Posts by mapleaf18

my parents & i stood up late and watched the ball dropped in times square on tv....but i like 2 kno if jw's do it...do they have gatherings on that nite?.

donkey lipz 05

mapleaf18

GBL,

PINATAS are pagan TOO donchaknow!

AND i remember a talk from the platform on how evil it was to stay up late on THAT nite and watch the festivities ANYWHERE!!!!

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The most condescending thing said to you by the (sm)elders.

by diamondblue1974 in

i wasnt the most academic of children although i had some capability but i could read quite well by the time i was 4 years old at least for my age; i have always read as a child and still read now as an adult both professionally (research) and for pleasure.

i have always been able to write too...and pretty much advanced as well as my peers did in school...perhaps i am lucky, i certainly feel like i am when illiteracy amongst adults and children is rife at present...however.. i remember when i was 16 the wts in the uk were pushing through a scheme teaching those who were not as able to read and write...and an elder in the hall made a point of coming to me and suggesting that i should actually attend the training!!

!....i explained that i could read and write well enough and didnt need to be taught basic literacy... he said that i might learn something new and should respect jehovahs order of things and show appreciation...i did decline his kind offer rather abruptly....but wtf??

mapleaf18

an up and coming young married (with no kids) MS was constantly giving my 15 year old son "fatherly advice" as i was a single parent. he tried to override my decisions constantly which i didn't appreciate. my son was highly conflicted and thought it wasn't right. i love these meddling MS and elders who are clueless!

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20 years ago..a talk concerning field service..sisters crying..eyes opened

by confusedjw in

well i can't recall now which public talks it was - one of my first - and it dealt with field service / preaching.

so i thought i would interview several people in the congregation about service and their thoughts and feelings on the subject, expecting something very different than what i got.

to my shock (i was an over zealous young buck who thought the sun rose and set on the wt) three sisters burst into tears as they told about their feelings of inadequacy and guilt over field service.

mapleaf18

has anyone done a thread on "fudged" field service hours?

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POLL----

by minimus in

jw
friends

how many here have been a jw since the 70's or before?......80's on?

?

mapleaf18

An observation:

It seems the younger generation is not sticking it out for years and years and years the way we "older" ones did. . . glimmer of hope here!

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My Brithday

by RichieRich in

jw
friends

today i am 17. i just feel excited but i can't run up to witnesses and tell them... so instead i'll just quietly celebrate with all my friends on the board.

thanks guys-- you make life easier.

mapleaf18

HAPPY B-Day!!!! i celebrated my very first last year at age 44. good thing you got an EARLY start comparitively speaking

many happy returns! !!!

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POLL----

by minimus in

jw
friends

how many here have been a jw since the 70's or before?......80's on?

?

mapleaf18

born into dubland in 1960 (special pio dad and reg pio mom)

baptized in 1978 so i could marry a loser dub (my heart was NEVER into it)

divorced (officially) 1983

remarried to an even BIGGER loser/violent dub in 1986

divorced (officially) 1997

met the love of my life at work 7/2002

stopped attending 2003

boyfriend moved in 7/2004

officially wrote DA letter last week after being confronted by two hard liner elders about my "living situation"

thought i was doing the right thing for my two kids all these years (received zero child support from loser dubs)

now they're grown i have BIG regrets, oh well.

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has this happened to you???

by donald in

jw
friends

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back when i was in high school i was in deca...i won national trophies for public speaking.......upon gradrution...i was offerd a scolarship to a major college....for public speaking.....but the elders conveinced me to go into the pioneer service...i did a dead end job to cover expenses...and it became my permant job when i got married a copule of years later.....with no college...and almost no help to find another job...to rake care of my wife and three kids...i feel i might have thrown my life away....well onr good thing about being on dialsys is ill get an education.donald

mapleaf18

yep definitely a sore spot with me (and my younger sister). we were both raised in the "truth" and our dad was a TOTAL hard-liner when it came to college. . .and everything else. it's funny being in your 40s and surrounded by managers in their 20s and 30s because they actually HAD an education. although i scored tops in the SATs (i'm not sure why i took the SAT; just herded into the room w/ every other student), i dutifully explained that i could not go to college to my guidance counselor, who just sat there with his jaw wide open.

on the other hand; today's "college education" is probably equivalent to the 70's 8th grade education from what i can see. (of course, employers NEVER take THAT into consideration)

your average counter help at mcdonalds with a two year degree in liberal arts wouldn't know how to count back change should the register malfunction.

it certainly has been "dumbed down."

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Thought it was about time I spill my guts...

by Krystal in

i have already posted bits and bobs about my "story"... i like the companionship i have found here and i feel it about time i get this off my chest, so here it goes.

i am a 20 year old montrealer (it is me above!

) who was brought up a witness from the day i was born.

mapleaf18

Excellent post Krystal

Same story here just like you except you had the kahunas not to run to some whack job witness dude instead as a poor substitution (like me and a couple others here). good luck!