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  District Conventions are awful if you have kids. (Learn why!)

  by easyreader1970 in

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  i know that many of you have not been to distric conventions in some time, but what i am about to describe is a recent trend.. 1. more people than seats.

  for the past six or seven years, they've tried cramming too many congregations into one convention hall at one time.

  in many cases, if you do not get to the convention more than an hour before the program starts and you need more than a couple of seats, you cannot find seats.

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  jjessie

  Outdoor stadium conventions mean wearing dress clothes all day... Stuck in them at night to eat, or go home to change into a second meeting outfit...

  Pantyhose in the summer heat... great stuff
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  Yes, What You Really Wear Does Matter !

  by The wanderer in

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  the individual conscious of the clothes you were .

  the men had to wear suits and the women.

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  jjessie

  I've noticed the following over the course of the last couple of years: the guys have kept the rigid dress code, but the sisters seem to be getting more and more lax. I see sisters who wear literal "flip-flops" (rubber) shoes to the meetings. Perhaps its being in so cal, or perhaps its the elders don't have enough energy to police everyone... which like i say, is fine by me.
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  Are you supposed to enjoy field service????

  by lucifer in

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  are you supposed to enjoy field service?

  find joy in god's work?

  i hated service, hated getting up early, hated wearing dresses/skirts,hated bugging people early on the weekend, hated "preparing" for service (all i did was read the little blurb on the inside of the awake lol) hated being grouped with elder ihatecoffeebreaks and sister letsdoonemoredooreventhoughits12.......one day brother ihatecoffeebreaks asked me why my time was dropping in service and i said "because i hate service" ( i mean i was taught to be honest right?

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  jjessie

  Yeah, speaking of the "lovely" outfits I still wear... I just hope that the rest of the family doesn't want to go shopping or what not right after service or meeting.
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  The joys of field service

  by TallTexan in

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  i posted this as a response under another post, but i couldn't resist starting a topic on it...lol.

  does this sound familiar to anyone???

  when i was a jw, i thought there was nothing cooler than getting up at 7 a.m. on saturday, getting showered, putting on dress clothes, meeting at 8:30 a.m., answering a bunch of phony 'how are you this morning's', watching as people jockey for position in their favorite car groups so that they could be with their friends (because god forbid you get stuck in a car group with someone not in your clique), and miss looney tunes while listening to some lame attempt at a 30-second presentation by brother monotonous, then being sure to get out by 9:00 a.m. 'cuz if you were with brother rule-conscious you couldn't start your time until you knocked on that first door.

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  You didn't mention just how good you feel when it's over..."I don't have to feel guilty the rest of this day!"

  True, true....what's funny is that you didn't feel guilty, but you accomplished NOTHING!!! There is NO feeling as good as knowing you've knocked on that last door on a Saturday morning - it almost made the car ride back to the hall worth it....almost......

  Virgogirl....I'll swap you pantyhose for a tie anyday...lol. There is NOTHING worse than a tie on a hot day (typical male perspective).

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  I haven't noticed many sisters in pantyhose anymore - are there any halls that "require" them still? Poor brothers are still stuck in a tie. Although clothes are some of the least of the worries of field service.
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  convention freaky memories

  by joelbear in

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  sucking on lifesavers to stay awake.

  watching families eat meals during the session.

  the smell.

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  " Being told by attendants that my sundress and Dr. Scholls sandals with no hose were "not appropriate" even though the temperature was 85 degrees at 10:30 am. Bringing my own food rather than eat assembly food. Experimenting with OOBE to pass the time of day." When was this? When I attended my last convention with a friend in San Diego a couple of years ago, I didn't wear hose I was happy because it was outdoors... however, I did see many gentlemen in full suits