Don't forget UBM - Unbelieving Mate or Un Baptized Mate....you know..what I am a non believer married to a JW.
Chrystal aka Why Georgia
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Help the Newbie
by confused_101 inhey all i'm sure that this is probably a silly question and maybe i'm just a bit slow (no, not a blonde...lol) but could y'all let me know what all the abreviations mean.
i get some of them...jw, dw but like dub, what is that one and any others that are used on a regular basis.
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We have 2 dogs, a German Shepherd - Cleopatra and a Besenji Mutt Mix - Kersey...The Besenji is a third of the size of the German Shepherd. When I give the dogs chewies I usually give the bigger one to the German Shepherd - who will go hide it and wait until bedtime to start eating it....
The Besenji - Kersey will always go to her hiding place and take her Chewy....
So not only is she stingy for not sharing....she is jealous.
Also, we have 4 cats...and they always fight over this one spot on my bed. Everyday there is fur from them fighting on my bed!
Chrystal aka Why Georgia
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Sister "I just have to comment all the time" had my thought...
by wanderlustguy ini was thinking about how one of the cult tactics come into play in such a simple action, like commenting at the meetings.
don't know if it was the same everywhere, but at our hall, sometimes the wt study conductor would call on a couple of people in sequence, the first would give thier comment, then brother "i get to carry the microphone" would run over to the other, just for them to say "he, she had my thought".
just that statement "they had my thought" says so much now.
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Midwich - Undewear too tight is the only thing that could explain why his little beady eyes were bulging out under his glasses...Plus, he was always adjusting his butt crack or his twigs and berries...whether he was on stage or not.
One meeting I counted that he did it 20 times - that's how I got through meetings towards the end.
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Sister "I just have to comment all the time" had my thought...
by wanderlustguy ini was thinking about how one of the cult tactics come into play in such a simple action, like commenting at the meetings.
don't know if it was the same everywhere, but at our hall, sometimes the wt study conductor would call on a couple of people in sequence, the first would give thier comment, then brother "i get to carry the microphone" would run over to the other, just for them to say "he, she had my thought".
just that statement "they had my thought" says so much now.
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At the hall we went to it would depend on which elder was leading the meeting...If it was Elder Underwear Too Tight...it had to be straight out of the literature.
If it was Elder Pompadour - He woud sigh loudly into the microphone and say " Does anyone have any comment not directly from the literature?"
There would actually be long periods of silence afterwards at times....
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She's back - here we go again!
by Why Georgia ini've written about this many times here.
my jehovahs witness mother in law has decided that she wants to be a part of our life again (this week).
we have basically disfellowshipped her from our lives because she refuses to follow our rules.
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Hubert -
We talk to each other when we have to, and are pleasant with each other, but there is always a friction, and a sense of untrust between us,
You described how it is with my mother in law and me as if you were an observer on the wall...its like there is a feeling like everything could hit the fan at any second...because I never know what she will say and I never know if I am going to have the control not to strangle her....LOL - Really I'm not a violent person!
I am really just trying to do what is best for the boys. If she can be nice and not abusive and follow our rules. She is welcome to be around the children as long as it is supervised.
Mrs. Jones -
I'm sorry your Mom blames your husband. It's like these women don't think there children are smart enough to make their own decisions about their own lives. But if my husband and you stayed JW's - You can bet these Mom's would be saying how smart their children are!
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Taking control over our lives.
by Lady Lee inthis is such a huge issue for me.
i don't want anyone to tell me what to do or how to live.
in part this is due to the control that the wts and the elders had over my life.
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Hi Lady Lee,
Although I am not - nor have I ever been a JW...I do have control issues. I think it comes form having a alcoholic/drug abusing biological father the first 5 years of my life. Everything was so out of control. Then it doesn't help that my mother is a control freak although she's letting up as I get older and she realizes she cannot control me or my choices. She attempts to manipulate at times, but I just say gotta go...the kids need me. Don't get me wrong, I love my mom and she is pretty wonderful...but she has her issues too. LOL!
Some people may laugh at this...I don't care. I go to Al-Anon and ACOA meetings (Adult Children of Alcoholics). It has helped me a lot.
Here is something that I was reading today ...
Today's Reminder-
Right now, today, I will lighten my burden by dropping that part of it which does not belong to me. Today I will look more closely at my thoughts and impulses, and take only such action as is required of me.
"Keep thyself first in peace and then though wilt be able to bring others to peace. Have, therefore, a zeal in the first place over thyself..."
(Thomas A' Kempis)
And lastly, I have 2 children...I mention this all the time on the forum because they are my life and love...But having children makes you see all your flaws and teaches you so many life lessons. I learned that I am also a bit of a control freak. With the birth of #2 most wonderful boy in the world I needed and have learned to take it easy and not be such a micro manager...to slow down and have fun and do only what needs to be done at times. It doesn't matter so much if there is not the most fabulous meal on the table every night, or if the kids look perfect every second...It's more important that we are all okay and having fun being together.
I don't know if anything I wrote makes sense to anyone other than me...
Chrystal aka Why Georgia
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ask a silly question...
by Ellie ini've been playing this on another forum and its loads of fun so thought you guys might enjoy it too... a person asks a question, any question at all, and the poster below answers it, any way they like.
then they ask a question of their own.. i'll start, .
why do you crave junk food when you have a hangover?
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I haven't had a hangover in a really long time - probably not since hubby and I were first together, before the 2 kidlings came....but I always crave tylenol and sleep and that nothing I did the night before ended up on the tv or in the newspaper!
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Are you all really gonna make me...
by mrsjones5 in.
jump up and down (to get your attention) and ask you what you think of my new avatar.. no one noticed .
i swear i feel like a ghost sometimes on this board.. *going to a corner to sulk*
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That is one cutie pie! Kids are the best!
Don't feel badly..no one commented on my avatar either...I've officially come out of hiding...Thats me and #2 son.
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Are You Afraid To Die?
by minimus indo you every worry about dying?
do you think that you probably won't have a very long life?
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I'm more afraid of dying a horrilbly violent painful death...I was a paramedic and I know every bad thing that can happen.I don't worry about what happens afterwards - heaven, hell, purgatory, nothing...
I worry about leaving my sons alone in the world and not seeing them grow into the wonderful men I know they are going to be.
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She's back - here we go again!
by Why Georgia ini've written about this many times here.
my jehovahs witness mother in law has decided that she wants to be a part of our life again (this week).
we have basically disfellowshipped her from our lives because she refuses to follow our rules.
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One more thing....
I was talking to a friend who was also raised as a JW and has a whole JW family. She said that MIL probably holds me responsible for Darling Husband leaving the truth which is why she treats me poorly. And that she doesn't want to accept Hubby is an adult and can make his own decisions - that its easier to blame me instead of him.
What do you think?
Chrystal aka Why Georgia