the classic for me was several years ago.
angharad had just left to go out but came back after a few minutes with a very sheepish / worried look on her face.. "i hit something with the car" she whimpered.. "argh ...
" says i, thinking the worse (ie.
Spouse had fallen off a ladder and had to have emergency op on bowls. When He got home He was required to have a fibre drink first thing every morning whick he disliked. One morning he came up with this.
"I'm not eating my fibre drink until I have my chocolate milk"! (With arms folded at the age of 42)
i've been reading dr. phil's new book family first.
one of the factors he includes in creating a "phenomenal family" is to establish meaningful rituals and traditions, and i'm finding myself having lots of .
whether it was the traditional holiday dinners you enjoyed at your grandparents' or the vacations you took every year with your parents, we all remember events and celebrations that define who we are as a family and how we are connected to one another.. the only definition our family had once my parents got involved with the jws, was being jws.
You are so right. I didn't realise this until my father died. Goin through the photograghs left behind there was not one family photo of the four children and mum and dad, (I'm the youngest at 41). We found two photos of the four children together. The usual no birthdays or xmas. as the kids grew up and left home and the dickheads we didn't even get together for assemblies. I got married with out my parents or family present as did my sister. My other sister had to get married (preggers)so no pictures there. Brother at 52 has never had a girlfrend is not gay just a srewed up person, unable to have relationships of any sort.
So in a way, no shared adult experiences nothing much in common except a crappy childhood which is not disscussed by my brother or sister, We had nothing to do with the extended family as they where not witnesses. When I tried to get to know then some cousins did't even known I had been born.
growing up as a witness makes it nearly impossible to deal with the "world", as a child.
constant pressure is put on witness kids to conform.
most lead a "double life" out of necessity.
Childhood, close family, extended family
i just heard my ex brother in law has been made an elder.
no big deal but he was the one that had private reproof for going to a strip club a while back.
i guess it is ok considering they allow pedophiles to go door to door.
Penis
they keep coming!
and coming!
and coming!
Just put up some xmas decorations, visable from the road. That should discourage them.
i know there's no such word as "witnessy" but this can be a fun thread.
Is this an an apostate site??
i am so grateful to have found this site.
i got so excited reading everyones posts.
i was raised a jw up intil i was around 13 or so.
Welcome and I hope this site helps you
i was raised jw.. and for all my bitterness toward the wtbs i had great parents.
over the weekend i was thinking about questions i'd ask them as a child.. .
q " people that go to churches believe in god with their whole heart.. are they gonna die in armageddon?
I asked "if the dub's were God"s chosen people how come they didn't exist throughout history?"
Got a mumble for that one.
hey when the gifts start arriving let us know !!!!
it took over a month for one of my gifts to florida & 3 weeks for the gift i sent to someone in california.... ( lousy u.s.a. post ) lol.
i sent one to england it got there in 10 days???
No yet but on the way. Allowed to put xmas tree up this weekend, and have brought a train set to go around and around it. Also purchased some outside lights, as we live in a pole house this should light up it up a treat.
If I had my way the tree would be up all year, but husband gives me till Feb to pull it down.
did you just decide one morning that that was it??
did you agonize over making the decision?
was it a very gradual process?
I was having another screaming with my father on the way to the Hall. Pointed out they slagged off other religions for saying one thing and doing another and here he was knowing that I thought it was crap but forcing me to go along. Dad slammed on the brakes (we were in the car) and said "if you don't want to go you can go home then" I opened the car door and walked home. The only ever attended one more time at an assembly in London (I'm from New Zealand) lasted all of 20 mins when I dumped my Mum and Dad and went to the pub to read the saturday papers. Picked then up latter to take them home and not a word was said.
