so many things come to mind to show how silly jws sound in reality.
for example, being allowed to pass the microphones is a big deal, especially to a young brother.
or being given the "privilege" of cutting the grass or working on a "quick-build" is really something special to a jw.
brothers trying to outdo each other on the 'clever ending' to a prayer. Not content with 'InJesusNameAmen', they had to add
in and throughout jesus name
to your glory in and throughout jesus name
to the praise and glory of your theocratic name in and throughout etc etc
yadda yadda yadda
so many things come to mind to show how silly jws sound in reality.
for example, being allowed to pass the microphones is a big deal, especially to a young brother.
or being given the "privilege" of cutting the grass or working on a "quick-build" is really something special to a jw.
going to the toilet in the middle song in the meeting
keeping your eyes open in the prayer (elders at our cong used to watch deliberately to see who didnt shut their eyes - I used to poke my tongue out at little kids in the prayer, cos they couldnt admit to having seen me do it!)
this is a great story and its totally true.. peter kay says that when you are a kid you have loads of aunties and uncles, your uncle bob because he once borrowed your dads orbital sander and your aunty mary because your mum goes to weight watchers with her.
i thought it was a witnoid thing, or maybe a north of england thing, or even a 70's thing.. uncle malcolm was (is) an elder in my childhood congregation, a little wiry bloke in a flat cap and painters overalls.
lived in a council house opposite my nana's with the ample aunty jean, two large shiftless sons and lots of budgies.
Sort of sad, but Aunty Jean led a rotten life, she was old and ill, and that ole sausage gave her sweet release (not that its my place to say whether she wanted sweet release, but she sure did look tired).
And Uncle Malcolm was a pretty spiteful old git, so I dont feel too bad making gentle humour at them.
the first time i can vividly recall feeling jealous was when i was 7.. my dad came home from visiting a client with gifts for me and my sisters.
my younger sisters got a beaufiful handmade doll dressed in pink lace called betty and a handmade cotton cot.
i got the 1982 yearbook of jws.
Yes you are right evilforce, but surely being in a relationship invloves two people co-operating. If one person is causing the other hurt then I think there is some responsibility for them to try and stop causing that hurt.
All the blokes are coming from the point of view that its all in the womans mind and therefore totally her lookout to sort it. (if it was all in her mind, then yes, it would be her lookout to sort it, but even then a kind and loving partner could surely do some things to help other than silence her from voicing her feelings) I dont beleive things come from nowhere. Most things are six of one and half a dozen of the other - therefore the solution had to be shared as well. Not all her lookout, and neither not ALL his responsiblilty. But it needs some co-operation from him to help resolve it. Well, in my opinion anyway.
the first time i can vividly recall feeling jealous was when i was 7.. my dad came home from visiting a client with gifts for me and my sisters.
my younger sisters got a beaufiful handmade doll dressed in pink lace called betty and a handmade cotton cot.
i got the 1982 yearbook of jws.
Well I can see what you gentlemen are saying about being with a jealous woman, and I agree it must be awful, especially when it means you cant talk to any other woman.
But Crumpet isnt talking about him talking to women in general. She is not jealous in general I dont think, she is jealous in a rather specific way over a specific woman who is cleverly doing things and making comments which a man would see as totally innocent, but would hurt any woman they were aimed at.
Remember when your little brother gets so irritating that all he has to do is look at you a certain way and it provokes you into leaning over the dinner table and thumping him, then mum and dad give you a bollocking for hitting the poor little boy for no reason? But it wasnt for no reason was it? Its just that mum and dad are so literal they cant see whats going on. They cant read between the lines. This is how this woman is cleverly getting at Crumpet. She knows what hurts a woman most. Men dont see it the same, but its still there.
the first time i can vividly recall feeling jealous was when i was 7.. my dad came home from visiting a client with gifts for me and my sisters.
my younger sisters got a beaufiful handmade doll dressed in pink lace called betty and a handmade cotton cot.
i got the 1982 yearbook of jws.
Crumpet hunny
Im pretty jealous too, its agony to live with. I honestly think it doesnt come from nowhere and for no reason. A happy secure child has no reason to feel jealous, and no reason to grow up into a jealous adult. So first of all its not your fault.
Secong of all, if you are not being reassured in the way YOU need then the feelings will never go away. Being pressured into not venting your feelings wont make them go away, however much you boy/f hopes they will. It just makes it convenient for him not to have to hear and hence deal with them.
If he is doing something that is hurting you then he shouldnt do it, even if it is all innocent. I do think men can easily pretend innocent, pretend not to read between the lines, pretend that if they think there is nothing in it then you HAVE to put up with it, even if it is hurting you loads. women are so easy to make feel guilty.
I have no answers expect - dont blame yourself. If its any consolation at all, loads of people (including me) think the pictures of you are gorgeous (you read the thread, right?) and I was just a tiny bit jealous of that...
You are a beautiful intelligent sensitive person, and I cant wait to meet you sometime.
I really want to read your letter TK.
i feel so absolutely 'wicked' sometimes 'cos my cousin who works with me & is a witness needs to usually get to the files behind me & he sees when i'm on here and he's pretty inquisitive but not to the extent that he'd actually come on here - he asked if this was related to the societies site & i was like - yeah it does in a way - a lot of people come on here and air their views.
so now everytime he comes toward me i hit the minimise key & play at some work (though i am his boss).. i feel like i'm going undercover - shame i just don't want to hurt the boys' feelings.
though in our little chat the other day i was joking around and said that i was preping him for when he get's disfellowshipped.. i'm the b a d cousin
Loubelle, you are right to spare his feelings, you should always have a porn site open that you can maximise when he comes round, cos lets face it that would be a lot less frowned upon that THIS website!
Well I assume so, as the PO in my old cong had a huge stash of porn under his bed, so it must be OK.
in the hall at biggleswade bedfordshire is a ministerial servant who has abused his younger brother and sister .
this is a fact and because one of them will not come forward he remains a servent.
wake up.. by mixing only with witnesses and having 3 meetings a week plus saterday on the service your brains become tired in .
That is truly awful. People go mentally ill trying to reconcile irreconcileables like that. My friend and her siblings lived with an alcoholic elder for a dad. One of her brothers is totally out to lunch - really damaged mentally.
Pity we cant shoot these hypocrites perpetrating evil on their own families.
since i have so many brits and uk types in one place, i was wondering if you all could classify or tell me the names of the different british accents.
i think most in the states could be grouped by region and then each region divided into regular folks and folks with cash.
for instance in thestates, you basically have north east which is can be characterized by your classic new york or boston accents.
I love The Good Life!
I wanted to be Felicity Kendal (the cute one in overalls mucking the pigs out). They all spoke pretty posh moind, even the ones who werent supposed to be posh.
Watch "Bread" for liverpewl accent (and check out the size of Joeys mobile phone, its as big as a housebrick)
