My aunt fell leaving the KH one night when an elder had poured hot water outside the door to melt the ice.It froze even more and she broke her ankle.I wonder if she sued??
noni1974
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Since Brothers should never sue...
by AuldSoul inwhat would happen if a congregation or two decided not to pay back their kingdom hall loans?
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My insensitive dub brats (found some pictures)
by MsMcDucket inwhen my husband was in the hospital, they told me that they had been going out of town to various states.
they were like mom, you didn't know we have drove to arkansas and (some other state) to go visit some unknown witnesses!
omg, i could of stroked!
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noni1974
You should buy your daughter a map and teach her how to read it.Getting lost is not fun.Also teach her how to navigate by street signs not just by landmarks.Take it from me I'm a female taxi driver in a big city and I never get lost! Ever! As far as you older daughters tell them you worry about them and if they go out of town they should let someone know.Just in case.You never know what could happen out there.
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Being taken for granted!
by Justahuman24 inhow many of you feel or have felt like you are taken for granted?.
so we didn't talk for a month.
with his best friend who is straight but my bf has had a big crush on him since they met years before my bf and i met.
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noni1974
My first question is why are you both trying to change each other?Love is accepting each others faults and being able to over look them.Not trying to change someone into what you want.If his faults are so overwhelming that you can't look past them and accept him for who he is at this moment in time and he can't do the same for you then you need to take a seriuos look at what it is you really want.If he is not the person you want even with all his faults then he's not right for you at all.Don't try to change each other.And don't let him blame you for his decission to move to an area where he has no friends.Thats on him not you.
Second question is what made you fall in love with him?Was he always like this?Did he always flirt and try to meet other people?If so he might be trying to hold on to you until someone better comes along.I'm sorry to say that but a lot of people don't want to be alone.
Your young.Relationship take work from both people.If he's not willing to work at it he's not worth your time and effort not to mention your money.Sex does not a make a relationship.
If he taking you for granted it's because you lettimg him do that to you.Start putting your feelings first.Start loveing yourself.Don't depend on him to do it for you.Don't be affraid to let him go.If it's what best for you then do it.You have a responciability to take care of yourself emotionaly first.
PS. Good luck.I wish you both the best.
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What do you do when JW's talk to you???
by noni1974 ini usually tell them i'm da.i tend to feel like it's my way of respecting their belief that way.when i was a dub i wouldn't have wanted to talk to a df or da ed person.i was at a family wedding a couple of weeks ago and lots of people came up and said hi to me.people who know who i am and know i'm da ed.i was polite and said hi back but i didn't really talk to anyone unless they talked to me first.i'm asking this question because my second cousin came up to me and said hi.he asked how i was doing i said i'm great.then i told him i'm da ed.he said really i said yes it's been 8 happy years since i left.then i walked away.i think i was rude.what do you say when people come up to you and say hi?
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noni1974
Here's the thing about me.Even when I was a dub I was not the type of person who just walked up and talked to people I didn't know.I guess I was shy.But now when I do run into JWs I know and they talk to me it kind of weirds me out.I get this tingling at the back of my head and I just don't want to talk to them.I think I shun them first.Until last year about two weeks before I joined this fourm was the first time I saw any of my family in about 7 years.It was at my great Uncles furnel(non JW).My one aunt walked up to me and gave me a hug and told me thank you for being such a good daughter to my Mom.I hadn't seen her or talked to her for any reason in 7 years.Needless to say I was shocked!! Then a week later my Mom's brother my uncle was in the hospital dieing.I went to the hospital to help my Mom and my aunt just spoke to me like I was a normal part of the family.Something happened with an elder at the hospital were the elder told me I was not supposed to be sitting with my family and some of them were uncomfertable with me bing there at all so I should find a place to sit by myself.Well I just picked up all of my stuff and left the floor.I went down to the front of the hospital and cryed like a baby.My Mom called me one my cell phone and talked to me telling me no one felt like that the elder just pulled that out of his ass.My other aunt got on the phone to convince me to stay.She told me my family wanted me there and needed me to be there for them.Well I calmed down and stayed.But ever since then it's like I'm not totaly shunned like I was before.I was invited to the wedding.I was asked to be in the family photos.My two aunts talk to me.Not everyday or anything.I have there phone numbers now which I never had before.I was told I could call if I need anything.My one aunt who hugged me at the furnel home tells me when she see me that she misses me and wants me to come back to the meetings.My little sister has started talking to me.My brother has started talking to me some.It's weird I tell ya.I think all the shunning started because I shunned them first.I stopped talking to them then I moved away and didn't give anyone my phone number or address except my Mom and Dad.Now I have a diffrent relationship with them.My grandpa is dieing sometime this coming year.He has cancer and is not doing any chemo for it.He's 82 so he wants to be with his wife who died in 96.So I have the prospect of being in another situation where I'm going to be surounded with dubs.I don't like the tingly weird feeling I get when I'm around them.So what can I say to the people who come up to me and talk to me at the KH when he dies?What can I say to my aunt when she "encourages" me to come back to the KH?(By the way my little sister ratted her out to the elders about this!!My sister says she shouldn't be talking to me about spiritual things.My sister actualy thinks I should be respected in my choices and so do my parents!!)LOL
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What do you do when JW's talk to you???
