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  It happened.....

  by lavendar in

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  our son, who is married to a witness, has just announced that he can no longer take part in holiday celebrations of any kind.

  he is slowly being sucked into this org., and we are heart sick about it.

  from what we understand, he has to purge his life of all these "horrible" things (like birthday celebrations, etc.

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  mariposa

  Hey Lavender -

  Yes, keep it up on your end! If he's anything like I was he'll be pretty pissed that his parents won't respect his boundries. I was livid at first, but it calmed down after a while. I even spent some holidays, esp Thanksgiving, with some of my relatives because there was never any cut and dry law/rule denying that day. And I always made a point to call my mom and tell her to have a "good" day on her birthday, just to let her know I was thinking about her.

  Tell him you miss him ALL THE TIME!!!!! and you love him too

  Keep in touch with us here and let us know how it goes.

  Jamee
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  Were you accused of starting your own RELIGION?

  by Amazing in

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  mouthy said that she was accused of this ... and i remembered that i too was accused of starting my own church.

  supposedly, i went up and down the west coast, gathering up followers, and then secured a church building in the seattle area.

  the book, crisis of conscience, mentioned that allegations were made against some bethelites who supposedly secured a meeting location, and started a religion known as 'sons of freedom' or 'sons of liberty.

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  I was not but there was an annointed sister in the hall who left and she was thought to have started her own religion...whatever!
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  [Fluff] - Celebrity Crushes!

  by daystar in

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  i'll admit that for as far back as i can remember, i've picked up little crushes on celebrities.

  i think one of my first crushes was on olivia newton-john after seeing her in grease at 5 years old and later in xanadu.. i've had crushes on:.

  jennifer connelly (labrynth)gwyneth paltrow (hook briefly and later emma)cate blanchett (elizabeth, pushing tin)meredith salenger (the journey of natty gann, but especially, especially, in dream a little dream)kate beckingsale (much ado about nothing, cold comfort farm (not underworld, though she's smokin' in that.

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  Wentworth Miller from Prisonbreak - Wow......I'm just speechless when I think about him

  
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  It happened.....

  by lavendar in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  our son, who is married to a witness, has just announced that he can no longer take part in holiday celebrations of any kind.

  he is slowly being sucked into this org., and we are heart sick about it.

  from what we understand, he has to purge his life of all these "horrible" things (like birthday celebrations, etc.

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  mariposa

  Oh man, I'm soo sorry!! Sounds like what I did to my parents too. Just keep hanging in there, don't give up, my parents didn't. They kept sending me cards, presents, told me Happy "whatever" Day all the time.

  The one that really got me to the point I cried was when I was 6 years in the org. My dad sent me a card for my birthday that said, I know you don't want to celebrate this anymore, but 27 years ago on this day it was a very special day and we all celebrated. (Something like that...I've forgotten the original wording.) That really got me to thinking about how much I missed my REAL family!!
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  How do you deal with your anger/hurt now?

  by hambeak in

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  since most of us here on this forum are ex jw or soon to be, most have an experience of hurt or anger at being shunned or lied to myself included.

  how do you deal with it?

  are you over it or do you feel your life has changed for the better or worse because of your experiences with the wts?

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  Truthfully I don't think I've completely dealt with it yet. I still get angry at wasting time out of my life I could've used much more wisely.

  Someone told me a while ago, they don't think about their time in as a bad thing because it helped them get to the place they are now in life. And they are very content and happy. I am soooo not there yet.

  I log on here most everyday, reading what others are going through and seeing new ones leaving helps quite a bit. Someday I hope to meet some of you guys in person.
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  How did you get out of field service?

  by return visitor in

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  i had a boat that i always wanted to name "return visits" that way whenever i was asked why i wasn't in field service on saturday i could respond, "i went out on return visits" and nobody would be the wiser.

  just wondering, did anyone else come up with a good way to dodge that question?.

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  Yep - that's him!! B.O.B. poor little guy from the Black Hole.

  Thanks!
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  How did you get out of field service?

  by return visitor in

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  i had a boat that i always wanted to name "return visits" that way whenever i was asked why i wasn't in field service on saturday i could respond, "i went out on return visits" and nobody would be the wiser.

  just wondering, did anyone else come up with a good way to dodge that question?.

  rv.

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  OMG Jayhawk - hate to steal the thread here - I just realised what your avatar is. It's that robot thing from that movie...I can't remember it right now. He dies at the end. I saw that when I was like 6 or 7 and cried and cried for days cause he died. I haven't seen it sense. What that little guy's name?
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  I've got PICTURES of my son & fam!!!

  by Frannie Banannie in

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  they just sent me some digital and older scanned pix in an email.

  :d. this is my oldes son and his family that i've just been reunited with last week after 16 yrs:.

  1. jay, when he was 5. his eyes don't show, but they're big and blue.. 2 & 3. jay now with my 2 g/sons, abraham & gabriel.

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  Yeah!!!! And very nice pictures to boot!!
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  How did you get out of field service?

  by return visitor in

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  i had a boat that i always wanted to name "return visits" that way whenever i was asked why i wasn't in field service on saturday i could respond, "i went out on return visits" and nobody would be the wiser.

  just wondering, did anyone else come up with a good way to dodge that question?.

  rv.

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  mariposa

  I lived by myself, didn't have to answer to anyone except for the end of the month and that little piece of paper. But YOU KNOW I worked in landscaping with lots of spanish speaking people and I witnessed to them ALL the time. (Note sarcasim here)
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  Do you have any "old friends"?

  by AlmostAtheist in

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  hey all,.

  i was thinking today that many of us lack something that other people enjoy -- old friends.

  we either weren't close to our high school friends, or sort of shut them out of our lives.

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  mariposa

  So true! I don't have any old friends, the oldest is from maybe 3/4 years ago and we don't even have that much in common. I've tried lately to find some through my space, etc. but it's hard. I see my husband and he's always got old friends to talk to and I don't have a single one. Just the people I've met online in the last year. I'm trying to find some local moms groups to take my munchkin too, but I wish I could find some ex-jw's too.