I go out of my way to assist people but not to an extreme. I do hold doors, let others go ahead of me in a store if I have a cart full and they only have a few things.
I do not let people take advantage though (at least not for long). For instance, in a rest room a lady dropped her purse and everything spilled out on the floor. I bent down and started picking up her things to help her. When I realized she was not picking up anything but was standing there letting me do it all I stood up and walked out and left her things on the floor.
Both my kids have very good manners. I did have to correct my daughter once when she was learning to drive. She was giving other people the right of way that could have caused a wreck. Good manners only work when they don't put you or others in danger.
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How polite are you?
by JH inoften i'm following someone into a building and entering the same door, and most of the times, the person in front won't even try to keep the door open so that it wont close in my face.
knowing that someone is right behind me, i'll even wait a second or two and hold the door open for that person.
i guess it has to do with being well educated.
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Went to San Antonio and didn't talk to mil
by hambeak ini haven't spoken to my mil in a week and took a sunday off for myself and went to san antonio.
saw the alamo and had a late lunch at joes crab shack yuck!.
i had a good time and walked on the river walk and it was beautiful.. i am a bit tired but mentally refreshed i am told that i am being selfish and uncaring.
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I am glad you enjoyed your day in San Antonio. Have you ever been on the Riverwalk during December when everything is decorated with Christmas lights? The first time I was there was the first part of December and they had just turned on the lights. What a fantasy land. I loved it. (I went back again during the spring and it just wasn't the same without the lights.)
No, I personally do not think you are being selfish or uncaring. From what you have said in the past it sounds like your mil's family has really been taking advantage of you. Take a few weeks for yourself.
If you like to cook, maybe after a while you might want to start cooking a meal once a month or once every other month for them. Whatever is comfortable for you. Maybe schedule something ahead so they can look forward to it - like Sunday April 15 and then Sunday May 27.
It's fun cooking for a crowd when you want to do it. When people come to expect it - and demand it - it is no longer a pleasure.
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Lecithin?.....
by Pahpa indoes anyone remember the brouhaha over lecithin in candies and other food items?
i remember one sister writing to all the manufacturers of these products to inquire whether or not the lecithin was from a blood source.
there were even lists of products to avoid that were circulated in the congregation.
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Yes I remember - must have been back in the early 60s. Probably as a result of the articles blondie referenced. Everyone was looking for Lecithin on the food labels.
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Had that darn "weights" dream!
by MsMcDucket instupid dream!
you can't move!
your body feels like dead weights!
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When I was 19 my best friend had one of these "dreams". She called me terrified and I went over to talk to her. She was convinced it was a demon.
She had been temporarily paralysed when she "woke" up and she thought her little dog was too because neither of them could move. Her father fixed old clocks and she was just sure one of the clocks he took in had a demon in it.
I had never heard of this happening to anyone else. Now 40 years later I find out what it was.
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My husbands observation...
by megsmomma inwe were just discussing the whole thing about how only those jw's that live through the big a will be able to still be sexual beings and pro-create.
he said that the society is useing our most natural desires to scare everyone into staying in the org and hoping, above all else to live through the big "a".
and i was saying to him that if i still believed what they taught, i would kill him and my baby to save them.
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Hi Megsmomma & Buddy. Small world it is. My son was one of the officers that stopped Mark Barton. He had Barton blocked in with his patrol car and was facing him with his gun drawn when Barton shot himself. Barton could so easily have turned that gun on my son first. Scary thoughts.
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Funeral - What can I expect?
by WMSheep inlast weekend my father`s father passed away at the ripe old age of 94.
he was a jw, converted at the door some 40 years ago.
the funeral is next week, with a "service" at the kingdom hall he used to attend (he was an elder), followed by a visit to the crematorium.
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You mentioned that most of your family are not JWs. Have you discussed the possibility of contesting the Will with any of the other direct descendants like yourself? Perhaps several of you could get together and consult with an attorney concerning contesting the Will.
Do you know how long ago your father's father signed the Will? Was he very old and perhaps not completely competent?
I would strongly encourage you to at least try to keep the $$$ from the WTS.
My father's family just gave their inheritance of about $600,000 to WTS last year. Elders went to the hospital with a completed Will and had the person who had Alzheimers sign it leaving everything to WTS. After his death there were other, in my opinion, criminal acts that took place that I won't go into here. Since my JW father is living I was not in a legal position (beneficiary) to dispute what happened.
I have been told that if there is a dispute the WTS will not force the issue. They have become so greedy over the last several years that may no longer be the case.
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Send your JW experiences to ...
by What-A-Coincidence in"your contributions of experiences, articles, etc.
makes the site interesting to others.
those "cards and letters" coming in.".
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Thanks for the site. That's much easier to read.
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Send your JW experiences to ...
by What-A-Coincidence in"your contributions of experiences, articles, etc.
makes the site interesting to others.
those "cards and letters" coming in.".
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Well ... that was interesting. Within a few minutes I found a picture of one fellow I dated when I was in high school (>40 yrs ago) and another picture of a fellow I knew when he was just a little boy.
The experiences and some of the other stuff turned my stomach but the pictures are interesting to see.
What is the website? It's kinda hard to navigate in the small screen.
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Funeral - What can I expect?
by WMSheep inlast weekend my father`s father passed away at the ripe old age of 94.
he was a jw, converted at the door some 40 years ago.
the funeral is next week, with a "service" at the kingdom hall he used to attend (he was an elder), followed by a visit to the crematorium.
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A copy of the funeral discourse outline ... www.docbob.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=20
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Major Clean Up After The Big A?
by RubyStevens inone of the more shocking things i've come across on this forum is that supposedly it'll be our responsibility to clean up the mess armagedon made and make the world a paradise during the 1000 year reign (jw's belive in the 1000 year reign, then the final judgement and destruction of satan right?
my doctrine is a little fuzzy).
this is new to me, has it appeared anywhere in the literature, talks, or the bible?
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Seems I remember as a child hearing the birds and worms would do their part and then the survivors would have to clean up the rest of the bodies. (I think that's what gave me a phobia of maggots!)
I don't recall ever getting an explanation as to what would happen to all the buildings and other stuff. With only 6.5 million survivors it's probably gonna take them the whole 1000 years to clean up the mess.
When does the Paradise part start?