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  How Did You Know The One You're With Was "The One" ?

  by palmtree67 in

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  i'm feeling all warm and fuzzy, love-y and romantic because of my upcoming marriage, so i ask you all:.

  was there something that happened to prove to you that your spouse or mate was "the one"?.

  my man gave up his longest and best friend.

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  kitten whiskers

  I couldn't tell you "how" but I can tell you when!

  We were at a Thursday night meeting, and I was holding his arm during the song (middle one I think), and all of a sudden it hit me like a ton of bricks. I loved him. I fell in love that moment.

  I guess the kind, generous spirit of his just had made it's way to my heart. I just knew. Just like when I woke up to the truth of the Watchtower. Once you know...you know.

  Later that night, we were at his parents house, and I just had to tell him. The funny thing is, he said he was getting ready to tell me the same thing! He fell in love that night too at the meeting. I guess cupid had fired off an arrow!

  As I left his house (he lived with his parents and I lived with mine), I said I wanted to take it slow and he kissed me on the forehead. Our first kiss.

  After that you couldn't pull us apart with wild horses! We were such kissy faces we got lectured all the time!

  We were engaged about a month later! So much for slow It was a wonderful whirlwind of romance! We were married 8 months later. It would have been sooner if we financially could have done it.
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  why i wept bitterly in front of two elders......

  by oompa in

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  2. friends

  not sure if i ever shared this...but have seen several "sharing" threads here lately and it motivated me..... when i met with the co and po about some doubts and an important question....and when i got the co's answer.....i could not speak....i put my head down and just started crying...not sobbing cause i fought it back...finally the only words to come out were..."i am going to have to leave my wife and son"....and they were like wtf?...but in jw lingo of course.

  see i knew in that instant...that very moment....that i had been lied to my entire life...and my stack of doubts i had been piling on the shelf and waiting on jehovah were all valid....and i knew i would never fit in again...not even with my wife and son...that i would never be the spiritual head they needed and wanted.....that was almost 4 years ago...man time flies...and yep...now i am separated from my jw wife...and yep...i did not fit in...not even with her...and my son is older now and moved out but we are not close.

  btw...i had printed out all 12 places in rev.

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  I never knew that Oompa!

  Thank you for sharing that and the emotional toll it took on you.

  At least you got someone to admit what you knew! Isn't it a shame that most don't know this and just take for granted what they are told by WT!
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  HOW I GOT IN, THEN OUT, OF THE SEWER

  by undertheradar in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i was replying to flippers re: did you exit the witnesses due to injustices/differences with doctrine - both?

  and i found myself writing my experience and it got a bit long so i am posting here.

  i am sorry i cant tell you my story more specifically but we have been front-page news in our area to do with our beliefs and some of the steps i have taken more recently to show my disgust at the injustices have been unique so it would be easy to recognise me.

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  kitten whiskers

  Thank you for sharing! Looking forward to hearing more from your years of experience!

  I always wonder how surprised those that never thought they could be in the spirit world may be when they find themselves glorified!
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  Odd CO talk...ever hear anything like this?

  by sir82 in

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  had our co visit last month.

  normally the guy has all the charisma and charm of ben stein from "ferris buhler's day off", but he managed to give a talk that was actually coherent one night.. here is the rough outline:.

  the theme was about the difference between "justice", "mercy", and "undeserved kindness".. situation 1: adam and eve sinned.

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  kitten whiskers

  I heard that same talk over 5 years ago.

  It must be an old outline they are using again. Recycled garbage!

  I like your observations though! It's great your mind is working and seeing these things! Thanks for pointing it out for others to think about too!
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  who was your first non jw friend

  by rockmehardplace in

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  2. friends

  since i was not raised in the "truth", i have been able to reconnect with many older friends that i left behind.

  one in particular is very close to me and we now get together about once a week for dinner or drinks.

  his wife and my wife have also become very close as well.

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  As a little girl, my neighbor. We still try to keep in touch a little. Our parents still live next door to each other so we hear about each other and our kids.Facebook helps too!

