Posts by Plummet

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What to do when life starts over

by destroyedbyhate in

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have any of you ever thought that you would be with somone forever in a paradise earth?

then you realize that it was all a bunch of lies.

you slowly watch the marriage you had dissentgrate before your eyes.. you want desperately to fix it, but you are being pulled in too many directions.

Plummet

Welcome Sorry to hear about your pain. It will get better.

But I feel like I have been broken, and I'm not sure if I can fix it. Everything I touch I screw up.

We know thats not true, you posted here didn't you? That is a wonderful first step. It helps to talk about your worries, to get them off your chest and into the open. Please continue posting and update us on your situation and you will get the help and support you need to make it through this tuff time for you.

There are so many dreams yet to be fulfilled, but getting past the lonliness and sadness is hard.

Always remember that the fulfillment of one dream is worth a thousand risks. The failure of not taking one risk is the death of a thousand dreams.

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Mary's Corner Store, or how the WBTS is ripping you off.

by LDH in

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Plummet

Last Summer we stopped at a candy store called "The Old Fashioned Candy Store" It was neat, every type of candy made lined the shelves in jars. There was an old man getting the candy for you, weighing it on an old scale and ringing it up on and old cash register. The only thing that wasn't old fashioned about it was the price. I was dissapointed, it was too expensive but fun.

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Update on my post re: The suicide.

by caz in

firstly let me start by saying thankyou to all of you who replied to my post re: the suicide of my brother in law.

i was amazed to come in today and find soooo many lovely messages of condolensce!

i cannot possibly reply to all but each and everyone of you, i want you to know that your replies have made a huge impact on my sister.

Plummet

Glad to hear about the impact this site had on your sister, that is good news.

We had a couple of situations like that here. A few elderly sisters that needed help around their homes and couldn't always get it, but as soon as they moved to a nursing home or passed away the entire congregation would come out of the woodwork to take what they wanted. Sad.

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Did you feel religious

by vitty in

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when you were a witness did you feel like a christian, .................i always thought the born again seemed more "christian", even though i thought we had the truth .

Plummet

No. Never really felt Christian or Religious, just privileged. Privileged that I was one of the few that would survive mankind's annihilation kind of like the way a rich kid might feel knowing that their going to inherit the family business empire.

I also felt privileged because I got to run the mics, take care of subscriptions, count contributions and run the sound booth.

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Road Rage Test

by JH in

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take the test .

results of "the test" how angry do you get on the road?.

your score = 50 .

Plummet

Results of "The Test"

How angry do you get on the road?
Your score = 0

What does your score mean?

Congratulations! According to your test results, you are one cool cucumber behind the wheel. You manage to stay calm in almost any driving situation, whether stuck behind granny driving at a turtle's pace or watching helplessly as someone swipes your parking spot. You seem to recognize that such occurrences, albeit irritating, are just not the end of the world. You are able to put the little quirks and foibles of the highway scene into perspective; so what if you have to wait a couple minutes at a red light, or you're a few minutes late for work? Thanks to drivers like you, we manage to maintain a certain level of sanity on our roads.

What I didn't understand is when they asked for age, why did it start age 6 year old? How many 6 Year olds are out there driving?

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WHAT IS POPULAR RIGHT NOW THAT YOU CAN'T STAND?

by stillAwitness in

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what's real popular right now that you just cannot stand.

1. desperate housewives-no offense but a bunch of middle aged women running around having sex?

2. beyonce!

Plummet

Come on. That Burger KING Dude funny.

Cant Stand

1. Rap, that can't possibly be considered music.

2. Vehicles with loud, annoying stereo systems, along with all the thumping and rattling. I don't want to listen to your music, especially at 1 am.

3. All of those different Award Shows, do we really need so many, or any at all. I'm talking about the Emmys, Oscars, Golden Globes, Independent Spirit, Sag, Golden Satellite, Academy, American Music, Country Music, ESPY, MTV Music, Annual BET Awards, Billboard Music, Webby, Teen Choice, La Banda Elastica, Daytime Emmy, Tony, Academy of Country Music, Television Critics Association, Directors Guild of America, Latin Grammy's, Essence, Radio Music, ALMA and People's Choice awards.

4. Cigarettes and Cigars, they make my eyes burn and always make me sick.

5. Contacts, just the thought of putting something on your eye makes me cringe. I'll stick to my LASIK thank you very much.

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Pepsi or coke?

by Evanescence in

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which do you like better pepsi or coke?.

evanescence *wish there were voting polls on this forum

Plummet

Of the two listed, I like pepsi, but I like Mountain Dew a lot better.

,,,,a little test that all who drink Coke should perform.

Another test I heard to try was to put a nail in a glass of coke.

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Chaperones

by Gretchen956 in

richie's thread got me wondering what ever happened to the practice of chaperoning???

i mean really, was this just a regional thing where i grew up?

we had to have a chaperone always with the opposite gender even if we were old!

Plummet

Alone with a witless girl, her tongue is so far down your throat, it is peeping out your ass within seconds. That's how the WT says it is. SO IT IS.

LOL

Chaperones were required in my congregation as well, heck they even harped on the 70 yo single sister, that is paralyzed from the waist down, because she didn't have a chaperone when going in service with an older brother.

Chaperones were always required . . . unless of course you were the PO's daughter.

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Where are you on the map? New Maps

by Lady Lee in

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ok there are so many americans on the map now i had to split you all in half.. valis was kind enough to let me place the maps on his website until i found a new home for them.. photobucket seems to be a good option - at least for now.

so i have uploaded the new maps which have been updated to include everyone who has asked.. so if you were wondering where we are from.

or how close you are to other jwd posters in your area just take a look.

Plummet

I love the map. Could you please put me in New Mexico, USA

Plummet ... Of the only one in New Mexico for now class.

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Can JW beliefs contribute to suicide?

by TD in

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it may sound like a strange question, but aspects of jw behavior that are incomprehensible to outsiders actually make a morbid kind of sense when viewed through the lens of jw doctrine.

for example, about 10-12 years ago there was a single mother in my wifes congregation.

during the course of conversation, she learned that my wifes grandmother had recently passed away.

Plummet

Can JW beliefs contribute to suicide?

Yes, I belive they do. I remember almost always feeling dissapointed with myself and not being able to live up to standards, never feeling like I was accepted by Jehovah. This is what led to my suicide attempts starting as early as 11 years old. It was always my easy one-way ticket to paradise. Then last year at a JC, after my lastest and nearly sucessful attempt, I was told that Suicide does not mean instant paradise. Right now I don't care if there is or isn't a paradise.