Sell those babies in lots on ebay.
I had a ton of skirts, dresses etc that I got rid of that way... called them "Cult Couture"
~merfi
Posts by merfi
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16Do You Still ............ ?
by Outaservice insince i left the jw's i never wear a neck tie!
i probably have 75 to a 100 of them, but they don't seem to wear them in any churches, do not wear them to weddings and funerals, or even to exclusive restaurants.
i'm certainly never going back to the kingdom hall!.
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Label the act for returning to JWism for family only (e.g. Gumby)
by UnConfused ini think it's a deserving act of love to make the sacrifice to rejoin a cult in order to stay connected to your family.
it's putting your love of your family over so so many things.
what could we call it so we could easily understand someone's actions who also does this?
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merfi
Blame this on lack of sleep:
going "Gumbderground"
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If you could turn back time, how far would you crank the hands of time?
by avidbiblereader inhow far in your life would you turn back time and why?
what would you hope to change?.
abr.
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merfi
I've thought about this now and then.... I have a lot of different dates that I'd 'go back' to, for different reasons. The main date that I'd go back to would be somewhere in August of 1990. This is when my then-boyfriend, now ex-husband chose me out of two of us that he was 'dating'. Oh I was soooo lucky, the chosen one. It wasn't a good way to start a marriage and obviously his cheating ways didn't end with the 'courtship' phase... I remember during that summer having a conversation with my dad about all this two-timing crap that was happening. He said "a leopard doesn't change its spots" A 21yo know-it-all, I just blew it off. But he was right.
HOWEVER -- if I was to undo all the time in between 1990 and now, yes, I'd undo the JW years, the messed up years of marriage and a lot of turmoil that goes with both of those things, but I'd also not have my three little people, be at the job I love, have the friends I have and be falling all-soul and all-heart in [I haven't said this out loud yet] love with someone who completes my whole life....
So while there are a lot of regrets in the past 15 or so years, there's also a lot of things learned, overcome and enjoyed, and I probably at this point would leave the hands of time right where they're at.
~merfi
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Look what I got last night :)
by misanthropic inhe's 7 weeks old, he's a chocolate lab and i named him tony.
his eye isn't messed up it just looks that way because i was trying to get his face to look forward while i pushed the button all at once.
he kept me up all night last night crying, but hopefully just like with my beagle he will outgrow that.
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merfi
Give her a lab rat.....
Hey, we lab rats are ok...
What a sweet puppy, Misanthropic! My man has a 9yo chocolate lab. Sweet dog.
~merf
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Did you enjoy personal study?
by Fleshybirdfodder inlet me preface this by saying how much i enjoy learning.
i read constantly.
but as for "personal study", i did my best... i forced myself, but could never get into it.
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merfi
I always tried to enjoy it, but never really did. I did the quick highlight before meetings and that's about it. The times I *did* attempt to do a "deeper things" study, I'd get bored and sleepy.
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merfi
On my mind.. hmm...
It's come up 20 degrees from the -13 this morning and I'll be venturing outside in about an hour for work. Work has been pissing me off lately as everyone seems to be getting in touch with their lazy sides and leaving me with all the crap. Micromanaging sucks and I'm tired of it; I have my own stuff to do, not the boss's pet's projects that she gets credit for anyway when she passes them on to us pee-ons. Otherwise, I absolutely love it there and figure they'll throw me a retirement party there around 2033. Good lord....
I just ebay'd my clothes for our employee banquet next month. The theme is 70's so I found a psychedelic mini dress and some white go-go boots. This is gonna be so fun....
My kids are awesome. One was sick last week but fine now. I did her bloodwork which showed it to be a viral thing that she just had to lay on the couch, take Tylenol and wait out. Hopefully the other two won't get it. My oldest just had her little 13yo heart broken yesterday when her boyfriend of a month broke up with her at lunch through his friends. She drowned herself in chocolate and msn last night, so hopefully today is a better day. Little guy is beyond excited about his new jeans from Bomgaars.
My love life rocks.
I need a haircut. My living room needs new curtains. My coffee pot is nearly empty.
A life in the day of the merf....
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Are you vindictive?
by free2beme inonce you left the witnesses, did you want some sort of revenge?
when you left relationships in your past, did you do something to harm the other person with words or actions?
when you left jobs, did you bad mouth your employer with a hope of harming him/her financially?
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merfi
Um, I can be... But usually it's in thought only; I'm not a very good at the follow-through, which is probably a good thing. I've had ideas of putting Kool-aid packets on the windshields at the KH, writing a special Christmas letter to all the JWs in my old cong and other somewhat prank-y things. But I then remind myself to take the higher road and not let them get to me. Suck up, move on and smile....
I'm pretty good with the poison pen/keyboard to the ex when he pisses me off about stuff, but I wouldn't really call that vindictive. He usually just strikes a nerve and I have to open the can of written whoopass on him.
One thing vindictive that I did and not proud of, is take pix of an almost-ex's jeep hidden in the shadows of new girlfriend's garage and give them to the elders.
I'm learning to let it go...
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Scrub a Dub... today's text messages to the ex
by merfi inso i texted the jw ex today to ask the name of a co so that i might add to the thread... here's how it went:.
me: what was the name of the co that was a creep & bald & had a sunburnt head from golfing?.
him: what does it matter @ this point?.
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merfi
Merfi--- Any chance it was Tarbert? Did he seem gay and give talks in really superficial tone?
Nope, I remembered who it was... Brudda Hall. His wife was Kay. He was a mean bastard and his poor wife was one of those repressed-looking cold fish types. Sad.
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Scrub a Dub... today's text messages to the ex
by merfi inso i texted the jw ex today to ask the name of a co so that i might add to the thread... here's how it went:.
me: what was the name of the co that was a creep & bald & had a sunburnt head from golfing?.
him: what does it matter @ this point?.
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merfi
So I texted the JW ex today to ask the name of a CO so that I might add to the thread... here's how it went:
me: what was the name of the CO that was a creep & bald & had a sunburnt head from golfing?
him: what does it matter @ this point?
me: my xjw friends are comparing COs. thx anyway :)
him: toxic wasteland
me: independent free thinking haven 4 smart ppl who escaped :)
him: blinded by fury 4 something that u will never b able to see until it is too late
me: LOL u & ur blind faith & silliness don't scare me. no fury (LOL) just amusement.
him: nice try
me: :)What an idiot, but fun to mess with.
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More JW folklore
by looking_glass infolklore, wives tales, or jw bs, whatever you want to call it, i am sure it will pass around the globe in record time and become an honest to goodness truth.. .
prayers of children (experience).
this experience was given at a circuit assembly in california.
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merfi
Ya know, there was a time that a story like that would have brought tears to my eyes... Now it just brings that icky feeling to my throat.