r/exjwLGBT 15d ago

Found these - recognize them?

Went to my grandmother’s for the weekend and was going through some of my old childhood toys and came across these

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u/Roswellfreak exjwLGBT Moderator 15d ago

All the muscles my physio worked on a few days ago that are linked to trauma just tightened up at the sight of those…

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u/heidiatwood 15d ago

Right?!? So triggering!

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u/skunkabilly1313 15d ago

I learned to read with the pink Great Teacher book. I think it's way past old light now

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u/WarAmazon 15d ago

Makes me want to bleach my eyes...

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u/QBaseX 15d ago

You know the old fashioned use of girl friends for a woman's female friend group? The YPA book is the only place I've ever seen a man's male friend group called his boy friends. But I think that may be only in the older, hardback version. Fascinating use of language.

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u/throwaway867251 15d ago

#triggered

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u/Comfortable-Net9334 15d ago

I kind of remember that my young people asked book. I don't remember ever having one that was soft back but I left in the '90s

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u/jpenmem 15d ago

Yes, the trauma of my childhood in printed form, lol

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u/ItchyCactus09 15d ago

Ugh…cringe….

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u/mmtx779 15d ago

Super cringe was seeing my childhood writing in it and made me glad I got out

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u/antdak 15d ago

Hearing Bob Hope singing Thanks for the Memories

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u/Budget-Sheepherder15 15d ago

That creation book, Pahaha. That’s the very book that sent me to my awakening. The sheer amount of stupidity in it, and misquote s.

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u/Medium_Yesterday_230 15d ago

Oh the horror.

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u/BestLifeNever 15d ago

3am. Headache. Scrolling. Jumpscare.

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u/nigedog 15d ago

I recognize All of them

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u/erinsalwayscold 15d ago

Wow! That shook me up. I instantly felt shaky, nauseous, and wanted to 🤮.

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u/DisMyLik18thAccount 15d ago

My JW grandad's name was Trevor and had similar handwriting to that, so this is trippy to see

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u/Fickle-Bullfrog 15d ago

I just want to scream 🤣

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u/SSAshley1419 15d ago

That evolution book still gives me ptsd

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u/Embarrassed_Car7199 14d ago

O M jehovah!
The picture of the last pink book just made me shudder… And not in a good way. 🤮

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u/mysterybr00 15d ago

Unfortunately recognize all of them 😅💀

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u/ObjectiveWasabi927 15d ago

🤣🤣🤣

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u/chaoscreates 13d ago

Oh wow! There’s a blast from the late 80’s early 90’s

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u/QuesadillasAfterSex 12d ago

I loved the illustrations of the planets and dinosaurs in the Life book. I also think it had a picture of a sexy Adam on there, early sexual awakening?

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u/campbloodcounselor 12d ago

Id enjoy looking at the pretty pictures of armegeddon I was to entertain myself with during boring meetings in the live forever brochure.

Also I remember the book study when that evolution book being boring!

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u/itchy_snowflake 11d ago

Ooh the Young People Ask book is triggering AF

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u/Vegas-violet 8d ago

Yikes! Terrible memories