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  Young JWs-living a lie

  by Jez in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  for the past year, i have been observing the jw kids that i know.

  i am in a unique situation as i work at the local high school, therefore see many of them on a daily basis.

  let me tell you, 80% of them are totally undistinguishable as jws.

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  I agree it is a bad situation but if your choices are either live a lie or get thrown out of the house without any financial support, the easy answer is live the lie.

  I did for many years, I was determined to get a college education and to be financial independent from my parents. It would buy me the right to make my own decisions and live my life the way I wanted without the ramifications from my family.

  Once I got my education I got outta the "troof" as fast as possible and I have never regreted my choice.

  Try not to judge these kids too harshly. They are just trying to survive in a tottally unhealthy environment.
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  Miss Universe pageant -- I think I'm in love! =)

  by Elsewhere in

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  2. friends

  as far as i'm concerned, leva kokorevica (from latvia) won the whole thing the moment she first stepped on the stage .

  leva!

  leva!

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  Miss Canada certainly deserved to win.

  Miss Veneuzula was pretty hot as well.

  They made my night!
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  Why did you get married?

  by pratt1 in

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  1. because you were in love?.

  2. you were afriad you would commit fornication and be disfellowhipped.. 3. you did not want to die before armageddon as a virgin and never experience sex.

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  1. Because you were in Love?

  2. You were afriad you would commit fornication and be disfellowhipped.

  3. You did not want to die before Armageddon as a virgin and never experience sex.
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  Your Most Embarrassing Injury!

  by whyamihere in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i want to know for a good laugh!.

  onetime(in band camp) i was rushing to get to work and i was really late.

  i got there and i forgot my hand bag in the car.

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  The injury happened to an ex girlfriend.

  After sex - safe sex, I went to the bathroom to dispose of the used bag and instead of throwing it into the toilet, I missed and it fell on the tile floor. I didn't notice I had missed and I went back to bed.

  A couple of hours later, my girlfriend got up in the middle of the night and I hear a huge bang and a scream. She had slipped on the used condom and hurt her hip pretty bad.

  The next day I took her to her doctor and she threw me under the bus and told the doctor it was all my fault because of my bad aim.

  As you can imagine, the relationship did not last long.
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  What did you want to be when you grew up?

  by whyamihere in

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  as a child, what did you want to be, when you became an adult?

  if you could, would you want to go back in time, and become what you wanted to be in the first place?.

  as a child, i wanted to be a florist.

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  First, I wanted to be a police officer, but the elders told me that I wouldn't be able to carry a gun.

  Second, I wanted to be an Archetiect? I thought I could design homes in the new system. That what got me through college.

  I ended up being an Environmentalist who designs programs to remediate contaminated resources.
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  Did every congregation have one or two desperate singletons?

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  i remember in the kh i went to there was always at least one desperate singleton who would sniff around the single women particularly the ones which were his own age...he was mid 40s i seem to believe...never had a girlfriend and would have married anybody who wouldve had him.

  there was no real harm in him...just lonely i expect but i think he made most women skwirm.. what about you...did your hall have its own resident 'single sister stalker'?

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  We had a few stalker brothers in my hall, but like some of the earlier comments, they would only date young teenaged girls.

  They were convinced that only a virgin would make a good christian wife.

  Sad to say most of these guy are now divorced and their young x wives have moved on to other relationships.
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  CRY LIKE A BABY

  by tijkmo in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  ok lots of movie threads running at mo.

  so whats your fave for when you wanna cry.

  guys u gotta answer too.

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  Field of Dreams.

  I can't help it.

  You are not going to believe this but ET gets me every time.
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  tonight is the night

  by susu812 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so i am being announced (the new way) as being df'd tonight.

  me and my ex--who wont show up so i will be there all alone.

  i am still unsure of how i feel about the whole thing.

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  I agree with your decision to go.

  I went to my announcement. I was determined not to let them think that they could defeat me. You have nothing to be ashamed of, so why not go and hold your head high with pride.

  Now you can move on to the next chapter in your life.

  Remember living well is the best revenge.
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  Regrets

  by pratt1 in

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  2. friends

  just wondering:.

  do you every regret the way you treated or shunned faders, d/a, or d/f people in the past while you wonder under the influence of the "cult".. if so have you every gone back to any of those people said that you were sorry?.

  i ask because there are a few people in my past that i discarded so easily and quickly, i am really conidering tracking them down in the hopes of making amends.. i don't know if it would do any good, but i know that i would feel better.

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  Just wondering:

  Do you every regret the way you treated or shunned faders, d/a, or d/f people in the past while you wonder under the influence of the "cult".

  If so have you every gone back to any of those people said that you were sorry?

  I ask because there are a few people in my past that I discarded so easily and quickly, I am really conidering tracking them down in the hopes of making amends.

  I don't know if it would do any good, but I know that I would feel better.
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  Is it better to just LEAVE or FIGHT?

  by ljwtiamb in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  although, i have not been victim to the same level of damage from the wts as many of you on this site, i have noticed that it is very difficult to fight such a large entity with deep pockets and passionate (though misled) supporters.. .

  since i am still in the very early stages of leaving/fading, i wonder:.

  i have already spent the vast majority of my life sacrificially serving the interests of this org.

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  I agree with Evilforce.

  You can fade and then chose to fight whenever you want. After being out for about a year I began to reach out to especially the younger people and I encouraged them to pursue their own dreams and not allow the borg to dictate their future. I also constantly call my Mom and other relatives still in the "troof" on the carpet about the false predictions and "new light" corrections that come from Bethel.