I hope your next chapter in life is full of people that support you instead of criticize you. Friends that celebrate your very existence and a life where you have found your place to be unapologetically you. Thanks so much for sharing! Hugs sista!
Thank you for sharing your story. Listening to you as you told it, you seemed like a tender bud, who as you came along & were trying to figure things out, you've been slowly growing & opening into a full bloom. Glad you escaped & found happiness. Fly free on your journey. 🦋
This experience really made me think how opportunist take advantage of a person - when there is a vulnerable person going thru a situation it’s the best time to sell them a thought or ideal. Also this experience shows how our mental and emotional needs make us think that the grass is greener in the other side of the fence! My family is all Catholics and was raised like one. In my case the disciplinarian parent was my mom first us the girls and my dad would decipline my brothers. However they were loving parents and would explain to us why we were whipped or punished. I met my now husband in high school. I also took Bible studies and fell in the cult. My husband was raised in an abusive family, whipping, silent treatments, locked in a dark closet or room as punishment etc! Parents were cold! And they were Jehovahs witnesses since my husband was born! I saw red flags during courtship and my parents didn’t like the idea of the religion but got to meet him and he gained their approval. Get married and the first 10 years out if the 35 years now were horrible: mental abuse, if there was a discussion I was the one to go to open discussion because he would be weeks giving me the silent treatment and while I was suffering it didn’t bother him. The only thing that helps our marriage was his willingness to fix his attitude. The religion and elders didn’t help other than read Bible text, his parents- it was my fault. My parents sat down with us and talked to us and my dad helped my husband so much. And till this day my husband saids he is an orphan- because my dad passed away. His parents are still alive but as cold and indoctrinated as ice! We woke up in 2020 and we are closer and our 2 adult kids are all out with their families too! We respect eachother and seek to be better persons everyday! Thank you for the interview! And blessings to the interviewed (think is Elizabeth) wish her a ton of happiness with her partner and future dad!
I hope your next chapter in life is full of people that support you instead of criticize you. Friends that celebrate your very existence and a life where you have found your place to be unapologetically you.
Thanks so much for sharing! Hugs sista!
Thank you for sharing your story. Listening to you as you told it, you seemed like a tender bud, who as you came along & were trying to figure things out, you've been slowly growing & opening into a full bloom. Glad you escaped & found happiness. Fly free on your journey. 🦋
I absolutely LOVED your story!! I also left during COVID! You are so heartfelt and I am so happy for you!!
This experience really made me think how opportunist take advantage of a person - when there is a vulnerable person going thru a situation it’s the best time to sell them a thought or ideal. Also this experience shows how our mental and emotional needs make us think that the grass is greener in the other side of the fence!
My family is all Catholics and was raised like one. In my case the disciplinarian parent was my mom first us the girls and my dad would decipline my brothers. However they were loving parents and would explain to us why we were whipped or punished.
I met my now husband in high school. I also took Bible studies and fell in the cult. My husband was raised in an abusive family, whipping, silent treatments, locked in a dark closet or room as punishment etc! Parents were cold! And they were Jehovahs witnesses since my husband was born! I saw red flags during courtship and my parents didn’t like the idea of the religion but got to meet him and he gained their approval.
Get married and the first 10 years out if the 35 years now were horrible: mental abuse, if there was a discussion I was the one to go to open discussion because he would be weeks giving me the silent treatment and while I was suffering it didn’t bother him. The only thing that helps our marriage was his willingness to fix his attitude. The religion and elders didn’t help other than read Bible text, his parents- it was my fault. My parents sat down with us and talked to us and my dad helped my husband so much. And till this day my husband saids he is an orphan- because my dad passed away. His parents are still alive but as cold and indoctrinated as ice!
We woke up in 2020 and we are closer and our 2 adult kids are all out with their families too! We respect eachother and seek to be better persons everyday!
Thank you for the interview!
And blessings to the interviewed (think is Elizabeth) wish her a ton of happiness with her partner and future dad!