<!-- .style1 { font-family: verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; } .style3 {color: #ff0000} .style4 {font-family: arial; font-size: 16px; color: #ff6600; } --> can you see yourself with someone nearly 20 years your junior?i happen to work with a young woman who is 19 years my junior.
she is 21 and i am 40 years old.
recently, she let me know how .
As long as you both communicate similarily and have a connection that is beyond physical....and have alot in common to talk about, and do things together that you both enjoy, and if you both enjoy one another's company and you get along great, then age shouldn't be a factor.
just my two cents.
i always used to cringe when the watchtower "family" and "youth" books would stereotype men and women into two mutually exclusive categories: "men think while women feel.
"one trait is not better than the other they are just different...," i recall the books went on to say in so many words.
i'm well aware both men and women have excelled in science, etc.
Hey FunkyDerek!
I love you man!
However, for some reason, there is a taboo in certain circles on acknowledging the obvious fact that men and women are also mentally different. Their brains are physically different and respond in different ways to various stimuli.There may be stereotypes but they weren't just invented; they're based on the real noticeable differences between men and women.
I agree with you , men and women are different!
I was just saying that with emotions, usually it is personality that plays the leading role that affects how a person will react to various stimuli.
From my experience, and from my observation of different cultures and backgrounds, I have found that people are who they are based on different personality types, not necessarily their gender.
It is true that men and womens brains DO work differently, and we often communicate in very different styles,
I have seen where women can behave like the ''typical man'', and vise versa. There are nurturing fathers who stay home and care for their children, while the wife goes to work and prefers it that way because she knows her husband does a better job caring for their kids than she could.
There are men who cry and laugh easily and who show affection readily, and there are women who don't cry easily, who dont show much emotion at all...and who can come across as cold and aloof. Just an example of why I think stereotypes can be inacurate.
I am not saying this is the average of how men and women are, I know it is not.
I am just saying that based on seeing that men and women roles can be reversed and are interchangable, maybe that means personality plays a greater role in influencing how we behave more than the role that our gender plays.
I just think that if we all can let go of the old stereotypes of how men and women should or do /think/behave, it would benefit us a human race.
much love and respect,
~found
as part of your "dedication and baptism" did you actually go to jehovah in prayer and "dedicate" your life to him prior to your baptism?
at the time when the elders were reviewing the "questions" with me, i hadn't a clue that i was supposed to do this until one of them asked directly.
i answered in the affirmative anyway ... wanting the incessant questioning to be over as quickly as possible.
If I didnt, I would say, ''I actually didnt make a dedication...so does that make my baptism void''
as part of your "dedication and baptism" did you actually go to jehovah in prayer and "dedicate" your life to him prior to your baptism?
at the time when the elders were reviewing the "questions" with me, i hadn't a clue that i was supposed to do this until one of them asked directly.
i answered in the affirmative anyway ... wanting the incessant questioning to be over as quickly as possible.
my dedication prayer, was a spur of the moment, and a completely emotional one time deal. I had forgotten about it until the brother asked me what the date was when i made my dedication...i was like, ummmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm,
i remembered where i was when i said that prayer, but couldn't remember the date...like who remembers that? do they write it on their JW calendar? lol jk.
so then he said, ''well you should remember the day, it's the most important date of your life!!!''
Embarassed I said, ''oh right, i remember now! it was **/**/96.....'' shoulda known something was wrong with my dedication when it wasn't special enough for me to remember the date of it, and then to lie about remembering the date to save myself from embarassment. I was 17, I was totally not ready to make this commitment.
i love you all.
except for ninja, of course.
i'm just gonna take a break.. got so many great things going on in my life, i need to focus.. i would have liked to have reached 3000 posts before this "pause" but whatever.
Nvr,
JWD will not be the same without you.
I wish you a wonderful life journey,
and I know you will find and peace, love & respect wherever you go, because you bring it out in others around you.
This unicorn will miss your wisdom and kind words.
~found
Now you are a Jedi!
i always used to cringe when the watchtower "family" and "youth" books would stereotype men and women into two mutually exclusive categories: "men think while women feel.
"one trait is not better than the other they are just different...," i recall the books went on to say in so many words.
i'm well aware both men and women have excelled in science, etc.
greendawn,
was that said tongue in cheek, or do you actually believe what you posted?
i always used to cringe when the watchtower "family" and "youth" books would stereotype men and women into two mutually exclusive categories: "men think while women feel.
"one trait is not better than the other they are just different...," i recall the books went on to say in so many words.
i'm well aware both men and women have excelled in science, etc.
It's a total stereotype
people are people
some are sensitive and cry easily while others are more stoic and can hold their emotions in check, while some dont feel things easily at all.
I have known men to cry and be more emotional than women
I get so mad when they say men are more logical and women are more emotional, i have seen it can be quite the opposite.
There are logical men and women and emotional men and women, It depends on their personality, not their gender.
the sooner the world stops stereotyping people, the closer we will come to acheiving human harmony.
Ignorances and stereotypes only serve to hold us back in the dark ages. that is why the WTS is in the dark ages, and they keep their followers stupid and ignorant.
i recently went to my first sunday "bible study".
i have heard my jw say that he goes to 3 meetings per week.
so, what are the other two meetings about and when do they hold those?
I have been going since I was a baby up until 2 years ago, so I could tell you too what the 3 meetings are all about,
I will be totally honest and tell you that you should learn all you can about the history of the watch tower bible tract society before you commit to going to 3 meetings a week.
I will say this much, I will not tell you what to do or what no to do, but just keep an open mind about EVERYTHING they teach, ASK QUESTIONS, and dont be satisfied with being told to wait on jehovah!
MAKE THEM ANSWER your questions, ask someone until they can asnwer you.
See these sites: very objective and informative LEARN ALL YOU CAN! they tell you to investigate any religion you are thinking about joining, it is imperitive you take this advice, and investigate the religion called Jehovah's Witnesses.
after much soul searching i have had time to think about my participation on this board....and!!!!!
i have come to a painful decision....i know this will hurt a lot of you and i know a lot of folk will try and talk me out of this but i won't change my mind....so here goes.......i'm staying!!!!!
muhahahahahahahahahaha......ninja/ette/y/oid
we love ya ninja! glad you're staying!
when i leave JWD, im just gonna *poof* dissapear and no one will even notice
