Yes and no. I don't go around telling everyone I meet, but I do tell my closest friends. I also tell them I'm DFd. Nobody really seems to care except to be happy I'm out now. DFd at 17 I really was still a kid while being a JW. I only got baptised when I reached13 yrs of age because it was expected of me and I felt a great need to make others happy to feel like I belonged. I never really understood that much, except that it all scared me. I just memorized the answers the questions and the scriptures to support the answers.
Leilani
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Do you tell your friends your were a JW?
by eljefe inlast night i was out with my friends and i ran into another ex-jw.
based on the conversation with this ex-jw, my friends could tell that i was hiding something.
i think i will have to tell my friends that i was a jw.
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Who Is The Most Beautiful Woman or Man In The World???
by minimus inpictures would be nice, too.
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Leilani
Photo of yummy Colin Firth
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Who Is The Most Beautiful Woman or Man In The World???
by minimus inpictures would be nice, too.
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Leilani
Colin Firth is absolutely yummy!
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I've had it....
by Country_Woman inyesterday evening my dog got an epileptic attack - peeing all over the tapestry and almost glueing at the floor with the foam at his mouth (it is very hard to remove).
after the attack he wanted to "walk" pacing up the room (and backyard) for a long time.. .
this night he was whining a lot - wanting outside... (which i allowed for at least 5 times - thus having not much sleep myself).
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Leilani
I'm so very sorry! Now I'm blubbering. Hugs to you!
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Who cares if the JWs are right?
by new light inthis is by no means an original idea, but even if the jws have been right all along, i don't care.
if pleasing god means not knowing what to think or feel without checking with headquarters first, then i don't need him.
who would want to be caught up in an eternal nightmare where the entire population was a braindead mass of clean-cut yes men?
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Leilani
I'm actually torn on this. On one hand if they right that means my children and I are most likely doomed, especially since I was DF'd. On the other hand I want it to be true for the rest of family. My mother and father, who have both died and believed it all and refused blood transfusion because of it, my brother is fighting to get re-instated, his whole life revolving around it, and my sister, whom the doctors don't feel will survive another 5 yrs of cancer, and is also depending on these beliefs. I don't really believe in God at this point though. The JW's had a big hand in that.
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Obesity vs. Smoking - which is worse?
by Why Georgia in.
when i was going to the kingdumb hall people were being actively disfellowshipped for smoking because it was bad for you and an insult to jehovah.. how come nobody disfellowshipped the 400 pound sister who brought her own chair or stood in the back because she couldn't fit in her chair?.
why didn't anyone disfellowship the bookstudy leader for looking pregnant when he obviously wasn't.. why is cigarette addiction bad but not food addiction.. just wondering?
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Leilani
i had a dear sister tell me once she'd rather have cancer than be shaped like me. we'll call her Sister Beatch Godsgifttomankind
This sister sounds like an ignorant idiot. I've had several family members die of various cancerc and my sister fighting stage 4 ovarian cancer right now. My aunt died of lung cancer. My mother died of ovarian cancer. My grandfather died of pancreatic cancer and the list goes on and on. Cancer and it's chemotherapies is awful to go through and can be very, very, very painful.
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I've had it....
by Country_Woman inyesterday evening my dog got an epileptic attack - peeing all over the tapestry and almost glueing at the floor with the foam at his mouth (it is very hard to remove).
after the attack he wanted to "walk" pacing up the room (and backyard) for a long time.. .
this night he was whining a lot - wanting outside... (which i allowed for at least 5 times - thus having not much sleep myself).
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Leilani
Oh yeah, and as mentioned previously, the seizures can really disorient and tire a dog afterwards. It does apply to canines as well as humans.
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I've had it....
by Country_Woman inyesterday evening my dog got an epileptic attack - peeing all over the tapestry and almost glueing at the floor with the foam at his mouth (it is very hard to remove).
after the attack he wanted to "walk" pacing up the room (and backyard) for a long time.. .
this night he was whining a lot - wanting outside... (which i allowed for at least 5 times - thus having not much sleep myself).
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Leilani
I have a dog that has epileptic seizures and had to be put on phenobarbital. It depends on the frequency of attacks if they'll get medication for it. Disorientation if common after a seizure. It seemed to help my dog when turned off anything that produced loud sounds (such as the tv or stereo and turned down or off any bright lights. I would sit with him and gently stroke his back, talking to him in a soft, calming voice. It can be really scary watching your pet go through these. If he has anymore, pay attention to how long the seizure lasts to tell your vet. Also, keep a record of how frequent the seizures are.
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THE WORST THING ABOUT THE BORG ??????????
by vitty inwhat was the worse thing while you where in the "truth".
for me, it felt that everynight was a meeting night, the relentlous pressure getting to the meetings.. for my husband, apart from the meetings, it was the never ending assiments.
for my teenage son, it must have been field service.
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Leilani
For my teenage son, it must have been field service
As a teen, that was one of the worst things for me, too. I was a very shy child and field service, rather than bringing me out of my shell, made me retreat farther into it. I would literally feel sick on the weekends.
What bothered me the most after that was the isolation I felt since we were not supposed to associate with worldly people and the fact I was never encouraged in education.
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Donating to Religious Charities
by GermanXJW inhow do you feel when donating to charities?
do you make choices?
of course you will check if the organization is serious but do you also check if it has a religious background?
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Leilani
Fleur wrote:
When it comes to non-disaster giving, I prefer to donate gifts/handmade items to the hospitals of my choice because you know for sure that the children are getting what you send.
How do you go about donating to hospitals gifts that you make yourself?