Posts by alison

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Does anyone know please let me know.......

by alison in

i've been checking a couple of websites a nd jewelry stores on line looking for red gold.

i was looking for a military style red gold dog tag.

i live in new york city if any one knows where i can find this please let me know.

alison

What i mean is a regular chain that is similar to a military tag but it's not actual military tag, instead of it being gold i want it to be red gold.

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Does anyone know please let me know.......

by alison in

i've been checking a couple of websites a nd jewelry stores on line looking for red gold.

i was looking for a military style red gold dog tag.

i live in new york city if any one knows where i can find this please let me know.

I've been checking a couple of websites a nd jewelry stores on line looking for red gold. I was looking for a military style red gold dog tag. I live in new york city if any one knows where i can find this please let me know. I ask people and no-one knows any suggestions, thanks

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I need advice quickly please

by alison in

about a few days ago i went to hand in my final paper at a university in manhattan.

i won't go into details about the school because i want to keep it to a certain extent personal.

there is this professor that is 38years old but he looks like he is 26 years old.

alison

Thank you for all the advice. I have listened to what you guys told me. He did e-mail me saying he wants to get to know me for the individual I am but you know what I don't care because I opened my eyes, of course with the help of everyone in the forum who wrote to me. Thanks alot once again.

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What first gave you doubts ?

by rick1199 in

we all know the big problems with the wts, but what was the first thing that made you realise there were problems with the organisation ?

with me it was realitivly small stuff like an 8 year old getting baptised and a comment my best mates made about another of our friends asking if we should be hanging round with her as she might be bad assciation (she had just been reproved, but they had been mates 20 years).. .

how ever the first time i ever thought something was really wrong was when i was about 11 and my grand farther died, and mu mum wouldn't go to the funeral, i remeber thinking that surely it was better to say good bye properly than worry about if the service was in a church.. .

alison

The things that gave me doubts was when they said that only 144,000 people go to heaven and that they are the true religion. Also the fact that you could only date people from the religion, it's not truly for love but for the religion not god. Also the fact that they have the right as they would say they were appointed by god so therefore they have the right to disfellowship people. How is an imperfect human being judging me? Also they would prey in a married couples sexual life. It's not of their business. There is more stuff but these are the main things.

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I need advice quickly please

by alison in

about a few days ago i went to hand in my final paper at a university in manhattan.

i won't go into details about the school because i want to keep it to a certain extent personal.

there is this professor that is 38years old but he looks like he is 26 years old.

alison

About a few days ago I went to hand in my final paper at a university In manhattan. I won't go into details about the school because I want to keep it to a certain extent personal. There is this professor that is 38years old but he looks like he is 26 years old. Anyways I'm 24 years old and he was flirting with me, but the thing is I liked him since december. He is seperated from his wife and has a 7 year old child he lives on his own. I told him if he could meet up with me which he did. I told him how I feel but he says that I'm beautiful and he likes me as an individual and that is up to me to determine how I want the situation between us to go. All he keeps bringing up is sex and I told him I respect myself and I don't get into the physical aspect of it unless it's a very stable relationship that could take years. He said basically you only live once. He says other women tell him he's fine an all this bull crap he asked me if I fantasize about him and crap. The problem here is that I'm in a relationship and I love the person I'm with, that is why he tells me I call the shots. Then he tells me not to tell my man because he will feel insecure. Another thing he said was that what could we do and speak about if we were to hang out. What kind of bullshit is that! It was as if he was talking down at me, like what could he possibly have in common with me. I don't beleive in cheating that's what I told him and i REFUSE to kiss him because I consider that cheating. I need your help here because What makes me any different from the other girls is like he wants to get in my pants and if he had the chance I believe he would've slept with the other girls in the class. All he kept saying is that he is a man and all the people in his class were girls, this is coming from a man that says he is honest and never cheated on his wife while they were married. Should I forget about him and give him the boot?

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questions and comments

by alison in

let just start off by saying that i hope everyone in this forum is doing good.

moving on, i bumped inot this girl that i used to go to the kingdom hall with, before i dissociated myself.

i told her some of the reasons why i left but not everything because i'm the type of person who llikes people to choose for themselves and i don't like to influence others.

alison

Let just start off by saying that I hope everyone in this forum is doing good. Moving on, I bumped inot this girl that I used to go to the kingdom hall with, before I dissociated myself. I told her some of the reasons why I left but not everything because I'm the type of person who llikes people to choose for themselves and I don't like to influence others. She basically just said that she is not going to leave because of the mistakes the society has covered up in the past besides she states they help you raise kids the correct way without growing up to basically be a menace to society. I felt like what she said is so ignorant. She said she goes tot he meeting every now and then. I told her how could imperfect humans tell you how to lead your life and shun you. I also told here about this elder who is suppossed to set an example but is a corner in far rockaway queens ny picking up prostitutes, I know this because a friend of mine who left the religion told me. Has anyone ecountered such ignorance? Another question since you left the religion do you think is okay to celebrate holidays? Is there prove that true followers of christ and jehovah don't celebrate these holidays? How do you stay on top of your spirituality? I don't want to join no church groups. I just pray, I threw out all my jw books. Does anyone have a recommendation for a bible? I just wanted to let some things out, thanks.

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A question for all women that were raised in the "truth"

by codeblue in

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do you feel like you have low self esteem because of being raised as a jw?.

codeblue

alison

I did in the beginning and still do at times but I love myself and loving yourself involves accepting all your short comings and all your qualities I also have a good men that tells me everyday that I'm beautiful, even though I don't know just know that you are beautiful don't let all the years in the so called "truth" bring you down you can't let them win first you have to love yourself and then you'll know that nothing could bring you down.

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question

by alison in

i recently dissociated myself and the elders keep calling me trying to speak and i don't want to hear it then he leaves me a message saying i have to sign a paper saying i'm dissociating myself since when did it become more of a business than a spiritual manner.

i'm not signing any papers.

has this happened to anyone else?

alison

I recently dissociated myself and the elders keep calling me trying to speak and I don't want to hear it then he leaves me a message saying I have to sign a paper saying I'm dissociating myself since when did it become more of a business than a spiritual manner. I'm not signing any papers. Has this happened to anyone else? What did you do about it?