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  How do you know when your spouse is cheating on you?

  by Thegoodgirl in

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  okay, i know this is personal, but i kind of like the annoninimity of the board versus asking my friends who are all also friends with my husband.. my husband went out of the country with a group from work this weekend.

  i was supposed to go but had to cancel due to other stuff.

  it turned out only 4 ended up going, my husband, a guy, and two women.

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  Why do you say that DY? If he has no history of unfaithfulness, if their friends don't think he's likely to be cheating and he didn't sound like there was anything to be worried about when goodgirl called initially couldn;t he be telling the truth?

  My boyfriend has done the same thing and rang my mobile one morning when I've been partying in London all night and its been answered by a guy, passed to a girl next to me and then onto me and I haven't thought to make excuses or be emabarassed because nothing happened other than 3 people falling asleep on the same bed. My boyfriend isn't being guillible he's just giving me the benefit of the doubt and he knows that if something did happen then I would tell him about it.
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  when you were babtized and dedicated did you feel a void?

  by swiftbreeze in

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  this has always troubled me:.

  i was studying to be babtized although i was raised around the "truth" i still had to have an official study.

  so i was taught that i had to go to jehovah in prayer stating my desire to be dedicated and babtized.

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  DB - thats terrible! You don't think that women die in childbirth in this day and age - not in the western world! How shocking - did the child survive?

  (Thanks for the foaming pint - it was a bit stressy posting that, but I felt better afterwards. I can;t understand why my mother did not reach out to me and help me. I don't think she really knew me at all.)
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  Witness School

  by loosie in

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  2. experiences

  has anyone here ever gone to a witness school.

  you know the school jw's set up to keep their kids separate from the world.

  you would have the daily text every morning and of course a kingdom song had to be sung.. i'd love to hear your experiences.

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  I never heard of witness schools either but my parents would probably not have let me go there either. I was taught at home 12 hours a day, no one to talk to except myself - mostly I quite liked it though. Don't think it was good for me socially, but educationally it was good. My parents pushed me far harder than any teachers - I could read quite well at 3 in between breast feedings!
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  At least 3 years...

  by Confession in

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  for some time now i've been searching the wts' publications for a policy that i clearly remember from my time as an elder.

  but i just can't find it.

  it was the one which stated that if someone--even a congregation servant--came forward and confessed to wrongdoing, there would not have to be a judicial committee, nor would a servant even need to lose his privileges--if at least three years had passed and the individual had put the sin behind him/her.

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  Well obviously I was never party to elder information but if this was true and I knew aboyut it then i might have stayed a witness for longer if I realised I'd been forgiven.
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  My first anti-witness

  by cheeseman in

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  2. friends

  the bell went this morning at 10am.

  wtf is that?

  lo and behold...two jw's at the door!!!.

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  Did the spider originally catch straw in it's web??

  I'm having to fake a coughing fit to hide my hysterical giggles at work!
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  My first anti-witness

  by cheeseman in

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  the bell went this morning at 10am.

  wtf is that?

  lo and behold...two jw's at the door!!!.

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  I shall collect on mine cheeseman - just you wait and see! My boyfriend's cousin manages a little hotel up there!
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  dID YOU EVER LIE ON THE DOORS?

  by badboy in

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  Crumpet

  Shania that is a scary experience - shame you couldnt have given him your least favourite elders address!
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  My first anti-witness

  by cheeseman in

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  the bell went this morning at 10am.

  wtf is that?

  lo and behold...two jw's at the door!!!.

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  Cheeseman - brilliant! I wish I could have been there! Next time I am in Perth I must buy you a pint!
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  Were there any lies in your congregation?

  by badboy in

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  Lies? You mean other than the big ones - that there is a God and he's going to kill you if you don't do everything we say?
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  GET INTOUCH WITH YOUR FAMILY DAY

  by tijkmo in

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  there has been a number of discussions lately about not just accepting being shunned by family so i was thinking why not set aside a yearly day to get in touch with family...send a card,text,email to parents and siblings etc not saying anything controversial...just being nice..saying we miss them we love them and anytime they want to meet or write or visit they would be more than welcome..it other words dont treat them like they treat you..do you think that it is a good idea...if so reply here but also spread the word.....if this has been suggested before please excuse me...im new to the world.

  lets make it 10th of may every year...dont think there are any other holidays on that date

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  Lisa I think that sending a scrapbook of pictures is a great idea. Your husband and children really love you and don't want you to be hurt and sad so if you think that you will be when you get no response then maybe its not a good idea. We know that the chance of a response in most cases is tiny, but I keep thinking of that lovely family from Australia whose daughter kept in touch and showed love and eventually her parents left too! I know that this isn't going to happe, but like dazed and confused said its so that we can emphasise its them that has the problem not us. So only get in touch if you can live with the fact they won't respond or the very worse (although I can't imagine them doing this) returning what you send. Expect nothing - give your love freely like Christ did, not the way they do - and then you won't be disappointed.

  I'm also thinking that when people my parents know ask about me - I'm sure they must - that my parents can't just say no we haven't heard from her, like its my fault. I want them to be forced to say actually she wrote recently and then just think on how loving they are not responding. The other reason is that I want my sisters to know I am out here and I care if they ever start to think hmmm maybe this is all a crock of shit and that they can come to me!