hey everybody!
who missed me?
i've missed you guys a lot.
Slayer:
I wondered what happened to you! When I first started posting here several months ago, you posted all of the time, then POOF.....you were gone.
I'm am extremely sorry about what's happened to you; Your wife sounds like a psychotic bitch. I totally agree with one of the above posters: Take Jen's shit and throw it in the yard. Bi-polar or not, her behavior is inexcusable.
I'm glad you're back and I hope things are getting better for you.
AMarie
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i have recently met a wonderful man.
he is a jw, and has been all 25 years of his life.
i am not, and have not even known any all of my life.
Pad:
I was in this exact situation years ago, except I was a JW and the guy I met was "worldly". He and I got along great, but the fact that I was dating a "worldly" man meant that I was marked as "bad association" in my congregation. Even though we had a chaste relationship, people (including my own family) began shunning me. Trying to make my JW family and friends happy, and still keeping the man I cared for, I tried converting him. He started coming with me to the meetings, but he simply couldn't agree with the JW doctrines and decided to quit going to the meetings and quit his bible study.
In the end, I ended up having to choose between this man and my family, a choice that nobody should be forced into making. Of course, I chose my family and the "truth", which is what I think this man you are involved with will do also. Cut ties with him now, because sooner or later, he is going to have to choose between you and his life long supposed "friends", and I think you'll end up with the short end of the stick. Or else, you'll end up becoming a Witness to please him, which down the road will lead to ALOT of heartache.
AMarie
hopefully this topic is'nt to offensive for the people here.
but i've always been curious about it.
when i first graduated high school my first full time job was at a mailroom over at the northwestern memorial hospital in chicago.
LOL @ Simon:
I believed you there for a minute and was a bit surprised.
I've never been in a threesome but would try if I were with the right people, i.e...people I'm attracted to, people who can be discreet about it and cool with it afterward. If I tried, it would definitely be with a male and female. While I've never tried a female (at least not yet), it would be TOTALLY HOT to have both in bed with me at once....
I think I've said too much
AMarie
if it was'nt for the internet i would still be stuck in the endless cycle of drone like meeting attendance and field service.
(technically i'm still in but not for long) i'm really glad that some ex-jws took the time to speak about the real truth.
for the longest time i always thought that what i was taught was correct, i never even felt the need to question it or validate it with actual facts.
I had been disfellowshipped for six months before I looked on the internet for information on Jehovah's Witnesses. At that time, I had been attending meetings to get reinstated but had the gut feeling that something was very wrong with the religion.
When I first stumbled onto the various sights, I had the automatic reaction of getting angry and trying to defend the the WTBTS teaches, even though I didn't totally believe them. I blew the sites of as "apostate", and reasoned that they were run by people who were against god. But as I read more in depth, I found that people's experiences with the WTBTS were identical to mine and for the first time I knew that I wasn't faithless, but that the religion I was in was corrupt. This lead me to opening my mind and searching even deeper into the society's history and teachings. It was a real shocker, and very hard to swallow at first, but it saved me from years of wasted time with a false religion.
AMarie
"i pronounce you husband and wife.. you may now shake hands.".
"you say you're a sister and.
yet you are wearing a pant suit?!?".
ROTFLMAO....Too Funny. Thanks for the laugh :)
my first reason is the fact that i was being controlled through the jw social structure, and having to fight to do anything....even whether to wear a tie or not.
the preoccupation with appearance was so debilitating; that was all i was ever concerned with.
and, as i'm not attractive, good in sports, or a conformist, i had very few friends.
Xanu:
You said:
"The Holy writings of the Saints tell us that we should be reasonable. It sounds like these ones in your former community wear lording it over"
You are right, the ones in my community were "lording it over" so to speak. And sadly this attitude isn't just found in my community. As you can see, the are ex-JWs from all over the world with similar complaints, so it is a problem more with the religion itself, than a few imperfect men I've encountered.
AMarie
my first reason is the fact that i was being controlled through the jw social structure, and having to fight to do anything....even whether to wear a tie or not.
the preoccupation with appearance was so debilitating; that was all i was ever concerned with.
and, as i'm not attractive, good in sports, or a conformist, i had very few friends.
Xenu:
You say that dress and grooming can indeed be a cause for stumbling. This can be true if a youth shows up to the Kingdom Hall with Green Hair and facial piercings. But I don't think that's the case with Ashitaka. He's talking more about minor things, such as the ties he wears.
I know in my hall, one boy wasn't allowed to carry microphones because his shoes weren't patent leather. At age 11, I was pulled aside by an elder because I was wearing a demin skirt!!! At one time, I wore wool dress pants to the meeting since I didn't have time to change after work and had the whole congregation talking.
And as Ashi said, if you apply this mentality to all aspects of your life, it crosses the line from trying to worship god the right way into being controlling and cult-like.
AMarie
- survivors and families of victims of the oklahoma city bombing marked 168 seconds of silence friday one tick of the clock for each person who died in the bombing exactly seven years ago.. this is just a reminder that this event personally affected at least one of the members on this board that i know of.. {{{{ cowboy}}}}... my thoughts and prayers are with you and your family.
((((cowboy))))
My thoughts and prayers go out to you.
AMarie
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http://colorgenics.com/.
a good friend is someone who will come and bail you out of jail, but a true friend will be sitting next to you saying "that was f**king awesome.
By the way:
Here's what it had to say about me.
You want to be regarded as an exiting and interesting personality able to persuade others to comply with your beliefs and ideas. You are charming and able to influence other people who come into your sphere of influence. You like mental stimulation and you are the sort of person who is prepared to 'try anything once'. Your confidence is so much so that others are often swept away by your enthusiasm.
You are not be feeling so good at this time. Everything seems to be getting on top of you. What you need is a rest from all of the the present trials and tribulations in peaceful surroundings and with someone - male or female, it doesn't really matter - who can really understand you and appreciates your needs.
Enough is enough - but the problems never seem to stop. They never stop. You feel, and maybe you are right, that the problems seem to go on and on and you have indeed had more than your fair share of trials and tribulations. But to give you credit - you bounce back time and time again - you stick to your beliefs because deep down you have that inner knowledge, that 'belief' system that in the end, everything will turn out OK - and you are right -it will!
It is said that we are all influenced by our environment and indeed you are no exception. It would seem at this time that even though you may be surrounded by people, you are experiencing an inner loneliness. Fortunately you are sufficiently strong minded to realise that life has a great deal to offer you and that you may miss your share of experiences if you fail to make the best use of every opportunity. You therefore pursue your objectives with a fierce intensity and are prepared to commit yourself deeply and readily. You believe that whatever you would like to do or think 'you can do' - you do! It is because of this attitude that you may be considered by others as arrogant and even conceited, but its fair to say that whatever it is that you really want out of life you will put your heart and soul into it and will not take 'NO' for an answer.
You are putting on a show - a facade. You are a master of demonstrating considerable charm in the hope that this can or will lead to better things. Deep down you are fearful that this may not work and that you may have to employ other strategies in order to realise all your ambitions.
