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  So maybe I am occasionally bitter...

  by feelinglost in

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  the first blow came the first christmas after i was disfellowshipped.

  my boyfriend was gone with his family, so i had asked my mom if she wanted to spend the day together (like we used to do before i was df'd).

  watch a movie, make some food.

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  Carol

  My youngest brother has been df"d for 30+ years, however he is very comfortable financially........when convient my mother "associates" with him...like when she needs $$$$.

  My sister (she's a pioneer her husband an elder) moved with her husband and 3 children back in with my mother 8 years ago....to "Help out" while mom was undergoing Chemo, etc., my mother did all the cooking, laundry, cleaning, etc. After running up Mom's credit cards, getting her to co-sign for car loans, co-sign for cell phones, etc., moved out because the $600 a week my mother requested for their share of the expenses (my bro-in-law clears $1000 + per week). Mom refinanced a $60,000.00 mortgage to $140,000.00+.....to pay off all of her credit cards and the loans she co-signed (don't ask how many credit cards) she had a bad winter....couldn't sell houses.....fell behind in bills. My "Pioneer" sister went to our df'd brother and asked him to help Mom. The elders said it was okay as he had a responsibility to take care of his mother (the same elders that told her she had to take care of her mother who had given her away at 3 months and told her she couldn't divorce our father even though he swung first and asked questions later). My brother bought my mother's house for what she owed on it giving her a life estate in the property and makes all the mortgage and tax payments and does all the upkeep. My sister is disturbed because he gets the house when Mom is gone! Go figure!

  As much as you are tempted, don't say anything you might want to take back later! You can be assured you will be the one to take care of you parents in their old age the JW's won't.

  PS I stopped sending $$$$ when I found out it was going to keep my sister in the Pioneer service......
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  Five Little Monkeys (witnesses) a nursery rhyme dedicated to my JWD Friends

  by Netty in

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  five little monkeys witnesses.

  five little jw's walking down the street.

  one fell down and broke both her feet.

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  Carol

  Netty,

  I got a real giggle out of that one.....except the Bethelite would be sent home so his family could take care of him (as no expense to the WTB&TS) and to ensure that he does his study, field service, etc. etc. etc.
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  Emotional tension release

  by greendawn in

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  when you feel emotionally tense how do you release the tension?

  by laughing, socialising, playing computer games, or some other way?

  for me it's humour really funny ideas come to mind and make me laugh a lot, also by doing some sport such as swimming, listening to nice music and of course by socialising.

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  Carol

  I pour a glass of chilled wine....and curl up with a good book (James Patterson, Jack Higgins, Patricia Cornwell). If I'm really tense......I put on some real tear jerker CD's (usually good country love songs) and have a really good make your nose red cry! Or lately I've been reading threads on the forum......!
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  Just Got word...

  by RichieRich in

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  a good friend of mine got in big ass trouble for this..... photoshopped to remove his name.

  if he gives me any more good pics- youll be the first to get em!

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  Carol

  Just a couple of questions:

  Zagor: Why would he have to have a car to offer a ride? Oops, don't answer inappropriate question

  Richie: Do they know he's a friend of yours? Maybe the took fingerprints off the checks?

  The only grounds I could see that they might feel they had him on, is he should stay single and not worry about dating or marrying 'til after Armageddon! OH NO! I knew I shouldn't have answered the telephone when I saw Mom's number come up.....she just got back from the DC......and my daughter was out and couldn't ring the door bell so I could use that as an excuse to get off the Phone! Pray for Me...........
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  !!Fluff!! Richie's Hunting Accomplishments

  by RichieRich in

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  because i'm bored, i have decided to do a little bit of bragging.. first off, here taxidermed remnants of a turkey i got in april:.

  in case you didn't know, turkeys are "graded" by the size of their spurs (black things sticking off legs) and by their beards (black feathers that stick out of their chest).

  this turkey had an 8 1/2" beard and 1 1/4" and 1 1/8" spurs.

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  Hillbilly and Richie,

  I agree with you totally. If your shot isn't going to be a clean kill, don't take it. I can remember on one occasion tracking a deed for 3 hours until we could get a clear enough shot to finally put it down. My grandfather hunted in the winter and fished in the summer and ate everything he shot. As my son was growing up, I took him hunting (yes, Mom took him hunting...because Dad couldn't always be counted on to be home to take him!), if he shot it he ate it. One of these days I'll tell you about the Quail on wild rice!

