Posts by AMarie

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My Thanksgiving...

by Billygoat in

23 years ago

this post is totally sappy, but i don't care.

i wanted to share it anyway.

lately, i have felt very sorry for myself because my relationship with my jw parents is almost to the point of being severed.

22 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

Andi:

That was the most touching post I've ever ready. My eyes are full of tears right now! I'm sorry that you've been in so much pain lately dealing with the loss of your family. It's extremely painful to have your own mother and father treat you like a stranger. And it is definitely OK to grieve over it and feel down for awhile. If you didn't you could never really heal from the experience.

It sounds to me that all of the turmoil in your life hasn't affected your good attitude at all. Despite the agony you feel, your heart is still so full of love and appreciation for what you have. I'm very happy this difficult time in your life didn't affect your holiday.

AMarie

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Do you have a Piercing or a Tattoo?

by Sirona in

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23 years ago

on the vasectomy thread someone mentioned jw opinion of body piercing.

do you have a body piercing or a tattoo?

did you have it done while in the dubs, in secret maybe?

23 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

LOL@Comf.....Are you saying that that is a picture of your tattoo or a picture of you?

I have my navel pierced, which I did when I was a dub to rebel, and three piercings in each ear. That is it so far.

As soon as I find the perfect tattoo, I plan on getting one. I looked up my name in Chinese and thought about getting that tattood on my lower back, but I'm not sure yet.

AMarie

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I think we've been found out!

by TweetieBird in

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23 years ago

there have been a few things that have happened the past couple of weeks that makes me think that the word is being spread that we are "apostate.".

first, a sister that i have known since i was a teenager, looked me dead in the eyes and did not even acknowledge me, twice in the same store.

that didn't bother me because i have never liked her.

23 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

Hey tweetie:

I'm sorry that some of your family members have to be so hipocritical. Unfortunately, as Frenchy said, it is very typical of people in the "truth". I know many that were DFd for sleeping around, doing drugs and drinking that don't talk to me to this day even though we are all disfellowshipped. Somehow, I am worse than them because I refuse to live a double life and not go back to something I don't believe in.

Sounds like you may have some very challanging times ahead of you. Now that word is getting around that you are a doubter, this information could fall on the wrong ears, namely the elders. This could mean interogation by them and future disfellowshipping for you. However, no matter what happens in the future, stick to your guns and don't compromise what you believe in. Being untrue to yourself is far worse than losing your family's favor.

AMarie

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Great News For Smokers

by Englishman in

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23 years ago

according to the times, 40% of people who smoke will not contract cancer in their entire lifetime.. this is truly wonderful news for addicts, many of whom have have been pushing their deep misgivings and health concerns into the background, or smoking less or smoking low tar or smoking cigars or inhaling less or smoking in secret or smoking part-time.. what this means in real terms is that for every 5 smokers you observe, only 3 of them are someday destined to suffer what the medical profession refer to as "night agonies".

briefly, this is a syndrome endured by cancer patients who's discomfort becomes more pronounced in the small hours, sufferers are observed to sometimes hit their heads against their pillows in their frustration with themselves for not having the strength of character to quit.. this is indeed excellent news for smokers, particularly for those who become irritated with goody-goody persons who try to get them to give up.

god, those people are so tedious, aren't they?.

23 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

That's great news for a smoker like myself, Englishman. However, you are not considering people who develope other illnesses such as emphasima. Sure, 40% will not get lung cancer, but what about all of those people lugging oxygen tanks around? I'm not sure which would be worse.

AMarie

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Most romantic line from a song??

by SixofNine in

23 years ago

i've narrowed it down to three choices:.

bonnie raitt singing..... "that summer night in texas, baby.

too hot and wet to sleep.

