flipping off the Kingdom Hall everytime I drive by.
...what exactly does that mean Dustin? I thought perhaps you meant doing burnouts on the front lawn of the KH, or perhaps getting all dressed up to go, but once you got there the idea of going in was so unbearable that you "flipped" it off and headed off to Mackers instead?!
anyone heading to the opening session tomorrow?
anyone already been to an exclusive screening?
anyone going in full jedi gettup?!!
Anyone heading to the opening session tomorrow? anyone already been to an exclusive screening? anyone going in full jedi gettup?!! Ican't afford to go until Saturday night , but all the same there's one very very excited frog here!...I can only hope that we're not all tragically disappointed like in number 2...senator frog of the rebellion
being unrepentent I think is what they called it...it's funny when I think of the number of times I was "reproved" for naughtiness I actually think about it in chronilogical order of ex-boyfriends lol! oh that cracks me up froglett
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imagine that you're givin the opportunity to win a substantial prize (say, 5000 dollars and a make-out session with angelina jolie or sam shepherd) if you can a) live for 60 days on one dollar per day, and b) retain your health better than other contestants.. ah, screw that, that's silly.
what would be your menu if you had to live on one dollar per day, and you could not accept free food?
I was thinking about this sort of thing recently, thinking about socioeconomic binds that people find themselves in. Say you had $7 given to you on the same day every week, well you could buy a bag of rice, a few tins of vegies, a loaf of bread, some blemished fruit perhaps and survive quite okay. But if you're earning your living day by day to the equivalent of $1p/d in a place where that won't buy much, how will you ever get ahead? You'd basically be forced to buy a small amount of rice per day, or some sort of carbohydrate that will fill you up for one main meal. I guess the first couple of weeks would take initial sacrifice so that you could put some monies away to make bigger investments. I think I'm going to test this theory out, which shouldn't be too difficult to do on a students budget lol! Think about the best way in which I can utilise a $7p/w shopping budget...very interesting stuff:-)
25 years total .
15 years baptized .
also, does the resentment for jw's grow in a linear or a exponential manner with time spent as a jw?.
Let's see, parents got dunked when I was about 2y/o, but were associated since before I was conceived...I left the org first time when I was 17.5y/o for 1 year then went back, left next when I was 22.5y/o, but went back at 23 on-again-off-again for 6months. So that would = 9months for gestation, +17.5years+4years+6months=21years & 9months too many!! frog
i am very nervous about being in here.
i just got df'd last week and am unsure of how i feel about it.
i feel guilty but at the same time not.
HI Susu, Its so nice to have you hear, although its sad that it has to be under such circumstances. Most of us have been where you are, and we can all relate to the same mixed feelings and confusion that you must be going through. Don't ever feel guilty for posting here, you're not an apostate for posting here, none of us are. Take what you need from here to heal yourself. It's such a tough road to walk, but with time, and it does take some time you will start to feel more like yourself than you ever did. I wish we could help speed up the process for you, but be patient and you will build for yourself a new life, a better life if you decide in time that's what you want.
Take good care of yourself, and don't let people who don't really have your interests at heart make you loose too much sleep. There are really good caring and loving people in the world, if you open yourself up to it you will start to meet some and they will become your best friends and support.
Feel free to message me anytime. Take care, luv from Frog
for years i made it known that when i die, on my stone, .. or plate, or whatever, .. it should say.
"what the hell was i thinking" well now as time goes by i think i would rather it say.
"he died ... living"
something that tickles your tummy with laughter cause cemetaries can be such drab disagreeable places...
mmmmmmmmmmm banana bread!
helen's banana bread
makes 2 loaves.
I'm drooling at the very thought of it mmm. My aunty used to make this bread when I was a kid, but I haven't had it in eons now. I bought a stack of almost overripe bananas yesterday on special, now I know what I'm gonna do with em. Thanks for the tip! Enjoy your bread frog
hi all.... i have not spoken nor seen my dad for about 3months now after he would not allow me to borrow cds for my up and coming wedding to a "worldy guy" because borrowing his cds means he would be supporting my mariage.
even tho the relationship between my mum and i is now strained as a result she still keeps in contact and suggested that we all meet at the shops one day for lunch so dad could see my son.
i agreed as i felt it would be nice for my son to see his pop again...but also was a little upset as dad hasnt gone out of his way to see my son.
Hi Es, you poor babe... my honest opinion is that he's got too much control of this situation. You need to lay on the line that you will not accept that he can give and take you as he pleases, you deserve better, and he should contact you again when he can accept that. Otherwise he will just succeed in making you feel like rubbish evertime he has a need to make contact. I do feel for him though, how terrible it was to live in the mindset that he has, where your loyalties are tested and the fear rises in you when you feel you've crossed the moral threshold. Sounds like you have a wonderful new life, you should concentrate on the people who treat you the way you deserve to be treated, loved and cherished. Take care of yourself, and don't let him get to you babe. froglett
just curious..now that you're an exjw, do you think that the world is a good place or an evil place to be?.
or are you screwed up about asylum seekers and other perceived threats to your security?.
i tend to always err towards optimism generally.
The culture of fear that exists in the West is incredibly unhealthy. Sure the world is always changing, but to think that times past were a golden era is a tad dillusional. Our awareness has increased, through our exposure to mass media forums and the surplus of information that's available. We also have more freedoms, and less safety nets. But how many of us that post here are truly under threat in our daily lives? Despite that agressive tendancies in humans are innate we live in a time where most societies have been passified through social conditioning. As for someone's prior comments on the world not being the same for them after 9/11, well that to me is just plain ignorant. The USA takes the moral highground as the 'land of the free', but through its policy of 'manifest destiny' throughout the C20th has done very little to create freedom and peace in the world. For once (and as terribly tragic and horrific as it was) American blood was spilled on American soil. This experience of terror was not knew to the world, or at least to those countries who did not have the means to stand up to such military strength (first atomic bomb dropped on Japan, Vietnam blitz with 90% fatalities being civilian deaths). The realisation just came a bit closer to home during the attacks on the West. This 'culture of fear' is successful in pacifying and controlling the masses, and inhibits our voice on things we should have an opinion on. We feel as though without the protection of the state in which we live we would loose the peace and security they provide for us, which moves us to give them license to use a monopoly of force as they see fit. The more I think about it, the more I realise I will not be controlled by this intense fear culture that has consumed so many, as this is where the problem lies. froglett
