They're not wearing pant-suits in the photo they are wearing matching jacket and skirt which I'm sure would be looked upon with reverance if a sister gave a talk wearing such.
But why is it not enforced as with brothers?
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by IMHO ineveryone knows that as a jw a brother (man) has to wear a suit - matching jacket and trousers (on some occasions an un-matching jacket may be permissable), shirt and tie.. so why do sisters (women) not have to wear business suits (matching jacket and skirt)?.
i thougt of this as i looked at the latest 'gilead graduation' photo.
all the women had business suits on.
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192 Pages
by PYRAMIDSCHEME inwhy do a large portion of the societies books use the 192 page format?.
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Maybe there is a logical reason as pointed out regarding the printing process, but Why Oh Why do they have to announce the number of pages when they release a new book (or brochure) at conventions?
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Business Suits
by IMHO ineveryone knows that as a jw a brother (man) has to wear a suit - matching jacket and trousers (on some occasions an un-matching jacket may be permissable), shirt and tie.. so why do sisters (women) not have to wear business suits (matching jacket and skirt)?.
i thougt of this as i looked at the latest 'gilead graduation' photo.
all the women had business suits on.
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Everyone knows that as a JW a brother (man) has to wear a suit - matching jacket and trousers (on some occasions an un-matching jacket may be permissable), shirt and tie.
So why do sisters (women) not have to wear business suits (matching jacket and skirt)?
I thougt of this as I looked at the latest 'gilead graduation' photo. All the women had business suits on. So if this is the standard for 'missionarys' why not for all sisters, as with the brothers?
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The no beard or facial hair rule
by Soldier77 inokay, something that has always been a side point but still a rather ridiculous rule is that brothers cannot "serve" if they have a beard/goatee/anything more than just a moustache.
at least in the states, i've heard of some congregations in some countries allow this, but they are the exception?
your experience?.
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In the UK beards may be acceptable in some areas but it's certainly not the 'official' stance.
You will not find anyone working in Bethel with a beard and you will not be used on an assembly or convention part if you have one.
Even for 'period' dramas you will have to shave it off and have a dummy one stuck on.
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What happened to all the JW talk about the King of the North and Peace & Security?
by Think About It inwhen i left the jw's in 95', talk of the king of the north and peace & security was still big close to the end items.
haven't seen them mentioned much since i've been coming here.
what's the latest from the wts on these 2 subjects?.
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My monies on EU = KoN
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Did you ever feel let down by the Bethel tour?
by maninthemiddle inreading jeff's thread about dress made me think of my one and only trip to bethel.. i can't remember if i was babtised at the time, but i went with a bus load of jws.. like someone said in the last thread, printing presses and empty rooms.
i was very disapointed, however i don't think i had any pre-concieved notions of what it would be like.
what i was diapointed in was so much of the "tour" was walking hallways looking at exhibits behind glass.
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Last time I visited the London Bethel most of the tour was sitting watching a video.
And most of the printing was screened off so we didn't get any 'sneak previews' of the Kingdom News that was soon to be released.
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Reality or a dream?
by IMHO in"in a relationship i want to be adored and worshiped.
i want to be the only woman in existence for my man.
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"In a relationship I want to be adored and worshiped. I want to be the only woman in existence for my man."
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Opinions Please
by IMHO in<!-- @page { size: 21cm 29.7cm; margin: 2cm } p { margin-bottom: 0.21cm } --> .
a husband and wife have a mutual close friend.
the husband is working all day and this close friend comes to stay for the week.. .
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A husband and wife have a mutual close friend. The husband is working all day and this close friend comes to stay for the week.
The wife state:
"How can a husband leave you happily with another man all day every day. He just wasn't bothered. That attitude hurt. It didn't make me feel special or that I belonged."
What do you think of what she said?
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Does Anyone Like the New Songbook?
by metatron ini'll try not to be 'knee-jerk' critical about this subject but do any witnesses like the new songbook?
ok, they got rid of some awful lyrics about molesting bees - and downsized references to the ever redundant jesus - but the music itself sounds like forced piano practice.
trying to sing these slow, pedantic tunes is awkward and painful.. i haven't seen any witness e-mails about this 'wonderful provision from jehovah' and his faithful hacks, so i wonder if the rank and file aren't enthused either.
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They say you should be interested in 'your' history hence 'Proclaimers' book.
Then take that away with a 'new' song book. The oldies will lose the nostalgia of songs they've sang for 30, 40, 50 years or more.
Even the 'old' songs have new melodies, why-oh-why?
'new light' = 'new lyrics' but why new melodies?
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Help please - my wife wants a divorce
by IMHO ini've read some old posts and they don't really fit my situation.. my wife just told me she wants a divorce and that's it after nearly 20 years., she doesn't want to try to work on it.. other posts talk about friends and family.
i have no family and no friends (due to a lot of traveling).. i went back to my hometown a year ago (after many years away) and even then old friends treated me as a stranger, like they've moved on.. i've had a lot of emotional / mental problems, basically a breakdown so have found it impossible to fulfill my role as a husband for many years, emotionally and physically and she said she's had enough, although she's never talked about it before.. she went out and had an unplanned one-night-stand.
i forgive me but she says she doesn't love me anymore.. we both find it very difficult to communicate our feelings.
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Thank you SPAZnik for your many words of advice and encouragement.
Much has changed since I last wrote.
My efforts seemed to be working. My wife even said that she too would "try". Although she still felt my "efforts" wouldn't last.
She suggested she go to her Mothers for a week for a break and try to see what it would be like for her being away. I said make it two weeks which she agreed to.
The next morning she rang and it felt good speaking to her, the conversation seemed "normal", then the very same afternoon she rang to say she was coming back, she couldn't talk about it as she was on her way on the train. I was out when she arrived (with the children, I don't think I mentioned before that we have children) , and she had left again before I returned home.
She had left a note to say that she would be away for at least 2 weeks adding that she needed to follow her heart as she loves someone else (despite the fact that up to that point she had maintained that she just wants to be alone). She also wrote that the Divorce papers should be arriving soon.