Posts by Cady

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I'm livid...

by Cady in

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walking one of the kids i work with to school this morning and there's a dirty syringe on the sidewalk.

this is just two blocks from the middle school and tons of kids walk down that sidewalk on their way to school.. i used to not think much about drug use - my attitude was, you want to screw up your life, go ahead.

but now that i work with kids who've often been deprived of a good home b/c their parents are addicts...when i'm 100 feet from a shooting that is drug-related...and most of all when i see the dealers drive by in their rides and the kids ooh and awe over them and see that as some kind of shining example of where their lives could go...i'm becoming very disgusted and angry in general.

Cady

I'd just gotten a scone from Starbucks and it was in a paper bag, so took the paper bag and picked up the needle with it, then took it to the school and security disposed of it.

I certainly didn't want to touch it, but there are a lot of kids who pass by that street and so I didn't see an alternative. I had to get the kid I worked with to school so I couldn't call the cops and wait for them to come get it; besides, there are a lot of serious problems in that neighborhood (shootings, etc. - police cars w/full sirens pass by 3-4 times an hour 24/7) so it could have been quite awhile before they came to deal with a needle.

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I'm livid...

by Cady in

jw
friends

walking one of the kids i work with to school this morning and there's a dirty syringe on the sidewalk.

this is just two blocks from the middle school and tons of kids walk down that sidewalk on their way to school.. i used to not think much about drug use - my attitude was, you want to screw up your life, go ahead.

but now that i work with kids who've often been deprived of a good home b/c their parents are addicts...when i'm 100 feet from a shooting that is drug-related...and most of all when i see the dealers drive by in their rides and the kids ooh and awe over them and see that as some kind of shining example of where their lives could go...i'm becoming very disgusted and angry in general.

Cady

Walking one of the kids I work with to school this morning and there's a dirty syringe on the sidewalk. This is just two blocks from the middle school and tons of kids walk down that sidewalk on their way to school.

I used to not think much about drug use - my attitude was, you want to screw up your life, go ahead. But now that I work with kids who've often been deprived of a good home b/c their parents are addicts...when I'm 100 feet from a shooting that is drug-related...and most of all when I see the dealers drive by in their rides and the kids ooh and awe over them and see that as some kind of shining example of where their lives could go...I'm becoming very disgusted and angry in general.

I don't know what the answer is. Legalization would solve some of the problems, but unless you added sterilization for addicts you'd still be sending lots of kids to really horrible lives.

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Born in or brought in observation

by startingover in

i was a born in jw.

i suppose i could best be described now as an athiest.

i have a hard time understanding how someone can figure out the jw scam and then become a born again christian.

Cady

I was thinking about it and it's hard for me to compare b/c all but one of the exjws I know were born into it. Interestingly, though, the one that was not is now very into things like tarot cards, astrology, etc., which I think are total b.s.

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Friday night speed dating online - find your unevenly yoked match!

by Crumpet in

just like the 3 or 4 or several word game fun threads here - just ask a question and hope its answered so that you are quickly matched with a long term partner on the jw board!

how easy is that?

( you can direct your posts openly or specifically by mentioning the person - entirely up to you.

Cady

Night sp! :-)

Spectre - So it was both before my time and a cartoon. :-) I can't really explain what wires were crossed when I was a kid as far as cartoons go - for some reason I just didn't get them. I think being a good jw girl I was just too serious in general. They'd play cartoons on rainy days during recess time at school and I just remember being so bored but trying to laugh along w/everybody else so I didn't seem out of place...

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Friday night speed dating online - find your unevenly yoked match!

by Crumpet in

just like the 3 or 4 or several word game fun threads here - just ask a question and hope its answered so that you are quickly matched with a long term partner on the jw board!

how easy is that?

( you can direct your posts openly or specifically by mentioning the person - entirely up to you.

Cady

Spectre -

Speed Racer? You'll have to fill me in... :-) It's either before my time or I'm just clueless about it. But then again I didn't understand why cartoons were funny when I was a kid, so the latter option is completely possible.

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Friday night speed dating online - find your unevenly yoked match!

by Crumpet in

just like the 3 or 4 or several word game fun threads here - just ask a question and hope its answered so that you are quickly matched with a long term partner on the jw board!

how easy is that?

( you can direct your posts openly or specifically by mentioning the person - entirely up to you.

Cady

But hey, I think we need a new question...only I'm too tired to think of anything creative. Anybody else?

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Friday night speed dating online - find your unevenly yoked match!

by Crumpet in

just like the 3 or 4 or several word game fun threads here - just ask a question and hope its answered so that you are quickly matched with a long term partner on the jw board!

how easy is that?

( you can direct your posts openly or specifically by mentioning the person - entirely up to you.

Cady

I never noticed the soundtrack and usually I do...I need to watch it again. The suicides did fool me totally. And of course he should be jealous of Johnny Depp, he's gorgeous! Hey, wasn't he in 21 Jumpstreet years ago? I used to love that show...I have a feeling if I watched it now I'd be horrified at its stupidity. A good reason to not watch it and spoil the lovely memory!

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Friday night speed dating online - find your unevenly yoked match!

by Crumpet in

just like the 3 or 4 or several word game fun threads here - just ask a question and hope its answered so that you are quickly matched with a long term partner on the jw board!

how easy is that?

( you can direct your posts openly or specifically by mentioning the person - entirely up to you.

Cady

spark- That line where she's dying and (I know I won't quote it prob even halfway right) but Harold's telling her how much he loves her and she's so happy that he could love and she says "love some more." (Sobbing silently while watching it with a big group of friends!)

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Friday night speed dating online - find your unevenly yoked match!

by Crumpet in

just like the 3 or 4 or several word game fun threads here - just ask a question and hope its answered so that you are quickly matched with a long term partner on the jw board!

how easy is that?

( you can direct your posts openly or specifically by mentioning the person - entirely up to you.

Cady

fhn, I love Harold and Maude - I always remember that line where she's talking about zoos but then says something about "my how we people do love a cage"...

Also Life is Beautiful, and Bridgette Jones' Diary for the movie I'm embarrassed to admit I like but I totally adore.

c.

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ex-jw dating sites

by enigmatic in

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friends

well i'm currently single.

was wondering if anyone knows of anything like this?

i know this is not a dating site but i would like to possibly meet someone who can relate to me when it comes to this...anyways thanks for the help in advace.

Cady

When guys find out I'm an exjw, I usually get one of a couple reactions: I'm either a novelty (they want to know all the craziest things about dubs), a poor broken woman they must rescue, or completely pure and innocent and they want to educate me. I don't know how to get across that I don't need a father, a hero, or a teacher.