Posts by lostlantern

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My Dad died this evening

by Mulan in

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i thought i would let you know that my dad, passed away a little while ago, tonight, january 23. they called me at 6pm to tell me.

he had been failing rapidly for the past month, and had completely lost his hearing and was totally blind.

the dementia was extreme too, and he still knew me on thursday, but didn't wake up to know me in the following days.

I ran into a sister at Wal-Greens

by lostlantern in

don't you just love those days when you are out shopping and right as you turn the corner you are face to face with someone from the hall?

it's really bad when you can't remember their name but they remember you.

i was a walgreen's and ran into a sister from the hall i am supposed to go to.

Don't you just love those days when you are out shopping and right as you turn the corner you are face to face with someone from the hall? It's really bad when you can't remember their name but they remember you. I was a Walgreen's and ran into a sister from the hall I am supposed to go to. She was nice, very peppy and after a minuter of chit chat asked me which Kingdom hall I was going to. At first my mind panicked but then I just looked her in the eye and said "I'm not really going anywhere" You should have seen her face, her mouth dropped and she got a tear. She gave me a hug and said well what can we do about that, here is my phone number, we can talk. I said thank you and then excused myself very quickly, I actually felt bad.

Then at the Assembly with my parents they introduced me to one of the Elders in their hall. He was nice but asked the inevitable question, "So who are the elders in your Hall?" To which I said, " I really don't know, I've only been a couple of times" He was speechless, didn't know what to say in response. I thought my parents would die but when we got out to the car for lunch my Dad hugged me and said he loved me. He actually said he appreciated my honesty and humility. I was shocked. My dad's reaction did make me feel better.

At the Convention I ran into the classic. My mother and I were walking and ran into a Brother from her Hall. The first thing he said to me was, "Sister, where is your name tag?", very seriously mind you. I didn't get a chance to answer, my mom was very quick: "We forgot them." Good grief, you would have thought that we committed a huge sin, how ridiculous is it to judge someone because they don't have their name tag?

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A recent Awake that said earth's population would fit in T

by AlmostAtheist in

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friends

i bumped into a jw at the store the other day.

he doesn't know i'm df'd (apparently) and i didn't decide to enlighten him.

he banged on for a bit about people we both knew, how service was that morning, etc.

lostlantern

Has anybody been to Texas lately? Take Austin for instance, it is busting at it's seems. I don't like to drive in the current population of Texas, imagine the world's population. I wonder what the suicide rate would be?

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Post your funny here!

by misspeaches in

thought we could share any funnies we have in this thread.

no commentary is needed.

lets just make it solely jokes, cartoons, funny pics etc..

lostlantern

NEVER, EVER, EVER

FART IN A WET SUIT

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WHAT IS QUINTESSENTIALLY ENGLISH?

by Dansk in

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friends

this is actually something that fascinates me and i'd like your own opinions on the subject.

i list here things i feel are quintessentially english (with apologies to the scots, welsh and irish as they have their own uniqueness).. first of all, it's got to be a cup of tea (yes, i know it wasn't originally made here, but it has become an integral part of 'englishness').. cup of tea.

cricket.

lostlantern

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WHAT IS QUINTESSENTIALLY ENGLISH?

by Dansk in

jw
friends

this is actually something that fascinates me and i'd like your own opinions on the subject.

i list here things i feel are quintessentially english (with apologies to the scots, welsh and irish as they have their own uniqueness).. first of all, it's got to be a cup of tea (yes, i know it wasn't originally made here, but it has become an integral part of 'englishness').. cup of tea.

cricket.

lostlantern

Cute little cars in England

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What made you lose your joy in serving Jehovah?

by JH in

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we all started off as happy witnesses, except for those dragged into this religion by force as kids.. in my case, i found that there were way too many meetings.

then seeing the new system being constantly pushed back, and finally when i saw a lack of true love in the congregation.

and when they hinted that probably there wouldn't be any sex and marriage for the resurrected ones.

lostlantern

Everything just became a burden, it was all work without reward. I felt like I couldn't keep up, thus not good enough.

I started out as a regular pioneer, when I married I didn't fit into the new congregation. The regular pioneers had their clique and I didn't fit, I had to drop off of the list: lack of hours and needed to work fulltime.

I hated seeing the competition in the hall between the young couples, competing for friends, priviledges, answering, who's husband has more responsibility, etc. I hated seeing how my husband would feel when they would take privilidges away for stupid reasons and then dangle them as carrots. He decided he didn't care anymore, no more games for him. I then hated myself for wishing he did care so that the sisters wouldn't look down on me. Such a viscious cycle. It was so "high-school" and I didn't care for high-school the first time.

The last straw was seeing my brother disfellowshipped under circumstances where he should have recieved love from the shephards he trusted. When he was told that he was found repentant but still needed to be punished by disfellowhipping and serve his sentence something inside me died.

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My Wife is pregnant, wow!

by jwfacts in

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the day i was told i was going to be d/f i my wife also did a test and found out she is pregnant.

yesterday she went to the doctor and she is already 9 weeks.

i can't think of a better way to move on and create a new and wonderful life.. i am 36, going on 21, and have a 19 yo step son and 13 yo step daughter that i love dearly.

lostlantern

Congratulations

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Marriage - Why bother?

by Spectrum in

yet another friend's marriage has broken down(5th), this one i did not predict at all.

it came as a shock to me.

they got married after 10 years of living together so it's not like they didn't know each other.

lostlantern

Marriage is work, and it isn't always a bed of roses but it can be very rewarding. Hopefully there are more good times than bad. It is really nice to have that one person you consider your "soul-mate", you may not always see eye to eye but in the end having that kind of love is special. I enjoy having someone in my life to share my days with, my nights, and having that feeling that he is the one person I can be completely free with.

I think as a woman it feels important to be "married," it takes away that feeling in the back of your head that you can be disposable. I think if you can take the step of marriage it can open up a whole new level of your relationship because it shows you will both endevour to be committed to oneanother. I think the committment helps in the tough times.

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I had an epiphany

by lostlantern in

i will start by apologizing for the following rant and i hope i do not bore everyone but this is on my mind.

i had an epiphany.

it may have been a segment on the today show, a short piece about catholics and celibacy that started the thought process.

lostlantern

I should clarify about the children. I am not pregnant yet but we hope to be soon. If it does happen it will be nice letting all know that we actually planned it. You know what I mean, that is the first question brothers and sisters from the hall ask you. "was it planned?", like oh my gosh are you crazy, Armageddon is coming.