it seems that all of the parts on the theocratic ministry school were given by the pioneers in my old hall.
also the elders were always complemented on how "sister pioneer" is so zealous and loves jehovah.
as if sister not pioneering hated jehovah.
At the last hall my husband and I went to the Pioneers were all rich bored women with husbands that were either unbelieving mates or only jw's on Sunday.
I always felt that the Elders in our congregation were jealous that these women could do the ministry work and sip coffee and eat donuts while they had to do their real jobs and take care of the congregation responsibilities.
Why Georgia
i just went out for only the second time in the last three months since i broke my leg - to socialise - for a meal with a girl i haven't seen for a year.
she kept saying nice stuff about me and how she liked me and so on.
so why do i feel so dreadful and didn't believe her..
Crumpet,
I think you're great....
But do you think you're great? Are you projecting your feelings about you onto other people?
Maybe you're like most people in the world ( and me too) ...just don't know how to take a compliment?
Sometimes I don't feel worthy of the praise I have received.
Only you know.
Big Hugs,
WG
i am a lurker, i was dfd for getting my ex wife pregnant before we were married..long story but anyway.
my mom is a dub and my non-believing grandma died and we are arrainging for a short graveside service as my gma didn't want to have anything elaborate.
i have already talked to my brothers and sisters, who are try to maintain a relationship with my mom, about not wanting any dub crap at the service...my family wrote back saying this:.
Welcome!
I completely understand your feelings.
My husbands grandmother died a few years ago. 2 of her children are witnesses and they turned the whole funeral into a Kingdumb Hall meeting. It was horrible and I know my husbands grandmother would have been spinning in her grave since she hated the Witnesses and everything they believed in being that she was Protestant.
The Witnesses came out in force even though most of them didn't know my husbands grandmother...in support for the 2 witness children. They even passed out their little tracts to make everyone feel better.
I feel that funerals are just another recruiting event for the Witnesses and I also wonder if they are counting their time spent there on the monthly time sheets!
I hope things out better for you than they did for our family.
Why Georgia
i think that if i don't take the time to post this one out of me i may very well implode:(.
gosh i feel so bloody awful at the moment, and i apologise for laying this on my friends here when i know you all have your own ordeals to deal with.. i've been feeling intensley anxious lately about going home to visit my family at the end of the year.
there's going to be a bit of a family reunion in my home town, which will mainly consist of my immediate family (my never been baptised brother, my disfellowshipped self, and my fence sitter baptised father) and my uncles family (once an elder of 20years, my aunty, their two 20somethings sons who've never been baptised, and my cousin who like me was diss'd a few or so years ago).
Hello Frog,
I understand what you are feeling. Although I have never been a witness I have been shunned and treated badly when my husband stepped back from the WT.
I pretty much hate everything having to do with the WT. I am bitter about their invasion into my life, bedroom, thoughts etc!
I think this has made me hypersensitive at times.
Witnesses we know will say those Witnessisms...uplifting, annointed, field service, meeting etc and I just get mad and angry.
I don't allow my children near my husbands family because of their disrespect towards me in not mentioning the WT and beliefs around my children.
But....
My husband brought something to my attention the other day.
I don't get all pissy when my catholic friends bring up their caholicism at every turn.
So I guess I am just a big ol' hypersensitive hypocrite.
I just can't stand the WT and their followers anymore. They make me so angry for their beliefs.
I'm sorry this turned into such a selfish rant. But please understand I feel your pain.
WG
i've been away from here for quite awhile.
my husband was injured at work and ended up going through a few months of severe pain then surgery for a ruptured disc in his back.. i missed being here and having contact with people that might understand what i am going through being married to a fader.. thanks for letting me come back - i am having a hard time right now.
these stupid jw issues never seem to go away!.
Hi Hubert,
Yes, we have had a lot of health issues at our house. My oldest son was diagnosed with Asthma but thankfully it is under control with a daily medication now.
My husband is back to work after his surgery and will be having physical therapy now.
And yes, we have a church built in 1899 that actually looks like a little school house that we have been remodeling for the last 3 years. We are just now starting on the 2nd floor!
Why Georgia
i've been away from here for quite awhile.
my husband was injured at work and ended up going through a few months of severe pain then surgery for a ruptured disc in his back.. i missed being here and having contact with people that might understand what i am going through being married to a fader.. thanks for letting me come back - i am having a hard time right now.
these stupid jw issues never seem to go away!.
I've been away from here for quite awhile. My husband was injured at work and ended up going through a few months of severe pain then surgery for a ruptured disc in his back.
I missed being here and having contact with people that might understand what I am going through being married to a fader.
Thanks for letting me come back - I am having a hard time right now. These stupid JW issues never seem to go away!
Why Georgia
well, we've been having a lot of problems, and we've decided to get divorced.
i hope some of you can help me understand the teachings regarding this issue.
here's my questions:.
Glo,
Please don't admit to adultery that is just wrong. Also do you want that as a part of legal documents that you are an adulteress when you aren't? Those are a matter of public record and everyone including future employers could see that.
It sounds like you still like your husband have you thought of going to some kind of couples therapy? If there is a chance of working it out and he is not abusive why not try...unless you just don't want to do the hardwork?
Marriage is hard, the second hardest job to parenting.
I've been through divorce, its ugly and is like being kicked in the teeth repeatedly...and that's with both parties supposedly being nice and in agreement......ha!
That doesn't happen. Wait until he wants to take something you want to keep...it gets ugly fast.
I wouldn't go to the Elders either...keep them out of your business. They are all perverts anyways!
WG
dear mr. grocery store owner, .
in an ongoing effort to maintain a somewhat mutually beneficial relationship, i will agree to return shopping carts to their proper place, on the agreement that you will satisfy two of these requests: .
1. air condition the parking lot.
Ditto what you said Richie!
I don't like it when the retarded girl with the nasty nasty puss acne bags my groceries and puts my cleaning supplies in with my fruits and vegetables or other foods...
I don't like my food to smell like Tide or dryer sheets!
WG
just wondering what your experiences are.
were you "encouraged" not to devote time to personal exercise, gym or sport in general?
i remember this one time co gave a talk how "we do not need sport" then he proceeded to explain how walking up the stairs in field service was exercise enough for our legs, then how we didn't need any stretching exercise as making gestures while explaining the bible verses would do the job, and so on.
I think this depends on which KH you are going to. At our old KH the elders all worked out together at Golds Gym and also played basketball together.
My husband grew up playing hockey with a lot of the brothers and almost all of them still go to meetings and play hockey.
WG
i was just on ebay looking for a really great anti-jw bumpersticker for my car.. instead i found watchtower casette tapes...the ad is really funny to me as an opposer of the wts.. http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/ebayisapi.dll?viewitem&category=29792&item=6966496676&rd=1&sspagename=wdvw.
or search ebay for item # 6966496676. i know we have watchtower old records in our basement that belonged to my husbands family.
what's the wierdest wts merchandise you've seen?.
I was just on ebay looking for a really great anti-JW bumpersticker for my car.
Instead I found Watchtower casette tapes...The ad is really funny to me as an opposer of the WTS.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&category=29792&item=6966496676&rd=1&ssPageName=WDVW
or search ebay for item #
| 6966496676 |  |
I know we have Watchtower old records in our basement that belonged to my husbands family.
What's the wierdest WTS merchandise you've seen?
And can anyone send me to a website for a great anti-witness bumper sticker.
WG
