Jayhawk, that is because the sisters hid in in the cabinets in the library!!
okie46
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okie46
Truthfully, I have made so many stupid decisions in my life, many times I wonder if I would have followed bible counsel better, would I have been happy as a JW? I feel sometimes that I have so many weaknesses that the reason I was never really a good witness was my fault. When I finally left the organization after DA'ing in 2003, after I discovered how hypocritical they had been regarding the UN and other issues. I realized that I am not a bad person, just was overreacting to the stifling oppression that I had lived under since I was 5 years old. I did some things I would have never done otherwise because: 1) I feel I never learned how to make decisions on my own because of how controlled my life was. I didn't learn on my own because someone always told me what to do and what not to do. 2) Because of hating the oppression and control as I got older, I would occasionally lose my inhibitions and do stupid,immoral things that I don't think I would have done if I had grown up in a more relaxed atmosphere............... Of course I would be punished for my bad acts and then I would start all over again, acting right, hoping to be in the organizations good favor again. Now I think back on all of this and when I hear my Mom talk about stuff that is put in the WT, the talks, the Assemblies, it makes me pissed off and tired of the bullshit they put out and I allowed myself to put up with......I am still learning to try and make wise decisions on my own, but at least I don't feel like a failure at every meeting, etc.
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Need Your Opinions.. To have dinner with inquiring minds or not??
by Lady Liberty inhello dear friends... well, many of you are aware of my on going daily saga.
my husband and i left the organization about a year and a half ago.
we have not been disfellowshipped, nor have we disassociated ourselves.
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okie46
NO Don't Go!! Definitely a setup and it is not worth the emotional pain you will go through all over again when they turn you guys in. Why put yourself through this, when they spread rumors of you being bad association???
Witness's will stop at nothing to get information on you to use against you when you try to fade. The brothers in my congregation would ask my son who was 20 at the time questions about what I was doing since I had not been to meetings for almost a year after divorcing my abusive witness husband (not the kid's dad, the man I married after husband #1 and I split). They then used this innocent information to form a witch hunt to try and form a JC against me. I told them that I was no longer claiming to be of Jehovah's Witnesses and no longer went to meetings, so they didn't need to do anything, nor did they have any right to know my business. They then decided they were going to disfellowship me if I didn't write them a letter disassociating myself because I was dating after my divorce was final. They will use anything they can find on you to publicly humiliate you and you don't deserve that treatment from anyone. -
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OMG LOOK WHAT I FOUND!!
by Sparkplug inmy old computer died and was eaten up with porn viruses...(long story, no pun intended) and well i thought i had lost this.
so today i am working and i came across this file my brother said he tried to save what he could on.
i lost it and today i found it and have to share!
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okie46
What a beatiful family you make. I loved looking at your pics, thanks for sharing them with us!
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How Did You Choose Your Alias?
by hambeak in.
i' curious how everyone came up with these unique alias names.
my partner gave me mine because my favorite meat is ham.. hambeak
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okie46
mine pathetically means nothing except that I was born in Muskogee, Oklahoma ("Okie from Muskogee" song by Merle Haggard) and I am 46 years old. Therefore Okie46
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Did anyone see or do a random act of kindness today?
by okie46 intoday while unloading my groceries, i witnessed a random act of kindness... someone in a ford explorer was waiting for a car to leave a parking spot so they could pull in there, they had been waiting for several minutes when finally the car in that spot backed out and left.
before the person in the ford explorer could pull into the spot, a lady in a ford taurus pulled on into that parking space.
the person in the ford explorer who had been patiently waiting, just sat there, they didn't honk or flip the person off, then the lady in the ford taurus realized that the other vehicle had been waiting for that spot and backed out to find another spot, letting the guy who had been waiting have his spot.
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okie46
I love teenagers today. They are so smart, witty and I think very concerned about very important issues. The best part of being a parent is when you not only love your teenage children, but realize how much you LIKE them as people. One of the best rewards as a parent and I thank God every day I had 3 beautiful children to raise. What a blessing to even be able to have a child. Thank you Jehovah for that privilege!
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IF YOU COULD GO BACK IN TIME WOULD YOU MARRY YOUR SPOUSE?
by Dansk ini've been thinking a lot about this lately and i would unhesitatingly say 'yes!'.
we've had our ups and downs - almost always my fault .
my god, how our upbringing can affect us!
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okie46
I would remarry my first husband Tim in a heartbeat, I regret what happened with us and if we had gone to a "marriage counselor" we would probably still be together celebrating 30 years of marriage in December. He was my first love, I was 14 when we met and I miss him terribly.
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Worst Thing Youve Done In A Meeting?
by chuckie77 inwhats the worst thing youve done during a meeting?
years ago, when i was a bit more wicked/naughty/younger than i am now, i thought i would take some drugs just prior to the meeting to see if it would make things any more interesting.
it didnt, but at least i enjoyed the kingdom melodies tapping my foot to the beat and bopping my head!!
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okie46
One time when my oldest son was a baby and still in diapers, he had a bm and so I took him to the bathroom to change his diaper.... not realizing that poo was dropping on the floor leaving a trail all the way to the bathroom. Yuck!! I didn't realize it until I came back and my ex, his Daddy told me, of course he was a Janitor, so he did the cleanup. I was mortified. We were all still very young then so of course our friends who also all had babies thought it was hilarious.
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All sex in dangerous and sinful
by Norm infor the umpteenth time the watchtower society has published an article about sex.. this time i am referring to some material they have seen fit to publish on their website:whats wrong with premarital sex?.
http://www.watchtower.org/library/g/2004/7/22a/article_01.htm.
as we know god is extremely preoccupied with sex.
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okie46
Swan I am laughing so hard, my neighbors must wonder what is going on in my apartment.. "I would dominate you both""" too funny SWAN!!!
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Have you made what you consider to be life-long friends here?
by Crumpet in.
now that you have attended apostafests and gotten to know people over the phone or by email here at jwd do you feel you have made life long friends;you know the kind you'd expect to come to your wedding or to be there at your funeral - would drop in on for coffee if you ever happened to be in their part of the world?.
or is it primarily just a forum of faceless entities who you appreciate the comments and support of online but don't necessarily feel an affection for or an urge to meet or further cement that friendship?
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okie46
I will keep my eyes open for the next one.