JavaJane Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 There have been some remarks made in some other threads about complaining about TWI... so, I'm going to start a thread about how life has become better since leaving TWI. Let me count some of the "ways"... 1. I have a wonderful relationship with my husband that is based on love for each other as equals. We respect each other. I have learned that disagreement is ok, and that submission of my will and opinions is unnecessary and harmful to a relationship of equals. My XX chromosomes dl not make me inferior in any way to my husband. And we love each other better because of this. We have been married for ten years come April, and are more in love than we ever have been before. 2. I have cherished relationships with my family, both my blood relations and the family I married into. My own family who I rejected by marking and avoiding them have accpeted me back with open arms, and those relationships get stronger every year. My brother who was abandoned by my family at the age of 16 due to his "rebellious nature" (actually because they were told to abandon him) has a wonderful relationship with his own son now. In fact his son came and stayed with my family for two weeks this summer. He and my daughter are two weeks apart on age and their love for each other is so amazing. 3. I have a rich emotional life which I embrace fully, both the sad, the glad, and the mad. 4. I have developed critical thinking skills and the ability to form my own opinions. I can also debate those opinions and change them whenever I see fit. 5. Other people's opinions do not matter to me as much. I don't care if I am a stumbling block... I am just me, and people need to deal with that and get over it. If someone's faith is so weak that something I say or do or what I wear causes them to lose it, then it's on them, not me. 6. I have rekindled relationships with dear old friends I would never have accepted while I was in twi... specifically two friends from high school who are both gay. One is a drag queen who's stage name is Anita Cocktail... he is the funniest person on my facebook page. And the other is a dear friend who has helped me through troubled times with the best listening ear a person could use. 7. I am free to be my authentic self without censure or self condemnation. 8. I have friends who are other religions, agnostics, and atheists, and I love them all and respect their choices. They enrich my life. 9. I have regained my empathy. 10. I have a pet. 11. I no longer own pantyhose. 12. I have stability in my location, and have put down real roots. 13. We are going to buy a house in the next two years. 14. I have regained my creative side and am no longer afraid to express myself in my writing. 15. I truly enjoy my spiritual life. 16. My daughter is getting a quality education through a Catholic school, and I don't have to explain why we chose that route to anyone, nor am I afraid she will be influenced by "devil spirits" while she is there. 17. I no longer think devil spirits are behind everything and everyone. 18. I have my nights and weekends free if I want them that way. 19. No more "no cooking with garlic or onions on fellowship nights!" 20. I can now witness to my beliefs through the qualities I live rather than the quantity of doors I knock on, or random people I harass in a mall. I could go on, but 20 is a nice, even number. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bolshevik Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 *begins slicing onions and smashing garlic for no reason* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outandabout Posted January 5, 2015 Share Posted January 5, 2015 Pantyhose? Do they have to wear pantyhose in TWI? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JavaJane Posted January 5, 2015 Author Share Posted January 5, 2015 It was mandatory in my fellowship for all skirt wearing. In Vegas. In the summer. Just wrap my legs in plastic wrap and put me in an oven. I'm done. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outandabout Posted January 6, 2015 Share Posted January 6, 2015 I wonder if they still wear pantyhose in TWI. They're not in style anymore (thank God). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Bolshevik
*begins slicing onions and smashing garlic for no reason*
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Pantyhose? Do they have to wear pantyhose in TWI?
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JavaJane
It was mandatory in my fellowship for all skirt wearing. In Vegas. In the summer. Just wrap my legs in plastic wrap and put me in an oven. I'm done.
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outandabout
I wonder if they still wear pantyhose in TWI. They're not in style anymore (thank God).
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