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  Emotional Day

  by Puternut in

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  i am having one of those days.

  it all started yesterday when i was picking up some work from a client yesterday nearby.

  when i walked in the store, the nora jones cd was playing and i became emotional.

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  desib77

  ((((Puternut)))))

  Desi
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  Something Good In Your Life

  by Greenpalmtreestillmine in

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  just thought it would be great to hear from everyone here about something good that's happening in your life.

  so much is said about the watchtower and it needs to be said but i thought it would be nice to hear some good things about our lives.. for me what is good in my life right now is the containers of vegetables and flowers i am looking forward to planting, the fine music i'm listening to at this moment and being here with you all.

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  Well, I would have to say that the best thing going on in my life right now is that I have survived my first year of marraige (well on the 25th)...........so, um, how long is this marraige thing anyway...

  Actually, I'm very thankful to have such a wonderful and supportive husband in my life......and I'm really pleased that I'm meeting terrific people that I'm looking forward to getting to know better.

  Desi
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  Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

  by desib77 in

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  just want to vent.......hope you don't mind.. my mother (jw) and her husband (also jw) had asked to take my husband and i out to eat for our anniversary.

  since she really doesn't come to visit much (even though i'm only an hour away) i thought it would be nice.................a couple of nights ago she called me to tell me that instead of taking us out to eat that weekend they had decided to take the c.o.

  out to eat.......................now, tell me does that seem right to you?

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  Just want to vent.......Hope you don't mind.

  My mother (JW) and her husband (also JW) had asked to take my husband and I out to eat for our anniversary. Since she really doesn't come to visit much (even though I'm only an hour away) I thought it would be nice.................A couple of nights ago she called me to tell me that instead of taking us out to eat that weekend they had decided to take the C.O. out to eat.......................Now, tell me does that seem right to you? I really could care less about the going out but was kind of looking forward to the visit. (I had always been close to my mother in the past) She has only visited once in the 7 months that I've lived here and I'm really not far. It just gets so frustrating to me since I walk on eggshells around her trying not to say the wrong thing just to keep communication open and she can't even put a little bit of effort in to it......Don't get me wrong, she loves to witness to me and my husband. It just so happened he answered the phone the other night and since she knows that I try to keep her away from him as much as possible she took the opportunity to give him his "personal invitation" to the memorial............how sneaky....calling to tell us that she cares more about the C.O. than me and then in the same breath trying to get us to the memorial.................arghhhhhhhhhhh! It is just so frustrating. I feel like I put all the effort in to holding back so as not to offend her and she puts no effort whatsoever in to anything but shoving her beliefs down my throat.........:(

  Thanks for letting me rant....

  Desi
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  If you considered going back to the hall....

  by JH in

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  if you considered going back to the hall after posting here for a while, would you hesistate telling us?

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  Flash,

  I sent you a PM.....

  Desi
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  Hey....feeling pretty sick today...

  by codeblue in

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  i am so sorry to complain...but i don't feel well.

  i think i picked up a virus on my vacation last week..... simplesally told me to start a thread...this topic came to mind....i am trying to kill a virus with a budweiser and a lime (sorry, outta cornonas).

  codeblue

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  Hope you feel better soon....

  Desi
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  Paedophilia expert abused girls

  by Elsewhere in

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  http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/london/3516714.stm

  paedophilia expert abused girls

  an expert who advised on how to protect children from paedophiles has been jailed for seven years for the "systematic abuse" of three young girls.

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  That is sickening.
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  How is this comforting?

  by desib77 in

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  the jw's always say that the hope of paradise is comforting to those who have lost a loved one.

  what i don't understand is how that is comforting if you consider that the only people that are to make it are jw's or trying to be jw?

  to people of "the world" or bible studies, i would think this would be devasting to most people (other than jw) considering the requirements.

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  Blondie,

  You can see how much I actually paid attention in my 19 years of meetings.......

  And baptizing at 6 years old? (I was 12 years old and I know I surely wasn't ready.) Do they still go through the questions? If they are in that big of a hurry to have their children baptized that they would ignore whether they were ready to make that kind of commitment or not then I'm surprised they haven't started accepting infant baptisms. I really can't see much of a difference in a baby and a 6 year old in that aspect.

  Desi
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  How is this comforting?

  by desib77 in

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  the jw's always say that the hope of paradise is comforting to those who have lost a loved one.

  what i don't understand is how that is comforting if you consider that the only people that are to make it are jw's or trying to be jw?

  to people of "the world" or bible studies, i would think this would be devasting to most people (other than jw) considering the requirements.

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  desib77

  The JW's always say that the hope of paradise is comforting to those who have lost a loved one. What I don't understand is how that is comforting if you consider that the only people that are to make it are JW's or trying to be JW? To people of "the world" or bible studies, I would think this would be devasting to most people (other than JW) considering the requirements.

  Desi
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  A Poem for an ex-JW daughter from her JW father

  by Lady Lee in

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  my daughter received the following from her father (still a jw after all these years).

  both my daughters have told him they are tired of him shoving the "truth" down their throats.

  they don't want to make waves but oi the guilty he tries to instill.

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  desib77

  Ughhhhhhhh....that makes me feel sick to my stomach. The same feeling I get everytime my mother sends me a letter with the same stuff in it. It makes me feel horrible like I'm not worthy of God's love unless I do my part as a JW..........I know how it must make your daughters feel. As many have said, luckily they have you and true unconditional love.

  Desi
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  Love or Hate Field Service

  by XBEHERE in

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  how many of you went out in the field because you had to or because you wanted to?

  if because you had to, how did you feel while doing it?

  just curious.

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  desib77

  I only did it for the recognition in the cong. as someone who is there at ALL the field service meetings and because I wanted to be considered an "exemplarary young sister". Plus, I went out because my friends did and there was usually a brother or two, around my age, that I was fond of but since dating was a no no until ready for marraige my only hope to spend time with them was the possibility of them being in my car group.

  Now that I look back it seems very pathetic.

  Desi