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  HELLO TO ALL FROM THE SPAWNOFNVR!

  by SpawnofNvr in

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  hallo ebrybudy!.

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  helncon

  Welcome spawnof nvr,

  Enjoy your time here

  Helen
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  Would you allow your kid to do a really dangerous sport?

  by skeeter1 in

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  i'd like to get your thoughts.

  we are torn parents.

  having both been raised jws, we said that we'd allow our kids to do what they wanted to in sports.

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  helncon

  Thats a hard one.

  Im all against out son when he is older to play rugby league, but soccor is fine.

  I guess you have to take all the necessary precations that you can.

  You never know he may not like horse riding in a few years and turn his attention to something else

  Helen
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  Where do you think you would be now?

  by brinjen in

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  just a thought, wondering where does everyone think they would be right now if they hadn't found the truth?

  i mean the real truth, not the wts.

  would you be single?

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  helncon

  I would be in an unhappy marriage to some JW brother.

  If we both hadn't decided it wasn't for us, or i may just have followed along being the yes person.

  but i am very head strong so i don't know if i could be the submissive wife.

  Helen
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  WHAT DID THE WATCHTOWER STEAL FROM YOU?

  by nvrgnbk in

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  your youth?.

  your money?.

  your time?.

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  helncon

  It really only occured to me as when i got older and i realised what i did miss out on. Being born into the religion and having to give up so much.

  It took away my family, knowing that my dad was into it more than we all were not giving the support to my mum when she needed it instead going to the meetings and field service.

  It was embarrassing at school having to sit out for many different things, not giving out xmas cards, or birthday cards, not being involved in after school activities, not able to have friends and if you did contact had to be limited.

  I'm glad that i have the opportunity to give my children a better way in life, there are good people out there and they are not JW, heck even they are better than the JW families that i grew up with.

  Now it has robbed my of contact with my dad and my brother who have listen to the holier than thou people who tell you who you can associate with.

  I guess its there loss and one day they wil realise that.

  helen
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  I got married yesterday!

  by Gadget in

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  i've been posting on here for four years now, and so much has changed in my life.

  everything seemed to be going wrong then, but time has done wonders and things are real good now.

  lots of people on the board helped and supported me through that, as well as new non-witness friends that i made.

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  helncon

  Congratulations!

  You both look like a very happy and loving couple.

  All the best and have fun in greece

  Helen
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  YOUR DAILY JOURNAL

  by compound complex in

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  2. friends

  dear friends,.

  much of what we do on a daily basis is routine and of no particular, earth-shaking importance.

  however, after reviewing letters of family going back to wwii, it is fascinating to read what dad was doing on board the aircraft carrier in the pacific on any old day, what mom was cooking on her ever-steaming range, how i was dealing with the roller coaster of emotion at bethel [mom saved all my letters], how nana wrote that she would not study with the witnesses [per my request] but 'here are some mittens i knitted for you when you canvass new york with your magazines.

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  Hi Co Co,

  My day started well and then it has dawned on me that i have so much catching up to do, as i have been away from home for 5 weeks leaving hubby and daughter at home i have a lot of cleaning up to do and a mountain of bookwork to catch up on (we have our own business).

  Today is my mums birthday and i gave her a ring not to say happy birthday but just to say hi and how are things, but i wanted so much to say it.

  The reflection that it will be my birthday tomorrow and all that i promised to do before i turned 30 has not come about so this being my 31st birthday i already had put things in their places and now working on a new me and i am slowly getting there.

  So co co life is well and i hope everyone is having a great day if not chin up there is tomorrow!

  Helen
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  Throwing Good Music Away

  by choosing life in

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  i went to a used cd store tonight.

  i was like a kid in a candy store.

  they had a lot of the old records that i threw away because of a cult, now on cd.

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  helncon

  I swapped the Nirvana nevermind album for the baby animals (aussie band) album mainly for the baby swimming nude on the front cover.

  But i threw out in my very breif 'in' stage a lot of newspaper clippings and articles and posters of Metallica, i so regret it now as a lot of it is VERY collectable, i swore i would never do that again.

  So now i am the proud owner of MANY Metallica memoriabilia and their albums.

  I remember there was a talk about the new music that kids were listening to and then they played some golden oldies like big spender and a few others and then pointed out the meaning of that song. So then they could see that there music was just as bad as what we was listening too. I guess there was a few cassette boxes and album less in a lot of households.

  helen
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  60 YEARS OLD.......MY FIRST TATOO

  by HappyDad in

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  my foot tastes kind of nasty......like the recent response i made to a post about "sexual positions" (what is sex?

  ) it is a done deal and i apologize for it as i have done at other times here.. ok.....i'm done with my apology......i have salved my conscience.

  ok.......you get my point.

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  Well done Happydad! You will never be too old to have ink done.

  That is a great tattoo! I'm glad you have found one that means so much to you and id say you will never regret it.

  Tattoos are addictive, i remember when i got my first one done the tattoist said you will never be able to just have one! I laughed and said yeah just one will do me but 5 years later ive had a few more done and wanting more.

  Happy inking

  Helen
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  What is your favorite DUB catch phrases (sayings,) ?

  by PinTail in

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  these are just a few: how about this one, brothers the time left is reduced", do not take liberties with the sisters", charley calls", brothers and sister do not mark on the sides of your bibles", do you have secret sins", do not be saving seats", you will not be used if you wear a beard," parents are your children setting with you", are you buying out the oppertune time for your selfs", only use the motels the society wants you to use", and on and on like cults do.

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  helncon

  " Bad associations spoil useful habit"

  "stay on the narrow road"

  "we are the truth"

  "beware of wolves dressed as lambs"

  "quit mixing in the company of others......."

  "don't be unevenly yolked"

  "the imperfection of man"
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  My first and hopefully last vent on JWD

  by nvrgnbk in

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  2. friends

  i was talking to my trying-to-exit-the-cult fraternal twin brother yesterday about life, the jehovah's witness cult, and our jw parents.. he repeated, calmly and succintly, that he hates our parents.

  i could not argue with him.

  i used to, being a parent myself.

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  helncon

  (((((((nvr))))))

  Its good to get things off your chest.

  Take care

  Helen