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UBMs - why do we love JWs??

by Super_Becka in

i think there's been a thread on this before, but i figured i'd ask again.. for all of the ubms out there, why is it that we love witnesses??

what is it about them that we find so attractive??

why are we putting ourselves through this mess when we know full-well that there are lots of non-jws out there who would be better for us??.

Super_Becka

((((Kristofer))))

A UBM is an "unbelieving mate", a non-JW who's involved with a JW. Like me - I'm an Anglican and my boyfriend is an inactive JW.

Wow, I totally see where you're coming from with what you find so attractive about this girl that you're pining over. I feel the same way about my guy, he's like a breath of fresh air, he's so different from every other guy that I know, I didn't think that there were guys out there like him. Aside from the fact that he's a JW, he's so much like me that it's almost scary. I never thought there'd be a person out there who was so like me in so many ways.

I had already fallen for him before he told me that he's a Witness, and at that point, I said, "So what??". I knew there'd be trouble, but I didn't care, he has too many great qualities and we have too much in common. He's so important to me, but now, with what I know, part of me wishes I'd never met him.

For me and my boyfriend, religion is the only issue, and it'll probably end up being the one thing that destroys our relationship.

I'm sorry for what you're going through, Kristofer. Things will get better, I know they will. There's nowhere left to go but up.

-Becka :)

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UBMs - why do we love JWs??

by Super_Becka in

i think there's been a thread on this before, but i figured i'd ask again.. for all of the ubms out there, why is it that we love witnesses??

what is it about them that we find so attractive??

why are we putting ourselves through this mess when we know full-well that there are lots of non-jws out there who would be better for us??.

Super_Becka

AHA, but you haven't met the invisible in-laws yet. Those invisible in-laws can make your life a living hell.

Ah yes, that should be lots of fun. I'm sure I'll get to meet those over the summer, I can't wait.

I don't know about the rest of you UBM girls out there, but I really don't like being so goofy about love, and I certainly don't want a make-work project (hehehe, I laugh at that term because real "make-work" projects are common in Newfoundland because of the high unemployment rate), but alas, I always find myself falling for a guy who needs a lot of work but that I'm crazy about anyway. Stupid pink elephants.

Maybe I'm just crazy. Whadda ya think??

-Becka :)

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UBMs - why do we love JWs??

by Super_Becka in

i think there's been a thread on this before, but i figured i'd ask again.. for all of the ubms out there, why is it that we love witnesses??

what is it about them that we find so attractive??

why are we putting ourselves through this mess when we know full-well that there are lots of non-jws out there who would be better for us??.

Super_Becka

I think there's been a thread on this before, but I figured I'd ask again.

For all of the UBMs out there, why is it that we love Witnesses?? What is it about them that we find so attractive?? Why are we putting ourselves through this mess when we know full-well that there are lots of non-JWs out there who would be better for us??

For me, I've noticed that my JW boyfriend has a lot of good qualities that most other guys don't have. Sure, he has a lot of bad qualities that non-JW guys don't have, but I think, at least for me, his good qualities outweigh the bad.

He's so attentive and affectionate, he's very caring and loving, he's patient with me, he doesn't mind that I'm neurotic or paranoid, he's not afraid to tell me that he loves me and that he misses me when he hasn't seen me in a while, he's always doing nice things for me and he loves planning things for us to do together, he's sweet, he's funny (in an awkward, nerdy, socially-inept kind of way), he's adorably clueless about most things, he has nothing but good things to say about me, he likes to show me off to his family (yup, he likes to show me, the non-JW girlfriend, off to his JW family, and they actually like me!!), he's always giving me compliments and telling me how much I mean to him, when it's time for us to part ways after a visit, he cries with me, he holds me close to him in a way that I've never been held before, he looks at me like I'm the only girl on the planet...

And on top of that, he doesn't drink (only very occasionally, and not to get drunk), he doesn't smoke, he doesn't have any nasty or dangerous habits, he's not a party animal, he's close to his family and appreciates that I'm close to mine, he doesn't have a list of ex-girlfriends as long as his arm, he's just so much "cleaner" than most of the other guys out there.

Sure, he has his issues, he's staunchly opposed to holidays (though he's promised to celebrate Valentine's Day with me, go figure), he doesn't agree with blood donations or transfusions, he's socially inept and completely and utterly tactless, among other things, but nobody's perfect, right??

Why do all the rest of my fellow UBMs out there stand by their JWs?? Why put up with the hassle??

-Becka :)

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New Wine in Old Wineskin's - Watchtower Updates its Lies

by unclebruce in

the watchtower bible and tract society encourages all jehovahs witnesses to deceive when it suits their purpose.

this it calls "theocratic war strategy".

the watchtower 1957 may 1 p.285.

Super_Becka

Nice work, unclebruce, I'll definitely be printing this and adding it to my collection.

Thanks!!

-Becka :)

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Who here is not former Jehovah's Witness?

by omerp in

just wondering who else is lurking besides me?

Super_Becka

I can proudly say that I have never been a JW and I will never be a JW.

