AudeSapere

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  Troops surprising loved ones.

  by purplesofa in

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  try watching this without getting teary eyed.. .

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ht5yucpqtq4&feature=player_embedded.

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  Try watching this without getting teary eyed.

  Can't be done.

  -Aude.
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  Comment on CA from JW

  by purplesofa in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  had my ca last weekend.

  it was interesting,here what i got out of it, without giving spoilers, because i know they are not all the same.

  but it seems to me, that due to the new understandings a lot of friends are letting their guard down.possibly thinking, "well, if they change in doctrine once, who knows they might change again".

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  Hey Purps - I've lost track of people's stories here, but please clarify for me... Is this a comment that you received from an active JW, or is this your own personal comment??

  Hope all is well with you.

  -Aude.
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  Has anyone successfully faded without moving out of the territory?

  by NiceDream in

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  so far i've managed to avoid speaking to the elders who drop by.

  just wondering if they'll eventually give up in a couple years.

  anyone have experience with this?.

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  So it *can* be done, but I'm guessing that most of those in who have done so do not decorate for the holidays.

  I would imagine that decorating would send out a signal to the congregation and become grounds for Disassociation. No?

  -Aude.
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  crying at my grandma's house

  by lil.lady.03 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i don't know why i'm telling you all this, but i broke down in tears today.. .

  i went to my grandma and grandpa's today just to visit.. most of my early memories are being with my grandma out in service while my mom was off to work.. .

  i looked at her today.

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  I just feel like she's been lied to for so long. How do you tell someone that.

  Sometimes it's best to not say anything. Just love her and assure her that you are doing things that please God.

  Spend quality time with her. Build fun memories. Be happy and be happy with her.

  Yes, it's sad. But it is the life she chose. Now is not the time to criticize her for it or to push her to see something that she does not need or want to see.

  -Aude.
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  tell me how to preview

  by bigmac in

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  2. current

  can someone please tell me how i can preview before submitting post?

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  i'm trying out google chrome & i'm trying to paste photos, but i need to see if the site converts the text to picture..

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  Bigmac wrote: oh & it can be seen on FB on exjwc@fe if you're interested.

  Nope. Not interested at all.

  It's just very unusual for a 'sincere' poster who is just barely recovering legitimacy from another thread to start a new one featuring inappropriate photos.

  I would think that if you were indeed sincere in your desire to help others, you would have better sense than that.

  -Aude.
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  tell me how to preview

  by bigmac in

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  can someone please tell me how i can preview before submitting post?

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  i'm trying out google chrome & i'm trying to paste photos, but i need to see if the site converts the text to picture..

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  AudeSapere

  I missed the now-removed image.

  Seems to have opened up a dubious insight into BigMac.

  -Aude.
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  First Date...

  by White Dove in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a man i met at work (customer) gave me his e-mail address, so i contacted him.. we've been e-mailing for a few days now, and it's time for a first date.. i suggest starbucks.. he insists on the park.. it's 106 degrees!

  i suggest starbucks, again because it's too hot to walk in the park.. he says that maybe we should cancel because the heat doesn't bother him.. he said, "i'm a very practical man...maybe you can't handle the heat.".

  this is my first phoenix, az summer.

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  I agree that Starbuck's was the 'safer' place but a well-visited park is not bad either - in most circumstances.

  If I recall, your primary reason to meet at Starbuck's is because that is simply where you wanted to meet, not what you needed or felt insecure or unsafe about.

  It's a warm day. Starbucks was closer to work. And you just plain wanted to go there. But he turned it into a crazy, convoluted - what? power struggle?? put-down?? I don't know.

  Congrats on uncovering the character flaw so deftly!

  -Aude.
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  Woman admits she threw acid in her own face

  by wasblind in

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  http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/39221785/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/?gt1=43001.

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  Wow.
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  Those that just one day - were not there anymore

  by just n from bethel in

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  i, like otwo in another thread, never really had a bad experience with jws.

  i never had any case of molestation come up in the the many congregations i served in.

  i never had any major beefs with any elder body.

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  (marking to read later. Looks interesting but no time to read opening post right now.)
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  First Date...

  by White Dove in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  a man i met at work (customer) gave me his e-mail address, so i contacted him.. we've been e-mailing for a few days now, and it's time for a first date.. i suggest starbucks.. he insists on the park.. it's 106 degrees!

  i suggest starbucks, again because it's too hot to walk in the park.. he says that maybe we should cancel because the heat doesn't bother him.. he said, "i'm a very practical man...maybe you can't handle the heat.".

  this is my first phoenix, az summer.

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  AudeSapere

  Oh! Just had another thought about this. MAYBE, just maybe, he doesn't want Starbuck's because he doesn't drink coffee and he thinks Starbuck's is just for coffee drinkers.

  A short explanation/story: I had a shy, lonely, loner friend a few years ago who griped and whined and 'Eeyore'd' that he didn't have many friends and desperately wanted a girlfriend. He's tall, dark, and cute with a nice smile and good sense of humor. Women notice him. He's in grad school. I told him to just smile and say 'hi'. People would respond to him. Also suggested that when having conversation with someone at school, invite them to 'get a cup of coffee'. His sad response? "But I don't drink coffee~!" I said, "OMG!! Are you serious??? It's just an expression. You *do* drink tea~!! Order THAT!"

  He was seriously dumb-struck. Turns out that men and women at school had many times invited him for coffee and he sadly turned them down because he did not like coffee and it never even occured to him that he could join them and order tea or water.

  Shocking social ineptness.

  It still doesn't make your friend any less ego-centric. Maybe he can be coaxed out of his own limited comfort zone and learn better social manners but maybe you don't need to be bothered with helping him. Could be ALOT of work for minimal return.

  -Aude.