I think it is an invitation, but concidering the distance I doubt that they expect you to show up. Custom would be to send a congratulations card with a bit of $$$.
Posts by ivy
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11Commencement Exercises ??
by IT Support inwe received the following card in the mail today from a young us friend:
the senior class of xx high school announces the commencement exercise <at time> <at place>... .
she also enclosed in the envelope a couple of pretty photos of herself.
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i told em :)
by OklaXwitness in(check out my first post if u wanna know more about my situation).
well i waited till like 6 oclock my parents never came home so we just went to church i came back and we talked for like an hour and i was almost completely truthfull there was maybe one or two things i wasnt about but they were little anyway they know i have a girlfriend they know i went to the assembly of god last night i told em i didnt want to be a witness anymore they tryed saying that maybe i was crazy or i wasnt thinking straight anyway im going to thier meeting tonight so i can talk to the elders and probably get disfellowshipped :) and my dad said that the least i owe him is to let him study with me ive made it clear that i dont want to study but i luv my dad and i respect him so im going to let him.
it felt so good giveing up the double life i really dont wanna study but hes right i do owe him something
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ivy
good luck okla,
It's a big step and you might have some tough times ahead. Many of us have been there. I remember it well. Know that we are here routing for you. -
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Constant updates
by kwintestal inwhen you visit jw family, do you get bombarded by "updates" of what others are doing as jw's?.
i do and it takes everything i have to say what's really on my mind.... my dad just got back from a vacation visiting family.
i ask how so-and-so is doing ... "oh, they're great.
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ivy
This happens to me quite often, and I have a nice technique to squelch the conversation. Being free from the "truth" gave me the freedom to start telling the truth; or the truths that no one else would say. Here is one real life example:
"{Insert name of married couple here} are doing great. They have three kids now."
And my response: "Really? You know when we were teens she used to say that she wasn't going to have any kids because she was afraid she would beat them like her parents beat her."
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Greatest Rock drummers
by DanTheMan ini was listening to zep's dazed and confused today and the rocking middle section of that song never ceases to amaze me - john bonham was from a different planet, was completely insane, or both.
nothing i've ever heard in any other song quite compares to that.. honorable mentions:.
neil peart on the songs tom sawyer and subdivisions.
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ivy
Just have to share a favorite joke here:
Q: How many drummers does it take to screw in a light bulb?
A: Don't they have machines to do that these days?
The husband is a drummer, so I have many of these names drilled in my head. His all time favorite is a bit more modern though; Manu Katché. He has worked with Peter Gabriel, Sting, Tori Amos and others. I don't have a great understanding of the art, but I have developed an appreciation for it. -
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Who else thinks that the weather sucks big time...
by JH in.
since the last 6 weeks, we had about 5 nice sunny warm days....the rest of the time it was cloudy, cold, windy and rainy..... i think this mean weather originates from wisconsin.....
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ivy
I say the ice age is coming back.....
We are about to hit the 100's. No sign of the ice age here.
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DF unbaptized ones
by juni insorry about format.
i'll try again to make it easier to read.
does anyone remember the practice used in the 80's of df unbaptized ones if they were unrepentent wrong doers?
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ivy
Juni, It happened to me. I'm afraid that my memory is a bit fuzzy, either because I have tried to block it out, or because I had so many other things going on, what with being pregnant and all.
I was 17 years old, and it was either 1988 or early 1989. I don't know anything about a lawsuit though. All I really know is that friends of mine were so excited because they read in a magazine that they were allowed to speak to me again, although with caution.
The topic was discussed during a meeting, and later during announcements the elder said "The matter involving {insert name here} has been dealt with" or something to that effect.
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DO YOU BLOG?
by Terry ini just started doing this (blogging) and it is not unlike writing a diary put into public view.. there a zillions of these things floating around out there.
many are extremely inventive, artistic, interesting and startling.. however, most are utterly inane!.
sturgeon's law at work.
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ivy
For the inane stuff, I keep a journal, I have since I was about 8. I recently started using the blog on myspace. I have friends in far places, and the blogs help us keep in touch with what is going on. I have noticed that I write very differently when I know someone has access to the words, so I don't see it taking the place of my journal.
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Any gardeners out there?
by Banshee inwell, are there any people on this db who are into gardening?.
i really love it, myself.
i am putting in quite a few vegetables this year.
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ivy
I think this post is a strange coincidence. I joined the forum to try to grow the soul (or whatever it is in me that has been stunted). This same year I tried gardening for the first time. I have five rosemary plants, two cherry tomato plants, two basil plants and four corkscrew vines. I've always thought my thumb was black, but so far things are going well. Thanks for the advice here. I never thought being a newbie at JWD would connect with being a newbie at gardening.
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Ex's Who Can't Abide Ex's
by Englishman inmost of the "real life ex's" that i have met don't want anything to do with other ex's.
these are people who don't like ex-dub boards.
in fact they don't have much time for other ex's, full stop.
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ivy
If you had asked me 10 years ago, 5 years ago, or even one year ago if I would ever be interested in a forum like this, I would have said no. I didn't know any other exJWs, and I didn't really want to discuss the issue. I was too busy getting on with my life. But it caught up with me. I'm just thankful that this place exits, because it is truly needed.
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Examples of JW evasiveness/dishonesty
by BONEZZ inbeing born and bred into the borg i always felt it was the "truth" but i wasn't the one who measured up i was not good enough to be a dub.
but i also had nagging questions that went unanswered by the most learned elders...or at least not answered to my satisfaction.
their "answers" were in fact not really answers but side-steps or attempts to mis-direct my question into an area they could answer.. an example...it always bothered me that we could not examine the contents of what opposers put out.
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ivy
They told me Big J reads hearts and all those kids were evil.
I remember getting an answer similar to that, but then what about free will, which I was always told was a gift from j. If the little babies in S&G were born evil, then they didn't really have free will, if J just knew that they would turn out evil, that's predetermination.
Around and around we go... The end result was always, "You can't understand the mind of god, because he's perfect and we are not". Or something to that effect.