I know there's been a lot of forums regarding the District Convention.
Anyone bored please post the links! Thanks!
stillAwitness
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"Deliverance is at hand" district conventions this year
by headmath inlooks like the governing body is drumming up support at a time when the wts numbers are falling.. what will be revealed at the conventions.
a talk on just how bright the light is and how new it is and how its getting brighter and brighter so that we will hand out free sunglasses this year.
we never said the new date, you know, you know, 120 plus 1914, you see that proves it you do the math on that one and we never actually said 2034 whoops.
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Question About Eyeglasses
by Big Tex inmy wife just spent $900 on 4 pair of eyeglasses.
is it just me, or is that waaaaaay too much money?
i don't wear glasses anymore (laser surgery), but isn't this too much?
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stillAwitness
She didn't go to LensCrafters did she? They will rob you blind! (Litterally)
The best place to go are places like Walmart or a nationwide eyeglasses place like: America's Best Eyeglasses and Contacts (I'm sure you've seen the commercials depending on where you live)
I got my glasses there for $35 and have had them 2 years now. Buying more than one pair seems so unecessary. What makes the eyeglass industry thing that its consumers are gonna "lose a pair?"
And watch out for thin frames. They break easy. I had that problem.
And again, the kids could of got their glasses at a place like Walmart for a much better deal. And did you know that you can get your prescription, frames and lens seperately to save money? I did that. One store offered a better deal on the frames. So I bought them there and got the lens somewhere else.
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Met JW Facts last night....
by misspeaches ini finally got to meet jw facts last night and had a great time.
tapas, sangria a good time was to be guaranteed.
especially entertaining was jw facts new portugese boyfriend...
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stillAwitness
You met jwfacts? No fair! Definetly one of the coolest people on here.
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stillAwitness
OVER HERE!!!
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Do you love/care for people here?
by lonelysheep ini care about all of you.
i love some of you and have told you that, some i love and haven't told (yet).
for some of us, those here truly are family and friends.
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stillAwitness
of course! JWD is my sanctuary. Recently, I joined another message board to deal with more buisness related things but JWD is always the place I go for encouragement and to just see how everyone is doing.
Blondie, MsMcDucket, jwfacts, LDH, oh the list goes on and on...I LOVE YOU ALL!!!
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stillAwitness
I like it too. Now stop monkeying around!
Sorry, that was just terrible.
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Were you allowed to take sex education in school, when raised a JW?
by free2beme inwhen i was in my freshman year, they had us take a half semester of sex education and another one was drivers education.
the sex education class taught good stuff for a young teen to know, especially if they were in families who were kind of lax about teaching what needed to be know.
as an example, one girl in our class actually asked if you could get pregnant the first time and another asked if the pulling out method was as good as a condom.
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stillAwitness
What I got from my mom was "do you understand what your responsibilities to your husband are?" a couple days before I got married.
Are you serious! Oh man! I remember asking my mom what the heck masturbation was when I was 13 after reading the chapter on it in the YPA book (of course that did not help) So she pulled out every single bond volume and Index she could find on the subject, did a bunch of underlining and told me to read. Of course I still did not get it so she finally gave in and just told me. DUH! She would of saved herself some time.
I had sex ed in 4th and 5th grade and had to leave the class in 4th cause I was dumb enough to show the letter to my mom. By 5th grade I knew better but did not really learn about the birds and the bees till i was in 7th. Yup, at the ripe ol age of 14
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What a Gorilla and some JW children have in common. (Stilla et al)
by LDH ini've been looking forward to having the time to post this since stilla made her big thread about getting the boot at 22.. i'm a huge fan of national geographic and jane goodall, the "gorillas in the mist" lady.
there was a special about 15 years ago that i remember well, it aired soon after the birth of my daughter.
she basically lived with this whole bunch of gorillas and observed their social behavior.
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stillAwitness
I remember reading a book about that woman years ago. I also remember you pointing out that I have "codependancy issues" LDH in my thread about me having to move out (by the way, I told my brother and he started laughing insisting that "mom is just bluffing" which apparently she is cause I'm still home although my folks hardly ever say more than 2 words to me-apparently I'm not worthy of their attention anymore)
Anyways, I thought: 'well of course! I do have a codependency problem!' My parents have never expected me to ever be capable of taking care of myself. I've never had to pay any bill higher than a cell phone bill and I've never been even out of town for the weekend by myself. No wonder I'm so terrified of the real world. The simple thought of paying my own bills and taking care of myself seems not only foreign but impossible to me.
But its not just me. Its a lot of girls in the dub world this way and some are worse off than me. I know one who says the only way she will ever be able to be independant and free from her parents is if she gets married. That makes me sad to think that a girl who is in her 20's-the time when we're supposed to be figuring out ourselves, finally getting in tune with our bodies, a time when the world is ours to discover is feeling pressure to already settle down and be married! Its just not right!!
Without this site I think I'd be completely lost. Its been a real help. People like you LDH who have always been able to give me that slap in the face that I need: someone who actually sees that I'm 22 not and not 12 and says: "Look you are an adult and you can do this is helping me along.
I don't know when I'll actually move out. I know it will be some time this year. But if all else fails: anyone have an extra room? I do dishes!
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"You have a week to Move out" PLEASE HELP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!
by stillAwitness inyesterday morning was my bookstudy.
but i had a runway show to do that night (i think i have mentioned before that i have been pursuing modeling) and so of course i had to skip out.
my parents go to a differ bookstudy than me but in the same hall and so they were able to notice that i was not there.
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stillAwitness
THEY CREATED THIS INTENTIONALLY STILLA so that you would feel dependent upon them, and look. You do.
Never thought of it that way but you are right!Be on guard that you do not follow this pattern of co-dependency into your relationships in the future.
of course! I have been wanting to show it for some time now. I will very soon.Now you can post your real picture, or give us a link to your modelling portfolio.
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"You have a week to Move out" PLEASE HELP! I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO!!!!
by stillAwitness inyesterday morning was my bookstudy.
but i had a runway show to do that night (i think i have mentioned before that i have been pursuing modeling) and so of course i had to skip out.
my parents go to a differ bookstudy than me but in the same hall and so they were able to notice that i was not there.
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stillAwitness
1. You like to be taken care of. Look out, not many people in this world will offer you that without exacting a price.
2. You like nice things. Time to stop shopping at Neiman Marcus and go to Target like the rest of us.
3. You do not have the wherewithall to make a plan about ANYTHING, believing it will 'all work out in the end.' Sorry sis,you gotta put in your effort. This is a syndrome called "Princess Syndrome" I believe or something similar. You believe a prince will come on a white horse and ride your ass outta there. Ain't gonna happen.
4. Even 'models' and 'actresses' will get REAL PEOPLE jobs to help support themselves. Go apply at Kohl's or Arby's or something.
Tough words but I needed to hear em. It is time for me to finally grow up! Thank you for the kick in the ass!!
had not thought of this when i posted previously, but the parents , may have been given strong advice (possibly something from the conventions) to oust her from the house or they are acountable
Interesting. So you're saying this may be a practice the elders are encouraging the parents to do?
was told I'd have 3 weeks to get out. I was out in a little less than two, with a new job and and apartment, in a different town.
Good for you! I do have a job but I just started a few weeks ago and hardly have anything saved up as of now. If I had the oppurtunity to be really on my own then I would be gone.Moving in with my bf is pretty risky. But this all did come sort of last minute and he's really the only person I know I could move in with. If I could do it alone I would in a heartbeat