Posts by Doubtfully Yours

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A call to the childfree/childless....

by Doubtfully Yours in

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any particular reason for such decision?

i have health fears, so long ago i decided against having children.

sometimes i feel afraid of growing old alone and lonely, but lately i've realized that having children is no guarantee of any future situation.

Doubtfully Yours

Good plan, Nosferatu! May you find a suitable mother for your children, are my sincere wishes.

DY

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FDS Sends Convention Delegates Packin'

by ezekiel3 in

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jehovah's witness across north america are being sternly counseled at this week's service meeting that they should pack lunches during the 2004 dictrict convention instead of leaving the site to eat elsewere or return with food.

in a letter read during the announcements, members are told this is a "serious problem".

reportedly jws have been banned from some convention locations because the venues want concession stand business if jws insist on bringing carry-out meals into the facility.

Doubtfully Yours

Get outta here!!!

I always go out and get my lunch close by. It gives me a breather from all the BS spoken all day long.

DY

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A call to the childfree/childless....

by Doubtfully Yours in

jw
friends

any particular reason for such decision?

i have health fears, so long ago i decided against having children.

sometimes i feel afraid of growing old alone and lonely, but lately i've realized that having children is no guarantee of any future situation.

Doubtfully Yours

Carmel,

Many parents, Witnesses and otherwise, feel the same way you do; especially the ones that give it parenthood their all and the children turn out rotten anyway.

Thanks for your comment.

DY

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A call to the childfree/childless....

by Doubtfully Yours in

jw
friends

any particular reason for such decision?

i have health fears, so long ago i decided against having children.

sometimes i feel afraid of growing old alone and lonely, but lately i've realized that having children is no guarantee of any future situation.

Doubtfully Yours

Undaunted Danny, Nilfun,

Thanks for your comments.

Although the Society doesn't encourage having children in these 'last days', many are going ahead and having their families if they so desire. Yet another sign of the weak hold they have on many of the people inside.

DY

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A call to the childfree/childless....

by Doubtfully Yours in

jw
friends

any particular reason for such decision?

i have health fears, so long ago i decided against having children.

sometimes i feel afraid of growing old alone and lonely, but lately i've realized that having children is no guarantee of any future situation.

Doubtfully Yours

Joannadandy,

Mega dittos in many respects. The older I get, the less I miss having had the opportunity of having healthy children, and the better it feels to have no chaos or anxiety created by kids. There are so many pluses the childfree lifestyle, I tell you.

Then there are those times when I'll be out and see these poor unhealthy children (be it physically or mentally) and can only wonder "if that mother/those parents would've known their child(ren) would come out to suffer so and not to be quite rigth for this society, would they have risked it?"

DY

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JW Conventions now accept Mastercard, Visa etc

by caspian in

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i don't know if this has already been posted??.

according to the uk may kingdom ministry, there will now be facilities in place to accept donations by credit cards and debit cards at all english language conventions.

as far as i am aware this is the first time that this happened in the uk, although it have have been introduced in other countries at an earlier time.. i suppose that the gb are hoping that the dubs will be so overwhelmed by the "whole convention experience" that they will get themselves into debt, paying money they don't have into the society coffers.. i am also sure that at every break, an announcement will be made explaining exactly where these credit card machine facilities will be.. also another first, next to each contribution box will be a big wad of the gift aid forms, so the wt will get an additional 22% on top paid for by the goverment.

Doubtfully Yours

Get the heck out of here!!!

DY

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A call to the childfree/childless....

by Doubtfully Yours in

jw
friends

any particular reason for such decision?

i have health fears, so long ago i decided against having children.

sometimes i feel afraid of growing old alone and lonely, but lately i've realized that having children is no guarantee of any future situation.

Doubtfully Yours

Soledad, although I agree with your comment 100%, my decision was mostly based on my health. If I would've had 100% no doubts that I could bear a normal child, I often wonder if I would've taken the chance at raising a decent person.

DY

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