23 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

The most romantic song I've ever heard is called "Ice Cream" from Sarah MacLachlan. If I ever fall in love with somebody, this is the way I want to feel:

ICE CREAM

Your love is better than icecream
Better than anything else that I've tried
Your love is better than ice cream
Everyone here knows how to fight

And it's a long way down
It's a long way down
It's a long way down to the place that we've started from

Your love is better than chocolate
Better than anything else that I've tried
Your love is better than chocolate
Everyone here knows how to cry

And it' a long way down
It's a long way down
It's a long way down to the place where we've started from

AMarie

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FARTING at the meetings

by gambler in

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23 years ago

i'm sure you all have some good comical stories of pple farting during prayer or other quiet times during meeting.

as a personal experience of mine, the night before i had eaten a frozen pizza, doritos, and some old chocolate milk.

this combination produced the worst smelling brew i have ever had.

23 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

TR

I am howling right now! That is so frickin funny. Although we thought it was gross at the time, looking back, that was probably the highlight of our Watchtower career.

AMarie

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What is marking about?

by Missie Eff in

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23 years ago

i have a good freind here with me this evening.

(celtic, if you're around you know her - it's liane).

there is something that has always puzzled both of us.

23 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

Ahhhh, the wonderful JW practice of marking.

I was never marked, but my younger sister was. She too had a relationship with a worldly man, which was totally chaste until their marriage. Of course when the elders pulled her into the library and interrogated her, she had done nothing that meritted a reproof or disfellowshipping. When they advised her to stop seeing her boyfriend, so as not to become "unevenly yoked" with a nonbeliever, she politely refused, because she was doing nothing wrong and was in love with him. This is when they "marked" her.

It's basically to warn everybody about a person's spiritual condition so they can protect themselves from "bad association" (basically just another way to control the rank and file). People continued talking to her at the meetings, but would never invite her to go out and it was absolutely torturesome for her.

Sadly, this is something that happens in all Kingdom Halls, not just the UK.

AMarie

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FARTING at the meetings

by gambler in

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23 years ago

i'm sure you all have some good comical stories of pple farting during prayer or other quiet times during meeting.

as a personal experience of mine, the night before i had eaten a frozen pizza, doritos, and some old chocolate milk.

this combination produced the worst smelling brew i have ever had.

23 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

Unfortunately, I don't have any good fart stories from my old kingdom hall so (please forgive me for changing the subject) but I do remember something that was funny/gross.

There was a couple in our hall with four daughters that had a service meeting part on how to prepare as a family for field service. The girls were very very sweet except for the eight year old. She was really obnoxious, loud and ditzy at times. Well, their part was going pretty smoothly until we noticed a glassy eyed stare on the eight year old, Felicia's, face. Being in her own world, forgetting that she's in front of 100+ people, she proceeds to stick her finger up her nose, all the way to the first nuckle and eat whatever delectable treats were on her finger tip.

I don't think any of her family members noticed what she was doing (which I don't know how), but you could hear low chuckling throughout the hall. I don't think that poor girls has lived it down to this day.

AMarie

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The Big Show This Weekend...

by mikepence in

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23 years ago

...is not harry potter, it is the leonid meteor showers!.

see http://www.leonidstorm.com/.

this is a once in a lifetime viewing opportunity.

23 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

MikePence

Which night this weekend and at what time will this be taking place? This sounds like something I don't want to miss.

AMarie

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Embarrassing JW Parents-How 'bout U?

by ashitaka in

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23 years ago

so, what horrible or just plain silly thing have you guys experienced under the thumb of jw parents?.

i'll relate one-.

there was a time the 7th grade had won a contest for something.

23 years ago

AMarie 23 years ago

When I was about 18, I was still living at home and still a dub. I had a car and my 16 year old sister, Lara, didn't so she was always borrowing mine.

One Friday night, she and two of her JW friends wanted to go to a worldly party but had no way of getting there. Of course, she made up a pretty good lie about where she was going to tell my mother but leaked the truth to me. After twenty minutes of hearing her beg, I finally agreed to let her use it with one stipulation: If she were to drive my car, she could not drink anything at that party and if mom found out where she was, I didn't know anything about where she was going. So off she goes.

Well, my mom decideds to stay up and wait for my sister to get home that night. At three o'clock, Lara and her two friend come stumbling in and her two friends are totally wasted, puking all over the place. Instead of keeping my name out of the conversation, Lara tells mom that I knew where she was going to take some of the heat off of herself.

At age eighteen, I was ground for a full month and couldn't leave the house on weekends or after work.

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