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  For those who became JW's as adults.

  by lowden in

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  were we gullible?

  weak?

  lonely?

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  Were we Gullible? Weak? Lonely? Plain Stupid?

  Yes, Yes, Yes, and Probably Yes!

  I had just gone through the worst year of my life, at the tender age of 21. My bf left cause I was pregnant, and then I miscarried. I had lost my apt. and had to move back in with mom which was like death to me then. I was smoking weed like nobody's business, then had an extremely bad trip on acid. I didn't have a good job (stock room at some store in the mall where I made it an art form to steal things). I had NO IDEA what I wanted to do with my life and thought it was pretty much over. SInce I had nowhere else to turn, I auctually made the phone call to go back to studying.

  I wish now I could've gone back to those days and made a different call. I still get angry about it sometimes, I dont know if I'll ever get over being a dub totally. But man, I wish I could!
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  SITTING ON THE BACK ROW..............NO, NOT AT THE MOVIES, AT THE KH

  by vitty in

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  i know we've heard a lot of horror stories about jcs and getting disfellowshipped.........................but what is your experiences of continuing going to the meetings to be reinstated.............what did it really feel like?.

  did you mind being ignored or did you understand it and take it on the chin?.................................what were your familys treatment of you during the period of having to sit on the back row????.

  when i saw ppl comming in late and leaving early .....................i just knew it was wrong, wrong , wrong to treat ppl that way.. in fact i got told off for smiling at a sister who i knew genuinly wanted to come back,( the pos wife told me ) i did it out of human feelings and was then blasted.. after she got reinstated, i was the first person she came upto and introduced herself.

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  I always sat on the back row and I was never df'd!

  I remember 2 people who were trying to get reinstated. One was the son of an elder and he was always sitting right next to his family.

  The other girl, I always felt so bad for. I mean, what the hell, trying to get someone to "come back to the truth" by ignoring them? Yeah, that's the way to do it.
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  How Did You Choose Your Alias?

  by hambeak in

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  i' curious how everyone came up with these unique alias names.

  my partner gave me mine because my favorite meat is ham.. hambeak

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  I've always had this thing for butterflys. They're free, colorful, just beautiful

  Mariposa is butterfly in spanish.
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  Your Drink (in pub, bar or club/restaurant/home)

  by KW13 in

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  i love carling 'extra cold' lager.. .

  i am going to the pub tonight - whoo!

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  Usually just a bud light....but tonight.....Jack and Coke...yum...
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  The kitty kat who stuttered...

  by mariposa in

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  a teacher is explaining biology to her 4th grade students.

  "human.

  beings are the only animals that stutter", she says.. .

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  A teacher is explaining biology to her 4th grade students. "Human
  beings are the only animals that stutter", she says.
  
  A little girl raises her hand. "I had a kitty-cat who stuttered", she
  volunteered.
  
  The teacher, knowing how precious some of these stories could become,
  asked the girl to describe the incident.
  
  "Well", she began, "I was in the back yard with my kitty and the
  rottweiler who lives next door got a running start and before we knew
  it, he jumped over the fence into our yard!
  
  "That must've been scary", said the teacher.
  
  "It sure was", said the little girl. "My kitty went 'Fffff, Fffff,
  Fffff'...
  and before he could say "F**k," the rottweiler ate him!"
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  Small Business Banking

  by mariposa in

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  this has absolutly nothing to do with the dubs but i was hoping maybe some of ya'll could help me.... i have had it with my bank.

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  This has absolutly nothing to do with the dubs but I was hoping maybe some of ya'll could help me...

  I have HAD it with my bank, Suntrust and am looking for a new one for my company. Do any of you guys have business banking experience with other banks, good or bad? I was thinking of going with Wachovia, they seem to have alot of commercials for small businesses, but I truthfully have no idea if they are ok. Please help!!!! I need to do this asap! Thanks!

  Mariposa
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  Permanent Make-Up

  by AudeSapere in

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  permanent make-up.

  has anyone here looked into it?

  are you happy you did it and how often to you have to have it touched up?.

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  The second to the last congregaion was in, it was IN thing to do. There were a couple sisters who had just moved here from Columbia or Venezuela and it was the fad there too. Mostof them were getting the eyebrows, eyeliners and lip liners done. It wasn't very much money, like $75.00 or so for each thing, but it was sisters who were doing it to you. There was even an elder's wife who had it done w/o his knowledge because he had told her no.

  They kept trying to get me to go for it since I have red hair and blonde eyelashes and eyebrows and they wanted to see how it would look on me. But I work outside and don't wear too much makeup, I thought it would look pretty stupid since I couldn't keep up with all the other makeup on a daily basis. I'd be the freak landscaper...AHHHHHHH
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  Something Jakes said

  by Annie Over in

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  i'v been lurking for a few months, but something jakes said about the 2005 wt caused me to think about what a brother said one sunday in one of the very last talks i attended in 2005. he said, "you have to believe what the society says, even if the bible doesn't say it, because after all, they are your brothers".

  i was thinking about going back at the time, but that statement really floored me.. that statement along with the unfair way i was treated has caused me not to go back to the meetings.

  but even so, i am still pretty much confused, as i still believe they have more truth than other religions.

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  Hey Annie

  Glad you found this place too! I can relate to being treated unfairly as can many of the people here!

  Take your time to tell your story if you need to. I still haven't told mine

  mariposa
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  Was there anyone in your congregation that you couldn't get to like?

  by JH in

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  i won't use the word "hate", but were there some in your congregation that you just couldn't get along with?.

  i recall a brother in my congregation, he was single about 50 years old, and he never smiled, and seemed very rigid and he loved to criticize and say the opposite of everything i would say, when we talked together.. i went to the mall a few weeks ago, and came face to face with him, and he totally ignored me.

  so, then i thought to myself, that maybe he is dfd.

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  OH YEAH!!!

  There was this one girl about the same age who had been in the troof since birth. Her family was well known...brother at bethel..mom anointed etc...

  I couldn't stand her..all she tried to do was one-up me. Here I am this new worldy girl and all she could talk about was how she had done this one thing or another that was "Oh my, scandalous" like drink a few beers and a SHOT or dance with 3 different bethelites at the same dance.

  I was like girl - you have no idea what I've done or been through. But then that stuff doesn't account for anything cause I was in the world when it happened. She was so damn arrogant and this was a WITNESS!!! Big shocker, eh? I wish I could see her now. I'd love to go up to her and just give her a good smack right across the face.
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  Is this life all there is???

  by Core88 in

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  i have been a df'ed witness for two years now.

  i have had a son around that same time moved twice and changed jobs all around that same time.

  it has been the hardest two years of my life.

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  Welcome Core88 -

  We're kinda in the same timeframe - it's been about 3 years since I faded and I had been ready to go back when I found this site a year ago. I still don't know what to believe about this life that we live and I surely don't have any ideas of what happens when we die. I'm just living for the moment and we'll see what happens next. This past year has been a blur...I got a 12 month old, we moved ,I started a business so I really haven't had too much time to think about it.

  I really took to heart what James Thomas said. I hope you get as much out of the people here as I have!