today has been a weird day.
nothing horrible.
just frustrating.
When I finally spy a parking spot downtown, after circling for 20 mins, and as I'm about to pull into it, some jerk pulls a u-turn and steals my spot......now THAT, pisses me off....and there is NEVER a cop there to catch them...
also knowing that my hard earned tax dollars are paying for convicted murderers, pedophiles, rapists etc. to receive their college education,or university degree(s).......
Delilah
i have this "best friend" who was leading a "double life" like me and just has yet to be caught/confess.
in comparision she was was worse then i ever was.
anyways when i was getting df'd she called me once saying how much she loved me, would always be there for me, never stop talking/hanging out with me, blah blah blah.
Susu, I know how you feel, but when the fat hits the fire, and she "goes down", you know who she'll come crawling to, YOU. So I say, YOU be the friend, and be there for her, but let her know that she disappointed you for being a hypocrite and turning her back on you....and I don't think you are a bad person for feeling the way you do about her....that's normal...but you know already, how she is going to feel, once the axe falls, so be her friend....you'll feel so much better....in the end.
Delilah,
lately i've just been getting contacted quite a bit by depressed zombie like cultist's.
i thought i would welcome being contacted by dubs after i da'ed but i actually really find it annoying!
they all drop comments like "nothing ever changes.." "i don't really go to the meeting's that much.." "i'm just so bored.." "if i didn't have meetings i could go back to school" "brother shitbag is a jerk.. i'm so sick of him.." "the elders treat me like a child" blah blah blah.
It's sad really, that there are so many JW's that are NOT happy being a JW. It's a chore to them , going to 5 meetings a week, out in the service for at least 10 hours or more a week, conducting bible studies, looking after the widows, and fatherless children....hahahah, did I say that???? oops, must be thinking about another organization...hahaha....they, with the long faces and complaints....I've seen the same glaze come over my father's eyes, and he quickly changes the subject, and defends the "truth"....I've told him to do what makes him happy, and it certainly isn't being a JW...but, alas, he's reinstated again, and on the road to "happiness" once more....for the time being..Why can't they just leave? What are they afraid of, other than the big "A"? They really are the walking dead, GBL...right on.
Delilah (recognizing tho', there are a few JW's who are perfectly happy where they are)and good for them...whatever floats their boat...
just a wee update on my current tentative drawing out of my family.
i sent a letter, which not coincidentally was timed to arrive on fathers day weekend just gone.
its the first letter i've sent in 8 years to my family and whilst i was careful to avoid any mention of religion i did talk about how happy i was generally and mentioned how nice it is that i see so much of my inlaws who despite living 800 miles away make regular visit to us at least 3 or 4 times a year.
Hi Crumpet....I'm so glad you recieved a reply from your dad...it's a good start...keep it up...hopefully one day, all of our families will be with us, on the right side of the truth, as they call it....keep chipping away, and let me know when I can meet you in Niagara Falls.....that will be awesome girl...
Delilah
i did something tonight that was long overdo!
my mom was reinstated a couple years ago.
there are 5 of us kids that are no longer jw's.
Congratulations Shelley...you did the right thing in order to keep your sanity...I hate it when my parents start on the "your kids are going to die at Armaggeddon" routine...they stopped for a few years, but now that they are going back to the KH full time again, they will start it all over again. Monday my mom said the "talk at the assembly was SOOOoooooooo good, I'm going to send you and your brother a copy of the transcript"...I was like.."Please mom, don't do me any favors..." My father was always on-again, off-again, and I know the fear of dying at armaggeddon, weighs heavy on his mind, and he was just recently reinstated,so the "truth bullying" will begin once again...it's inevitable....hang in there girl...my day is coming too, where I'll have to make my stand with my folks once and for all......(YIKES)...
Delilah
this was a topic that annoyed me and i got into a bit of an argument years ago over this.. some sister (who never worked a day in her life i might add) with the cushy life, affluent husband thought that because she pioneered it was equal to me having a full time secular job.
there were others there who naively thought the same thing.
somehow i gave them an inferiority complex because i worked so they had to dream this up to make themselves feel better.. while i agree that someone who pioneers may be physically tired at the end of the day, there is no comparison to what i have to deal with in going to and from and being on a full time job.
Panda, I have known lots of full-time pioneers who worked 2 and 3 jobs on the side, and worked themselves into the ground..as you and Mr.Panda have done. But , There seems to be a lot of younger generation pioneers who are a bit pampered, and don't know what it's like to work like a dog and pioneer...these seem to be the ones who think they have it tough....not all, but a good lot of them...sleeping in the van until it's their turn to take a door...and counting the time...I know they're young, they'll grow up, but it seems rude to me that some of these ones would have the nerve to look down their noses at others who couldn't pioneer for whatever reasons, and compare their pioneering job, to working full-time...that's all...not everyone is pioneer material.