I'm here because I'm dumb enough to be dating one (he's inactive and unbaptized) and I want to know what I'm getting myself into.

-Becka :)

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Watchtower 2005 CD library - can anyone help me??

by Super_Becka in

ok, so in my efforts to get some research done and learn more about the wts rather than relying solely on everyone else here for help, i decided to download the 2005 wt library to do my own searches and such.

after all, how else would a non-jw like myself have access to past publications and such??

and i'm dying of curiosity here, i want to do some of my own research, just to see what i can come up with.. so i download the iso file and then i don't know what to do with it.. i tried downloading an iso-burning tool, but that won't work for me.

Super_Becka

Oh ok! I thought you did mention he was inactive but I forgot.

Heh, inactive AND unbaptized, don't forget that part.

Man, Becka..you know the lingo and everything! If I didn't know better....

Hey, I've been kicking around here for a while now, I think I've picked up a few things here and there. I can talk JW with the best of 'em now, I think. Why I'd want to, I dunno, but I could, it's like learning another language.

I like to think I can argue with 'em, too, but I haven't tried that out yet.

Before I can do that, I need to get this WT library working!!

-Becka :) (of the "worldly and proud!!" class)

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Surprise! Surprise! Another CELECBRITY JW!! (almost)

by stillAwitness in

terrance howard (crash and hustle and flow) wife is a jw including their 3 kids.

not him though, he was quoted as saying in december's issue of essence magazine that the religion is "too strict" for him.

ya think?

Super_Becka

I read something about him being raised a JW, but he's not active or strict or anything because of the film roles he chooses.

Then again, what celebrity can be a "real" JW??

-Becka :)

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Watchtower 2005 CD library - can anyone help me??

by Super_Becka in

ok, so in my efforts to get some research done and learn more about the wts rather than relying solely on everyone else here for help, i decided to download the 2005 wt library to do my own searches and such.

after all, how else would a non-jw like myself have access to past publications and such??

and i'm dying of curiosity here, i want to do some of my own research, just to see what i can come up with.. so i download the iso file and then i don't know what to do with it.. i tried downloading an iso-burning tool, but that won't work for me.

Super_Becka

Do you clean the lens of the burner fairly often?

Nope, never touch it. Never have. Granted, I've had my computer repaired twice in the last year and the tech guys should've cleaned everything inside anyway. Maybe I should get something to clean it with. Any recommendations??

Thanks VM44, I'll definitely check that site out. I've already tried the ISO Recorder Power Toy, it failed miserably for me, I ended up making way too many coasters with that one.

stillA, my boyfriend probably doesn't even remember what the inside of a KH looks like anymore, so I doubt that he even know that the WTS publishes CDs with their publications on them. Have I mentioned lately just how inactive he is?? In my opinion, he's not even a Witness, he just doesn't like holidays or blood because he thinks they're "wrong". He ignores all other WTS rules except those two - hell, he's even coming to church with me the next time he visits!!

-Becka :)

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I left!!!!

by Hawkeye in

this is my first posting on jwd!

i wrote out my disassociation letter.

i am sending many in the congregation copies of my letters exposing the fine "elders".

Super_Becka

Hey Hawkeye, welcome to the board!!

Congrats on your disassociation and welcome to the freedom of the real world!! Glad to have you here!!

Stick around, there's lots of great people here, lots of interesting things to talk about and lots of stories to share.

-Becka :)

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Watchtower 2005 CD library - can anyone help me??

by Super_Becka in

ok, so in my efforts to get some research done and learn more about the wts rather than relying solely on everyone else here for help, i decided to download the 2005 wt library to do my own searches and such.

after all, how else would a non-jw like myself have access to past publications and such??

and i'm dying of curiosity here, i want to do some of my own research, just to see what i can come up with.. so i download the iso file and then i don't know what to do with it.. i tried downloading an iso-burning tool, but that won't work for me.

Super_Becka

If you use nero you shouldn't simply burn the iso file onto the blank but use the option where you burn a disk image or saved project (which is the ISO) onto your blank.

That's exactly what I did, but it still didn't work. I think the gods of the ISO file hate me.

Apparently a good program to use to write the ISO to CD is http://www.cdburnerxp.se/, for it has a "BURN ISO" button that makes sure it is done right. Apparently, when you burn a CD with an ISO file, it cannot be written as a file but as an image. That might be why you kept getting coasters.

Hmm, maybe I'll try downloading that program, it can't help and at the worst, I'll just end up with another coaster.

I keep trying to burn the ISO onto a CD as an image, not just as a file, but it never seems to work for me. Again, I think the gods of the ISO file hate me.

Hmm, and maybe WinRar hates me, too. Who knows, I seem to have real issues with technology. Does anyone else out there think that technology in general hates them??

I've never had trouble with my CD burner before, it's usually so good to me, but lately, I must say, it's been giving me grief, I've made entirely too many coasters trying to back things up. Maybe it wouldn't hurt to get it checked out before my warranty runs out. Remind me to bring my computer in to the repair shop when I get home in April.

-Becka :) (of the "technology, pfft" class)

Super_Becka

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