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  Talked w/a JW Yesterday - So glad I'm out

  by Seeker4 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  it's been quite a while since i've written anything here, maybe a couple of years.

  some may remember me, seeker4, from the old h2o, or the early years of this one.

  i was a jw for about 35 years, ms, elder for about 15, pioneer, all of it.

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  Evesapple

  I don't typically bother reading really long posts.....but that one I couldn't stop reading. You hit all the points....AMEN!!!
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  Are you black or white ? ( just asking)

  by vitty in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please dont take offence but ive just realised something maybe its been touched on before,.but when i was reading the thread on bil cosby i read the one off obviously secret.

  now as i am a white person i assumed he was white until he stated he was black.

  so when i thought about it, i imagine everyone on this site is white, does everyone who is black imagine everyone else is black, and anyone oriental imagine everyone else is oriental.

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  not white or black...my skin tone is darker, as well as my eyes and hair...my mother is mexican, my father czech....both of my kids came out fair...blonde and green eyes, blonde and blue eyes....i sometimes get mistaken as the nanny....i'm learning not to get too offended.
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  Field Service Book Bag

  by Pinned Blouse in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  for those that no longer go to the kh --i was curious as to what you have done with your field service bookbag?.

  for a long time i could not look at it without feeling guilty, then a couple of times i looked at with contempt.... after awhile it mysteriously ended up in the dumpster including... the books, tracts, wt's, awakes, and return visits slips that was in it.. where is your bookbag right now?.

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  mine is dismantled and in the dumpster...I have no literature whatsoever in my house...
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  Circuit assembly wolf tale

  by cyber-sista in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just got this one in the email.

  someone already posted this one, but it was sent to me by a "friend" who no longer communicates with me and then sends me something like this from the circuit assembly.

  guess she thinks that now that i am "inactive" i may need this little wake up call.

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  Evesapple

  Sounds like a twisted Mother Goose story.
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  Our dear Jackson is sick again . . . . interesting parenting question

  by cruzanheart in

  1. social
  2. family

  this is starting to remind me of my childhood.

  of course, the plus side is that i grew out of most of it, but it was hell while it lasted.. jackson (our 8-year-old) had his tonsils and adenoids out the beginning of june, in an effort to help reduce the number of infections and viruses he's been getting.

  he's allergic to a lot of stuff, most of which grows in texas (where we live), and we've tried allergy shots on two separate occasions which reacted badly on him.

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  Evesapple

  Poor little guy...I hate when they get sick and are so helpless...hope he feels better soon.

  As far as being a younger mom, I had my daughter at 21 and my son at 34....I love my daughter very much but in no way was I prepared, emotionally for parenthood...I was still a baby. I have a lot more patience now and appreciation for my status. But, I do enjoy being a younger mom of a teenager....we do enjoy one anothers company and I'm not so far spanned from her generation that I cannot relate nor remember. Energy wise, I think I have more energy now than I did then. I'm more educated about taking care of myself and staying active. It's definetely better being older....I'm ready for one more :) why not?
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  Easy targets, who are they?

  by JH in

  1. jw
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  who would you say would be the "easier targets", when jw's knock at their door?

  do you think that there are any particular people who would be more vulnerable to fall into the jw trap?

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  People who have messed up lives, insecure, anti-social, in need of a support group of some sort.
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  Did you wear your badge outside the convention, so as to "give a witness?"

  by truthseeker in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  this year at the dc, we were expressly told to wear our badges at all times, even when going to a restaurant or some place else, so we could "give a witness.".

  did any of you hear follow through with this arrangement?

  did you have one of those "fantastic" experiences, when someone commented on your badge?.

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  ugh! Yeah...had too, I was too young to say no, mom and dad made me do it! As a teenager it was hell.
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  What is your flavor of Beer? (why? Just taste?)

  by confusedjw in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in another post someone mentioned americans loving micro beers - and i thought about beers i drink and why.

  i drink budweiser on occasion because they sponsor events i like.

  i drink miller high life on occation just because of the great 'lone man talking' commercials.

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  when I lived in AZ I loved Fat Tire, it's out of Utah...so not sold around here.

  On a cold snowy night, I like to sit in my favorite pub, watch to snow fall, with a Guinness in hand....

  But, on a hot summers day, a slice of lime in my Corona is quite refreshing....

  Other favs...

  Bass Ale

  Sierra Nevada Pale Ale

  New Castle

  ...whatever the weather, whatever the mood...but never ever, ever....Coors light, budweiser, miller, or any of that sort tastes like watered down beer....yuck!
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  Who did you contact first?

  by Lehaa in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  just interested!.

  when you were disfellowshipped, who was the first person you contacted?.

  i'm just about to write a letter to my cousin who was disfellowshipped 15 years ago.. .

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  I first wrote a letter to my mom and dad...and then I called my best friend from childhood...she was DF'd 5 years prior. Now we live 45 minutes away from each other and see each other often, picked up where we left off. It's great to have someone from your past that experienced everything the same way at the same time.

  I don't speak to my mom and dad, they don't even call to ask about the kids.....
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  July 4th , the great JW holiday?

  by ezekiel3 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  all my life as a jw in the us, my parents shuttled us off to the fireworks, to sit among the worldlings and the waving flags to enjoy the show.

  this was an almost universal practice with elders and pioneers as well.

  as a child, i always noted that what we (jws) were doing was no different than how anyone else celebrated the 4th.

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  Evesapple

  We watched fireworks while growing up, my dad even bought some and set them off....but then, some people in the congregation started expressing that we shouldn't be doing that anymore....so everyone kind of stopped...but my dad still bought his own fireworks (they were small ones of course). I also remember on Thanksgiving we'd have a huge dinner, but not turkey...my dad made great duck. Also, my daughter is going to her dad's this weekend, and they are all having a big BBQ on the 4th (he and all his witness family and friends)...yeah...it's so hypocritical.