let's say you go back to your hometown for a family funeral.
you're not df'd or da'd, but most haven't heard from you for many years.
you know you'll get the inevitable "so are you going to meetings?
How about a simple: "No. Not very often." *shrug* then smile big and say something like: "But you know what I have been doing and found I'm really good at? ..." and tell of some project or activity that you are enjoying.
I like Jeff's comments, too.
-Aude.
btw - Sorry to hear about your grandma. That's sad. I still miss my grandma and she's been gone since '90.
my other half's sister is dating a wb, (i'm a wg), she wants to know how to deal with all of us strange worldly people (she's says this with a humph).
her boyfriend, is being very male, problem is my darling jw half agreed (my turn to humph and sulk, go to the fridge and get a beer for me only).. they haven't quite made the step to look here themselves, so they asked me to look for them, i told them they are wusses .
anybody have anything for me to print out for them, not too nasty about us worldly lot.
What's a WB?
-Aude.
why is it ok to celebrate a wedding anniversary but not a birthday?
i can understand christmas, easter, halloween and valentines day but birthdays, thanksgiving, mother's day and father's day don't have religious or murderous origins.
also, at the last supper, jesus told his disciples to "keep doing this in remembrance of me".
Hi Totalee -
Welcome to JWD.
I think you raised some very good questions. Unfortunately, I am just too tired to think straight and the only responses that are really jumping out of my brain are just waay too sarcastic for me to post.
It's also quite late right now and the postings are usually pretty slow this time of night.
If you re-post to this thread in about 8-10 hours, it will bring it to the top of the 'Active Topics' list and other people will see it when the board is more active.
Sorry I'm just not up to responding to your actual questions right now myself. They are good, though and others will respond.
In the meantime, you might consider looking under 'Beliefs and Doctrine' on the homepage.
Have a nice evening.
-Aude.
i am new to this site and am seeking a little advice from some of your more seasoned veterans.
i met my girlfriend about 7 years ago, when we met we fell in love and 2 years later had a baby and we moved in together.
i brought with me 2 children from a previous marriage and she had one from a previous as well.
Here are a few links:
From Lady Lee's 'Best Of' Series: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/32/77159/1.ashx
Jgnat is a non-jw married to a jw. She recently started a special support series. I will try to find a way to list her Threads. Try this link: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/member/3324/topics/default.ashx
You will find that Jgnat refers to UBM's. That's UnBelieving Mates. Witnesses refer to their non-witness spouses as 'unbelieving' regardless of what religion that spouse professes. Check_Your_Premises has good threads, too. Try this one for starters: http://www.jehovahs-witness.com/20/104475/1.ashxHopefully others will start responding tomorrow.
Good Night.
-Aude.
i am new to this site and am seeking a little advice from some of your more seasoned veterans.
i met my girlfriend about 7 years ago, when we met we fell in love and 2 years later had a baby and we moved in together.
i brought with me 2 children from a previous marriage and she had one from a previous as well.
Gosh what a mess...
I understand your pain, frustration and the full extent of the problem.
Yours is a great example to share with people who KNOWINGLY get involved with active/inactive witnesses.
Many people here will have suggestions and encouragements for you. It's a little late at night right now so the postings slow down quite a bit so maybe post back on this thread tomorrow morning in order to bring it up to the top of the 'Active Topics' list.
In the meantime. pour yourself a cup of tea - or a beer! - and read thru some posts in the 'Best of' series on the home page of this site. There's so much great information there.
btw - Welcome to JWD. This is a perfect place for you to address your questions and concerns. While most of the people here are ex-witnesses, many are active, some were elders and a good number are current elders and ministerial servants.
Nice to have you along.
-Aude.
i just wanted to let people know i am still alive.
as life goes on people come and they go.
i value most of the friendships that i made here in my time of posting.
I wish you the best of everything you seek.
Take care and enjoy!
-Denise.
happy birthday paul hope you have many,many more birthdays to follow.
love ya .
grace
Happy Birthday, Gadget!!
Love, Aude.
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i hestitated to write this on xmas day and i hate to get anyone down, but i hope you understand and maybe send prayers my way.. .
dear friends i don't know how to even put my pain in words, or my great loss.
Oh, Dede -
I feel just so, so sorry for you and your family.
I have no words. Just hurt. I'm sorry.
-Denise.
the kids were sleeping, and one brother came up to me "is there a microphone on thats picking up some loud noise"?..
i said "all mikes are off except for the stage".
he said "there's gotta be something because the noise is annoying!".
Who said this is not child-hating religion??
Who was that poster???
-Aude. (Who believes that the sounds of children at play and asleep is amongst the most pleasant sounds I've ever heard. Especially infants. So antidepressing.)
as some of you knew, my circuit assembly was this weekend (dec 24 and 25).
the theme was "clothe yourselves with the new personality".
i guess the society has to reinforce the idea of humility, because apparently, you can't mislead haughty people.. from the sound of the accounts report, people are voting with their wallets.. nothing particularly egregrious was said.. luckily my mother had a fever this morning, so we got to leave at lunch.
Merry Christmas to you, too, Richie!!
Sounds like it was a beautiful one. Mine was spent cleaning my garage, though. I think I had the better time...!!
-Aude.
