tazmanian russel:
We lived in a large community where a lot of people had pools....so fortunate for "us" we never experienced what you did!!
Codeblue
growing up as a jdub had a lot of annoying things involed with it..one of my favs was..haveing a pool!!!
this is what went through every familys mind in my hall...well well ..the so and so family have a pool and its hot out and we having nothing to do ...soooo lets go swimin!....um mommy the smiths r in our back yard again ..and now they r swimming ...oh dont worry , go get them a towl from the pool house..this is how it started , then it got worse and worse...we are thirsty wah..we want to play with the video games ..what are we a community centre all of a sudden...oh oh now they r getting really nervey..we are hungry!!!
well i guess u might as well stay for supper ...do u have enough?
tazmanian russel:
We lived in a large community where a lot of people had pools....so fortunate for "us" we never experienced what you did!!
Codeblue
growing up as a jdub had a lot of annoying things involed with it..one of my favs was..haveing a pool!!!
this is what went through every familys mind in my hall...well well ..the so and so family have a pool and its hot out and we having nothing to do ...soooo lets go swimin!....um mommy the smiths r in our back yard again ..and now they r swimming ...oh dont worry , go get them a towl from the pool house..this is how it started , then it got worse and worse...we are thirsty wah..we want to play with the video games ..what are we a community centre all of a sudden...oh oh now they r getting really nervey..we are hungry!!!
well i guess u might as well stay for supper ...do u have enough?
Nina...loved your story...lol...
as i was gazing at my quite fetching picture posted here from my (much) younger years...i noticed that i had unknowingly become a senior member!
now...it is perhaps a coincidence...but this comes very soon after my 50th birthday and i get to thinking: arghhhhhhhhhh...i turned 50 and they make me a senior member????
good grief.
Congrats on being a Senior Member
http://www.cabl.com/bar/(mnf1eir2dzhttp45vlgmwj55)/bar.aspx
(edited: this link just takes you there.
click on "unmoderated" on the left he is on the front page there.
Yes he counts his time....he doesn't want to go door-to-door!
Welcome!!! Hope you enjoy your stay here!
we were fortunate to have fencesitter join today and i asked if i may welcome
fencesitter
publicly here so everyone can get a chance to know this new member!
Welcome FenceSitter!
Wow...I read your bio and your other posts....I am "speechless" with your experiences. Thank you for sharing it. I am sorry you have suffered so much pain in your life.
I have been reading this board for a year now and have found a lot of great people here, people that have gone thru similiar experiences.
I hope you can find the comfort you need to help you find a "happy life".
Codeblue
so, what's the most useless thing you ever purchased?
i'm not sure about mine, but for a while i was wanting to buy the "video nag".
it was a $10 vhs tape, featuring 23 minutes of some ugly hag continually bitching.. btw, this is a recycled post.
Diana: Thanks for sharing that "priceless moment"....lol
i am new to this discussion forum and i wanted to introduce myself.
my story is rather ordinary when compared to other members of this board.. first of, i am still a baptized (irregular) jw.
as many jws, i started having doubts when viewing the dateline show regarding child molestation withing the jws.
Welcome Indoubt!!! Glad to have you here.
Your story about your "doubts" were exactly as mine...Dateline pedophile special about 2 years ago, started it all for me. I only went in the door to door for 2 more times after that...it was just to embarrassing to say we have the "true" religion when we are guilty of things that the Catholic Church has done.
We relocated over a year ago, as of last June, I officially started fading here, my husband had already been a meeting "submarine"...lol...We feel the same way about being "lied to by the WTBS"...and we were both raised in the "truth". I started "lurking" at this site about 1 year ago....petrified to post for months!!!
You have had some great advise concerning your question: faking it...is the best!!! After my divorce, I had some dating activitiy that "bothered my conscience"..so I did what your wife did: turned myself in. IT was the worst thing I could have ever done. Although only 2 elders gave me private reproof...I had enough guilt BEFORE they showed up....and Jehovah already knew my heart. I regret ever calling the elders and would NEVER give them the priviledge of knowing something that I had already confessed to Jehovah.
Codeblue
god knows i don't want to be a cynical person.
i hate it.
the police are on their way.
I am so sorry for you!!! Wow...what an experience. But you wrapped it up with a defining comment: It could have been you and your son in the car!! So true...glad to hear you 2 are ok...
Codeblue
i know a number of persons that remained as jws because they desperately wanted to see their loved ones come back from the grave and be there to welcome them.
they were afraid that if they died at armageddon or were not totally faithful that there would be a great possibility of never seeing them again........was that "ressurection hope" a big draw for you remaining a witness?
Yes it did!!! But, I can't say it was the "only factor" to keep me involved. I was a very young teen when my Mom died, the resurrection hope was a great comfort for me....I desperately wanted to see her again..
Codeblue