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  They "can give gifts on any day of the year"... But do they?

  by Albert Einstein in

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  how many times we had heard from jw (commenting on christmass, mothers day or bithdays) "they dont need a pecial day set to give gifts, because the can give it on any day" .... but whats your experience if you compare jw and non jw ... are they really giving?.

  my sons (7) example:.

  he has non jw grandparents: gets all kinds of gifts all the time, sweets, magazines, toys,.

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  WuzLovesDubs

  None none and none. I bought stuff for my kids all the time as they were growing up, even when I was a JW until 97. However my husband never bought his own children anything. Hed probably say he didnt need to because they "had everything". And even NON JWS can say they can give gifts all year long and damned if they DONT do exactly that! Its just another JW excuse not to buy anything and be cheap.

  The bible talks about gift giving being anonymous. Not that gift giving is bad or commercial or materialistic.

  I have a worldly friend who loves to give people things. And its because she is THINKING of them. She gave me a pretty night shirt last week, just because she knew I liked pink!

  Now THATS gift giving. I used to buy things for my husband but he hardly ever even looked in my direction, let alone appreciated the thought. It made me very very sad. He'd say well dont SHOP for me then and quit taking everything so personally!
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  Did You Have Any Weirdo JWs In Your Hall?

  by minimus in

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  in the 2 halls i was in, there were a few.

  but the most memorable one was an elderly pioneer who would ask the householder if they wanted to hear about "the truth".

  when they quite naturally said ,"no", he responded with, "if you don't believe in jesus, jesus will turn you into a pig"!.

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  WuzLovesDubs

  ewww Donny....you were already late for the door with that one.
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  Official visit from two local elders one fine Sunday morning

  by SnakesInTheTower in

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  well, it finally happened.

  a week ago sunday my fiancee and i were sitting in the living room drinking coffee and watching the morning talking heads when we heard the crunch of tires on the gravel in the driveaway, about 10:30 or so.

  we looked at each other with that "are you expecting anyone?

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  WuzLovesDubs

  Well considering they can DF you for any one of several dozen reasons you just gave them.... prepare to be Deefed!!

  And...free.
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  Did You Have Any Weirdo JWs In Your Hall?

  by minimus in

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  in the 2 halls i was in, there were a few.

  but the most memorable one was an elderly pioneer who would ask the householder if they wanted to hear about "the truth".

  when they quite naturally said ,"no", he responded with, "if you don't believe in jesus, jesus will turn you into a pig"!.

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  Oh yeah.... we were all crazy just by association with this Borg. JWs attract every nut job out there. People would do ANYTHING to get their bible studies and would study with ANYBODY out there no matter how deranged or needy.

  We had one elderly Italian sister who had an experience for every question they asked in the WT study. And because she was Italian she would gesture with her hands including the one holding the microphone so besides having a very heavy accent nobody would hear 3/4 of what she was saying because the microphone was waving around. LOL!

  We had a bipolar brother...also deaf...who would be chosen to do the closing prayer occasionally. And boy...when Nick got up there we knew we were in for the worlds longest concluding prayer. On and on and on and on...and we would think ok AMEN!! And he would go "And ALSO Jehovah we would like to pray for..... and then there's this.....and OOOOOH and Jehovah? We would like to thank you for......" If there was a hook to get him off the stage, he'd have gotten it.
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  Which book do you recommend for my next reading?

  by tjlibre in

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  the road less travelled or releasing the bond?

  i already read crisis oc, almost done with in search of cf.

  and of course, im still reading other bible translations.

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  WuzLovesDubs

  Im reading "The Lovely Bones". Excellent book. Also just read "The Heretics Daughter". Read "Precious" too. And Dan Brown's new one "The Lost Symbol"
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  Ladies: How do I get her to stop flirting without being mean?

  by Elsewhere in

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  there is this girl at work who has been making it painfully obvious that she's interested, however i'm not interested in her.

  so far i'm just acting as though i'm not seeing any of the "making of eyes", "any excuse to talk" or other general flirting.

  ladies, how do i make her stop without being mean?

