any of you ever get to thinking about old friends (and the possibilty there posting or lurking here) and just want to give them a shout out?
just be like hey i was your star trek buddy we saw all the movies together.
or remember we used to hang out at the comic book store?.
I have to restrain myself from mentioning my JW ex-husband's name. By all rights, his name should be listed on a public sex offenders registry, but I have no proof. Every bit as true as we breathe...but I have no proof.
Oh, yes!--I'd like to name names......
i'm in love with a man who is a witness.
i am a pretty inactive protestant, meaning my parents were only able to drag me to church twice a year on christmas eve and easter morning.
he told me early into our relationship that he wanted to marry me and spend the rest of his life with me, and that he has never felt the love for anyone else like he does for me.
He's a control freak because his childhood sucked, his mother still controls him, his previous marriages failed, his job sucks, his money sucks, and the icing is: he's JW. Everything is out of his control, including his faith-brain. So, guess who he is trying to control like a puppy?
You.
Yep.
i'm in love with a man who is a witness.
i am a pretty inactive protestant, meaning my parents were only able to drag me to church twice a year on christmas eve and easter morning.
he told me early into our relationship that he wanted to marry me and spend the rest of his life with me, and that he has never felt the love for anyone else like he does for me.
emilyblue, you are in a relationship with an abuser who happens to be a JW. The JW attitude towards women is bad enough all by itself without adding an abusive mentality. He is emotionally abusive and controlling towards you, JWism is simply the vehicle through which he is attempting to control you by means of guilt. Get out. Now. It will hurt a lot less than it will if you stay.I know you're new here and don't know me from anyone, but trust me when I say I'm not a Chicken Little. Your story makes me want to reach through this screen and shake you awake.
Emilyblue----- I have to agree with EVERY WORD of what Odrade wrote here...........again, from experience>>>>>>>>
i'm in love with a man who is a witness.
i am a pretty inactive protestant, meaning my parents were only able to drag me to church twice a year on christmas eve and easter morning.
he told me early into our relationship that he wanted to marry me and spend the rest of his life with me, and that he has never felt the love for anyone else like he does for me.
Emilyblue--------- Your letter could have been written by me nearly twenty years ago...except you have a much better grasp of some of the red flags than I could ever envision at that time! Honey, it DOES NOT GET BETTER!!!!! I cannot emphasis enough: Run for your life!!!
I didn't...and have one h*** of a sorrowful tale to tell as a result. One thing that stands out all by itself, even without the particular religion of Jehovah's Witnesses in the picture: He says his first two marriages failed because his first two wives refused to submit to his headship. THAT is a H - U - G - E red flag signalling ABUSER, period!!!
Never mind the concept of high mind control group---you will be entering a high mind control MARRIAGE if you yoke yourself to this guy.............and he will always back up his unsound, unbalanced, unloving, and uninsightful expectations and viewpoints using the teachings of that high mind control group. [And believe me--push come to shove--they WILL support the man's right to headship above all else in that religion, including above the physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual welfare of the woman in the relationship....]
You will ALWAYS be expected to i-g-n-o-r-e what your heart and gut are telling you is in your own best interests, what is to your own good, and will be told that your own judgment and preferences regarding yourSELF is really your heart being 'treacherous,' and to not 'lean upon your own understanding.'
GIRL, I cannot emphasize enough....DON'T DO IT!!! Don't sign your mind/ life/ body over to this guy and to the ever-demanding, ever-demoralizing book publishing company he lives in guilty slavish service to...!! You DESERVE SO MUCH BETTER>>>>>>>>>>>>
I am sending you a private message. We can talk however in depth about these things that you want to. Please...for your own sake...steer clear............ I wish I had had a forum like this and someone knowledgable to warn me at that critical time in my life....
i will start....i can speak conversational albanian....thanks to the foreign language field...really useful in everyday life as a cleaner....sniff...why didnt i pick mandarin?
..would be useful when they take over the world....but one day i will find an albanian to talk to ...that or a needle in a haystack....the emmerdalian world of jw's
Once asked two jw girls to marry me via mail...one told me I was nuts, other one said yes...wrote back toneither...so much for love...
OH, my gawd---That is so HORRIBLE!!! ROFLMAO
hey guys,.
i'm back from vacation, florida was wonderful!!!!!!.
it's gonna take me a week to catch up on everything!!!
Welcome back...glad it was good.....
the other day i was making substantial purchase and wanted to take advantage of the advertised "12 months no interest" deal.
i have excellent credit, however my application was denied.
the girl at the checkout couldn't tell me why, only that it was denied.
It still may be a matter of the total credit line of available to you, combining each of those cards. And yes, they DO prefer cash cows--I mean credit consumers whose spending habits bleed into their pockets.
last wed i got a spinal epidural steroid injection and for the first time in many years i am back pain free.
i am curious as to how many people have had them that experienced an improvement or did not.. i am a licensed massage therapist and i work in conjunction with a chiropractic clinic.
we see most people after they have tried most or all of the traditional medical treatments and have not had any relief.
Yep-- I had several pre-surgery. Worked like a charm initially, gradually fading effect/ worn off within two months...had to ration out the rest over the following year with lesser improvement and faster decline each time, but STILL---IMPROVEMENT!!! I was THRILLED with the difference, for as long as it lasted.
Surgery for me following the pain management injections was invevitable, though, due to long term damage from a spine surgery I had as an adolescent. I was just trying to hold off for as long as I could. Probably should have submitted to the second surgery years sooner.
in missouri at a ihop, a lesbian kissed another female (her gf) on the cheek, once while sitting in the restaurant.
the manager went over to the ladies and told them they were not welcomed there and therefore had to leave.
the women described the kiss on the cheek as a similar type of kiss to an "uncle".
Would I be offended? Only to the same degree that I would be if a hetero couple showed affection in a public place. It would depend entirely upon the 'nature' and degree of the demonstrated affection shown..... But I would honestly make no distinction between hetero and homo here. Affection is affection...love is love...and I know some homosexual couples with WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAY more love and respect operating them than I have seen in many hetero relationships. It's all human.
i will start....i can speak conversational albanian....thanks to the foreign language field...really useful in everyday life as a cleaner....sniff...why didnt i pick mandarin?
..would be useful when they take over the world....but one day i will find an albanian to talk to ...that or a needle in a haystack....the emmerdalian world of jw's
I see letters and numbers in color.And I love it!
Leolaia--------- I've read about this. It has to do with the way the brain processes information. They've demonstrated this rare effect by doing brain SPECT imaging studies (shows blood flow/ brain activity in specific regions of the brain during specified activities).
Some people's brain circuitry will simultaneously activate regions of the brain normally only involved in the visual processing of 'color' (extending activity to the color-sensing cones in the eyes, or even to the olfactory senses--smell) along with the regions of the brain involved in reading/ hearing/ processing words like 'kitty', e.g.--or, as you said, seeing letters or numbers.
Historically, these people have been dismissed as loonies or crackpots or simply joking...but there really IS a physiological basis for this phenomenon. I have a friend who has said the same thing to me, but I didn't yet know about this and so didn't take her seriously at the time. Now I'd be interested to learn more about it. [psych major--fascinated in all things human!]
