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  My story - part One.

  by diamondblue1974 in

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  i have never posted my story on jwd and it was only recently that it occured to me that i should really make more of an effort to; here is the first part....sorry if its longwinded.... .

  i was brought up in the borg from the age of 18 months old and as you can understand i have known little else.

  previous to being in the truth my mother was an unwanted child and beaten by her mother, sure enough she fell into an abusive relationship with my father which left her with minus zero confidence and on the verge of a nervous breakdown; apparently my mum was considering throwing us both off a railway bridge she was that depressed and to her there was no point in living.

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  Allow myself to introduce....myself

  by pele38 in

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  i must say, i never thought that i would see the day when i would find a site about disillusioned (mostly) jehovah's witnesses, but low and behold...one truly exists.

  first let me start off by saying thank you to the creators of this site, and i'll have you know that i've been lurking for several days now and i am just finding the time to finally log on.

  i've been a member of the borg for over 20 years now, been baptised for about 14 of those years and now i find myself in the most unusual of places.

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  Welcome Pele, you will find here one of the most loving, caring and fun groups of people you could ever hope to meet. We have fun sharing ideas, giving advice, asking questions, helping each other cope and there's even a heated debate or two that is always fun. Keep posting all seem to be welcome!
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  POLL!!!!!! I need your opinion!!!!!

  by JV in

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  ok, here's my question du jour, is it ok to let your kids practice their instrument outside so the whole god damn neighrbourhood can hear them???

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  JV, I thought they were your own little musicians. If they are the neightbor's kids you might try what our neighbor did....He works the 11 p.m. to 7 a.m. shift as an R.N. at a Mental Health Facility in the area.....he sleeps from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. every day.......when we had a similar problem he wrote a letter asking for consideration and sent it to each and every home on the block......then when the noise continued, he knocked on the parents door and talked to them. They agreed to have their children hold off practice......on one occassion, when the parents weren't home....he called the police. Even though we don't all socialize in the neighborhood, we do try to be considerate of each other and it is reassuring to have him home during the day, as more than once he's patched up one of our kids.
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  It's 98 degrees, put on your suit and go to Yankee Stadium

  by IronGland in

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  anyone go to that convention in ny back in the 50's?

  remember when they lasted until 8pm?

  in the summer?

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  Talesin, you were probably one of the little ankle biters around Yankee Stadium that all of us Teenagers thought were so yucky!!Oh the panty hose......yeh we wore those, but when I first started going, we wore panty girdles with garters and stockings. Panty hose were a blessing after that! We also wore heels....I never wore anything less than 2 1/2 inch heels and usually 3 inch heels. I can remember the first DC we went to at Yankee Stadium, my brothers and I had our picture on the front of one of the New York papers, because my mother had brought clear plastic sheets (8X8) and put over the four of us like a tent when it rained....which it always did for at least two of the days we were there and we were so little at the time she couldn't keep us dry under umbrellas! I think she still has the newspaper!

  Those were the days (NOT)!
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  Relationship??

  by penton in

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  after meeting a wonderful fella who also is jw.

  i've never felt this way about anyone before in my life.

  the only thing is i don't know if its possible for us to have a stable relationship, as i am r.c, not actually i'm irish roman catholic which is a little bit "stricter".

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  I told my mother the same thing when I met the man I was married to for 32 years......."It's only dinner and besides he's really interested in the truth" he liked me because I was moral and didn't jump right into bed with him....the congregation put me through hell because I dated him (with one of my younger brothers as a chaperone) and eventually married him. Things were marginally okay until after we had our son and at that point I started to fade. There was always something missing in our marriage, I don't know if I blamed him deep down inside or not....I know I tried to be the "perfect" wife and I really think he couldn't handle it. We divorced in February after 32 years of marriage, 19+ of which we spent seperated!

  I'd like to tell you that it would probably work out...but I have to agree with Undercover and OutoftheBox, run do not walk away from this relationship right now when it's in the Lust stage. Your heart will only be bruised and not broken.
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  POLL!!!!!! I need your opinion!!!!!

  by JV in

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  ok, here's my question du jour, is it ok to let your kids practice their instrument outside so the whole god damn neighrbourhood can hear them???

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  No JV, hell was at the Kingdom Hall and in the "Truth".....this is only a minor irritation! I don't know how old your kids are, but....school should be starting soon so they won't be around to play at 11:00 a.m., right? Hang in there..at least they're home and not hanging out with a bunch of witness kids!
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  POLL!!!!!! I need your opinion!!!!!

  by JV in

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  ok, here's my question du jour, is it ok to let your kids practice their instrument outside so the whole god damn neighrbourhood can hear them???

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  I like undercover's answer. Besides......isn't that where some of our great present day alternative and rock sounds came from? Garage bands!
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  It's 98 degrees, put on your suit and go to Yankee Stadium

  by IronGland in

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  anyone go to that convention in ny back in the 50's?

  remember when they lasted until 8pm?

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  Luna, we had two hour lunch and dinner breaks.....we had large tents set up as kitchens and breakfast, lunch and dinner were served to the brothers and sisters....but volunteers. I can remember seeing the army there to see how we served so many people full "hot" meals in such a short period of time. It was interesting....for many it was their vacation for the year. At yankee stadium (I've also attended in Boston and Philadelphia) we had a full orchestra to play the kingdom songs.....I was baptised at one of the New York - Yankee Stadium Conventions in '64...they took us to a beach outside of the city in busses. If your aunts didn't use the meal breaks for the tea parties, they may have had them during the time set aside for field service/street witnessing. There was always one or two mornings set aside for that. We' be given territory and walk up and down the sidewalks handing out invitations to the Sunday public talk!

  I had more fun at Yankee Stadium at the Beetles Concert!
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  It's 98 degrees, put on your suit and go to Yankee Stadium

  by IronGland in

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  anyone go to that convention in ny back in the 50's?

  remember when they lasted until 8pm?

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  Carol

  I remember in the early 60's the 8 day assemblies that, as you said lasted 'til 8 and 9 p.m. Do you remember a bar across the street from yankee stadium, under the elevated tracks? I can't remember the name of it....but they served the pest Pastrami on Rye sandwiches I have ever tasted in my life and the coldest rootbeer (I was only in my early teens and couldn't drink the real stuff like all the adults did)? The brother and sister that brought my mom and the rest of us into "the truth" used to take us there....come to think of it...we'd often leave a little early...and hold booths for some of the others!

  I can remember dressing up....I'm talking stockings, heels and hat....every day of the assembly....often times that is where the young sister presented their summer wardrobe!

  You're right those were the days!
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  We Have Lift Off

  by Carol in

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  i've been sitting here reading the posts and just watched the shuttle return to flight!

  as usual an amazing sight!

  does anyone else find this as interesting as we do in florida?

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  Carol

  Big Dog, save your pennies, they add up to dollars and when you reach 10 million of those....you too can travel to the space station!

  My daughter finds the ride at EPCOT fills her need for speed!