I could be a big time movie producer right now jumping up and down on couches like Tom Cruise talking about how much I love my job and how much I love some other fellow artist who I met while away at college if it wasn't for the Dubs! Darn it!
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A few observations from the DC
by pillsbury ini have been reading over everyones posts from the dc and it made me remember a few things:.
the drama: they definately were discouraging going to collage.
timothy had a friend named jonathon that pursued "worldly goals"- getting an education, getting a good job and getting married and having kids.
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What are the differences between JWs of different countries?
by DannyBloem in.
when i read some of the posts i cant help wondering that things do not go always the same everywhere.
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soundbox_guy
Dang, I wish some of the sisters around here could get away with topless nudity.
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What was your breaking point?
by soundbox_guy inokay, i'm new as you all probably know, so my question may have been discussed several times in the past.
i'm just curious as to when some of you came to the conclusion that enough was enough and that you didn't want to attend the meetings anymore or not be a jw.
was it in field service, at home, at the hall?
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I understand exactly what you mean rebel8, I get freaked out too when they act like it's such a good thing that the birds will be eating up dead people's eye balls and how people's eyes are supposed to rot from their sockets. I'm like, "These are people we're talking about, why are you so enthusiastic about your own kind being done away with like that?" I wouldn't wish that on someone just because they didn't want to listen to what I had to say. As regards the Dub husband...I like using the term "Dub" makes me sound cool, but anyway, I can relate to that too. I think everyone probably knew a weird brother at their hall that sort of freaked them out.
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Hoochie mama's
by swiftbreeze inwell it's that time of year again ladies.....summer.
i went out yesterday with my husband.
it was hot.
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soundbox_guy
No matter what age you are, if you're hot wear what makes you feel comfortable. Being 30 plus years isn't bad, I like women in their 30s. They look sophisticated and have nice bodies as well. Summer is usually hard for me though because that's when I think about sex the most from all the near nakedness. Having a foot fetish doesn't help either with all the sandals and shoes that show off women's feet.
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Don't have to work Baptism pool because of getting turned on by the women?
by soundbox_guy inthey want me to work the baptism pool, but i don't want to.
you imagine i could just say that i'd be tempted by all the half dressed young women walking around dripping wet with their feet showing and it wouldn't be good for me as a brother since i have an active imagination and a foot fetish?
nahhh....i wouldn't tell them that, but they do want me to work it though.
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You know what, yeah, they do. That sucks. LOL...That's another reason I don't want to take that assignment. They should just let females be females and forget all that covering up stuff. Maybe the sisters wouldn't feel so bad about themselves if they got to show themselves off and could get a few comments from some brothers.
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What was your breaking point?
by soundbox_guy inokay, i'm new as you all probably know, so my question may have been discussed several times in the past.
i'm just curious as to when some of you came to the conclusion that enough was enough and that you didn't want to attend the meetings anymore or not be a jw.
was it in field service, at home, at the hall?
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soundbox_guy
Thanks for all the responses. I saw a little of myself in everyone's posts, not just one, but all. I can relate to the whole job thing. I always wanted to go to an art school or either film school but just attended a crappy community college that I feel isn't even worth typing onto a resume. Sure I didn't have a lot of money for a big time college, but maybe I would have tried harder to get scholarships if I wasn't tricked into thinking that big time colleges are evil and that it would be a waste of time to devote 4 years to them because the new world will be here before you're finished. When I think back about it, it upsets me. Then not only that, but when you give up all the stuff they say give up, the very people that tried talking about you for trying to be too successful, you see them buying new cars every year and walking around in new suits every assembly. Then they try to talk about you for not having such things, which makes me even more upset. It's like your bound to lose no matter what trying to listen to them. Since I did miss out on going to a big time college, though, I just decided to take the "Good Will Hunting" approach on the side and just bought a lot of books from bookstores to learn extra things on the side. I even use my own artistic knowledge combined with what I learned from community college and the additional books I've read to make my own short films. I never talk to the elders about my abilities in this area because all they would do is put it down. My own brother who taught me a lot of the things I know, questions me and asks what I'm going to do if one of my short films or characters catch on and I become rich and famous....like that's a bad thing. After becoming a witness I feel like it has made me lose most of my natural personality and my ability to use my sense of humor. If I try to be funny around them, they don't get it or misinterpret everything. If I dumb my humor down to their style, that's the only way they laugh. The only time I get encouragement and feel special is when I go to work and nonwitnesses actually tell me how much they like my short films and ideas. Actually now, I hope I do become successful because it will be even more reason for me break away and move somewhere else where people can be more supportive of me and what I like.
