Somewhat related to the "hard on" comment: the first time I remember discussing anything like sex with Dad (a lapsed Catholic) was when we were watching TV about two years ago, and an ED-drug commercial came on. You know, the kind that has the warning, "If you have an erection for more than 4 hours, seek medical attention immediately. Dad says (paraphrasing, here), "If I had an erection for 4 hours, I'd be jumping for joy!" Even though I was somewhat embarrassed, I laughed. My husband liked his comment, too.
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WOMEN YOU HAVE TO READ THE LATEST BY P.O.
by juni ina friend told me about the latest p.o.
talk.
he said that women seduce men into fornication 9 times out of 10 - they are jezebels he stated.. that pompous ass!!!!!!
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COLLEGE STUDENTS!
by Dune inwho in here is going to college, is planning on going to college or has already graduated (or dropped out :-p) just say what your major is, will be or was.
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right now i'm a double major as a comp sci and comp engineering, i may get a minor in afro american studies too.
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crabbyGabby
I am in my last semester, and my major is Computer Information Systems. Wish me luck!
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Anyone take up smoking after leaving the borg?
by AK - Jeff ini still consider it a bad habit with health concerns.
but i am honestly attracted to the idea of a pipe and cherry tobacco.. i have joked of it some with wifey, but not too serious.
maybe though just an occasional pipe or a cuban would be ok?.
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Without being judgmental, I would urge anyone considering smoking to seriously reconsider. Cases in point:
- My great-grandfather died of emphysema early in life, as consequence of smoking. His widow, a nonsmoker, lived another 40 years.
- His son (my great uncle) also smoked, also had emphysema, and ended up taking his life to avoid dying of suffocation.
- My paternal grandfather smoked for years. He survived one heart attack, but a second massive one took him out. Emergency personnel were called but were not able to revive him.
- Another uncle also smoked for many years (probably about 35-40 years). He suffered a stroke after heart bypass surgery and was never again able to care for himself. Died young, in a nursing home, at 60.
- My husband's father died of lung cancer in his early 60s. He had smoked off and on (more on than off, from what I understand) since his service in Korea (about 40 years). Two grandchildren, including his only granddaughter, were born after he died. And I never met him.
- Finally, my father. After smoking for 40 years (since he was 15), he had a single bypass. Now, he b!***es about a cocktail of drugs he takes that keeps the other two lesser blockages open.
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Did any of you head off to University after leaving the org
by yaddayadda inone of my biggest regrets is not getting a degree, due to the jw brain-washing against higher education.
i feel a strong sense of never having reached my academic potential and having been restricted in many ways by this.
i was a high achiever at high school + some teachers were bemused that i never went on to varsity.
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I got an AS degree while still in the org, primarily because I didn't have to commute far to do it. I had the support of non-JW extended family to continue on, but at the time, I didn't take them up on it. While sometimes I think I should have continued immediately, I also think that I would not be the person today if I had done so (and I may not have met my husband, either).
So, after a 10-year "hiatus", I started working on a BS. I'm one semester away from completing a BS in Computer Information Systems. Now, if I could only "psyche" myself up for reentering the full-time job market after three years...
(What I figure has hurt me the most about being in the org is not having a positive sense about the future or of myself. I still struggle with both today.)
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Are there not any Carolina Panther fans here???
by SWALKER ini am biting my nails in anticipation of the game today.
if we win, we're in the playoffs, if not, well it's a long shot.
i can't believe that i am saying this but i think the panthers should think about picking up t.o.
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crabbyGabby
It's not over yet, but it's looking pretty good so far. My hubby has it on in the other room.
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Guess what my mom and dad sent me today!!
by horrible life injust guess!!
come on, just take a guess.. wow you got it on your first try.
2 watchtowers and 2 awakes.
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crabbyGabby
So, what do you do with the literature? Last time Mother and her husband visited me, her husband pulled out a stack of literature and said, "I thought you could use something to read." (As a college student, I have little time to read anything not related to my schooling.) I think it's still lying in a stack somewhere in our home office... My aunt (never a JW) suggested that I could throw it away since it is not a Bible. I am inclined to think that she is right... what do you think?
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As a JW did you accept birthday/Christmas gifts? What is WTS policy?
by blondie inis it proper to accept gifts and not give them?
*** w59 12/1 p. 736 questions from readers ***.
my husband and i are newly dedicated witnesses.
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<div>My mother started studying with JWs when I was about 10. We had moved away from our extended family, and it had been our custom to visit them during the Christmas holiday. I think I was about 12 when Mother was baptized, and my paternal grandfather (Catholic) came to visit us that Christmas. The whole holiday was pretty traumatic (to the point that I don't remember details well), but I do recall refusing to open presents and then being told by my father (a lapsed Catholic) to open them.
My mother's adherence to the belief system of the JWs has really wrecked my immediate family. For one thing, my parents divorced when I was 15. I did not have a "normal" relationship with my father for 10 years afterwards, but thankfully I came to realize that their problems were just that - their problems - and nothing to do with me personally. My father had bypass surgery this summer, and when I discussed it with my brother (who is now a MS in CO), he refused to call or write anything to his father. When I suggested he call our father in the ICU, he said, "Oh, I can't do that." Our father had a pump helping his heart to beat, and my brother could not be bothered to even call to say "I love you" before my father went into surgery. I presume he behaved this way because his father is not a JW.
I realize that I am my own person, I now make my own decisions, and that I am not responsible for the (in)action of others; regardless, I find my brother's behavior extremely distasteful. My mother knows all about my brother's behavior, yet says nothing about it.
BTW, my brother and his wife were blessed with a son last year, and the only way our father knew about it was from me. I felt it was "the right thing to do" to let him know this. The only pictures he has seen of his only grandchild have been from me. When my husband and I visited my father and his wife at Christmas, I noticed that the picture of my brother that had hung on the wall next to mine was replaced with my husband's and my engagement picture!!
Sooooo... I guess the WTS policy is for children to dishonor their parents by refusing to speak to them and to hide important family events from them.
PS I was a JW publisher but was never baptized. I have not decided whether it is necessary for me to write a DA letter to anyone. I tried out Unitarian Universalism with my husband after we married, but we kind of let that go. </div>