  As an adult as I left...again a neighbor! Funny how that works! We've moved since, but I keep in touch a few times a year with our past neighbors! They can really give a lot of support and a fresh view on life!
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  How to keep a Jehovahs Witness busy...

  by Quirky1 in

  1. social
  2. humour

  www.biglongnow.com

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  kitten whiskers

  Haha!

  I didn't figure out to drag the door until I read the posts!

  I thought the joke was that the doorbell rang but no one ever answered the door!
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  How do you feel about street people asking you for money

  by I quit! in

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  about half of the freeway exits i get off at have someone there begging.

  in the past i felt they were only hitting me up for money to by drugs or booze so i rarely handed them any.

  in this economy i'm wondering if some of them aren't really in need of something to eat.

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  For some reason I seem to attract the brazen kind that come to my vehicle, sometimes while I have children in there.

  They scare the bejeebers out of me! I give them usually enough to go buy a little off the value menu...just enough to get me out of the situation safely. You never know how some people will react.

  I've had people ask while I was parking at the hotel. I figured a couple bucks was better than returning to slit tires.

  ~ Sigh~

  I feel the victim of a crime. I hate it.

  I've also seen people who I feel a very kind love for. They don't approach people. They try to be independant and work (collecting bottles) for themselves. We had one man we called affectionately "Whell-barrow man". Everyone around town knew him! When his wheel barrow broke, a local hardware store gave him a new one with their logo on it. Free advertisement, but the man needed it. It was part of his daily activities. I miss him. We moved, I hope he is still pushing that around! God bless Wheel Barrow Man. Everyone knew him.

  I am more apt to help someone not asking. I think most that I see are con artists.

  I will not give to anyone with a sign. He's probably wearing better shoes than me!
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  Did You Know Anyone That Celebrated "Family Day" Instead of "Christmas?

  by minimus in

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  2. friends

  i knew a few families that wink wink did not celebrate gift giving for christmas.

  instead, they celebrated "family day".

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  kitten whiskers

  We started doing it for our kids when they were really little.

  We were having doubts, but hadn't really come to terms with it yet. We didn't want our kids to miss out on the joy and love that other children had in the holidays they were able to look forward to.

  We also started a yearly congregation tradition of inviting everyone over in the fall for an outdoor party. We really tried to give people something to look forward to and enjoy recreation together.

  It was nice. Thankfully we were able to break free and have the mainstream holidays. I am so glad that we put ourselves out there to try to do something for our children. We didn't get that as children and we didn't want ours to go without anything. (I'm thinking of the post where it talked about children saying "we get presents all year. We don't need Christmas." Yeah. Right. Who exactly got these presents all year? It sure wasn't hubby or I!)
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  Guess what I got for Christmas!

  by jamiebowers in

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  a hard cover copy of steven hassan's "releasing the bonds" and a huge cofee mug that says "exjw university ---established in 1914" came in the mail today from jwn poster outatlast.

  and he wasn't even my secret santa.

  thanks, oal.

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  kitten whiskers

  Ahahahahaha! I want a mug like that! That's awesome! Enjoy!
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  Not Christmas....it's "Present Day" at the JW House

  by Sam Whiskey in

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  2. friends

  "look what i got tommy, it was present day at out house today.

  we don't need no silly ol' christmas, we get gifts all year long.

  anyway...today i got a new bookbag and a new "your yute, getting the best out of it" book.

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  kitten whiskers

  I always used to wonder who the kids were that got presents all year! It sure didn't happen at our house!

  We got a new dress for the district convention. Not really a toy

  When we got older, a friend of my mom's talked about how they gave their kids presents on the parent's anniversary. It was the first time since being JW we actually had something to look forward to!

  At least we had a grandmother who would buy us things and a dad that made sure we had bikes and outdoor toys! My mother sure wasn't generous. She counted every penny we owed her. We also didn't get an allowance. If I wanted something, I had to skip eating lunch at school and save my money.She was a real Scrooge.