well as you know ive got my mom out.
the day before i went on holiday i was talking about my upcoming marrige and i mentioned that jws didnt have to marry in the past.
she wouldnt beleive me so i lent her the big penton book to prove it.
Wow...that is great to hear!!!
How long have you been talking to your Mom before she decided to start her own research???
What did you say to her to get her to research???
Just wondering.....I have children that I would love to "rescue" so they could know the "real truth" as well.
Codeblue
anyone else have a problem with this?.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/law/07/13/beer.drinkers.license.ap/man loses license after telling doctor about drinking.
tuesday, july 13, 2004 posted: 6:54 pm edt (2254 gmt).
Now if he said a fifth of whiskey(or any hard liquor) a day, I could see the dr.'s concern....
Wow...you can't even trust your own dr. anymore!!!
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well, my mom is critically ill, i'm afraid.
she can't breathe, it's a constant battle, i don't know what to do.
Talesin, I am so sorry this is happening...so sorry to hear about your Mom.
Please go see your MOM....
I was 14 when my mom was admitted to the hospital...dying of cancer...I came home from school and was told she died....I couldn't believe it...
Blondie had a great suggestion, get a good neighbor or friend to go with you...Jw's will be nice to you if you have a "worldly"(tm) friend with you.
Please know that you are being thought of today....(hugs to ya).
Codeblue
hi, i have been lurking at this site and a few other jw or xjw sites in search of some clarity but i am just getting more confused...
my 15 year old daughter has been dating a 17 year old jw for about 2 1/2 months.
he seems like a very nice kid--very shy (he is just starting to talk around me now...still not too much to my husband).
Welcome to the board Concerned Mom!!!
Very interesting situation....and I am glad you are doing your research. Many have posted that the JW family doesn't sound quite right....I was raised as one and dating was NOT allowed till you were ready for marriage...but there are varying degrees of how a person or family chooses to live and can still be a JW...
Anyways....I want to recommend 2 books for you to read by Steve Hassan. They are: "Combatting Cult Mind Control" (JW's are not mentioned at all, but when he outlines cults...you would have thought he was talking about the JW's as well) and his 2nd book: Releasing the Bonds. Get your daughter to read these books as well.
I am happy to learn that your daughter is an honor student and has plans of being a pychiatrist, that is exciting!!!
Codeblue
just wondering, did any of you become hermit like after leaving.
i see many of you are able to carry on.
maybe with the help of non-jw family, etc.. but for me, i lost all family and i am having a hard time with acquiring friends, although i have many many aquaintances.
Yes....I am going thru it right now. Both my husband and I have been fading for a year now. Like the other posters have said, it is part of the process. It is an agonizing process, much like going thru a divorce....I am hoping one day that I will feel myself again.
jws say, "the apostates are miserable!!
".....do you feel miserable?
(i don't).
No....I feel quite "lost".......could be a transition thing....I don't feel like I fit in anywhere.
i went to the y last night just to relax and go swimming.
the y near my house is pretty clean and after 8 p.m., not very crowded.
i find it very relaxing to go work out, play basketball, go swimming and then sit in the sauna after a long shower.
Good point about the UN card!!! I hate the hypocrisy of the WTBS....Df us for a YMCA membership for health reasons...but they can have an NGO for 10 years??? (adulterate with the Wild Beast???)
hey all!!.
reporting form frankfart germany what a lovely time hicflygirl and i are having.
we are headed to paris tomorrow via train.
Glad to hear you both are having a good time in Europe....tell all a the bbq...we said "hi"
Codeblue
often, i speak to people who seem to have good jobs.
when i ask how they got that job, then they tell me that finally it came down to good contacts.. many jobs i had were also because of good contacts.
naturally, having a college or university degree is what it takes, but having contacts seems to be what opens doors.. so, how did you find your job, with help from an influencial person, or all by yourself?
I recently found a job by searching the "want ads" in my local paper on the internet.
It was an "open interview" for one day. I decided to go for the interview.... They recently called and offered me the job based on my "personality"...which besides my customer service skills, noted on my resume, is what got me my new job.
I relocated to this area 1.5 years ago...so nobody up here knows me...
Codeblue
i quit....smoking that is, my pack to 1 1/2 pack a day habit...i quit june 4th, not a single cigarette since then...though 5 to 7 pounds...are ya proud of me...huh huh huh....i had a few of ya hoping i was leaving the board....ha!
I am extremely PROUD of you!!!
My Dad smoked 4 packs a day and only lived till he was 65.......he was a heart patient for 30 years before he died...and because of smoking he had emphesema...
I never tried to smoke........My Dad smoked for everybody in the family and I was sick all the time growing up in that grey smoke!!!
I have heard that quitting smoking is very difficult.......so again I say: I am proud of you!!!
Congrats!!!
Codeblue
