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  calling all former JDubs from the No. Illinois/So. Wisconsin Region

  by LuckyNun in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i have been trying to get back in touch with people i may have known while growing up.

  i'm not trying to 'out' anyone, but if you are comfortable with letting me know you remember me, please do!

  my name at the time was tanya woolery.

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  LuckyNun

  I have been trying to get back in touch with people I may have known while growing up. I'm not trying to 'out' anyone, but if you are comfortable with letting me know you remember me, please do!
  
  About me:
  
  My name at the time was Tanya Woolery. My family attended the Belvidere, IL congregation. We went to Janesville for the Circuit Assemblies and Cicero and Madison for the District Conventions. I knew people from Marengo, DeKalb, Freeport, South Beloit, Rochelle, and so on. I helped on a lot of quickbuilds in that area. I was the funny-looking kid with red hair and thick glasses, dressed in garage sale outfits. My family was not of the Elite Class of Belvidere JWs. We were more like a cautionary tale for the rest of the congregation, my father having been disfellowshipped about three times for molesting my sister, being an alcoholic, and god knows what else. All of us kids were in foster care at some point. My parents and I don't speak, and I cringe to think I'm descended from them.
  
  I was never baptized, mainly because at the time I was studying the book to prepare for baptism, the summer of 1990, I was raped by five guys, and the reaction of my parents and the elders was absolutely disgusting. I was made to feel as though it was my fault. It took years for me to stop feeling as though I'd brought it on myself. Needless to sasy, it soured whatever feelings I had left about the religion, as I was basically reading the baptism book as a last effort to make "The Truth" sink into my heart. It never did, even though I tried for two years after to put in auxilary pioneer hours. In 1993, I ran away from home and started over, which was hard to do with no one from my past who could relate except my friend Roxanne. Anyway, if you remember me, comment here or PM me.
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  Is my picture (avatar) working?

  by inquirer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  had to test.

  i like some of the avatars here and i thought what the heck, i'll put up my favorite singer -- bruce dickinson.

  is it up there or only on my computer?

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  LuckyNun

  yes, it's working. is mine?
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  Are there any writers on here?

  by PaulJ in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  ok, i work in a dull 9-5 job that is busy but quite boring.

  i guess by being a jw in the past i've been encouraged all along to be settled, work to get by.

  my focus was supposed to be serving jehovah and nothing else.

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  LuckyNun

  I'm not so much writing right now, except papers for school. When I graduate, though, watch out. I keep a blog going so I don't get out of practice. My husband writes for music magazines. Continue with the writing classes. And if you ever want to get a job writing, get a degree. My husband learned the hard way: ten years writing experience counts for little with no degree to back you up.

  Ever try the NaNoWriMo, where you write a novel in a month? It's one of my plans after I graduate and have the time to focus.
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  SHOULD I PIONEER OR COLLEGE?

  by stillAwitness in

  1. watchtower
  2. bible

  do you think the wt has become more lenient or stricter over the year?.

  i am 21 and i remember just 4 years ago going to college was looked at as something negative.

  girls my age, we had plans to be ft pioneers and become secretaries.

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  LuckyNun

  Oh my god, please go to school. Go now, before it's too late. I tried going after I'd graduated early and was thwarted by my parents taking all the money I'd saved to go. I'm finally graduating, twelve years later. You will not regret getting an education, not so the reverse.
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  Do men want to get married?

  by ApagaLaLuz in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  do men still believe in the sanctity of marriage?

  or is teh saying "why buy the cow when you can get the milk for free" really true.

  call me cynical, i guess just because i've had so many guy friends.

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  LuckyNun

  my new husband didn't want to get married (before he met me) because he admired his parents' (now 28 years) marriage so much, he thought he'd never be as happy as they are. we were together for 3 1/2 years before we got married, and we had our ups and downs, believe me.
  
  every guy is different. it seems to be all about being in the right place at the right time.
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  Dutch car commercial with subtitles

  by mitch in

  1. social
  2. humour

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  http://www.visit4info.com/details.cfm?adid=20742

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  LuckyNun

  ahahahahaha! thanks for the laugh!
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  Trouble for Richie?

  by RichieRich in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so today, after the meeting, one of the elders from my jc walks up to me and my mother and asks if we had time to talk.

  thankfully, i had to get to work, and mom wasn't feeling great.

  we said today wasn't good.. so basiccally he said that he and another brother want to meet with us on wednsday night, after the tms, to "see how things are going".. so here's quandry:.

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  LuckyNun

  we're rooting for you out here in Kansas. keep your chin up.
  
  love tanya
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  OK, fess up. . . has anyone tried internet dating?

  by carefully faded in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  i recently signed up on a couple of internet dating sites.

  i've been talking with one guy for about a week now and he's asked to meet for coffee.

  i'm a little nervous and wanted to hear how many others have tried this.

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  LuckyNun

  I started a LiveJournal back in 2001, and met a guy through it who lived in the same town as me. We ran in different circles, never would have met otherwise. We're getting married in three weeks. I LOVES HIM!! I luvs the internets!
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  WHY AREN'T YOU OUT IN SERVICE THIS MORNING??!!

  by Mary in

  1. jw
  2. friends

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  seeing as you're reading this thread, can i assume that you're not going out preaching 'bout dis gutt news uf de king-dumb this morning?

  what do you do with all your free sattiday mornings now that you don't have to sell magazines for 2 hours?

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  LuckyNun

  I go for a nice walk before the sun gets too hot
  I swim in the apartment complex pool
  I do my laundry and collect 'placed' magazines for my collage project
  I go to the farmers market with my kids and look at all the yummy produce
  I take my kids to the park
  I play on my computer
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  Name the place.

  by John Doe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok, pretty simple.

  i took this picture a couple of days ago in a well-known city in my home state.

  can any of you guess where it is?

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  LuckyNun

  it looks like the Smokey Mountains to me.