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  I got my Memorial invite! I got my Memorial invite!

  by Dagney in

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  2. friends

  my first one!

  even though i got it saturday, march 26, in the mail in an envelope addressed to "my dear neighbor.".

  it's the thought that counts..

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  Dagney

  My first one!

  Even though I got it Saturday, March 26, in the mail in an envelope addressed to "My dear neighbor."

  It's the thought that counts.
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  Did You Get Invited to the Memorial?

  by Ding in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i'm just wondering if jws keep inviting you back or if they've given up on you.. they haven't invited me for years..

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  Dagney

  Nope.
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  "M" is for "Memorial"

  by OnTheWayOut in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  many weeks ago, i apparently put "m" on today's date- wednesday, march 23rd, in my google calendar.

  it was supposed to remind me that the memorial that jehovah's witnesses observe would be held today.

  i was flipping through my calendar this past weekend and asked my wife "what in the world is 'm' for (that day)?

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  Dagney

  It's been a few years since anybody contacted me about going to the memorial. That always stresses me a bit because JW's attach soooo much importance to it. I didn't know it was tonight until two days ago. So glad no ruse anymore...it will be just a regular evening.
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  Sweet 16 - Happy Birthday to Us !

  by Simon in

  1. forum
  2. announcements

  it's the forum's 16th birthday today!.

  amazing that not only have we lasted so long but we're still thriving and growing.. thanks to all the people and often colorful characters who've contributed to the site over the years.

  some are still here with us, some have since moved on, but all have touched each others lives in some way along our different journeys.. .

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  Dagney

  Happy Happy Birthday JWN!!!

  Thank you Simon and Ang for all the hard work and time put into this site.

  It was a scary place for me in the beginning, but my friend Ann O'Maly kept telling me about discussions that were going on and eventually I peeked at the site, and became a member a few years later.

  I met my first exJW here, a former mod, (I think), Sassy. Since then I have made many true friends from here IRL.

  Here's to many more JW finding this place and creating new lives for themselves. Cheers!!
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  Whatever happened to "YOU'RE WELCOME"? Has "NO PROBLEM" replaced it?

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  wherever i go, i say "thank you" to clerks, servers, delivery people, hosts and hostesses and the response has become invariable: "no problem!".

  have i aged to the point i'm now an old fuddy duddy who doesn't "get it"?.

  is it counted mannerly to avoid, "you're welcome" in favor of "no problem"?.

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  Dagney

  LOL. I think Simon is right. I don't like it either yet I hear myself saying it from time to time as well!!!
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  I COLLECT QUOTES. . . Here are some of my favorites

  by Terry in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  please post your favorites too.

  my favorite quotations:.

  you cannot change what you refuse to confront.. sometimes good things fall apart so better things can fall together.. don’t think of cost.

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  Dagney

  So many...

  Stop looking in the rear view mirror...it's not where you are going. (Told to me by kindly exJW on here.)

  Most people are doing the best they know how. When we know better, we do better.

  You can't change what you don't acknowledge.

  The Four Agreements...I use daily;

  -Be impeccable with your word.

  -Don't take anything personally. (Hard to do)

  -Don't make assumptions. (Really hard to do.)

  -Always do your best.
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  Why is this year's memorial being held on March 23 (which is the 13th of Adar II on the Jewish Calendar)?

  by outsmartthesystem in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i thought it had to be done on nisan 14????.

  nisan 14 isn't until april 22nd.

  does this have anything to do with an intercalary month being added to the jewish calendar this year or something?

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  Dagney

  OMGosh is it tomorrow? March 23?
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  Lost on how to respond...

  by babygirl30 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so an old friend of mine from the congregation hit me up today.

  the story goes like this when we were jw's:.

  - this guy used to be madly in love with me but i didn't see him as anything more than a friend.

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  Dagney

  babygirl30...Great response! Perfect in fact.

  NTS for future reference.
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  Lost on how to respond...

  by babygirl30 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  so an old friend of mine from the congregation hit me up today.

  the story goes like this when we were jw's:.

  - this guy used to be madly in love with me but i didn't see him as anything more than a friend.

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  Dagney

  The last highlighted paragraph is a doozy. But it is the cult mind speaking, and we don't speak the same language anymore.

  If I felt consideration for the person, I think I would just answer positively and thank him for his thoughtful response. Keep the communication as such that if down the line he had issues with JW he could approach you. I make it clear I'm happy and well and glad they are the same. It seems to befuddle the JW's I know. They expect us to be "sighing and crying" in our lives. When we are not, they seem to not know what to say.

  Good luck.
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  Memoir by Prince

  by Dagney in

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  2. friends

  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-to-publish-unconventional-memoir-in-2017-20160318 .

  hmmmm...i wonder if he will preach?.

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  Dagney

  http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/prince-to-publish-unconventional-memoir-in-2017-20160318

  Hmmmm...I wonder if he will preach?