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  Looking for advice for birthday party

  by Paralipomenon in

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  okay, so after coming to an agreement with my wife about letting our kids do holidays our son is having his birthday coming up this weekend.

  i'd like to take him out for a lunch or something with a couple of his friends but i have no clue what to do or where to go.

  isn't that sad?

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  bowling WITH bumper guards, that is
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  Looking for advice for birthday party

  by Paralipomenon in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  okay, so after coming to an agreement with my wife about letting our kids do holidays our son is having his birthday coming up this weekend.

  i'd like to take him out for a lunch or something with a couple of his friends but i have no clue what to do or where to go.

  isn't that sad?

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  Anything like a Chucky Cheese Pizza place out there? A place where they have kid-friendly food and games (bowling, arcades, balls pit)--anything like that. Heck--even a McD's with a giant playplace will suffice. Kids that age are easy to please, if you let them run around and burn off energy. ...I miss those days with my kids... ENJOY!!!
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  Today Is My Point of No Return - Or Is It?

  by TheMan in

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  almost every night, i would get a phone call from my book study overseer, asking how i was, where i was.

  whereas witnesses, when they experience hard times, stop going to meetings?

  of course, my wife and i want to leave the witnesses, and i don't want to offend anyone in the process.

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  First: Congratulations on your expected baby!

  Second: Welcome to the forum.

  Third: Nothing 'wussy' about it at all.... (not wanting to deal with 'repercussions' for deciding to leave--shouldn't HAVE to deal with that...that's the insane thing about it all!)

  I know you're concerned about hurt feelings and bad opinions about the gifts if/ when you leave, but consider this: That pales in comparison to the bad opinions they will have about your leaving, PERIOD. The gifts thing matters little beside the 'bad heart condition' that LEAVING the org. implies in their eyes.

  There...doesn't that make the ungrateful-about-the-gifts impression seem a little minor, now? No one is going to sit back and say, Well...at least they waited a few months after the shower before leaving. Leaving any sooner would have just been bad manners.

  They aren't going to have a charitable or balanced view of you/ your wife/ your decisions WHICHEVER way you go...so make the decision that works best for you and your wife.

  A round of sincere thank you notes is all the attention to those gifts that is necessary. It's your young, growing family that deserves your full attention now. Good luck to you...and remember...you're TheMan! You can get through this. And we're here to support.
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  Video: Breaking Free from Mind Control

  by Dando in

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  2. friends

  this video is really good.

  i'd recommend just putting it on in the background while you work.

  steven alan hassan is the world's most experience expert on cults and mind control.

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  Dando----Welcome, and thanks for the link!
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  I Need Help

  by Core88 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hi, my name is corey, i live in indiana, so much to tell, allot of witness history.

  i was a ms and regular pioneer for two years...got df'ed, don't know what to do or if i believe in god or not now...have had a few beers tonight, got mad at my gf.

  corey

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  Welcome, Corey. What is it, exactly, you're asking for help with?
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  Most recent Bethelites.

  by ThomasCovenant in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i notice there are several posters here who once attended the bethels.

  it's great to hear their stories.. what i would like to know is, .

  who was the most recent attendee?.

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  (((((((((( nvrgnbk ))))))))))) Welcome! Glad you got the courage to join.
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  Joke of the day - Butch the Rooster

  by PopeOfEruke in

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  2. humour

  john the farmer was in the fertilized egg business.

  he had several hundred young layers (hens), called "pullets" and eight or ten roosters, whose job was to fertilize the eggs.

  the farmer kept records and any rooster that didn't perform went into the soup pot and was replaced.

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  Ooh---grimace!--That is just SO BAAAADDDDD!!! (and exactly the kind of joke my dad would have loved!)
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  Daddy wont answer the phone when i call him anymore :(

  by Messy in

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  2. experiences

  i called my dad the other day crying and left a message saying daddy i need u pick up i need you and right in the middle, click my step mom (i m guessing) hung up on me.

  i also emailed him pretending to be my husband several times and he always answered before, im so scared for him .

  hes bi polar like my brother who died two years ago from suicide.

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  (((((((((((((Messy)))))))))))))

  Are you able to just go to his house yourself?
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  JW died on Discovery Health show last night

  by M.J. in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  did anyone see the "trauma" show (about the e.r.

  ) on discovery health last night?

  one of the stories featured was an elderly jw lady who had an accident and needed an emergency surgery.

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  To my knowledge, I believe storing one's own blood for later transfusion is verboten. If it's in a cell-saver, it's okay, but the moment it's not connected to your body, you are out of luck.

  SirNose has it right. I checked into this for my own surgery.
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  Active JW's on this forum

  by winnie in

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  2. friends

  having read posts over the last few months, i have come to the conclusion that there must be alot of 'active' jw's who still regularly attend meetings/field service etc.. don't you feel that by posting your many and varied topics, usually complaining/disagreeing with the wbts, that you are being hypocritical?

  when you post your information, obtained sometimes in an questionable manner, doesn't it make you question your own underhanded actions?.

  you converse with many on this forum who are disfellowshipped/dissasociated, yet if you knew who these ones were, face to face, you would not give them the time of day!

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  J-ex-W

  winnie----first, Welcome.

  Second-----I have wished I could BE so brave! If I could attending meetings--and esepecially (ugh!) being active still, it would help restore my connection to my family [kids] who believe lies about me based on their JW dad's manipulations. Plus I could help do what these others have said--act as the French Resistance did during Nazi times. My hat is off to these people. I couldn't do it...wish I could.