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  I'm Really Depressed

  by onlycurious in

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  my oldest daughter is a tough one.

  she is a real sweetie with everyone else but a real kick in the pants at home.

  geez, sometimes she knows exactly what buttons to push.

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  bernadette

  very sorry about the situation you are in ....... hugs to you (((((((((onlycurious)))))))))
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  Relative to the Population at large on a 1-10 how do you rate.....

  by new boy in

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  1.your physical attractiveness.. 2.your intelligence.. 3.your personality.. with 5 being average.. i don't think many will answer these tough questions.

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  bernadette

  1. 5

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  3. 5

  5 is my lucky number
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  Do you have difficulty accepting gifts, being happy, and showing emotion?

  by MsMcDucket in

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  i've got it bad.

  i'm trying to overcome not showing emotion, and learning how to accept gifts graciously.

  i've heard some saying using emoticons are silly; but it's like a major move on my part.

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  bernadette

  congratulations from me too

  Don't be so hard on yourself - I've often listened to and enjoyed some of the music you've shared - music imo is a wonderful way to share and participate in emotion.
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  This is how messed up it was...

  by themonster123 in

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  i've just been thinking about jwd and how messed it up it is how the witnesses twisted things in my mind so i totally got mind-warped....what am i talking about, you ask?

  well, whenever someone has a quote on here from watchtower literature from years past (like from the 1970s or 1960s etc) proving that witnesses have taught/do teach this or that in the past, i automatically discredit that quote necause how i was taught as a witness was that whole new light thing-meaning...... "oh, well, things have changed-our teachings have changed, we no longer believe or teach this, this, and that anymore,"- i'm so brainwashed that when i read old quotes on here where people prove to say that witnesses taught this or that, it's like i kind of go "oh well that quote doesnt' matter," but in reality.......... jws should take responsibility for everything they've taught!!!

  and not just keep saying, "well, that was then-this is now.. ...i mean, from an outsider's view point, they would say "oh, so witnesses teach this?

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  bernadette

  lunamonth, LMAO, thanks for the laugh

  how's this for a scifi book title.... new light from old Farts in a Dim Sector of the galaxy Where Beans make them Toot Scriptures inaccurately
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  First Date Etiquette

  by Crumpet in

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  so i am going on a blind first date this weekend?

  i havent done any dating really - well ever.

  i just end up with people for years and years by accidents of fate i guess.. what should i and shouldnt i do on a first date?

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  bernadette

  lol
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  First Date Etiquette

  by Crumpet in

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  so i am going on a blind first date this weekend?

  i havent done any dating really - well ever.

  i just end up with people for years and years by accidents of fate i guess.. what should i and shouldnt i do on a first date?

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  bernadette

  recently I was browsing through some books and came across a really good one - The Gift of Fear by Gavin de Becker. Its about "survival signals that protect us from violence". It was published in 1997 so you may have read it already. I found it facinating and very helpful.

  Hope you enjoy your date

  bernadette
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  Hi Everyone I'm new here

  by debilee in

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  hello everyone, my name is debi.

  dfd for 2 weeks.

  i don't know if i'll fit in here but i would like to give it a try.

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  bernadette

  Hi Debbielee

  Welcome to JWD. We are here for you, share when your are ready

  bernadette
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  Albums That Pulled You Through

  by Nosferatu in

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  after my ex left me in 2001, i met a guy at a karaoke bar who i got along with very well.

  he lent me a mix tape of his which i made a copy of.

  the songs on that tape helped me get through that very difficult time in my life.

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  bernadette

  I like U2's Joshua Tree and the album from Les Miserables
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  Hi

  by Missanna in

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  hey i just joined here i have finally got up the courage to start doing research for myself since i've left the "truth" just wanted to introduce myself and say hi.

  my name is anna and i got out of the org.

  almost a year ago.

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  bernadette

  Hi missanna, welcome

  glad you've joined

  bernadette
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  ..If I went "Back to the Kingdom Hall"..

  by OUTLAW in

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  if i went back to the kingdom hall there would be no windows..lol!

  !..and..many doctrines,i could no longer preach.i would be reprimanded,reproved or disfellowshipped for it!..doctrines we were told to preach,straight from god,given to us by the wbt$ are no longer valid.the wbt$ says so.......i left in 1974.i couldn`t preach "armageddon by 1975"..most jehovah`s witness`s will tell you wbt$ never made that prediction.although wbt$ liturature says otherwise....."jehovah`s witness will be the only ones who survive armageddon".now,no one knows....."jehovah`s witness`s can`t take blood transfusions".now they can use blood factions....."religion has no place with worldly organizations".the wbt$ had an assosiation with the united nations-ngo..make a big deal about that and you "will" be disfellowshipped!.....

  "the generation of 1914 will not pass away.

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  bernadette

  ......I left in 1974.I couldn`t preach "Armageddon by 1975"..

  Outlaw, wow, you took a big risk there