"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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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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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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{{{{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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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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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!
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Gossip
by Sassy indid you ever notice when you were a jw, that even though we were told not to gossip, told it could be as serious as a disfellowshiping offense, but everyone still gossiped any way.
sometimes i think they have their gossip circles much worse than anyone else.
people in the 'world' have a life.
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sns, I so totally agree with you about their not having a life and having to fill it with gossip. That's how it was in our hall. But the sickest part was the way they would be so judgemental, looking down on them. And it always started with something simple...then onto the complete dissection of the persons worth, and eternal salvation. ICK!
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Hi all
by AJN ini was a jw about 15 years ago and have been reading these forums for a while.
it took a long time to get over the fear of armageddon for sure.
my 18 year old is still a jw (we live at opposit ends of the world) and i have found your information really useful as i am preparing some kind of telephone 'presentation', as it were, regarding jw beliefs and the difference between jw and the other christian churches and what the message of jesus was.
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lovinlife
WELCOME!
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Do you ever discuss having been....
by SpunkyChick in.
a jw to new friends?
what's their reactions?
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lovinlife
Sometimes...but mostly not. My story is so cultishly scary that I usuallly have to be good friends first before I talk about it. But it does seem that people do look at you differently once you tell them. My fiance gets totally angry about it...
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I got Fired!
by missylissy inwell, its official, ive been fired after working only 2 days.
i got a job at wendys.
today, after school when i went in to work, the manager says she need to talk to me.
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((((Missy))))
I am so sorry! My daughter is 17 and trying to find a job. She's already had a few and you will find another one soon. Just don't give up!
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