Posts by Lehaa

question-- if a jw is disfellowshipped for having too much association with a non-witness- is this jw likely to be refused a reinstatement as long as he is associating with her-- and if so- will he be allowed to talk to her again to some degree after he is reinstated?

Lehaa

define too much association.

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i hate feeling lonely

by tsunami_rid3r in

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well prom was last saturday.

i had fun with my date.

but she likes someone else now.

Lehaa

yea im feeling heart broken now. she called him her bf today. like a day after prom. wow ok. what can i do to cure this?

I know exactly how you feel, unfortunalely the break up of relationships does not get harder with age, you just realise that theese feelings will pass and something new will come along. Time is the only thing that will help. Get out and try new things, it really helps. I know how hard it is on your own, i'm a single mum with two kids. I get real lonely at times, and cry myself to sleep. It does get easier with time, and i enjoy being on my own. I've also realised a new freedom that i didn't have b4, i can go out when i want, i don't have to answer to anyone. ( I realise that may be hard for you as you still live at home with your parents) Don't moap at home all summer, get out and enjoy yourself.

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Leaving the Truth - Songs to Destroy Your Faith By

by tetrapod.sapien in

as some of you may know, i am a recently self-deconverted jw.

the experience of deconversion was at times emotional.

i have compiled a list of songs i would listen to on those emotionally turbulent occasions.

Lehaa

Left Outside Alone by Anatacia.

Was relaesed close to the time I was df'ed, I used to listed to it over and over.

"Left Outside Alone"[INTRO:]
All my life I?ve been waiting
For you to bring a fairy tale my way
Been living in a fantasy without meaning
It?s not okay I don?t feel safe

I don't feel safe..
Ohhh..

[V1]
Left broken empty in despair
Wanna breath can?t find air
Thought you were sent from up above
But you and me never had love So much more I have to say
Help me find a way

[CHORUS]
And I wonder if you know
How it really feels
To be left outside alone When it?s cold out here
Well maybe you should know
Just how it feels
To be left outside alone
To be left outside alone

I tell ya..
All my life I?ve been waiting
For you to bring a fairytale my way
Been living in a fantasy without meaning
It?s not okay I don?t feel safe
I need to pray

Why do you play me like a game?
Always someone else to blame
Careless, helpless little man
Someday you might understand
There?s not much more to say
But I hope you find a way
[CHORUS 2]
Still I wonder if you know
How it really feels
To be left outside alone
When it?s cold out here
Well maybe you should know
Just how it feels
To be left outside alone
To be left outside alone

I tell ya..
All my life I?ve been waiting
For you to bring a fairytale my way
Been living in a fantasy without meaning
It?s not okay I don?t feel safe
I need to pray

Ohhh. Pray...
Ohh.. Heavenly father..
Save me.. Ohhhh.. Whoaooooaoooooo

[CHORUS 3]
And I wonder if you know
How it really feels
To be left outside alone
When it?s cold out here
Well maybe you should know
Just how it feels
To be left outside alone
To be left outside alone

[OUTRO]
All my life I?ve been waiting
For you to bring a fairytale my way
Been living in a fantasy without meaning
It?s not okay I don?t feel safe
I need to pray...

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Alcoholism - a disease or a choice?

by Sirona in

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friends

alcoholics anonymous claims that alcoholism is a disease.

somehow i think that is just a way of excusing the person from the responsibility that they chose to drink and they chose to let it become an addiction.. what do you think?.

sirona

Lehaa

For me it's a bit of both.

I've had a battle with alcohol for a long time.

I have a genetic predisposition to it but that is in no way an excuse.

Sometimes I give in and choose to drink, other times I seem to have no control over it.

For a long time I was out of control, I drank every day, without fail.

I came to a point where I just had to stop myself. So now I don't keep alcohol in the house, and rarely buy it.

It takes a lot of self control but I don't want my kids to grow up remembering there mum as a drunk. I wan't my kids to have good memories of there child hood, not bad.

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Attendant ever treat you like a child at convention?

by avishai in

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the last straw for me was when an attendant grabbed 22 yr. old me at a cnvention and told me to come inside it was time for it to start.

i said no, and he got in my face.

anyone else get told what to do as an adult?

Lehaa

zug.

That's funny but sad. The poor guy, must have been so hard for him and her.

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Attendant ever treat you like a child at convention?

by avishai in

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friends

the last straw for me was when an attendant grabbed 22 yr. old me at a cnvention and told me to come inside it was time for it to start.

i said no, and he got in my face.

anyone else get told what to do as an adult?

Lehaa

yep all the time.

One told me off for feeding my baby during the sessions. Told him that my child was asleep during lunch and had missed it. ( he was on solids at the trime), If he wanted to feed him he was quite welcome too.

Next one put a please be seated sign right in front of my face while I was chatting to friends. I told him he was being rude and very unchristian.

I hatted them, they were worse than natzis at times.

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Mothers Spit and Bandaids

by Lehaa in

just had a kid come in needing a bandaid, just made me think of a friends comments the other day.

she reckons that all we need in the world is mothers spit and bandaids.

mothers spit cleans absolutely anything, and bandaids fix any ailment that a child can come up with.

Lehaa

yeah I love lavender too

That mixed with chamomile and Ylang Ylang

Nothin better.

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Lonely JW Ex Hubbie

by Lehaa in

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friends

just got back from picking up my kids from my ex.. he'd called me to come pick them up early as he was trying to get some work finished and our daughter was cranky and getting in the way.

not a problem, it was not his weekend to have them, he's had them to help me out.. any way i get there and he looked terrible, realy sad and beaten.. i said he looked really bummed, he said he was and had been for a while.

i asked him if he had anyone to talk to and he said no.. i really felt sorry for him, really felt like inviting him round for dinner and a bottle of wine but knew that was not a good idea.. we stood there talking for about an hour.

Lehaa

definately