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How do you feel about Tatoos?

by Fisherman in

i feel very offended and distrurbed when i see people covered with tatoos.

some people have tatoos all over their bodies, even on their faces.

there are also tatoo programs on the tlc channel that children can watch without a forewarning before the show comes on.

misguided

I like feeling whats under the tatoo

beautifully said...and so true for me...

Rose

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I am so tired...........

by vitty in

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it is midnight and i have just got out of bed......................no sleep for me tonight ...........again.

i am so tired.

i suffer from insomnia like a lot of posters here but when i do sleep, a couple of times a week at worse or once every couple of months i have night terrors.. *these only started when i found out the truth about the org, so i can only conclude its stress.

misguided

Why does Anderson Cooper being gay or not gay have anything to do with your sleep? I'm confused.

It really doesn't .... I'm sorry...I just LOVED watching him when I was up all night is all. I just loved him.

Rose

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I am so tired...........

by vitty in

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it is midnight and i have just got out of bed......................no sleep for me tonight ...........again.

i am so tired.

i suffer from insomnia like a lot of posters here but when i do sleep, a couple of times a week at worse or once every couple of months i have night terrors.. *these only started when i found out the truth about the org, so i can only conclude its stress.

misguided

m on my own tonight and im really scared to go to bed, last night I slept with the light on, thats not working tonight, I am so tired and unfortunately this brings on a night terror, so i dont want to go to sleep
D oes anyone else suffer with this...............it really is getting worse...............more frequent and more intense

OMG...I suffer from this too. My fiance can't figure it out. One night I'll sleep just fine, the next I'm up for hours on end, and if I do sleep it's filled with terrifying dreams.

I sleep with the tv on when he's not home. I know ABC's World News Now real well. I loved Anderson Cooper before he left for CNN and let it be known he was gay.

I've done many awake nights. I'm slowly improving (without insomnia drugs - except Benedryl).

But sometimes, the dreams and the sleep paralysis become really terrifying!!!

Rose

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The Memorial...

by Justice-One in

does anyone still go to the memorial?

i was just thinking that although i made it quite clear to my wife that i was not going to go to anymore meetings or conventions (i made a comment about not wanting to be there when the kool-aid came out) that i caught myself thinking the other day that i might go to the memorial just to keep her happy.

but then i thought why?

misguided

The last meeting I went to was the memorial 2 years ago. When I walked out the door, I just knew it was my last one. It was a strange feeling, uncomfortable, but liberating somehow. It was if something snapped in my head. I knew my days as a JW were done.

It was then that I started researching the "apostate" information, and thanks to so many of you who post I've learned so much. Thank you.

Rose

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How do you feel about Tatoos?

by Fisherman in

i feel very offended and distrurbed when i see people covered with tatoos.

some people have tatoos all over their bodies, even on their faces.

there are also tatoo programs on the tlc channel that children can watch without a forewarning before the show comes on.

misguided

occult Secret Societies

I am the owner of a few tattoos. I have a butterfly on my back with the japanese symbol for "older sister" just beneath it. My sister, brother (still JWs) and my youngest brother (never baptized) all have the corresponding tattoos - "younger sister," "older brother," & "younger brother"...So I guess we belong to a secret occult society being siblings with matching tattoos. (geeze!!)

I have a rose on my lower leg, and a band with my kids' names (all 6 of them) going around my ankle. Near the rose is my newest tattoo, one that to me represented my freedom from the ORG, a hummingbird. The artist did a beautiful job on it - I got it around May this year.

Rose

PS...I've heard this is true, too...

ONE WORK OF WARNING TO WOMEN.....If you are a young woman you may want to think carefully about tattoos over your kidney or lower back area. My wife works in the surgical unit of a large regional hospital and many Anesthesiologists (sp) will not perform an (epidural ? / Spinal) whichever...many won't use that location for anesthesia during surgery if there is a tattoo there...like for childbirth.

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Retiring today!

by iamfreenow in

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today is my 60th birthday, so i am now officially retired!

actually, my last day at work was yesterday, and my colleagues gave me flowers, wine, chocolate and took me out to lunch.. this is the first birthday i've ever had as a non jehovahs witness, and it feels very strange to be even acknowledging it, let alone celebrating.

i am going out tomorrow evening with trev, linda and a few other fading or former jws for a curry at a local restaraunt, which i'm very much looking forward to.

misguided

Happy Birthday Marion!

Happy Retirement Marion!

You deserve some recognition today!

(((Marion)))

Rose

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for those who were abused sexually or know of someone who was

by Sam87 in

did it get dealt with at all?

are the offenders still out there ?

have they been dealt with by the law?

misguided

I was sexually abused by two "brothers." One was an elder. The other was a father of a JW friend who had recently moved from Manitoba to British Columbia. They had relocated (from what I understood) because of a "complaint" at his workplace. He had been a teacher at a Manitoba school and when he moved to BC he wasn't teaching.anymore...he was doing pin striping on cars.

Also, my ex-sister-in-law has a baby with my ex-father-in-law. My father-in-law was an elder when my now ex husband and and I got married. This elder had a baby with his daughter and his wife one month apart! The product of the incest was 15 years old when we got married. Is she my kid's cousin or aunt, or sadly both???

Yes, the JW cover-up is TRUE! I'm NOT lying to you!

Rose

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JW teenage pregnancies...............did you know of any ?

by vitty in

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i was in the borg for 20 of my adult years and i must say that in all that time i only knew of one sister who got pregnant before she was married.

she was given a public reproof and was never treated badly.. considering a lot of the teenagers did most things they shouldnt have and many did get reproved for immorality, i am surprised that many didnt get pregnant.

especially as they would of likely not have been taking contraception.. was this common in you kh or area?.

misguided

Yes, I do. For one, my sister (10 years younger than me.) She was 18 when she had her baby (apparently conceived at a rave while on ecstacy and with another JW). She was df'd but reinstated.

Now she's NOT talking to ME!

She got married to a non-jw, had another baby, and as far as I know the JWs are still "studying" with her and her husband. She's faded.

I'm friends with her husband's (non JW) family. They have issues with her.

Rose

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Help Me Understand Something-Education/Dating

by tarhillsblue in

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anyone that can help me understand this scenerio please explain.

i am relatively new in "the truth".

i am struggling with some logical things here.

misguided

.you have more chance of getting a bj off the pope than you have of finding a fit sexy sister who is college educated not married not a single mum not a manic deppressive not a man hater closet lesbian.

rotflmao. Too funny...and TOO TRUE!!...and I was one of those single moms as a JW.

I'm now college educated.

I was on Prozac as a JW...and now I've been medication-free for years now...I now work in a doctor's office (for the last 5 years) and am doing FINE!!! Being a JW made me CRAZY!

My advice...don't date a JW!

Rose

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Were you ever "all in"?

by nonamegiven in

for those of us here who are xjw's for varying degrees (df's, ds'd or just faded away {the greatest feat of all}) looking back to your years as an active jw, were you ever 100% mentally?

i thought i was but looking back when i was a ms and being groomed for elder i was very zealous but still didn't like field service but loved helping out.

now i look back i see i was just looking for acceptance from other, not serving god.. i would elaborate but i plan on posting "my story" soon.. how about you?.

misguided

Raised in...and at at one point was "all in" (from about 6 to 16). I got baptized at 16 and from that day I was the road out....it just took me too long to actually get out...another 20 years.

Rose