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  Best of your getting out of field service story

  by Layla33 in

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  i thought it would be fun if we all shared some of our best ways of circumventing our field service time.

  i have some funny ones and then interesting one where i realized what a lot of the higher ups were doing in the "field" service.. my best one was with my brother and i, when they made us "work together" and went to different streets.

  we would go to one door, walk real slow and not do another door on that street, not one.

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  Your favorite Sunday breakfast

  by Layla33 in

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  since i am about to partake (*smile*) in my favorite sunday breakfast, i thought it would be fun for everyone to describe their favorite breakfast here.. sunday breakfast was always a big deal for my family and growing up, it was the one day and time that we actually sat together had breakfast and talked about our week and sat for a good hour or so just catching up with each other.. for over 20 years, this breakfast consisted of bacon, sausage (kielbasa or italian), biscuits, eggs (cheese or plain), and grits.

  to this day, i still feel it's a special nice time.. do share, i thought it would be fun to see other people's traditions on sunday breakfast....

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  Ever had one of those days? (Just a vent)

  by Layla33 in

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  oh how happy i am to be home, i never ever thought i would make it in.

  it started off nice enough, i was supposed to have a pre-valentine day salsa party night with some friends.

  i was a bit excited, but i kept checking the weather and it was a little shaky.

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  Do you still pray?

  by Layla33 in

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  i was wondering about this the other day before i went to sleep, out of habit and my spiritual beliefs now, i spoke to the spiritual realm above and asked for guidance and protection.. i remember my journey of leaving the jw "borg" (a new term i have picked up here - i like it!

  ) and at first i refused to pray at all, and then i wasn't sure i wanted to or not, and then i developed my own sense of the higher power above and spirituality and every night before i sleep, i feel blessed to have another day of life, to do it all again.

  even on days when i am not having such a good day, i take time to ask the higher realm for strength and direction.

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  What type of person are you attracted to now?

  by Layla33 in

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  i was just thinking about this the other day, about how my ideas of a romantic partner have changed since being a jw.. growing up, i thought i would marry a very upstanding jw, we would pioneer together, do missionary work, have children, see the world.

  (never had any thoughts about bethel, though.

  ) so what it boiled down to was a stepford husband, up tight, not the least bit sexual, closed minded bore.. so now that i have grown up, seen the world, been married (and actually picked a good man the first time, although it didn't work out), i just contrast that with what i am attracted to now.. i like them open minded, earthy, i love artistic types because i am a published writer, hair doesn't matter to me (long/short, bald, etc), challenges convention, very sexual, still like a traveling man.. i am just curious if you anyone else can compare and contrast how their ideas have changed since breaking out the group-think of the jw organization..

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  Watch a mind controlled cult member, Tom Cruise on Scientology

  by Layla33 in

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  catch it, it's some wild stuff, like watching a bethelite after a talk.

  ugh!.

  http://defamer.com/344987/the-tom-cruise-indoctrination-video-scientologists-dont-want-you-to-see.

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  Death and the ex JW

  by Layla33 in

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  many of you know that my catalyst for writing on this board for the first time was a death of someone very near and dear to me in my family.

  i am still dealing with the affect effects.

  i am still a bit numb, writing here does help.

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  Dating and the ex-JW

  by Layla33 in

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  i am still surfing around this forum and i am happy to see there is are topics related to relationships.

  it is nice to see this here.. to be honest, ever since i was out of the jw religion, i have tossed over ever dating an ex jw or an inactive jw.

  i have occasionally come across this situation and weighed both the pros and cons.

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  My moment, my epiphany, my rebirth

  by Layla33 in

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  i remember it like it was yesterday, i was 15 years old.

  i had woken up in the middle of the night and dared to ask the question that had been brewing in me for a long time.. "what if there is no armageddon".. i can't remember what the catalyst was, maybe observing my own family and every disfunction known to mankind, although every preached that in "jehavoh's organization" there were no such things.

  maybe it was some ground breaking announcement, some new revelation that totally contradicated what i was mind controlled to preach every saturday morning, but in one moment, i dared myself to question it.

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  My story

  by Layla33 in

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  this is my first time posting.

  bear with me.

  i came across this site a few years ago, i never posted, i read it occasionally, some of the stories were interesting and affirming.

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