Posts by teela(2)

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For the women: Clothes shopping right before the memorial

by catchthis in

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i have noticed now and in the past that most, if not all sisters, go clothes shopping right before the memorial.

they make it out to be this huge deal.

almost to the point where if they do not get that new dress from nordstroms, they won't be able to be seen at the memorial.

teela(2)

What else can we look forward? No big night out clubbing, no out with friends to dinner then on to a show. No just going out and picking up loose men?

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The less condensed version of the Wanderlustguy story

by wanderlustguy in

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friends

the quest for the truth?where does reality start?

maybe by finding where the lies stop?

what is a lie, is it a blatant untruth, can it be simply creating the understanding of what not to ask about?

teela(2)

Wow what a life. But how do you buy a wife?

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Jehovah's Witnesses...... A Connection still...

by ScoobySnax in

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friends

when you bump into a jw who you've known previously, do you still feel any connection at all?.

i seem to be a magnet for them at local supermarkets, i always stop and chat and can't help still feeling such a connection with them.

they were my "brothers and sisters" after all.

Ran into a JW just last week at the local hospital. Her mother was a good person so I enquired how she was etc. As I left the hospital I asked my girlfriend how I looked. She said I looked great as usual (I have long hair, good figure little makeup.) What was the problem. I explained how that woman was an JW and I was an ex jw and they always look down on me. She laughted and pointed out that the woman had been OBESE and had rotting stumps for teeth.

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Best "quote" by your spouse.

by Simon in

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.

teela(2)

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)

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Traditions, Rituals and Celebrations are Important to Families

by Scully in

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.

teela(2)

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.

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