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  WuzLovesDubs

  Slip her a copy of the movie "Hes Just Not That Into You"

  I have the same problem. Some people take things wayyyyy too far. There is a guy at work who has always expressed an interest in me (there is no accounting for taste) and when I became separated he asked me to go have a meal and I said hell why not. Welll shit...right away started the daily phone calls, the constant surveillance, the watching of when I came and went from work. So I busted it off right away thinking it was ME who wasnt ready for this dating. So after 7 months I decided maybe we could go do something as FRIENDS and I was very very succinct about it being FRIENDS ONLY and please DONT CALL ME EVERY DAY and please DONT WAIT FOR ME to show up at work every day.... and we decided to go do something public like watch a football game at a sports bar or go to a craft show. And I was very specific that I didnt want our cooworkers all knowing so didnt want to discuss this WHILE AT WORK.

  Well low and behold hes off again...calling calling calling calling calling...14 times in less than two days! Waiting for 50 minutes or more after his shift ends to see me. WAiting by the time clock so I cant get in without running into him. Telling people at work he is in love (not mentioning my name) and when I am there, lurking, lingering, chasing people off who are talking to me. What the HELL??? And then he suggested I change my day off to HIS day off so we can be together all day. Um....hell no dude.

  I finally just called him back and decided to be direct, and he didnt answser so I left a message. I said, "I know you mean well, but you have GOT to stop calling me. We are NOT BF and GF. You are NOT in charge of keeping track of me. You do NOT call me repeatedly during the day until I answer. You do NOT have to "rescue me" and even though I said I didnt want this broadcast all over work you insist on making it apparent and you are embarrassing me. Please STOP waiting for me at work because frankly you are freaking me out." And of course...ten minutes later he was calling me because he knew I was home and by the phone. ugh.... And every day this week he has lingered at work...waiting and waiting and waiting...and I have been sitting in the parking lot waiting for him to LEAVE. shit...cant live like this.

  Sometimes it takes being direct for people to get it.
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  Advice...should I say something?

  by AwSnap in

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  i need advice...one of my best friends is having a big ol' problem & i don't know what to say (well, i know what i'd like to say...but i need to be careful).

  her husband has cut off all emotions towards her (but not with people he's not close to).

  he's bored with his life, including her.

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  WuzLovesDubs

  Having been living a similar situation for many years, what she probably needs is reassurance that it is not HER that is the problem here. She just ended up being the baby thrown out with the bathwater. If he doesnt like ANYTHING including her, then it isnt her in particular thats the problem and her self esteem is going to circle the drain. She may also be inclined to try to become something else in order to regain his interest, selling herself out trying to change him. It wont work. If hes going, hes going. And he might be suffering from depression which causes people to lose interest in life.

  Be supportive, keep telling her she is an amazing loving fun lady and THATS who you wanted in your life THAT lady THAT great friend. :)
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  What percentage of males to females in the congos?

  by 1914BS in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i have heard that there is way more females in most congregations.

  it seems the males are doing 12 hour a day window washing jobs and have no more energy left to attend a mind control session.

  has anyone else noticed that trend?

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  Oh my god...when there was a single brother in a congregation, he was targeted by every available female in there. Seriously. Shortage much??? Even gangly, pimple faced kids with braces were chased after with plates of cookies and invites to dinners...geeeez. And they would come from other congregations in a feeding frenzy!

  Nuts stuff....when one of our elders' wife ran off with a kid 20 years her junior and was caught in a hotel with him and both DFd, this elder became spiritually divorced it was shameful to watch my fellow sisters fawn unabashedly over this man. It was sickening.

  He ended up marrying my mother in law...fancy that. And she had never even looked in his general direction. His wife used to be her best friend too. Ha...seems like karma.
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  CO asked my wife to wash his laundry...

  by Albert Einstein in

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  well this happened some 9 years ago, while we were very active and busy in the congregation..... (in my country - eastern europe - there are no laundromats and most people have their washers at home...).

  the co was single (age 45?

  ) and after one of the meetings he came to my wife with a plastic bag full of laundry and asked my wife politely if she could wash it for him till the next meeting.

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  Oh man...where I came from if he DID ask someone to blow his nose or wipe his butt SOMEONE WOULD and there would be a bitch slappin hair pullin knock down to see who DID!
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  What if Ron Paul ran the WH and R. Franz the WT? Imagine the possibilities

  by tjlibre in

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  just wondering.....

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  WuzLovesDubs

  I dont know about Ron Paul...but Ray would hit the power and cut it off, empty the frig and give it all to the poor, sell off all that real estate and give the money back to the "friends"...current and ex and slap a big ol FOR SALE sign in the yard and call it a day.