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chrissee
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Dell Computers
by unbeliever in.
i am leaning toward buying a dell notebook.
who uses dell, and if so are you happy with them?.
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chrissee
my husband is a computer geek and loves to disassemble & reassemble computers. He bought me a Dell about 2 years ago and I love it ( I don't allow him to take apart this one) but he did pick the components he wanted in it for me. Also he bought a Dell laptop about 8 months ago and he loves being able to surf the internet in the comfort of his favorite chair. I definitely recommend the Dell systems.
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Another Question to ask everyone!
by whyamihere inok, i have a question that popped in my head!.
what is one song you listen to and you love but are to embarrassed to admit it!.
mine is by abba ....fernando!.
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chrissee
I'm 36 and I love Justin Timberlake!
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Do you and your significant other share religious beliefs?
by MelbaToast insometimes, i think my husband is much more church oriented than i am.
i still get upset when i attend church, but lately he has been putting the push on me for us to go back to his church where he grew up in.
he would like to start taking our daughter so she has a somewhat structured religious belief.
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chrissee
When I met my husband I was a JW but he told me he never really believed in God. I think the birth of his children changed him slightly in that belief, but he grew up a Methodist, (I think?) Most of his family only go to church at holiday times & weddings! So talking to them about religions beliefs was usually one sided, and of course they never liked my side!
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My Florida (sure to be Guilt) Trip
by chrissee ini am new to the forum.
i've been reading mostly, but now i am compelled to post something.
i guess i'll start with a little info on me.
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chrissee
Yes, Candidlynuts, I am discreet, kids don't even know & husband didn't know for 2 months. (he is also a smoker, although I tried to get him to quit since we've been married, then I figured can't beat 'em, join 'em!) I'll be talking alot of long walks, alone!
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My Florida (sure to be Guilt) Trip
by chrissee ini am new to the forum.
i've been reading mostly, but now i am compelled to post something.
i guess i'll start with a little info on me.
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chrissee
What, are they having a special? Two-for-one or something? Limited time offer, only three months of isolation before reinstatement?
LOL!
Thanks, SeattleNiceGuy, that's a thought to keep in mind when she is 'talking' though, just listen & don't respond.
I live in FL on the east coast of Central FL. If you're coming anywhere nearby it would be a hoot to go out together on a meeting night. LOL.
And JustTickledPink, I'm going to Bradenton, sorry west coast.
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My Florida (sure to be Guilt) Trip
by chrissee ini am new to the forum.
i've been reading mostly, but now i am compelled to post something.
i guess i'll start with a little info on me.
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chrissee
Thanks for all the input. I still have about 2 weeks til we leave, but I'll have some time to think about my approach. Whether I want to talk to her a little on the phone about it or do I just want to drop the bomb there!
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chrissee
Sorry to hear. My condolences.
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My Florida (sure to be Guilt) Trip
by chrissee ini am new to the forum.
i've been reading mostly, but now i am compelled to post something.
i guess i'll start with a little info on me.
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chrissee
Thanks Kwin for posting so quickly. And yes, they do know why I don't go, mostly for the lack of association I felt from the 'friends' at the KH. I felt shunned back then, just because of who I married! (which he is a fabulous husband!)
I know my mom tries to get me to her way of thinking by the 'guilt trip' way. I suppose it worked in the past. My girls are 10 & 11 and I have explained to them why we don't go to the KH anymore, at least what they'll understand. And I did tell my eldest the other day that I know her grandmother is upset that I don't go but the JW way is to shun those who don't go to the KH! She understood, but I don't think she really got it. Although she knows that my parents and I don't talk as much as we used to.
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My Florida (sure to be Guilt) Trip
by chrissee ini am new to the forum.
i've been reading mostly, but now i am compelled to post something.
i guess i'll start with a little info on me.
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chrissee
I am new to the forum. I've been reading mostly, but now I am compelled to post something. I guess I'll start with a little info on me.
My mom began studying with the witnesses when I was about 13, my dad didn't start studying til about 3 years later. He is now an elder in a Florida cong. I studied because I had to, being only 13 I had to go to every meeting especially when my dad started studying. Service every Saturday, like clockwork. My mom was a pioneer and urged me every day that I needed to talk at the door, which I hated. I was very shy and wasn't on the school. Most of my friends in the cong were all my age and ALL of them, except for me got baptised by the time they were all 16. And most of them led the standard double life. (Even now almost all of them have fallen away from the cong. )Good at the hall in front of elders & cong. but as soon as we all were together, we'd party and drink! When I was about 23 I met a 'wordly' man and got pregnant. We weren't even together 3 months, before we had to get married. I was still living home and moved out because I knew I was sinning with this guy. My mom told me that I wouldn't be allowed in her house if I continuted to live in sin with this man. So we married. We are still together after 12 years!! Although I did finally get baptised when I was 27. But since then I have felt the cong didn't support me or much less hang with me since I married the 'worldly man'. I wasn't allowed to help my elder father on the platform with a short presentation, because of who I married. That was utterly ridiculous in my opinion!! I haven't set foot in the KH for more than 2 years now. At first I was upset & depressed, especially when no one from the KH has contacted me in that time. No one! Not an elder or a sister or ones I thought were once friends.
That's a little about me. The reason I am compelled to post is that my parents now live in Florida and I in Pennsylvania. They visit when they can, but with my dad being an elder, his responsiblities in the KH come first, before his daughter and 2 granddaughters! Well, my mom just paid for 3 roundtrip tickets for me & my daughters to fly to Florida for a 10 day visit. (My husband has to work & can't get the time off) So it's just me and the girls. The thing is my mom & dad know that I haven't gone to the KH in more than 2 years. When they have come to visit here all would go well, they didn't hound me about going to the KH until about 3 days before they are ready to leave, then my mom starts in on her 'guilt tripping'!! (Now that I think back, for my dad being an elder, he was rather quiet while my mom starts in on me!) We then argue and then we don't talk to each other for about 2 months! (It's happened like that twice so far!) She still calls but only to speak to her granddaughters. She also told me that if I send in a DA letter that she would have to never talk to me or the girls again! They were so close to them when they lived here in PA, if they would go for more than two days without visiting them, she would have withdrawls!! I don't want to break the relationship that my girls have with their grandparents, but I know when I get to Florida, the 'guilt trip' will start sometime in the 10 days.
Any ideas on how I can head her off at the pass??? I thought about emailing her and letting her know I wouldn't be attending any meetings and if the girls want to go they can. Oh, my other predicament with the trip is, I've started smoking and I'm not planning on quitting, but I may have to for the 10 days at least!! But of course it seems stress makes me want to smoke!! MOM = STRESS !!
I will be checking out the board as I do most days :-) to see who read my long post and has some ideas!
It's really interesting reading everyone's stories. It seems everyone can relate to their upbringing in the KH in some way or another.
Thanks! Chrissee