Posts by lilybird

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Are Interracial RelationshipsA Taboo Subject?

by The wanderer in

jw
friends

are interracial relationshipsa taboo subject?the exposure to individuals of other racial backgrounds was helpful in my past .

jehovahs witness life to see past racial prejudice.

i am grateful for the exposure.

lilybird

I am a white woman married to a black man . We are happy together and love each other after 30 years of marriage. I found cultural differences made it hard as even though his parents were jws they would have prefered he married another Jamaican girl .So we had a hard time family wise. We have 3 kids and found that even though we live very close to Toronto which is a melting pot of multicultrualism, our area is still very much white bread.

Our children have have some hard times with other neighbours and at school.Even at high school, where I thought the students would be more accepting of differences in people. My daughter was called racial slurs by some and also my son..I have found over the years, interracial relationship requires more effort and real love for each other to survive

..My husband's brothers wife left his brother after 15 years of being together.The way his parents treated her because she wasn't "acceptable" finally drove her away..WE have just found we have to stand stronger in many ways.Hopefully..the way people view other people , culturally and racially will get better for future generations. If anyone asks my my opinion on marrying someone from a different race or culture, I just tell them, just make sure you really love and respect the person you are going to marry. That is the best way for your marriage to survive.

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Almost vomited this weekend

by sinis in

well, i grabed the pile of shit watchtower mags my wife has been bringing home and decided to look through a few since i had some down time this weekend.

i haven't read one in years... jesus christ i almost vomited!!!!

i cannot believe the shit they write!

lilybird

Actually, my father-in-law who always thought he was better than anyone else and so made a perfect elder in his congregation, did everything in dress pants, shirt and tie, He even put up a fence in in his dress clothes complete with tie... Have to make a good impression to the neighbours you know.

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What is your favourite soup?

by ninja in

jw
friends

help....i am addicted to mulligatawny soup....it has knocked heinz tomato soup and even...even ...home made soup...(for the moment at least)for six....try and break my cult like feelings for mulligatawny and steer me onto another path of soupiness.....meanwhile i give you ..the one...the only.....mulligatawny soup...

lilybird

My daughter likes Italian Wedding Soup served out of a can.The only canned soup I like is tomato soup.

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What is your favourite soup?

by ninja in

jw
friends

help....i am addicted to mulligatawny soup....it has knocked heinz tomato soup and even...even ...home made soup...(for the moment at least)for six....try and break my cult like feelings for mulligatawny and steer me onto another path of soupiness.....meanwhile i give you ..the one...the only.....mulligatawny soup...

lilybird

My favorite is minestrone.. Olive Garden serves the best in my opinion

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NAME A GOOD ALTERNATIVE USE FOR MAGAZINES AND TRACTS!

by badboy in

jw
friends

any takers?

lilybird

*thinking* .. hmmmm.. there is no good alternative use!!

They are absolutely useless...

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What is your favorite TV show?

by averyniceguy in

lilybird

24 and also Grey's Anatomy

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Would you have married a non JW

by JH in

jw
friends

when you were a good active jw, would you have considered marrying a non jw or was this completely out of the question..

lilybird

Nope I would never have considered it.. My mother always taught me from when I was young that "worldly" guys were scary and I believed her.. I was scared to think of dating them .. never mind marrying one.. but now both my husband and I are disasociated.. I guess I am married to a "worldly" guy.. he's not so scary..

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Parents of Teens--I need encouragement

by love2Bworldly in

jw
friends

i am really feeling down today, can't stop crying.

i just need some words of encouragement from other parents that i will survive my kids' teen years.

my 13 year old is trying to discover/find herself, has emotional issues--since birth, cuts/burns herself secretly--she is on prozac, in regular counseling, spent time last year in a physchiatric hospital, and just generally always has stomach aches or conflicts with other peers and is flunking math as usual as well as getting bad grades in citizenship lately.. my 17 year old son is on probation for being in a fight last fall, and does illegal stuff for cash.

lilybird

I have raised 3 children, my youngest, only daughter turned out to be the one who has given us the most grief. She is smart and has always done well with school but suffered with anxiety and depression since she was about 12, I think it is mostly genetic as my mother was severly depressed and diagnosed schezephrenic..

.We had our daughter in counselling at the local mental youth health clinic while she was in high school and she was on medication which never really helped her.We found the best way eventually was just to try to ride it out give her lots of encouragement and love.. Its been a bumpy ride but now she is entering her second year of college and is enoying living on her own.. My son said the best thing was for her to live on her own and it has helped her to grow up...sometimes, it seems with girls especially, they have a hard time dealing with maturing and becoming young women.

.I know how you feel.. We left the dubs to give our kids a better life,, and our boys are doing well..Its such a hard time when you think your daughter should be enjoying all life has to offer..but..its true.. genetics have a lot to do with how our kids develop ..something out of our control.... but our daughter is growing up and we actually can converse and enjoy each others company now...hope this helps you a bit,, I know as parents we get so discouraged sometimes.. I have talked to other parents who think they are alone in problems raising their children.. We find that many go thru what we experience as well..

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It's just....oh I don't know...Werid!

by rosiegurl in

ok so i've been reading thru the posts here for the last week or so since i found it.

and i just am amazed i think or i don't know...i feel something that i can't quite put my finger on.

i was raised in 'the truth' as many here were.

lilybird

Its true many stay because all their family is in and they are afraid of losing them. When I decided to leave some 20 years ago, the jw who had been my best friend since our teen years phoned me to talk about my decision to leave. She tried to talk me into to staying but then confided to me that she really wanted to leave but couldn't because her family and her husbands family were devoted dubs over several generations. So it was easier for her to stay than rock the boat.. My husband and I............ we didnt care if family and friends not longer talked to us.. our freedom and our childrens freedom was more important.. I guess it comes down to prioritys.. but I am sure now my friend and others I grew up with must really be wondering..and feeling a bit like they have wasted their lives away...

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SHOULD JWS PEEL APPLES?

by badboy in

jw
friends

it has cone to my attention via god's holy days -or holidays by the goodnews lot that peeling apples was used by pagans o divine how long someone would live.. in view of the pagan connection,should true christian peel apples?.

lilybird

yes