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Slynthrax

Need Some Advice From EXJW Woman.

HELP

So I've been in College since January, and I've only ever missed one day of classes. One of my classes I haven't missed however is my English class. In my class there is a really nice girl that sits in front of me, and she has been talking to me every day she is there, specifically before class. I at some point told her about all the milestones I have hit since I woke up without telling her the reason why I waited till I was 27 to do some of the things I had done. Well on Monday she asked me why I waited until I was 27 to do all the stuff I've done, so I told her that I grew up in a Doomsday cult, and woke up when I was 27. I told her "Yeah when I woke up I had an oh shit moment, because I realized I was wasting my life. As soon as I realized that I immediately got to work catching up."

Today when she got to class I was in the middle of telling the professor a story about how I broke my arm when I was 4 because I thought I had the powers of Superman and tried to fly off a bed (it's a long and funny story.) she was curious because she only heard half of the story, so I retold it for her. This lead to her asking a bunch of questions about what it was like to grow up in a Doomsday cult, and how much if my family was in the cult. I was incredibly open about it and answered her truthfully. Her response was to compliment me for about 5 minutes. She told me how she thought I was very resilient, and that my openness was admirable. She even made a joke calling me a little overachiever. I told her that if she had any questions about my upbringing I have zero problems with answering them. Our conversation got cut off by class starting unfortunately, so that's where that ended.

I am usually good at being able to tell when a girl is into someone, but right now I honestly can't tell with her. I can't tell if she's just being nice or if she's into me. She's a nice girl, and I honestly can't read this one. To all you EXJW woman what is your input on this? Am I overthinking this, or is this a sign that a normal non JW girl is interested in me?

Posted Feb 25, 2026, 9:04 PM UTC

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