  Whoever shot that rabbit wasn't hunting they were being sadistic.......I'd check the area......you may have the next serial sexual predator living very close to you!

  Richie that was one gorgeous turkey....I think I'm going to go to a friends hunting camp in Georgia next season and try turkey hunting. I've done Duck, Geese, Rabbit, Squirrel and Deer but never turkey!
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  noah's ark

  by kittyeatzjdubs in

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  i watched a tv show last night on tlc.

  it was talking about noah's ark and all that stuff.

  the thing that stuck out in my mind and made me laugh out loud was this....they interviewed many scientist and they all said the same thing, ''there is no natural evidence that a wordly flood ever took place.''.

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  Carol

  Now wait just a minute you guys/gals! I just came back from the Winn-Dixie (grocery store) and according the the latest reports as second ark has been found! There has to have been a flood that destroyed all but Noah's family.....don't tell me the National Enquirer lies!
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  First time on here- DF'd almost 3 years ago

  by feelinglost in

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  i have toyed around with the idea of finding fellow df'd ones for about a year now.

  i recently got married, and of course it has made me look at how it feels like i gave up one life for another.

  the only member of my family who is a jw is my mother- and it kills me that we pretty much no longer have a relationship.

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  Carol

  Welcome! I'm a newbie too, wasn't df'd...but did have a non-JW husband. This group is great! The group for the most part ared JW bashers and we have some pretty wonderful discussions. Most important, everyone here seems to feel each others pain and with such a diverse group there's always plenty of help and suggestions!

  It's a great place to be!
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  Gun-Toting Granny De-Ball's Two Rapists

  by GetBusyLiving in

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  this was recently published in an american newspaper.

  they think the australian granny is a hero.

  hot off the press from australia.

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  Carol

  As mentioned in my earlier post, I shoot competitively and used to hunt. I also have a concealed weapons permit and frankly I do carry my firearm, where allowed by law. I had a concealed permit in NJ and NY (very rare in either of these states because of their gun control laws) I also carried in PA, where I was robbed at gunpoint by a young man, in broad daylight two block from my home. I swore never again would I feel so helpless again (my son was 5 and with me at the time, the young man held a gun to my head for $89.00) that's when I got my first concealed permit.

  This story may or may not have been true, but the magazine National Rifleman give stories every issued of legal gun owners that have protected their homes and lives with their personal firearms.

  The only way Granny could be faulted, is "her actions were pre-meditated"....the prosecutor would claim! Not an act of passion (after all she took time to make sure she didn't shoot 2 innocent victims...she waited to get the criminals). If I were Granny's defense attorney, I'd plead Hebrew Law....."the dirtbags didn't make it to the City of Refuge, so the family punished them!" Makes sense to me!
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  Is It Me Or Are There A Ton Of New Posters On This Month???

  by minimus in

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  i've been on a mini vacation and lately i've seen mostly "newbies" posting.

  this place changes sooo quickly, it's amazing!!!

  i'm glad to see the "great crowd's" influx here.

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  Carol

  In my case, I've been talking to my brother at lot lately, we've both been receiving, "time is short, the end is close, come back to the truch" phone calls from our mother. We've been talking about his time in Bethel and some of our old friends that didn't fade, they out and out started picketing bethel and the assemblies!

  I've visited and read the boards a few times in the past and though I faded a long time ago, I have just recently had the personal resolution to come out and say........I just don't believe enough of it and haven't for a long time to allow it to rule my life!

  Thanks for all the welcoming messages to us newbies!
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  The first time I've been "down" b/c of JWD...

  by upside/down in

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  i've had good and bad days since stumbing onto jwd... and i've learned more in my short time here than in the last 20 years as an "active" and true to the bone...dub.... but today (tonight) i'm really sad... the tone of almost every thread i read has gotten "ugly".... i love "spirited" discussion, but this is different.

  it feels like forum anarchy.. is there no yielding anymore...?.

  maybe it was just too much happened today... or solar flares or something... i don't know...don't care.... maybe my new found "love" for my country (not the blind patriotic crap) and life coupled with the obvious animosity toward this love by some...well just bums me out.

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  Carol

  U/D

  As a newbie I always look for threads you have started as they are always interesting and I enjoy your input on other threads......you weren't whining....you were being honest and that is what is soooooo great about these boards.....we can at last be honest!

  Thank you for reminding us that as we can't see each others faces as we post, we must temper our comments so they don't seem angry when they're not!

  There are 3 page because, I think we all care and don't want to hurt or offend each other, we've all had enough of that in our lives from the dub!