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  DISFELLOWSHIPPED is not in the dictionary

  by Layla33 in

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  i just thought i would share.

  it's a made up word, there's no real definition.

  i am composing a letter and it just made me giggle, i thought i would share.

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  I'm writing a letter to my brother

  by Layla33 in

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  there has been something gnawing at me for a while, something that not until this morning did i bring to the forefront of my mind.

  i come here mostly to read what others are doing and offer support, distantly check up on the latest news in the wts - i say distant because a lot of me doesn't care whatsoever.

  i haven't been a jw for 18 years, my family has long accepted that - we went through our fights, disagreements, but now it isn't a big deal.

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  "Mad Men": Recommending a great TV show

  by Layla33 in

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  i normally don't do this, since i am not a huge fan of the tv.

  most of the shows i watch are biographies and forensic science; however, this show is amazing.

  if you get the chance, check it out.

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  When Disfellowshipping extends outside the KH; shunning that never ends

  by Layla33 in

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  i was talking about this the other day to a friend that is an attorney for abused children and we started discussing strange family practices and how they affect children.

  it was during that conversation that i remembered something i hadn't thought about in years - when i was 12 years old my step-father and mother tried to practice a form of shunning (disfellowshipping) in the family.

  of course it wasn't my mother's idea, it was my neurotic mentally deranged stepfather that decided because my mother and i had disagreed about something in a silly judicial meeting, that i was to be shunned from the family.

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  Sign of the Times

  by Layla33 in

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  i came across this interesting article on how the economy is closing stores.

  we talk about it every week, but what have you seen in your own community that shows the economy is affecting us all?.

  store closings: symptoms of a depressed economy .

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  The Blood Situation and you (ex-JWs, DAd, DFd and Faders)

  by Layla33 in

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  i am curious how people that still have most family in the jw religion or spouses deal with the blood situation?

  this was not something i had thought about for many years, as i was married and with the same man for over eight years.

  however, being divorced now, all my immediate family is still in the religion.

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  The Revelation book?

  by Layla33 in

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  i just came back from a weekend visit with my parents and i noticed this book all over - it gave me a bad feeling for some reason.

  now, i only came after the book study was over since they have it at their house, so that's another reason why it was probably left out.

  however, i consider this apocalyptic cult a concern and one of the reason i scan on here from time to time is to keep to date on what is going on.

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  Went to Victoria Secret and had a flashback of Conventions...

  by Layla33 in

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  this is probably silly, but i went to victoria secret to do my three month buy up of the usual female undergarments and it reminded me so much of the fake conventions and greetings.. hi!

  can i help you today?

  (as you first step in) .. "no, thanks, just browing...".

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  An ex-JW underground railroad system

  by Layla33 in

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  i have been thinking about this since yesterday or maybe a little bit longer, but cognac's situation situation really struck me and so many others that are in a situation that seems not only like psychological torture, but where someone almost seems imprisoned against their will through the wts society, it seems to happen in marriages, but not always.. i am a big forensics person, so i was watching some mindless program on television about forensics or something like that (could have even been law & order) and they were trying to find a woman who had "disappeared" and what had actually happened was that a group of people who didn't really know each other, had this silent group who would pick someone up from one point to another, get them away from their abusive spouse/situation, and help them find a job and a place to stay.

  it took them at least three weeks to track the person down because each person really didn't know the other, they were just one check off point for another.. and i was thinking, couldn't we create a safe haven for those in those high pressured situations?

  i would be willing to help start it, financially support it, etc i am just in the planning, thought process stage, but i would love to have an aresnal of help from others, who could assist people that are trying to break free, start over, and all of that.. would anyone else be interested?

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  Happy Mother's Day to all the moms in here

  by Layla33 in

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  i just want to give a big happy mother's day!!

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