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  Lyin/Dede's Birthday

  by WildTurkey in

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  ok i think i made a mistake.

  tomorrow is dedes birthday, and since i will not be here tomorrow i want to give her gift today and post it here.

  well this is what happened.. i was talking to a buddy, and i told him, "i don't know what to get my wife for her birthday.

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  Happy Birthday, lyineyes.

  Bay64me
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  The Memorial?

  by Nickey in

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  i'm a newbie here.

  but not a newbie to being a jw.

  i was raised as one.

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  Nickey,

  Exactly........rejection.
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  The Memorial?

  by Nickey in

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  i'm a newbie here.

  but not a newbie to being a jw.

  i was raised as one.

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  I always felt that the memorial was one big hype. There was soooo much emphasis put onto the actual importance of attendance. The talks were usually extremely boring and dragged out and sort-of-higgledy-piggeldy.

  I honestly never thought that an 'invited guest' would make head nor tail of a word spoken word from the platform on that night. AND NEVER would I presume that despite the almost pentecostal plea from the speaker, a surge of bible studies would ensue. NO WAY!
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  What do you want to be when you grow up?

  by RubyTuesday in

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  i just love how alot of you are going back to college or have graduated.i have been inspired!who else is in college,has graduated,or is thinking about going?its never too late.

  woman finishes college after 57 years .

  associated press

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  Tennyuck,

  Your first post is an inspiration. I applaud your endevours.

  Your second post, I agree with you 100%.

  Lost Diamond,

  We have so much in common.

  I totally love what you say about taking your life into your own hands and making yourself happy.
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  What should i Do???

  by Shytears in

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  in the past few months i have gotton into another depression,or maybe i have been in one for a long time and now its getting worst,whatever the case is,i cant seem to get out of it...i dont have much help any way,i rarely do anything and when i do get out the house its to go to the doctor or some other thing thats not really fun..... .

  my brother says its my fault im like this,i just wanted to know if its true,can i help it,or not?he said i did this to myself??

  ?i was thinking in what way?

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  Sounds like you have plenty of offers of support here and that is good.

  From my own personal experience, depression is something that needs to be at least discussed with your G.P. in the first instance.

  Maby medication could be an option, as has been already stated. But whatever you decide I think you should talk over the way you feel with a proffesional and consider then, what your next step is.

  One thing that I might add, is that there is absolutely no reason to keep on feeling the way that you describe. There is help available. Please, please seek out that help.

  I wish you well.

  Bay64me
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  Best of 2002/and what your glad to see go

  by meadow77 in

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  i'm watching this show on vh1.

  the hosts are adrianna and christopher from the sopranos!

  they declared the end to certain things from 2002. my personal favorite was that people using cell phones will no longer be allowed to use the phrase "can you hear me now" amen brother.

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  I'm glad to see the back of the immense guilt I was feeling earlier on in the year

  I am looking forward to a new year in every aspect, mostly freedom from fear and subordination.
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  Where do I go for support???

  by scaredyetresolved in

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  2. friends

  i would love some support since i am scared and confused, but i don't know where to turn.

  my husband and i are both having our eyes opened wide after years of doubts.

  we have finally read the "apostate literature" over the past few weeks and have checked and rechecked their sources.

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  Hello scaredbutresolved.

  You said you were aching inside for your kids. I can almost feel the anguish in your post.

  L.B. made a good point about you and your husband both leaving together. That is a bonus.

  I am taking the same journey as yourself with my children but not my husband.

  No pearls of wisdom to offer you i'm afraid, but I know you will gain strength and momentum as you keep coming here and reading others posts. I have found this site to be very valuable to myself, both in gaining insight and just the sense of knowing that I am not on this journey all alone.

  Hope to hear more from you.

  Bay64me.
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  Informal Witnessing

  by jimbob in

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  well, i was on the road this morning when my wife called me from her cell.

  she proceeded to tell me she stopped to get coffee when this asian woman kept trying to talk to her in broken english.

  since my wife couldn't understand her, she politely nodded and said, "that's nice" and started walking to her car.

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  I remember a massive "encouragment" being made a few years back to do informal witnessing efforts. We even all piled into town one afternoon to do just that, instead of our usual door to door thing.

  At about that time there was also a big fuss made of telephone witnessing and all the usual suggestions were made via the platform using demonstrations etc. The same old faithful sisters were used to give out their experiences and "promising, potential bible study" speeches. Yet I recall that in a matter of weeks the whole thing had changed and because of some new law that had been brought in, telephone witnessing had become an absolute no no. No real explainations were given. I remember feeling sorry for those saddos that had got half way through the telephone directory and were facing huge bills with not a single bible study to speak of.
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  elders are siffting out bro & sis making an...

  by nightwarrior in

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  elders in my area are sifting within the congregations,.

  london england .

  e.g whom they consider to be rebeliouse /bad association/not even going to the persons homes announcements made because they can.

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  Could you explain a little more on this please ? Was there a talk given? Was it a local needs? Who told you?
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  Overseer's Visit & Hypocrisy

  by JH in

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  why is it that when the overseer visits the congregation, that just about everybody shows up to the meetings and they all go in the field service?

  a whole week of endless zeal just to prove that they are all so spiritual.

  is gone, they all come back to normal.

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  I suppose that my old cong was just the same as everyone elses then.

  I noticed that everyone tried to widen their kingdom smiles and scrubbed up a bit more than usual. I hated that. It seemed to me to be the perfect setting for boasting. Introducing bible studies, working with the C.O. Exclusive pioneer and elder meetings, C.O. round for lunch, being assigned a talk on the very same night etc, etc. Me me me, look at me.

  Maby it was just the only occasions in the jw calendar that jws were permited to elevate themselves in some way that was hidden under the guise of ooh aren't I spiritual!