Congrats Kitty! I'm still hoping to make it to the "Minimus" level, but that'll take me a few years. Edited because I can't spell.
Billygoat
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KNEEL BEFORE YOUR MASTER!!!!
by kittyeatzjdubs ini'm a master now!!!
now come get u'r spankin!
luv, jojo
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My very good friend Joelbear
by Cygnus ini first "met" joel in the old jw-oriented aol chat room before jwd existed and when h2o was still in its infancy.
we're talking january/february of 1997. i liked him instantly and have maintained a somewhat distant friendship with the man ever since.
recently he demonstrated what sort of man he is by sharing very generously with me in a time of need i'm experiencing.
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Billygoat
I love Joel!
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I received an E-mail from an old friend....how do I respond?
by schne_belly into my dear xxxxx hello there-how are things going with you?
i've been thinking of you a lot, i've wanted to write you this for quite some time.
i guess we both know that things aren't the way they used to be-between you and i; between you and jehovah's organization-and i just want you to know how much i miss you.
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Billygoat
If you are not and dont want to be it would be best not to reply, particularly not in writing. If you email her to the effect that you no longer follow the WTS that can put you in line for a judicial committee, you can not deny what is in writing. It is not worth it.
Good point, I hadn't thought of! CYA Schne - CYA!
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I received an E-mail from an old friend....how do I respond?
by schne_belly into my dear xxxxx hello there-how are things going with you?
i've been thinking of you a lot, i've wanted to write you this for quite some time.
i guess we both know that things aren't the way they used to be-between you and i; between you and jehovah's organization-and i just want you to know how much i miss you.
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Billygoat
It's hard to know how much you can really say and how truthful you can be. I don't know who to trust anymore ( I guess really no JW) .... but for some reason I feel I need to set things straight.....
Just remember, if you feel the need to straighten things out, it might just do it for you...not them. Just through my little experience, I've made terrible mistakes "straightening things out" with JW friends and family. I didn't realize they truly weren't capable of listening or "hearing" what I wanted to share with them. They weren't being jerks, they weren't being cold...they just mentally and physically unable to "hear". I just mad things worse.
If I could go back to do it over, I'd just respond with a very simple response. "XXXXX, thank you so much for your email. So good to hear from you! I miss you too! Didn't we have some great times? I know you remember how much I love Jehovah. I still do, so please take comfort in that. Please continue to pray as I strengthen my relationship with Jehovah. Right now it's just Jehovah and I and I think I need that privacy right now in order to grow. Thank you for respecting that."
Or something like that. Quote a scripture if you think of one appropriate. It'll keep you in her good graces...stalling...until you're in a better place to ask the hard questions and she's ready to be asked them.
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I received an E-mail from an old friend....how do I respond?
by schne_belly into my dear xxxxx hello there-how are things going with you?
i've been thinking of you a lot, i've wanted to write you this for quite some time.
i guess we both know that things aren't the way they used to be-between you and i; between you and jehovah's organization-and i just want you to know how much i miss you.
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Billygoat
I'd say be very careful responding. I've received letters like this and I haven't answered them at all. I didn't because when I read over their letters, it was purely emotional and about them. There wasn't ONE question about how I was doing. I realized that if they were true friends, they'd be concerned about my well-being. They would go straight for the guilt trip.
*shrug* I've learned the hard way who are my true friends and who aren't. Unfortunately, not ONE of them was a JW.
I realize you probably miss them too, but only you can take care of yourself. Only you can decided what that means.
((((hugs))))
Andi
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Boobah... an acid trip for kids?
by Elsewhere inwhen i get up for work in the morning i normally watch a bit of news in bed before i start to move around.
the other day i was flipping through the channels and came across a very very strange show on pbs at 6:30 am (dallas channel 13) called boobah.
it is designed for very young children... and i swear it looks like an acid trip!
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Billygoat
have u ever seen the boobah dolls? they freak me the hell out man!!!!
Hot pink amoebas! Yikes!
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Have a crush on someone here at JWD/
by oldflame inoh i sure do but she lives in missouri and i am all the way in california.
but she is the most beatuiful woman my eyes ever set upon.
i do not know if she is married or not but it is robdar .....wow what a knock out
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Billygoat
"arent you over that jehovah witness stuff yet?"...sound like your ex, rodbar? Its like no, lame ass...it doesnt work that way. at least not for me...
I have to tell you when I first saw this I thought it said "Lama ass". That made an interesting picture in my head. LOL
Chrissy, I would be so hurt and angry over this. If Mozz ever said that to me, I would seriously consider whether I'd chosen the right man. Thankfully, he knows I'll never "get over it", because it truly is a part of who I am. It's molded me like nothing else in my life has. Mozz may not like how much time I spend on this board, but he realizes I can get rid of the exJW thing about as well as I can get rid of being half-Japanese.
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Arachnaphobia - I hate spiders
by ballistic inanyone who does not the like killing any of god's creatures, please do not read this.. i just laid in bed for over an hour trying to sleep until i heard a faint noise which sounded like lots of feet scrabbling around.
for a minute i thought there were rats somewhere.
i laid there for a minute my eyes darting around in the dark and i could feel my pulse going.
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Billygoat
I never like how spiders pop and guts go everywhere when you smash them. So when I was maybe 9 or so I used toothpaste to trap a spider that was in the tub. I put a big glob on him. My mom found it and just shook her head. She knew.
I then thought that only I would come up with something so stupid until last year my daughter pured shampoo all over a spider in our tub of all places. I guess you could say we do not like spiders around here!
LMAO! Well, that's creative! Why can I imagine you doing this?
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Losing My Mind
by joelbear ini feel like i have been slowly losing my mind since the age of 10 or so, maybe before that.
the process seems to be speeding up.
it may just be an inevitable fact of my existence.
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Billygoat
Something is definitely physically wrong with my brain that my meds are not addressing.
It is time to see a psychiatrist.
Good for you Joel!
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Have a crush on someone here at JWD/
by oldflame inoh i sure do but she lives in missouri and i am all the way in california.
but she is the most beatuiful woman my eyes ever set upon.
i do not know if she is married or not but it is robdar .....wow what a knock out
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Billygoat
I think an xjw is the only type of person that would understand me.
Ahhh...don't knock the other guys completely though. Mozz never was a JW, nor does he have any friends or family that were JWs. He doesn't "get" certain parts of why my clock ticks the way it does, but he empathizes with it. I love that he has a different childhood, different experiences...it's what I want to give my future children. But I also don't expect him to understand that portion of me. It's YOU guys that fill that need for me...I don't look to him to fill every need. I find our different backgrounds actually help me balance out that fact that I'm an exJW. Because I don't want to be one of those exJWs where all I AM is an exJW. I want a counterpart to help remind me that it is only one facet of who Andi Weathersbee is...it's not what defines me.