I have 5 tattoos now (my last one 2 weeks ago), but while still a JW I got the Japanese symbol for 'Older Sister' tattooed to my lower back (with a butterfly.) My siblings, my sister (who's still a JW) has the matching 'Younger Sister,' my brother who lives in the Grand Cayman (& still a JW) has the 'Older Brother' symbol, and my youngest brother who never got baptized, and now lives in Berlin, has the 'Younger Brother' symbol.
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Who has Tattoos?
by Good Girl or Bad Girl? inhey y'all,.
how many of you have tattoos, and if so what are they?
what is the meaning, if any, behind them?
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JWs Called at my House This Morning
by Seeker4 inhere it was memorial day morning, and i'm out in the front yard watering the gardens when i hear a car pulling up the driveway.
it pulls into our section of the drive and i see it's a witness couple i know in the front seat.
the wife is driving and they spot me right off.
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I ran into a JW from the hall I used to attend at the local produce store on Friday. This woman was doing such a great job of snubbing me, I thought....welll....I'm not finished shopping...but think I'm going to check out when she does. So I began unloading my grocery cart and my pineapple happened to touch her honeydew melon! She gave me the dirtiest (scared shi#less) look...I think she thinks I've now demonized her melon! Do you think she's going to feed the melon to her family now that I've possessed it?
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Did you know of any JW's brothers that were "wife beaters"? Were they DF'd?
by booker-t inyears ago when i was attending my old kh there was an elder that was very stern.
bro glen(not his real name) used to be very firm in telling students about their talks not being good, or where they needed to improve.
i know i was "terrified" of bro glen.
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Feb. 1999 - I've been baptized since 16, my husband never took "the plunge." Feb 22, 1999, I'm told by social services I have to have my husband out of the house by 3 pm, or they would apprehend my children. My youngest daughter had been injured by him and told her teacher what had happened. All kids were interviewed and gave the same story and similar stories of how he'd abused them
Sept. 2003 - Husband is charged and convicted of criminal harassment and threatening conduct (of us), serves a 30-day sentence and 1 year probation.
Dec 2005 - Ex husband gets baptized. Jehovah's holy spirit at work there!
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I have to make one of the toughest decisions of my life
by unbeliever ini am not even sure why i am posting because its so personal but i could really use some advice.
i am also embarrassed that i got myself in this situation.
there is this guy that i have known for a couple of years.
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My jw now-ex-husband left me 10 days before our 5th child was born. Our oldest was 5 at the time. Almost 13 years has passed now. I have managed to raise 6 kids on my own (yes, I had one more - another story). Honestly, it's not that difficult - challenging - but not impossible. My oldest is now in university. 4 of my 6 kids are now working.
I know that when you're looking into the future, especially when the baby isn't even born yet, the thought of raising a child on your own seems incredibly daunting. However, in hindsight, if you set your mind to it, and take your role as single parent seriously, you can succeed. Do not feel you need the father in your life (I know that's hard to think). The father of my children didn't want anything to do with them, and that hurt. However, now I feel he actually did me a favour.
Don't doubt yourself...if I can do it, you can too!
Rose
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Should you apologize????
by jw inyes, a person should never be too proud to swallow his pride, apologize, and seek forgiveness.
abigail, a wise woman in ancient israel, provides an example of the power of an apology, although her apology was for a wrong that her husband had committed.
while dwelling in the wilderness, david, who later became king of israel, together with his men protected the flock that belonged to abigail's husband, nabal.
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I'm sorry...
that I was born into a JW family.
that I was made to feel left out growing up.
that as a child I was sexually abused by an elder.
that as a child I was sexually abused by another brother.
that I was baptized before I understood.
that I married before I was ready.
that my son-of-an-elder-ex-husband left me 10 days before our 5th child was born and moved in with a woman from his work, only to read in the local news paper that he had been arrested for cocaine possession.
that my ex-husband's elder father had a baby with my ex-husbands sister. The abuse (according to my ex-sister-in-law) went on even while in field service and started when she was about 4 years old.
that my 2nd jw husband was removed from my home by social services for abusing my children.
that my 2nd jw husband was convicted (30 day sentence and 1 yr probation) for threatening and harassing my children and me.
that I was raped by a family member...for which I was disfellowshipped for...and HE wasn't.
I am sorry, JW that you just don't get it.
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LOVING Blondie moment
by hamsterbait inthis angel has helped so many of us find information and contacts.
could you alone have found answers so quickly, or answers so accurate??.
this girl is a goddess.. are you sending her love now?.
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Hail Blondie!!!
I think you're amazing!
Thank you.
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Blessings from Jehovah...
by misguided in...today i brought home a new (to me) mini-van.
i've been driving an oil-leaking, 1990 caravan with radiator problems and no heat.
i paid $5000 for a 2001 dodge caravan - not the long one, but fully loaded.
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...today I brought home a new (to me) mini-van. I've been driving an oil-leaking, 1990 caravan with radiator problems and no heat. I paid $5000 for a 2001 dodge caravan - not the long one, but fully loaded. with new brakes, and in really good shape. (As a single mom of 6, I had to add this to my mortgage to buy it, but I thought it was well worth it.)
Now, if I was a JW, my family would have said, I need to thank Jehovah for this blessing... (service, etc)...
I'm feeling rather vindicated being out, and still have good things happen to me once in a while.
Rose
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What do you consider yourself?
by poodlehead ini have wondered how each of you classifies yourself.
as regards to religion.
this is for my own person interest.
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I'm a #6.
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What Do You Think About Yourself???
by minimus indo you like yourself?
is there a lot that you would want to change about yourself?
(personally, i think i'm alright).
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I think I know everything.
hail blondie...she does know everything...
I feel substandard most of the time. Fortunately I have a really great bf and employers (physicians) who remind me daily that I have a life worth living...because as a JW I felt substandard every day. Now I feel I have something to give to others. It's a lifesaving (for real) moment. I'm still a work in progress.
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Anyone ever just picked up and moved far away
by Cabin in the woods inhas anyone here ever just gotten so sick of it all that they just packed up their belongings and pets and left?.
did you know people in the place that you went to?
how did you find work?.
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Has anyone here ever just gotten so sick of it all that they just packed up their belongings and pets and left?
Yup, packed up my pregnant self, 5 kids, pets, and belongings and moved 3 1/2 hours away.
How did you do it? Did you know people in the place that you went to? How did you find work?
Just packed up and moved. Didn't know anything about or anybody where I was moving to. And I did find work.
Was it a big social shock like from country to large city?
It was a bit of a shock, but I went from the large city to the country.
Was it worth it in the end?
9 years later, I know it was totally worth it. I love where I live now. My kids love where we live. Maybe I just lucked out?
Rose