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  Note to Self

  by mrsjones5 in

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  avoid abortion threads.

  they're only for folks to piss on each other.

  now i'm off to watch "modern family".

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  snoozy i am very sad .....i just saw next weeks TV schedule and there is a basketball game on instead of our shows .....
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  Would you say anything to someone that is accepting JW literature ?

  by troubled mind in

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  there is a woman at the place i work that has studied off and on for several yrs with one of the jw employees .

  today i was in her office and i noticed in her bookcase a collection of jw literature .

  she has the insight books , a revelation book and some other brochures .

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  There is a woman at the place I work that has studied off and on for several yrs with one of the JW employees . Today I was in her office and I noticed in her bookcase a collection of JW literature . She has the Insight books , a Revelation Book and some other brochures . I know she has taken the magazines for a few yrs too. I think she knows about my past . The people in this workplace gossip like crazy so nothing is a secret . My JW ex-sister in law is the one that witnesses to her .

  So today I was just wondering how to go about opening up a discussion about the literature she is reading . As far as I know she has never gone to the Kingdom Hall .

  I would like to at least ask what she thinks about what she has read so far ....

  Would you ever warn someone you know about the true nature of being a Witness or do you just mind your own business and let them figure it out themselves ?
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  Note to Self

  by mrsjones5 in

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  avoid abortion threads.

  they're only for folks to piss on each other.

  now i'm off to watch "modern family".

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  Hey ,hey,hey ....lets get this thread back on topic !

  MODERN FAMILY !

  Love it ,loveit,love it .....

  Wednesday night is my TV veg out night I love all the shows on ABC that night :In the Middle , Better with You ,Modern Family, Cougar town ,and Off the Map. I can not remember a time when I liked so many shows at one time .

  The humor and chemistry on Modern Family is great and makes me laugh so much . Cougar Town started off slow ,but now I am really liking it too. Sarcastic humor is a tradition in my family so these shows make me feel at home .
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  On being reasonable

  by Lion Cask in

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  recap.

  non-jw man with jw wife.

  she joined after we were married, against my wishes.

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  You are not being unreasonable . Why should you always be the one that has to compromise for their benefit ? If it was the other way around would they allow or even ask you to say a blessing over a dinner ? Do they accomandate any of your personal beliefs ?

  After thirty years it is YOUR turn my friend . You would think after all that time they would know you well enough to see something has caused you to see them in different light (the df'd relatives treatment ) But ,no they are always in the right .......

  Be the voice of reason !
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  Hello. I have made myself a footnote.

  by NewChapter in

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  first time poster.

  i guess this makes me the scary a word.

  arent apostates jealous?

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  Welcome ! Wonderful first post .
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  Convention

  by PYRAMIDSCHEME in

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  i am off to convention tomorrow.

  for the first time in my life i don't want to go...but i have to, this sucks..

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  Hahahaha gotta love it ....your busted mister !

  Luna is your husband scrambling to check what other 'cats out of the bag' he may have posted here ?
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  IT'S MY BIRTHDAY!

  by watersprout in

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  it's my birthday todaaaaayyyyy!!!!.

  carrot is making me pancakes and taking me out for lunch!

  i love my birthday, cause it's all about meeeeee!!!!!!!!.

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  Happy Birthday !!!! Today is my sister's b-day too ....she is a JW and I just got done talking to her on the phone . I wished her a happy birthday and she just said "yeah no big deal " pffffttt

  I LOVE CELEBRATING MY BIRTHDAY DAY !

  HOPE YOURS IS WONDERFUL
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  so oompa got df'd this week...

  by oompa in

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  no call to invite me to a committee meeting...no notification of deciding i should be df'd....no telling my jw wife of the announcement...not a chance to appeal what i did not even know what was going on...my mini-serve son is devasted....he even researched it....told me to go to page 153-154 of the od book...never heard of it but it is a green hardback given to all who are to be baptized.

  wow...the elders broke every rule in this book as to my case.... i have no respect for these men that can take away your jw family without even telling you they are going to.

  my jw son has now begged me to meet with my committee...even though there is prob zero chance they can reverse the decision...that chance is from when they let you know...and you have to appeal by letter within 7 days (i cant make this stuff up!!

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  Jadeen
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  so oompa got df'd this week...

  by oompa in

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  no call to invite me to a committee meeting...no notification of deciding i should be df'd....no telling my jw wife of the announcement...not a chance to appeal what i did not even know what was going on...my mini-serve son is devasted....he even researched it....told me to go to page 153-154 of the od book...never heard of it but it is a green hardback given to all who are to be baptized.

  wow...the elders broke every rule in this book as to my case.... i have no respect for these men that can take away your jw family without even telling you they are going to.

  my jw son has now begged me to meet with my committee...even though there is prob zero chance they can reverse the decision...that chance is from when they let you know...and you have to appeal by letter within 7 days (i cant make this stuff up!!

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  Have you really lost your family over this ???

  Is your son happy you are alive ? (they almost lost you for good ) Does your Father really think a blood transfusion to save your life should end your relationship with him ??? ASK HIM DIRECTLY ... Can you not reason with the family that the Elders pryed into your private life just to start trouble for you ? I mean it was no secret to your family that you were inactive ,right ? And they were still in contact with you then ...........

  Ask them, why did the Elders take this step ,now, when you are at your weakest point ? GET THEM TO THINK !!! Keep making the point "IS this really the love CHrist talked about ?"

  Oompa I am so sorry you are having to deal with this on top of your recovery . It pains me to think you have gone through so much trauma already and now all this UNNECESSARY emotional trauma is being heaped upon you . I wish sometimes I could just smack people upside the head and WAKE them up to how much precious time they are losing with their loved ones when they allow the Watchtower Society to interfere with their family relationships .

  I hope your family will realize they are fortunate to have you alive and not waste a moment celebrating your life .
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  Finding ways to fully utilize all this snow :)

  by troubled mind in

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  just in time for the super bowl party too !.

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