.......Thats how a typical JW home is. The JW home can be a curious place. In my earlier years I pioneered with a brother who would eat his dinner, typical diet of beans on toast, out of the pan…you would get a plate! This saved time, in his opinion. I guess so. His ‘pioneer breakfast’ was cornflakes with water. This was self denial at its best. He also told me that he would go for weeks on oxo cubes. He lived in a flat, apartment for US dudes. No maintenance worries I guess. But many a typical dub home was in varying degrees of disrepair. Some were neat and tidy but so many were really a mess. One pioneer couple had newspaper as curtains and piles of bricks in the living room for ages. Redecorate? Well not really many of the elders homes had been the same in the 20 years I was in the borg. To pay attention to the home was considered a ‘weak’ thing to do. Working in the garden was another low priority matter. I remember a pioneer sister saying that planting a tree was a sign of weakness in that you expected the system to go on to see the tree produce. I guess Dubs should just concentrate on bedding plants! Home is where the heart is………..not in the JW home. For too many I knew the home is a place where you eat and sleep. Somewhere you can return to after the ministry…and that’s about all. Shame!
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