“I remember my husband saying ‘you are a sex addict’ but I’m not. I just waited 21 years of my life for this thing and I thought it was going to happen because I did everything right and it’s not happening and I don’t know why.” Sex is something that is repressed and shamed anyway, but what if you married someone that was trying to be someone that they weren’t? In Brandi’s story we’ll learn the impact that the cult of Jehovah’s Witnesses can have on the sexual expression of individuals and the complications put upon it by the demands of a cult that doesn’t allow people to be who they are.
The song that Brandi chose to represent her story is You Don’t Own Me by SAYGRACE.
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Music by Fair Voyeur entitled “No Hell Yet”.
Hello there… I’ve been living in a JW sexless marriage for 6 years and finally I’m moving out. I still dont know if my husband is gay, or what. Maybe I will never know what happened but one day he just stopped waiting to have sex with me. We have 2 children, I had to embark in a scape plan of about 2 years so I could get a better job but most importantly find a place to leave. Finally this 2021, the home I was searching came to fuition and I got a place to call home and take my children with me.. I know I may still have an uphill battle with my “tight-ass” JW husband that thinks can raise them on his own….but now I am ready for the battle. In other matters…. I need Brandy to help me with Tinder suggestions !! Lol (I laugued but I’m serious at the same time)