patience is key.
we'd love to be able to say most JWs get married because out of a combination of love, respect and spiritual goals. but sadly, most JW marriages are based solely on spiritual goals and libido. so after 2 years, when the libido is gone (or dopamine for scientifically inclined) and one party leaves the "spiritual haven" not much else is left.
if you are among the lucky ones where there was an abundance of love and respect in that initial union, then patience is key. with time, your divided home will have that same love and respect, sans the spiritual requirements you initially had.
hope that makes sense.
cal.
Calliope
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Living in a divided home
by 24k inlet me start off by saying that i love my wife dearly.
she is, and has always been my best friend.
she is a devoted wife and a wonderful mother.
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Quick survey for apostates - please everyone just yes or no answer
by slimboyfat indo the other witnesses with whom you associate/once associated in general know that you are an apostate or have apostate inclinations?
the reason for the phrase "in general" is that it may be the case that one or two close friends know how you feel, but others in general do not.
in my own case, one other witness knows, but no one else, so i would answer the survey question with a "no".
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Calliope
nope.
well... except for my 2 best friends who are fading with me. they go to meetings. i don't.
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Help me drink Jesus blood
by GodisRight ini don't know how to celebrated the memorial because i was tricked by jehovah witness.. what am i suppose to eat and drink?
is there a special kind of bread and bevarge that is need.. another question i have is what is leaven bread and what is unleaven bread?.
oh yeah, what is the date of the memorial?.
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Calliope
if you believe in jesus, you should drink a glass of wine everyday in commemoration of his sacrifice.
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MEMORIAL DATE
by stillajwexelder inmemorial date is wednesday april 12th - this is confirmed .
i post this because some have asked
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Calliope
oops, sorry i took off before seeing your reply...
so you ask, am i going? i haven't decided yet. i'm having a real hard time lying to my parents about not going to meetings, so i think i may need to make a physical appearance at the memorial so that my mind can be at peace when i simply say:
"yes mom, i went and you'd be so proud... i didn't spill the wine".
actually, on second thought, wouldn't it be fun to spill the wine... by mistake... "oops"...
cal.
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HOW MANY THOUGHT THEY WOULD SURVIVE
by beezknees ini'm sure this will have been discussed before..but i am new here, so i was wondering how many of you when you where active jw's actually beleived you were going to survive armageddon.
i personally being brought up in the 'truth' used to lie in bed frightened of it coming or world events always thinking i was too bad a person to survive, and even as an adult i always felt i was never doing enough or good enough to be 'chosen' for survival when the end came u were always made to feel like you should be doing more as though you could earn your salvation.
i have talked to someone else who i know has left and they felt the same, i was wondering how many of you guys actually beleived you would make it through armageddon
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Calliope
in the beginning (when i was all of 10), i thought i was going to make it.
then when i was a self-destructive teenager i came to the point where i really didn't care if i didn't make it. i wouldn't know or miss anything anyway.
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MEMORIAL DATE
by stillajwexelder inmemorial date is wednesday april 12th - this is confirmed .
i post this because some have asked
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Calliope
hey misspeaches, here's an official invite from moi:
would you like to attend the memorial with me? you'd have to fly an awful long way, but give it some thought...
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607 vs 586 - Why should WTS care?
by james_woods inof course, there must have been a thousand threads on this debate.. having read a few of them, i say who cares?
particularly, the society?
ok, so lets say it really was 21 years later than they thought...but using their same (flawed) chronology theory:.
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they wouldn't care if it wouldn't rock the boat. but if they were to recant and expose their error, there's that potential for great upset. people renouncing their faith, leaving the "society", lawsuits...
i think, that might by why they would care...
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hair raising experience
by zagor ini was going for a drive this morning.
just felt like listening to some nice music.
so i opened my boot where i kept the box with some old tapes and couldnt decide what to put on so while i was driving i thought to try out couple of those anyway.
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new species? found in Laos...
by Calliope ini don't know if anyone saw this article at cnn.com.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/tech/science/03/09/species.survivor.ap/index.html.
it purports that they've found a squirrel/rat thought to have been extinct for over 11 million years.. what do you think, is it possible that maybe this is a new species?.
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i don't know if anyone saw this article at cnn.com
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/science/03/09/species.survivor.ap/index.html
it purports that they've found a squirrel/rat thought to have been extinct for over 11 million years.
what do you think, is it possible that maybe this is a new species?
or, a product of copulation between a rat and a squirrel?
or perhaps did they simply discovered an animal no one thought had survived extinction?
calliope
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So....How's The F A D I N G Coming Along?
by minimus inso far, i've been left alone.
no one's bugging me.
i hear the c.o.
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okayyyy,
i recant on my earlier post. SOMEONE FOUND MY UNLISTED NUMBER!
i just came home from work and there is was, flashing at me - message waiting.
oh, and it's a tough one. it's my bs conductor and he's like "... so good to hear your voice"...
he's the kinda of guy you always love...
i was torn as to whether to call him back or not. but i thought about it for about 2 minutes and 36 seconds and, nope, won't be returning the call.
calliope