my b&q party

by varian 5 Replies latest jw friends

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  varian

  as a jw, i invited about 15 brothers to my garden party for a b&q.

  we had a long table outside on the lawn for everyone to sit to.

  just about as the meals were to be served, the guy in charge for the grill, whipered in my ear, that brother elder will do the thanks prayer before we start to eat.

  at that time i didn´t know how to respond, i just let him do it. but thinking back as being the host of the do, i could of reacted in a different manner. something like: "oh, so your prayers have more inpact than mine then, because you´re the elder here, and i´m just the stupid dickhead host?"

  i thought that was quite chickie not asking me personally.

  have you experienced something similar?
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  Found Sheep

  i remember a non JW (study) do the prayer because it was his house?! i thought that was cool and there were elders, ms there.
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  Mad Sweeney

  have you experienced something similar?

  Never. The only person who ever had the nerve to suggest to me who should say a prayer in my own house was my mother. In that case, I deferred to her wishes and let the dude she wanted give thanks. Other than that, my house, my prayer.
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  varian

  ok. thanks
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  Scully

  It was probably a test of your Humility™.

  You passed. Dickhead Elder™ did not.
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  lovelylil

  Yes, I have seen elders like that before. They are usually the more pompous A**hole elders that do it.