! When we first started going to the theatre to watch them, my husband would be soooo nervous he'd run into a JW that he'd always have an...
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I quit in high school. So I started playing sports. Went from a chubby 200lb geeky kid to graduating at 160lbs loving to do all that outdoor stuff that I never had time to do cause I was in Service...
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Wow Rete, What a great change (religion-wise and social-wise) you got to experience! Sports wouldve been super fun in high school! What sport did you do? I think Because of my being forbidden to do...
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I started with swimming my sophomore year to start getting into shape. Yes, there are chubby me in a speedo pictures out there somewhere. I had always played golf with my dad, but now I could go out...
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Taking a drop dead gorgeous guy home after a party enjoying a wonderful night together.. that was the first conscious moment I truly enjoyed doing something 'major' the Borg absolutely forbids...
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My "eff yiu moment" was when I got my belly button pierced and was still deciding whether to get back in or not. Then I went and got a tat on my back...the Chinese symbol,of love. When my mother saw...
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Omg omg another pagan on the forum, that makes me hella excited. My f you moment was when my parents kept emotionally and verbally abusing me for having a boyfriend and then my relationship with him...
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My moment was when I put Christmas lights on the porch. It felt liberating to do that. At some point I started smoking cigarettes. Now I decorate every Christmas and I love it. I have also voted...
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I've done things that wouldn't be readily noticed (since I still had my folks alive when I first left) I have done more since my folks death. The one thing that is close to my heart that I...
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I've given blood too. To know I saved three lives means so much. And honestly, if blood transfusions were unhealthy and killing people I think we'd have heard more about it. I still don't know what my...
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Moved out of state to Seattle after being disfellowshipped .Met the love of my life, my now fiancé, my family would try guilt me into coming back but I had to follow my heart!! not to mention if felt...
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Wearing a nice pair of slacks to a meeting was always such an issue. In the last 5 years I can count on one hand the number of times I have worn a dress.
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I donated my own blood to store for an upcoming surgery. I needed it too, so am very glad I did that. So, that means I both let them take my blood and then let them put it back into my body, both...
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Janet, are people not able to donate blood if they have ever had cancer? I was thinking of donating, but now wonder if I will be able to.
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Cathy, I don't know for sure, was assuming we couldn't. Maybe there's a time limit. There were several things that if you had wrong with you, they didn't want to take the blood. But I've forgotten...
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Cathy, here's a url that kind of explains it. Evidently it's a gray area. I doubt that I can give blood, because the hormone blocker is considered a chemo drug, thus a treatment. One of my tumors had...
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