u/Ancient_Team_7007

Now I do have friends outside the cult and generally I'm not lonely. However, sometimes i desire to have one on one conversations with those who knows what its like to have been in the cult. In this part of the world (Nigeria), there are very few - if any - exjw meetups.

So basically, you guys here are all I've got for conversations like that and your experiences and posts keep me sane from time to time.

Hopefully, as time goes on and more people leave, they would remember how I left and reach out. For now, I'm just that lone wolf.

This is an update to this post:

https://www.reddit.com/r/exjw/s/9aHaVX1m9x

So I found my wife crying today and it turns out her sister from another congregation called her to inform her that the elders from my congregation called their congregation to give them the news. So they had to inform everyone.

My wife was crying because she was told her dad was heart broken.

I guess the answer to my question came sooner than I expected.

I'm watching to see how things play out in the coming days.

So I recently got myself disfellowshipped for Apostasy. However this happened in a congregation we recently moved into (less than 2 yrs).

Now the bulk of my JW friends have come from previous congregation especially the ones who are close with my family. Now, while there have been rumors flying about concerning my spirituality or the lack of it, since I always post my views on socials(WhatsApp and X), a lot of the friends still talk to me (my very close friend blocked me).

I do not plan on attending JW social events but I also do not plan to avoid them if I do come in contact with those from my past congregations. I plan to keep the conversation cordial and avoid questions about my spirituality. My question tho is if the elders usually share my DF status with my previous congregation?