by noni1974 ini usually tell them i'm da.i tend to feel like it's my way of respecting their belief that way.when i was a dub i wouldn't have wanted to talk to a df or da ed person.i was at a family wedding a couple of weeks ago and lots of people came up and said hi to me.people who know who i am and know i'm da ed.i was polite and said hi back but i didn't really talk to anyone unless they talked to me first.i'm asking this question because my second cousin came up to me and said hi.he asked how i was doing i said i'm great.then i told him i'm da ed.he said really i said yes it's been 8 happy years since i left.then i walked away.i think i was rude.what do you say when people come up to you and say hi?
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noni1974
I usually tell them I'm DA.I tend to feel like it's my way of respecting their belief that way.When I was a dub I wouldn't have wanted to talk to a DF or DA ed person.I was at a family wedding a couple of weeks ago and lots of people came up and said hi to me.People who know who I am and know I'm DA ed.I was polite and said hi back but I didn't really talk to anyone unless they talked to me first.I'm asking this question because my second cousin came up to me and said hi.He asked how I was doing I said I'm great.Then I told him I'm DA ed.He said really I said yes it's been 8 happy years since I left.Then I walked away.I think I was rude.What do you say when people come up to you and say hi??
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Has anyone stuck with it despite all of this?
by Cass inhi all, i know this must have already been discussed, but i'm just wondering if there is anyone here who has just kept going to meetings and the rest of it, just so that they don't lose their family?
thanks in anticipation of a response
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noni1974
Sure lots of people do.I did for a long time before I DA myself.I just went thru the motions for my familys sake.In fact thats the whole reason I got baptized.My family expected me too so I did.How ever it came to a point where I couldn't repress my feelings and just said screw this and left.I at the time didn't know exactly what it was about the JW's that wasn't right.I just felt something was wrong.I felt controlled and pressured to do what other people thought was right.Then I lived 7 years with guilt for dissapointing my family.About a year and a half ago I found the boards.I now know what is wrong.I found it wasn't me it was them.
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Can we start a Secret Santa Recieved/Sent Thread?
by restrangled ini'm worried because i sent a christmas card plus had a gift sent by ups over the internet about 7 days ago and haven't heard anything.
i would feel really feel bad if my person didin't receive their gift or card.
so i think we need to have an official post place.
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noni1974
I sent mine monday prioity mail to new jesery.I hope they get it by christmas!!!
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Did you ever???
by Billzfan23 inthis is going to sound like a strange question - but throughout my years in the organization, i would hear reports of those coming out of the world into the truth who had problems with demons.
i mean people who would swear that satan or his demons literally caused supernatural occurrences that they were witnesses of.
does anyone have any real, honest stories of demon influence or encounter?
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noni1974
I've had that problem as well it's called sleep paralyis.It happens when your mind wakes up and your body is still asleep.It can be very scary but it's not demons.It's brought on by stress.In my case I would be sleeping and I would feel like I couldn't move.I would be very cold and feel like I had an evil presence laying on top of me.I would try to scream and nothing would happen.I couldn't open my eyes.I was fully aware of my body but I couldn't move.The best way to get rid of this is to realize what is going on and relax.The more you fight it the worse it seems to get.
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DA'd over 3 months ago; not one word from the borg . . .
by exwitless inwe sent our da letter on 9/10/06.
the first week or so, i lived in fear of the phone ringing or someone knocking on the door, wanting to help us "see reason".
i know they got the letter, because the previous annoying phone calls and uninvited visits from an elder abruptly came to a stop.
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noni1974
It's been 8 years since I DA ed.I got one phone call asking me to talk about my decision.I told them I said all I had to say in my letter.To this day the elders in my old congergation have no clue why I DA ed.In my letter I just asked my name to be removed from their records and I told them I no longer wanted to be a JW.I gave no reason.That was that.No phone calls no visits no nothing.
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I never thought I would live to see
by Junction-Guy inthe day when smoking was banned in paintsville kentucky.
this little town where my family comes from is not only smack dab in the bible belt, but is also the tobacco belt.
eastern kentuckians have a higher rate of smoking than probably anywhere in the u.s. the new ban will affect only restaurants.
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noni1974
The entire state of Ohio is now smoke free in public places.They passed a law in November.The only problem with it is they didn't write into the law how to enforce this new law or who can enforce it.So for now the law is in effect but it can't be enforced.At least until June when they should figure it out.