I'm so sorry for your loss.
cg
today started off good, it's mother's day, i get breakfast in bed.
then i'm outside doing what i want to do, getting our trailer ready for camping season.. what i thought my hubby (xjw_b12) was doing in the meantime was wishing his mom a happy mother's day, but he came out of the house and was a little on the off side.
instead of what i thought was he was doing and calling his mom, he caught a call from his mom instead, advising us that his uncle passed away on friday, by taking his own life.
I'm so sorry for your loss.
cg
wow tetrapod! children and grandchildren at 28?!!! you must've started young!!
cg
i had to come here and post about this.
my parents who have dutifully shunned me for nearly 9 years had the nerve to ask me for money.
it wasn't for food, a car payment, house payment or anything like that.
I'm convinced that JWs are here to make everyone else appear more sane.
What appalling behavior and it really drives home the point that there is something missing in these people. Their abilities to show their own children LOVE has been tampered with. I'm sick to my stomach for you. I hope that your father felt like a horses ass!
Curlygirl
what in the hell are my folks thinking?
have we lost all touch with reality?
what is with the bulging young women?
Oh what a relief!!!
So this isn't just a trashy Washington girl thing to do? Here I thought it might just be a pacific northwest phenomenon!! Phewwww**wipes sweat from brow***
I'm more concerned with young girls having beer guts than the fact that they are showing them off --disturbing. They just don't look healthy.
Curlygirl
just heard about this on uk satirical news show....cant believe our friends across the pond didn't share it with us.
radar blip sends bush into sheltergeorge w. bush .
washington, april 28 (reuters): president george w. bush was hustled from the oval office and into an underground shelter yesterday after a blip on a radar screen was initially mistaken for an aircraft entering the restricted airspace around the white house, officials said.. .
I'll bet that he didn't wait seven minutes to make his exit.
Curlygirl
i always hated being alone on thanksgiving or christmas.
what bothered me was that if it were known you accepted an invitation by relatives it was frowned upon.
but what got to me was this: is god more pleased that i am home looking at four walls alone rather than being over somebody's house??
Every Thanksgiving my JW got together for the traditional thanksgiving meal. That was perfectly acceptable because no one talked about pilgrims and indians! It never struck me as hypocritical until my hubby and I stopped attending meetings and voila! my family stopped coming over for the holidays!!
Curlygirl
as i was reading the thread about jws and obits, i started to feel sick to my stomach.
i was reminded of a time when i was pioneering and developed stomach ulcers.
i was 16. i was told by an older sister that it was all in my head.
Mulan
My pio friend developed CFS and was told by her pioneering elder hubby(you know the kind) that she was making it up just to get out of service!! Lupus and CFS seem to be very common in the cong. You won't see those stats in the yearbook!! Glad your health has improved! I am a firm believer in natural healthcare.
Curly
i certainly have had my share of jw stupidity for the day ... and of my family's stupidity today.
two things happened ... both completely unrelated.
as a little background, i "faded" from the witnesses almost five years ago.
Wild thing
I've been there. I have never been df'd either and find it disturbing that some JWs can't even bring themselves to be polite in my presence. Like you, I have always tried to take the high road in my dealings with family and JW friends but, still find their behavior and FEAR insulting.
My hubbys family only started talking to us again when they heard that we were disgusted by the lack of love in the org. They have taken a new tactic with us---Love. Or, their version of it. We decided that we'll milk it!! We have zero plans of ever going back but, we hope that by showing them that we still love them regardless of our differing views, their definition of love will broaden.
There will always be those that will refuse to listen to reason and automatically assume that because you no longer associate with JWs, you must be on crack or prostituting yourself. My hubby had his ears pierced and a sister told my JW brother that she heard that he(hubby) had gotten his penis pierced.
Stay strong and continue to be the kind person that you are. It sounds like your mom is thoroughly indoctrinated. Try not to take that personally. I know, easier said than done right? Just continue to help her change her definition of love. Good luck to you!
Curlygirl
as i was reading the thread about jws and obits, i started to feel sick to my stomach.
i was reminded of a time when i was pioneering and developed stomach ulcers.
i was 16. i was told by an older sister that it was all in my head.
After years of hearing of how JOYFUL Jehovahs people are---I started wondering exactly WHERE these people were. All I saw were a bunch of people surviving on antacids like tijkmo!
as i was reading the thread about jws and obits, i started to feel sick to my stomach.
i was reminded of a time when i was pioneering and developed stomach ulcers.
i was 16. i was told by an older sister that it was all in my head.
As I was reading the thread about JWs and Obits, I started to feel sick to my stomach.
I was reminded of a time when I was pioneering and developed stomach ulcers. I was 16. I was told by an older sister that it was all in my head. Anyway, it started me thinking. How many JWs suffer from health problems that are directly related to the stress that is swallowed on a daily basis?
Curlygirl