Delilah
this was a topic that annoyed me and i got into a bit of an argument years ago over this.. some sister (who never worked a day in her life i might add) with the cushy life, affluent husband thought that because she pioneered it was equal to me having a full time secular job.
there were others there who naively thought the same thing.
somehow i gave them an inferiority complex because i worked so they had to dream this up to make themselves feel better.. while i agree that someone who pioneers may be physically tired at the end of the day, there is no comparison to what i have to deal with in going to and from and being on a full time job.
Panda, I was not overjoyed when this man was caught, and DF'd...my heart went out to the wife...I was not privy to any info until after the fact...but while he was carrying on, he was going about disturbing the peace with others, so to keep the heat off himself. THAT, I was privy too, as it invoved a family member...This sister was in fact staying in a nice spot, near Puerta Villarta, for 6 months, while they pioneered, and while there's no doubt in my mind that they did occasionally venture out into the "fields" and countryside, they did in fact conduct a number of their bible studies by the poolside...It was no hardship on their part to pioneer down there. That is the point I was trying to make,and the fact that they did think they worked harder than anyone else who held a fulltime job....I am not a spiteful person, and I'm sorry if I came across as such, I wish no ill-will on anyone...but neither do I appreciate snobby people looking down their noses at others who may not be full-time pioneering, because they have a family to raise...Pioneering is not the same as working a full time job...been there done that....yes, you get tired, but it's a different kind of tired, and why would anyone even try to compare the two???? And in case you are wondering, no I was not ever jealous of the other pioneers, I love my life, I'm comfortable with who I am, always have been, and always will be...I love people, I have lots of friends, and have embraced ALL people, from ALL walks of life...I've never snubbed anyone....and I never will. AND, I have never been happy at someone else's misfortune....even when they've caused my family grief...I still feel for them..
Delilah
i mean, for forty years believing the witness lie it always made me wonder.. judas was the keeper of the money box - and there are statements that indicated that the apostles thought that wasting money that could be used to aid the poor was sinful - so indications are that the earliest christians were doing charitible works.
of course there are many scriptural passages that encourage that activity among believers.
today all the organization ever does is pay lip service to charity.
I always wondered why there were never any JW's helping in the soup kitchens in the bigger cities....they figure "spiritual food" is more important, therefore they would offer the magazines to a homeless person.....wierdo's.... and I still hate the fact that they first help out their fellow JW's before anyone else in times of disasters.....makes me ill..
Delilah
this was a topic that annoyed me and i got into a bit of an argument years ago over this.. some sister (who never worked a day in her life i might add) with the cushy life, affluent husband thought that because she pioneered it was equal to me having a full time secular job.
there were others there who naively thought the same thing.
somehow i gave them an inferiority complex because i worked so they had to dream this up to make themselves feel better.. while i agree that someone who pioneers may be physically tired at the end of the day, there is no comparison to what i have to deal with in going to and from and being on a full time job.
I have seen what happens to these, snobby, full-time pioneer sisters, when all of a sudden, their glass house falls down around them....it ain't a pretty sight, let me tell you. Especially when their "elder" husband has been cheating on them for years, finally gets caught and disfellowshipped. I actually felt sorry for one "sister", as she had NO clue, how to carry on....she had to get a full time job, for the first time in her life, and things were tough going for her. That is, until her parents, once again, stepped in to "help" their little girl out....she is now back to pioneering, and working part-time, but making lots of dough, and has been entertaining the idea of "moving to where the need is greater", ahem.....and it's not in a poverty stricken part of a paradisaic country, oh no!!! it's in Mexico....sun, sand and surf..... I wonder, if she still looks down her nose at those "sisters" who work full time?????????? and complains about how hard she has it........she once showed pics of the territory she worked while in another "hot" country, and it was always , having a bible study around the pool, where they were living......nice and cushy...
Delilah
i'm not sure if anyone has posted this, but one of the new releases from the assembly is called "what does the bible really teach?
the contents are too boring to completely reiterate, but here's a sample:
what is god's purpose for the earth?
Mary, are they sure they were at a convention for JW's and not Billy Graham.....omg...how ridiculous is that??? Crying because they were so moved....I'm gagging now....
Delilah...(so tell me, what have you learned about the Sikkh's Mary??)
