giants for me..
new york was the first place in us that i visited...so the first team i heard of..
well apart from the dallas cowboys but they're not in it.
has a wildcard ever won the superbowl.
new york giants!.
i'm a packer fan and i would really like to see the patriots lose in the super bowl as they go for a perfect season.. i'm rooting for the underdog....
giants for me..
new york was the first place in us that i visited...so the first team i heard of..
well apart from the dallas cowboys but they're not in it.
has a wildcard ever won the superbowl.
i hope this is where you introduce yourself hmm.... my name is josefine.
im 22 years old and i live in the us.
and i am totally into jehovah's witness.
i think you will be disappointed here then.
most here are ex-jws and many have had traumatic experiences..
thanx for dropping by tho...and feel free to stay if you want
burnt cabbage
i was just thinking about this the other day, about how my ideas of a romantic partner have changed since being a jw.. growing up, i thought i would marry a very upstanding jw, we would pioneer together, do missionary work, have children, see the world.
(never had any thoughts about bethel, though.
) so what it boiled down to was a stepford husband, up tight, not the least bit sexual, closed minded bore.. so now that i have grown up, seen the world, been married (and actually picked a good man the first time, although it didn't work out), i just contrast that with what i am attracted to now.. i like them open minded, earthy, i love artistic types because i am a published writer, hair doesn't matter to me (long/short, bald, etc), challenges convention, very sexual, still like a traveling man.. i am just curious if you anyone else can compare and contrast how their ideas have changed since breaking out the group-think of the jw organization..
a guy who is witty and who can think on his feet (street smarts) daring and dashing but down to earth and it would not hurt to be ADVENTEROUS would it?
if anybody know a guy like that let me know
i know one...
how do you feel about mixed color relationships...
cos hes got a red face...
still at least the kids would be normal.
i was just thinking about this the other day, about how my ideas of a romantic partner have changed since being a jw.. growing up, i thought i would marry a very upstanding jw, we would pioneer together, do missionary work, have children, see the world.
(never had any thoughts about bethel, though.
) so what it boiled down to was a stepford husband, up tight, not the least bit sexual, closed minded bore.. so now that i have grown up, seen the world, been married (and actually picked a good man the first time, although it didn't work out), i just contrast that with what i am attracted to now.. i like them open minded, earthy, i love artistic types because i am a published writer, hair doesn't matter to me (long/short, bald, etc), challenges convention, very sexual, still like a traveling man.. i am just curious if you anyone else can compare and contrast how their ideas have changed since breaking out the group-think of the jw organization..
female...
was gonna say breathing but...well why limit myself
i have almost completed the first year of my adult life (since 18) as a bachelorette and was wondering what others' experience of singledom is?
what would you say are the advantages to being single (other than being able to pioneer .
what are the things you miss the most about a relationship?.
no advantages for me.
and no typos above
i am so excited about christmas, i've only celebrated 2 since 1978.. i will be having a mini - apostafest with some jwders on the saturday after christmas along with family (even some of my ex-husband's family).
whoo hoo !
bumble bee and memario will be coming from canada and they are also bringing mincan!
This is the one where you look like Mary Poppins:
you don't look anywhere near as wholesome
i just heard this - anyone else?
i was curious as to the reason people were given for this.
and i can't help but think of those that will be trying to get a job in this economy, with few skills and probably no college education.
i'm just wondering if at assemblies and conventions now they still have meetings for those who want to go to bethel.
cos that would be a bit deceitful wouldn't it...or have they lowered the upper age limit. imagine you had been sacked and then went to a convention this summer where they held meetings for those interested in going to bethel..bit of a kick in the teeth that eh.
and do they still say it from the platfrom ..you know pioneering is a stepping stone for further priveleges like bethel or circuit work etc.
cos if they are letting so many go then clearly there isn't a need in bethel...and surely a good number of these 'spiritual' bros will fill any circuit needs.
remember we always used to say...make a career in the org..you will never be made redundant...what a joke.
because its the most comfortable position for sleeping
and sex
i guess it's about time i write my story.
i've put this off for a long time... primarily becuase, while i thought my story was bad, i've read so many worse and heart-rending stories here.
i think, though, there is some therapeutic value in 'letting it all out' with others who know what 'it' was like.
I had prayed to Jehovah again, though, and apologized for testing him, and said I'd wait for his answer.
o man i can soo relate...as i was reading this i thought it so heart rending i started to laugh...at the absurdity of ever believing god was listening.
some lyrics i wrote about that...they might help
AAAAAH
IF WE COULD REVERSE
ALL THAT WENT BEFORE
WOULD WE CHOOSE TO DO IT ALL AGAIN
OR WOULD WE CHANGE OUR COURSE OF COURSE NO DOUBT
DARKNESS DESCENDS WITHOUT A WARNING
UNLIKE THE COLD PREDICTABILITY OF NIGHT
FROM WHICH THE SUN WILL RISE AGAIN
AND SHINE ITS LIGHT UPON YOUR WORLD
BUT OBSCURITY SURROUNDS ME NOW
ALL REASON TAKES A BOW
YOU SAID YOU’D CATCH ME WHEN NOT IF I FELL
YOU DIDN’T HAVE TO PROMISE THAT
BUT NOW TO PROVE YOUR WORDS ARE TRUE
THE OBLIGATION LIES WITH YOU
AND YOU WOULD NOT CRUSH A BROKEN REED
OR EXTINGUISH A FLAXEN WICK
AAAAAH
LOOK ME IN THE EYE
AND TELL ME THAT YOU KNOW
JUST BECAUSE IT’S WHAT YOU CHOSE TO BELIEVE
IT DOES NOT MAKE IT SO OH NO NO WAY
HOWEVER EXPERT WE MAY FEEL WE ARE
IGNORANCE WILL GET US IN THE END
AND BURIED DEEP BENEATH THE AVALANCHE
OF YOUR INADEQUACIES
LIES THE SOULS OF THOSE WHO CRIED FOR AID
WHO STILL REGRET THE PRICE THEY PAID
AND STILL THEY WISH FOR VOICES HEARD
AS THEY SHOUT OUT IN VAIN
WE PRAY WE PLEAD A GOD WHO ISN’T THERE
BESEECH A GOD WHO DOES NOT CARE
AND IN SKIN BOTTLES YOU SAVE OUR TEARS
HOW MANY SKINS HOW MANY TEARS
HOW MANY SKINS HOW MANY TEARS
HOW MANY TEARS
HOW HAPPY ON THE MERCIFUL SINCE THEY’LL BE MERCY SHOWN
WHILE PRINCES RULE FOR RIGHTEOUSNESS
YEAH I THINK THAT COVERS BLOWN
COMPASSION AND CRUELTY LIVE SIDE BY SIDE IN ONE HEART
AND ANYONE IS CAPABLE OF BOTH