I was the subject of an article in the mags about domestic abuse....quite an interesting process. The brother who was my table head when I was at bethel wrote it. Funny....he didn't use my real name when quoting me! Must have been because that might have offended the witness ex husband!!!
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SCARY: My First Letter From Patterson!
by marriedtodamob inhope my attachment works- i will keep trying or perhaps someone can help me get this official letter posted if i fail...i just got this in the mail .
yesterday and finally opened it today.
i did not write to them!
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My dad died too
by Brummie innovember 9th, i got the call at approx 5.15am that morning and have just arrived home from his house in the midlands for the first time since then.
age 65, very happy man regardless of his illness, had all his wits about him but didnt have any lungs left to help him make it through, suffered a lot.
never became a witness inspite of mom and 3 of his children being jws for years.
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lovinlife
{{{{Brummie}}}} I am sooo sorry for your loss.
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VOTE FOR A CAMPGROUND PLEASE
by pettygrudger insince thunder bay & nova scotia are 36 hours drive time apart, i realize that we aren't all gonna get something within a stone's throw....so i've picked listed 3 different campgrounds (area's) - please vote & whichever gets the most votes will be the one i go with - as they are all within 16 hours of me (and yes it's all about me!.
#1: http://www.lafontaine-ent.on.ca/ - this is in the georgian bay, ontario area (i saw your batchawana bay idea calamity - but the area is the same - we can pick the campground next if this is selected).
#2: http://ontarioparks.com/english/slee.html (thunder bay, ontario area) .
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lovinlife
#3 for me!
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Only Time Will Tell
by SYN inonly time will tell
sometimes i think about what my life would?ve been like if i hadn?t run to catch that bus five months ago.
it?s doors were closing, but i ran to reach it before it pulled away.
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lovinlife
Wow, great story SYN. You had me there for a while.....!
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A newbie with a birthday!!!!!!! (I think :D ) jessicajah
by Jesika ini am not sure if it is your birthday or if you even celebrate it.......but i noticed your profile said it was your birthday!!!!!
welcome to the forum!!!!!!!!!!
and if it really is your birthday...........happy birthday!!!
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lovinlife
"Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday to you, Happy Birthday dear jessicajah, Happy Birthday to you!!!!!"
lovinlife appologizes for her horrible singing voice....just try to imagine that it is beautiful!!!
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I thought I was over it .
by jumper inmy name is joel i was raised as a jw, dunked at tweleve years old df 'ed at 17, 19, & 21 and then back in at 24 my father was an elder, my mother was the perfect model of subjection.
four times a week we would all put on our smiles and go to the kingdom hall the book study and out in service.
dressed impecably, and always well prepaired, all seemed as it should be, but at home things were crazy.. im sure that my experance is much like many of yours.
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lovinlife
{{{{Joel}}}} So glad you found us! Welcome!
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im sure you'd agree this is soo ironic
by nelly1 ini am now much much happier....i spent 13 years in that org and was treated like a leper most of the time, i spent 14 years single and then married a brother i met on the net in another country...usa actually then what a freaken nightmare that was...he ignored me and i might as well have married a stone statue....and we wouldnt have known what to do with a woman even if 100 real men showed him.. i walked away from that mess and now after having been out for over a year i have developed a relationship with the most wonderful man in the world who isnt a witness and as a matter of fact is an athiest but is one of the most loving caring people i have ever met.... so now in effect im the happiest i have ever been in my life.... how ironic huh??
and they say there is no life outside the organisation...well i say crap there is more real life...and more happiness than living under those horrible conditions where they pay a hell of alot of lip service to the word love ....and absolutely no practical application of it.i now.
i now like alot of others have realised that a loving god could not possibly destroy so many loving people who are not jw.. its a bunch of crap..i beleive he saves on your individual attitude myself..what is in your heart and the motivation behind what you do.. anyway i just wanted to say that im one of those ones whos soo happy now that i left and i have a much better life now :)
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lovinlife
Nelly, I am so happy for you! I feel the same way now. I used to live a total horror story when I was a witness. After being out for about 4 yrs, I have never been so happy! Good for you! So glad you found someone new. Sure makes a difference doesn't it!?
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"When he was in the dubs....they tried to fit him in a box this big!"
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How My Experience As An Elder Affects Me And You
by minimus ini've noticed a positive trend going on here lately.
ex-elders, ex-bethelites, ex-servants and ex-pioneers are being less attacked.
there was a time that all one had to say was that they were an elder while active witnesses, and the result was a verbal stoning.
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lovinlife
(((Minimus)))
I love your posts!!! You contribute so much to this healing place!
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I want to ask her out...
by DanTheMan inthere's a girl in my math class at community college who...omg she is such a hottie.
a babe-alicious babe.. i am very inexperienced in these matters, i guess you could say i'm relationship challenged.. how do i approach her?
she seems to struggle a bit with the material we're covering in class, and it comes pretty easy to me.
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lovinlife
Dan..lots of good advise here. The only thing I would tell you is "Just be yourself", let the caring and interesting person that you are show through in your conversations.
The first guy I went out with after my divorce was shy, but did the sweetest thing....I was coming out of college from my insurance licensing course to my car when all of us discovered that it had snowed the entire time we were in there. There was 3-4 inches on the cars etc. I had only just talked to him that day on the way out. He came over to my car and started clearing it off for me and waited for me to start the car to be sure I was okay. After that is when he asked me out...and I said yes, even though I was scared to death about dating at the time. I found out later that he really truly was a very kind person...and it showed through.
Just be yourself!