so one of the things both me and my wife are faced with is breaking the news that we've stopped going to meetings to our parents.
my wifes parents could go either way, they have made several critical remarks of the wt over the years, while my parents are die hard jw's.
i tossed the idea around of sending a letter or doing a phone call or just not saying anything.. we've decided that were just tired of having to hide our true feelings and play pretend.
BTW, I still have not seen my step dad since 1992. As for my mom, she was DF'd in 2000, which is the year reunited since I left in 1992.
Shunning, really helps people, huh? I mean, I have 3 kids now, I could never shun them EVER. I love them too much.
Nikki
so one of the things both me and my wife are faced with is breaking the news that we've stopped going to meetings to our parents.
my wifes parents could go either way, they have made several critical remarks of the wt over the years, while my parents are die hard jw's.
i tossed the idea around of sending a letter or doing a phone call or just not saying anything.. we've decided that were just tired of having to hide our true feelings and play pretend.
I was 18 when they found out. I was a regular pioneer at the time (1992). I went out preaching all day with my mom. At the end of the day, I said "mom, see you at home"...but I never went home. I planned my escape for 3 months. It was a Monday. My secret boyfriends parents took me in until I figured out all the rest. So, that Monday after service, I went to his parents house. This was probably about 5pm that I arrived there. By midnight, my step dad the elder had found me. They asked me to come home to only talk. So, I agreed.
After 2 hours of my parents quoting bibile passages....and I sat silent, they asked me if I still wanted to leave. I said yes and asked if I could keep my car and get some more things from my room. I explained that I had been accepted for a full time position at my step fathers company and also had gotten a second job at The Gap (hee hee). They said yes.
The only way I knew how to leave was to go cold heartedly. I was too afraid of my parents. I was afraid they would rope me back in if I got too emotional. This was Oct 1992.
I was officially DF'd in Jan 1993 for fornication. Realize from Oct 92 to Jan 93 - my step dad called repeatedly asking if I had committed fornication yet. I truly did not until months later because I was scared. Once I did and step dad called, I told him the troof. I then was DF'd shortly after I told him.
Fast forward to now....its been 19 years....what a strange life I had! lol
Nikki
i thought that this was cute so i wanted to share.... .
a stalk of broccoli says "i look like a small tree"!.
a mushroom looks around and says "i look like an umbrella"!.
What do you call someone who is dislexic, who is agnostic, and has insomnia?
Someone who stays up all night wondering if there's a dog.
Hee hee Nikki
http://www.space.com/17752-extreme-skydive-from-120-000-feet-animated.html.
related stories here.. .
enrge galryfile - in this 2010 photo provided by red bull stratos, felix baumgartner makes a 25,000-foot high test jump for red bull stratos.
Yes, I watched this live yesterday. The check list part was probably where I felt a little "queezy", then towards the end of the check list, with him just about to jump, gave me goose bumps. I was completely amazed, not something I would ever want to do. I prefer watching others do it. :)
Nikki
i need a break from the jw-xmas noo-lite stuff ....... .
today my crush was on tv and a quick blush came to my face as i remembered all the silliness i did to run into him when he was attending jr. college near my grandparents....sigh.... so who was yours?
did your parents highly discourage/disapprove such?.
River Phoenix. I even tried to call him in California once....figured out where he lived from all the teenage magazines, my parents didnt know. What a goof I was!
Nikki
our friend, oompa, has passed away.
just recieved the news a couple of hours ago, and have almost no details.
it happened today or yesterday, he took his own life.
I am just reading this now. So sad for OOMPA. Always felt him really speaking in his posts.
RIP oompa.
Nikki
i dont remember the date.
or the year or if it was a district or circuit.
what i do remember is that we rode up with a car full of other female witnesses.
It would have been the summer of 1992, it was either Sportsman or Hawthorne race track in Chicago. Holy cow, I ve been out for 20 years!!!
Nikki
http://www.youtube.com/user/herveattia.
http://www.youtube.com/user/locationpix.
http://www.youtube.com/user/adamthewoo?feature=ceoqwrs%3d.
Ground Hog Day - filmed mostly in Woodstock, IL. I am in the square all the time. I think of Bill Murray & Andie McDowell everytime I walk around there, quite cute and charming.
Nikki
my new favorite show is the voice where the judges do not see the person singing, they have their chairs turned around and cannot see the contestant.
they are only listening to the qualities of their voices.
if they want to mentor them, they will turn their seat around, and then the contestant gets to pick who he or she would like as a musical celebrity to work with them.. what's your favorite show?.
millions of children have grown up as jehovahs witnesses.
lets start from the very beginning.. i owe my life to jehovahs witnesses.
more important than what he was saying was who he was.
