One time after the meeting, I was asked into the backroom. Someone had said I had attended the recent U2 concert and since I was a pioneer, I was supposed to be setting an example for other young people in the hall. I hadn't been to the concert, but did have thier latest album, who knows where the rumor started....I wish I HAD gone to the concert.
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What was the most slanderous gossip spread about y
by In_between_days inhi all,.
i know that when i was a j.w, the one thing i hated most was the unloving slanderous gossip that went on in most congregations.. the worst gossip that went around about me was that i was a satanist.. how about you?
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What does everyone here DO anyway?
by In_between_days inhi everyone,.
i am a new poster who is putting off their own personal story of finding this site for a while..... i find alot of people here utterly fascinating, and would like to know..... exactly what is everyones professional field of work?.
i would like to be a full time poster on this forum, but alas, the $$$$ are quite light in that field of work.. apologies if this has been asked before.. just curious.
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ConnieLynn
some really funny answers here, Seeing as how it is Monday, I am wondering what I do?
Financial Advisor most of the time...
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Additon to My Story
by ConnieLynn ini posted my story here a week or so ago.
and i left something out that i was shy about sharing, but now i have changed my mind for 2 reasons.
1) i feel more comfortable here everyday and feel like i can say this 2) i keep reading posts by new people who struggling to adjust and i think this might help.. after i left the witnesses and got df'd i had nowhere to go, i wanted to kill myself because i was so alone and was no one to turn to.
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ConnieLynn
Thank you very much. I guess a lot of us have been close enough to the edge to look over...maybe some have fallen all the off the edge. Thank you for all the personal email as well, and I hope the suggestions help.
Salud, I too, am amazed by how many DF'd & DA'd I have heard of that have committed suicide or attempted. I heard of one in Ottawa just a couple of months ago, a young man I had known as a child (DF'd twice), now he's gone.
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Additon to My Story
by ConnieLynn ini posted my story here a week or so ago.
and i left something out that i was shy about sharing, but now i have changed my mind for 2 reasons.
1) i feel more comfortable here everyday and feel like i can say this 2) i keep reading posts by new people who struggling to adjust and i think this might help.. after i left the witnesses and got df'd i had nowhere to go, i wanted to kill myself because i was so alone and was no one to turn to.
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I posted my story here a week or so ago. And I left something out that I was shy about sharing, but now I have changed my mind for 2 reasons. 1) I feel more comfortable here everyday and feel like I can say this 2) I keep reading posts by new people who struggling to adjust and I think this might help.
After I left the witnesses and got DF'd I had nowhere to go, I wanted to kill myself because I was so alone and was no one to turn to. I tried to overdose and did a really bad job (just got sick). After that, I went to see a professional therapist, and I had intensive counseling for 2 years. I know that is a taboo thing if you're a JW, but it saved my life. I was lucky, I found a good therapist. I know there are some real bad ones out there, but I just want anyone to know, if you are in that place and you just think you can't make it, it is okay to seek out professional therapy. I also took anti-depressants for 10 months to help me cope.
I have felt really bad about not including that in my story, but I have never shared that with anyone other than my husband and DF'd sister. So there it is, it's out there now! I hope it helps someone.
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Starting College -- HOORAY for ME!!!
by outnfree ini am just so excited.
earlier this week i applied for admittance to my local community college and today i registered for my first class!.
(one class for the summer session to see how this college stuff plays out.).
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ConnieLynn
Yeah for you!!!! It will change the way you think about everything!! Congrats again!
Connie
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Is it natural to be with one person for a lifetime
by Leander ini've always wondered if there really is such thing as a paradise and a hope for eternal life would we be limited to interacting with only one person?
the point could be argued from several perspectives.
several scriptures would suggest that a man and woman once joined in marriage are to be tied only to each other indefinitely.
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ConnieLynn
After my divorce/DF I had a real short attention span with men, until I meant my current..He is doing a real fine job of keeping my attention and I have no interest in ever being with anyone else...But I agree you must be with the right person to feel that way.
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Need a smile? A bit silly, but worth it!
by c5 insometimes when you have a stressful day or week, you need some silliness to.
break up the day.
here is your dose... follow the instructions to find.
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ConnieLynn
Great! I'm Zippy ChickenShorts..
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Board Games
by joelbear inany other board game fanatics here.. i love them.. favorites are trivial pursuit, risk, masterpiece.. love card games too.
favorites are spades and bridge.. joel
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ConnieLynn
Pictionary, Trivial Pursuit and Chronology are my favorite board games but I can play Hearts for hours!
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Your favorite"short poem" here!
by moman ini've labored long & hard for the borg.
for honor & for spiritual-riches .
but on these corns too long you've tread.
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ConnieLynn
I SEE the tall church steeples,
They reach so far, so far,
But the eyes of my heart see the world's great mart,
Where the starving people are.I hear the church bells ringing
Their chimes on the morning air;
But my soul's sad ear is hurt to hear
The poor man's cry of despair.Thicker and thicker the churches,
Nearer and nearer the sky--
But alack for their creeds while the poor man's needs
Grow deeper as years roll by.by- Ella Wheeler Wilcox
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Were you a virgin on your wedding night?
by montag inif you were a good little 'raised in the truth' jw then the answer should be 'yes'.. so let's here from you.. [stands up] my name is montag and i was a 22 year old virgin on my wedding night.. .
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ConnieLynn
Yes, I was and I locked myself in the bathroom for 45 minutes when I got to the hotel. I was scared to death.... I had done the whole chaperoned dating thing.