As far was what tnangel73 said about the elders and their judicial meetings.....when they met with me before because of me being with a nonwitness that I was in love with at the time and who I engaged in "unclean conduct" with....I remember it seemed like when I was repeating back all the stuff I did with the girl, that one of the elders was not only surprised at the stuff I did but was enjoying hearing about it, but I don't know, maybe that was just me thinking that. I do know that my mother treated me like I was some sort of man whore afterward though. Anytime any female called the house after that, she always asked who it was and gave me some mean evil look like I was 10. I rightfully took a lot of offense to that because she made it seem as if I was some freak that would screw any and every girl that called the house. Sometimes it wasn't even girls I knew, just some telemarketer that happened to be female, and still I'm getting questoned like I'm secretly having girls call me so I can do them or something. Then JW parents wonder why their children leave when they grow up....maybe it's because of treating them like they're never good enough and always being distrustful of them and acting like they don't know anything because they're "young people."
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To shun or not to shun...
by kj inhas there been any "new light" recently about how to treat disfellowshipped family members?
my cousin got dfd a few months ago.
i noticed that she had been spending quite a lot of time at my aunt's (her mother, an active jw) home.
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soundbox_guy
As a guy on the inside, everything is still pretty much the same. The only new thing is that elders try to do more to get disfellowshipped ones to come back. I think in your particular case, your mother is just more open-minded and doesn't believe in abandoning family.
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What was your breaking point?
by soundbox_guy inokay, i'm new as you all probably know, so my question may have been discussed several times in the past.
i'm just curious as to when some of you came to the conclusion that enough was enough and that you didn't want to attend the meetings anymore or not be a jw.
was it in field service, at home, at the hall?
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soundbox_guy
Okay, I'm new as you all probably know, so my question may have been discussed several times in the past. I'm just curious as to when some of you came to the conclusion that enough was enough and that you didn't want to attend the meetings anymore or not be a JW. Was it in field service, at home, at the hall? Was it real dramatic and caused people's eyes to pop out? Was it because some brother or sister got on your nerves? Was cursing involved or did a fight break out causing WatchTowers and Awakes to fly everywhere? And if you want to, you could even tell me some of the immediate changes you made after leaving. For instance, if I ever left, I'd probably get a goatee, dye my hair some wild blonde color, and then gather up a list of all the girls I wanted to get with while I was a JW but never did.
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The only good thing I could see about getting married is that if you're a witness, you always got an excuse why you have to leave door-to-door early or why you can't attend some event. When the territory is finished and they ask what I'm about to do next, I wanna say "I'm gonna go get my fun on, you know what I'm saying dawg?" But I never say that, one reason is because I sound like an idiot if I try to use slang like that, the other reason is because if I don't say I'm about to do some returns or something, I get this look from people like "how dare you go do something for yourself and not spend more time in service." Next time I might just tell them that I'm gonna do some Bar and Strip club witnessing.....Hey, they say go where the people are.
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Don't have to work Baptism pool because of getting turned on by the women?
by soundbox_guy inthey want me to work the baptism pool, but i don't want to.
you imagine i could just say that i'd be tempted by all the half dressed young women walking around dripping wet with their feet showing and it wouldn't be good for me as a brother since i have an active imagination and a foot fetish?
nahhh....i wouldn't tell them that, but they do want me to work it though.
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Nah GBL, I doubt I'll be sharing in the baptisms, I don't feel like showing up for the extra meeting you gotta go to where they give you all the details of your assignment. I will leave JW83 all for you though. I wouldn't be able to compete anyway, I'm no where near being a Jedi Master.
As regards the whole assembly assignment thing....I always wanted to ask the brothers at the assembly if they needed any brothers to help out and then ask if my assignment could be to carry around that sign they have that says "Brothers Needed" just because of the irony of it.