i invited my mom two months ago to my wedding.
she never responded and then today i get this.
what do you think of my reply?
Renee,
My heart goes out to you at this time. I hope you have an aunt or other mature woman in your life that you can count on as a surrogate. I was also very close to my mother (she died 2 1/2 years ago) and I couldn't imagine planning or going through my wedding without her. Feel the feelings as they come now and work through them - I wish you nothing but joy on your wedding day!
i was 14....and that seems pretty common for those that were in it young....... .
how in the world is a 14 year old ready to commit themselves to anything life altering?.
I think the average age is 12. But, I've known some as young as 9 to take the dunk - never agreed with it though.
I was 13.
do any other single guys here experience this?
i can go for months without meeting one woman of interest.
then suddenly women start coming out of the wood work.
Wait a minute - when did he say he was looking for a friend? Isn't he looking for a relationship? Be upfront yes, upfront about the fact that he's looking and is interested in getting to know whether they are the right one. The way you get to know whether or not they have potential is by TALKING to them - stay in the talking phase and don't rush to the physical one. That way you can't be accused of being a player.
boy was it tuff.
a nice, sweet mature couple, in their mid 60's, were catholic, from scotland/ireland...been jws for about 12 years so i could still do circles around them... i was very pleasant with them, as i think they approached me with pleasantness,,,not craziness.
about 2 min.
I thought it was the brothers out looking for that one sheep. . . I should've known better!
during his visit, what exactly does the circuit overseer discuss with the body of elders with regards to inactive publishers?.
are inactive publishers even on the agenda?
or is this of no concern to the co and pretty much left to the discretion of the local boe?.
I used to wonder why people who left the organization were full of so much anger. Threads like this make it all so clear . . .
just feeling a bit fed up.
it's not always like this i know but i'm wondering if life would be far easier for me and my wife if i just drew a line under all my efforts to maintain a relationship with my jw mother, brother and sisters.
all the rejection, judgementalism and condescension gets a bit much after a while.. how many here actually said 'goodbye' to their jw family and can honestly say they did not regret it?.
It's funny with me - my JW family has NEVER been active in my life. Growing up, my mother's TWIN brother was an elder (he still is too). I was a child, being raised by his unbelieving sister and never heard from them, although they lived nearby. They never called to see how I was doing or if I needed anything. And although we were usually assigned to the same conventions, they never bothered to ask if I needed a ride - nothing!
When I married into a witness family, I thought great - now I'll be part of a spiritual-fleshly family! Ha! The joke was on me - my inlaws were never really part of our lives. They live out of state, never call, visit maybe once a year, etc.
I know that if we ever DA, 1 - they'd never know and 2 - they probably wouldn't care.
i left the org a few years ago but my friend in the org wants me to go to her wedding she is marrying a non jw, she has been councelled for seeing him and is on reproof, they dont know she is going to marry him shes not telling them till after, all her family are jw some are going, its a civil ceremony, will they df her if she marries him?.
It's not a df'ing offense, but I agree - those who take the plunge usually have an uphill battle to fight afterwards. Privileges are removed and hard to get back.
i'm sure there are many........... what happen in my family was crazy......... glendora califorina 1961.my mother wanted to change khs, it had a "bad spirit" there.
there was also a mass exodus from the hall.
she wanted to go to the azusa cong.
I friend of ours was disfellowshipped for arguing with his mother. He was @ 20 years old and they were in a heated argument over something stupid (like only a mother and 20 year old can be), they were on the stairs. He was trying to get up the stairs away from her and she reached for him - he probably knocked her hand away (although he denies doing this) - anyway she told the brothers that he hit her and they disfellowshipped him for it.
That was around 26 years ago and he still doesn't talk to her to this day.
one of my clients who also happens to be close friend went mia for most of last week.
i called him a few times with out a response from him, so i assumed he was sick and would get back to me when he felt better.. i spoke with him this morning and he was very depressed, apparently his wife of 9 years admitted to him last week that their 6 year old son may not be his.. apparently she had an affair with a man about 7 years ago for 2 months.
he was traveling to the west coast every other week for business at the time, but he never had a clue.. he is upset and fuming mad.
I wonder what would happen if he suggested they go to the brothers for counsel?
one of my clients who also happens to be close friend went mia for most of last week.
i called him a few times with out a response from him, so i assumed he was sick and would get back to me when he felt better.. i spoke with him this morning and he was very depressed, apparently his wife of 9 years admitted to him last week that their 6 year old son may not be his.. apparently she had an affair with a man about 7 years ago for 2 months.
he was traveling to the west coast every other week for business at the time, but he never had a clue.. he is upset and fuming mad.
I didn't even notice that all the responses were from us gals! Funny how the men are being mum on this topic!
