I thought that I didn't until I started to join this site. Then I had a mini panic attack about *gasp* apostates!
Now I guess I am one
Damselfly
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Do you have any 'holdover' beliefs?
by AllAlongTheWatchtower inafter reading and responding recently to a post about eating pork and clean and unclean meats, and also a few about newfound freedoms and pleasures that some enjoy now that they are out of the jws, i got to wondering if there is anything like that on the flip side of the coin.
in other words, despite you leaving the wts, is there anything you still believe that they taught, even though you left or were forced out, and no longer believe the rest of the jw doctrine?.
i was never a jw, but i was raised in a rather similar group called the worldwide church of god, many of the controls, strictures, and abuses that i saw as a child there, i see posted about here-though they are different, they are also the same.
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Putting an offer on a home........(law ?)
by love11 into make a long story short- last saturday, we put an offer down on a house.
then sunday and mon.
we did some research on mortgages and decided that we could get a better rate of interest if we waited till next spring to buy a home.
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damselfly
Call your agent and see if they accepted it. Is your offer good for a period of 24 or 48 hrs?most likely they will counter offer in which case you can decline.
And always get a house inspection!!!! There will always be something that comes up so that you can back out of the offer.
When I was trying to sell my house after my ex and I split, it sold 3 times! One couple couldn't get a mortgage, another just flat out changed their mind and the third got a "family friend" that convinced her it needed $10,000 worth of plumbing ( not true we checked into it ) I did not sue them for backing out even I was very pissed. Most sellers will be very understanding if you back out.
Take care
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Any body here drive a skoolie??
by Eyebrow2 inafter the long drive from tx to pa, then nh, then back to pa and back to tx in a 8 passenger van w/out a/c...my husband and i have decided it is time to get something that is bit more comfortable for the long trips.
we had thought about your typical motorhomes (too expesive and not always that safe), camper trailers and conversion vans.
well, the making over our van into a conversion van wouldn't make any sense, because there still wouldn't be much extra room, even with a roof, and we would lose as seat if we put in more comfortable seats.
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My man is in the process of looking for a van to turn into a 4 wheel drive shag'n wag'n. Congrats on the biodeisel idea, we're hoping to do the same.
Damselfly
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Going to hell... twice.
by Daunt ini just wanted to start this thread to vent out about how i'm being forced to go to the district assembly convention bullcrap twice all 3 days and to get a little advice on how to get out of it.
but mainly it would be interesting to know how other people got out of going to the meetings.
like acting sick, falling down and scraping your knee, different ways you got out of going to it.
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I used to get migraine headaches. Occasionally I would vomit. Sometimes I would just sleep in. Cramps are a good excuse as well.
Best of Luck!
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If you were bullied at school for being a JW kid..
by mtbatoon in..would you thank the bullies now?.
i must admit that the social pressure was a large factor in my exiting.
though it was hell at the time i'd rather that than life as as dub now.
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(((((((((((((hugs to all)))))))))))))
I feel bad for all of your experiences with bullying at school
The kids at my elementary school were very good to all us j'dubs. When we would have a substitute teacher or a new student move in, they would stick up for us in class regarding the anthem/flag, holiday activities etc. This might have because we didn't preach to them to though. We had 5 JW kids in my grade and only 2 of them wanted to be JW. The rest of us blended in.
If I had known that any JW kids were getting beaten up I would have come to their rescue. I couldn't punch but I was mean kicker
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who escapes more often, those born into it or adult converts?
by kid-A inwhat strikes me on this board is the number of adult converts that have left the borg, either fading out or getting df'd.
from my experience (i was born into it, 2nd generation, left before getting baptized) most of the faders or escapees were also like.
me, born into it, never really accepted it and just bowed out at the first opportunity.
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Born into it. It would have been sooooo much easier to leave if I wasn't leaving ALL my family behind.
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Did you ever want to just 'FOREST GUMP' it out of the Kingdom Hall?
by GetBusyLiving inthe last few weeks of meetings for me were pure hell.
i got a cold sweat sometimes and just sat there fantasizing about running forest gump style out of the kingdom hall.
i was getting "encouraged" to comment more too and i just physically could not audibly promote that crap in public anymore.
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they assumed that "posting guards" would keep them safe and that they wouldn't skip town...oh I don't know, before the meeting, after, at home, after school, etc,
I think they thought that I was going to pull the same stunt. Everyone in the Kh was full of brotherly 'concern' for the state of my soul at that point.
For fun I went to the bathroom a lot!!!
Good times, good times
Damselfly
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Women, girls, ladies -- 5 biggest "turn on's" / "turn off's"
by logansrun inladies,.
in preperation for a class i'll be taking starting next month entitled "history of love, sex and marriage" i would like to probe your heart's desire to find out the 5 biggest turn on's and 5 biggest turn off's you find in men.
and well, hell, i also would just like to add to my general knowledge.
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I wonder if there is a dichotomy between what women say they like in men, and what they actually are attracted to. Perhaps they say they don't like "materialistic" men, but really, deep down, they are.
I am fully capable of taking care of myself financially and have done so since I was in my teens. I could not care less about what possesions my man has or how much money he brings in. I don't need it.
Damselfly
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damselfly
Thanks Jeanniebeanz!
I always enjoy your posts
Damselfly
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damselfly
How about Jeannibeanz?