What nerve!
I wouldn't have called back either.
yep - you read that right.. i had a message on my answering machine - a jw i used to know long ago, left a message, wanting me to help out with some legal matters (i have worked for the criminal justice system for about 15 yrs now).. my husband just about had a cow - here's someone who wouldn't talk to me at the grocery store, but has no problem talking to me if they need something?
i thought to myself, could this person really be that nieve about human social situations - ie: if you're going to be mean to someone, don't expect a favor from them .
ok ok, i know - i should show more christian attitude, turn the other cheek, and call this person back.
What nerve!
I wouldn't have called back either.
you...you...people.
i blame all of you, every stinkin one of ya.
i just looked up and realized i lost 3 hours of my day to this place.
<-------------------Love's to toss Fire Balls at trolls.
Hello my name is Dragonlady76, I am a JWD addict!<---------------- There I said it.
yes...'tis true.
i have finally reached the apex of my career here on this forum.
today i became:
Congrats!
man!
i cannot believe all the attention i got yesterday.. i am a forum celebrity now.
i do sign audigraphs.
If you are a JW what are you doing here?
someone told me that glen howe was almost disfellowshipped decades ago?
can anyone verify?
any details?.
how old was the wife?
...i don't feel very well.
my throat has been sore since last thursday.
swallowing and yawning really hurt.
Kay Kay,
Hope you feel better.
Relax and take care of yourself.
Dragonlady76
the national average for publishers reporting feild service time in the untited states is just under 10 hours a month.
this has become the de facto standard for every member of the congregation.
if one fails to produce at the rate of others, he is "weak", his service is "divided", he puts the things of "this life" in "first place.".
I think most people pad their numbers to look good, my parents sure did.
Dragonlady76
i've decided to da myself formally by writing a letter to my old cong.
i feel i need to leave my old life behind and forge a new one, which i don't feel i've been able to do since i left 3 years ago.
there has always been a hope in my family and jw's i was friends with that i would go back at some point.
Be careful, your family may turn on you when the elders show up with a copy of your DA letter. The truth is the elders will try to exert control on your families contact with you. Good Luck!
Dragonlady76
did stories, exaggerations and fables turn up after you left the "faith"?
they have no life so they live vicariously titillating themselves with the thoughts of all the nasty things we all get up to.
Ain't that the truth!
Dragonlady76
i have been away from "the truth" for quite some time (about 6 years) and i heard from my daughter and friend the other day that someone i knew back when had recently been disfellowshipped.
he was actually one of the elders on my original committee when i was having drama with that religion.
he was a good guy, always having gatherings at his house (superbowl, etc.
Do so without revealing you identity, or it make come back to ahunt you later.
Dragonlady76