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  Wife and kids left me

  by thepackage in

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  long story short, (i'll post it later), after many years of problems with the wts my wife and kids left me and she has filed for divorce (no adultery was committed).

  feeling really sad right now.

  i was a great husband and father, however, i could not take the thought of going to any more meetings and have over the last year started to find was to avoid meetings.

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  free2think

  I have no idea what to say, just know that i am thinking of you and im really sorry.

  (((((((((hugs))))))))))
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  Were You Constantly Counseled By Elders & Others?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
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  were you ever told by the elders or others in the congregation that you shouldn't engage in a certain thing because it would be inappropriate-----yet you did it anyway?.

  sometimes, "mature" ones will tell an inexperienced witness what they should or should not do within their families.

  certain sisters were adamant that a wife should leave her adulterous or abusive husband and if they didn't the victims were shunned by their counselors!

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  free2think

  I'm sick of "setting an example". People need to get real.

  Me too. Im just so glad to be away from all that nit-picking.
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  Called my mother today

  by Irish Rose in

  1. jw
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  since leaving mom and i have not spoken very often, since i left in 2001. i ended up calling her today, because i have an uncle in texas where the flooding is at, and i lost his number.

  he is doing ok, and their home did not get flooded.

  it did come up to the porch, but then went down.

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  free2think

  It's funny how that's the only thing that bothers them, they skip over everything else and go straight to that, the blood issue. I'm glad you were able to catch up with her though and that your uncle is ok.
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  Were You Constantly Counseled By Elders & Others?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  were you ever told by the elders or others in the congregation that you shouldn't engage in a certain thing because it would be inappropriate-----yet you did it anyway?.

  sometimes, "mature" ones will tell an inexperienced witness what they should or should not do within their families.

  certain sisters were adamant that a wife should leave her adulterous or abusive husband and if they didn't the victims were shunned by their counselors!

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  free2think

  All the time. I was always being told I shouldn't do this and you shouldn't do that, little things mostly like your top is too low, you shouldn't listen to that music or watch that program, b/c you have to set an example free2think, blah, blah, blah.
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  Naturalism-The Next Step For Secular Humanists?

  by nvrgnbk in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've noticed a healthy number of secular humanists on jwd.. i thought i'd share this info.

  http://www.naturalism.org/.

  before the likes of people like poppers, james thomas, and tetra(people i have tremendous respect and admiration for that have taught me alot about existence) jump me for getting into "labels", i just want to mention that i'm not espousing this as "it".

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  free2think

  Really interesting site Nvr, thanks for sharing it.
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  J-dar?

  by Mysterious in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  you've heard of gaydar what about j-dar?

  do you seem to have the instinctive ability to detect when other jws are present by subtle clues others around you miss?

  i recently sleuthed out a male jw young adult living in our building.

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  free2think

  I can usually sense is one is near me.
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  Dog skinned alive

  by purplesofa in

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  reward boosted for suspect who skinned dog alive .

  http://www.todaysthv.com/news/news.aspx?storyid=47607&provider=top.

  e-mail this article.

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  free2think

  What a dispicable thing to do. That poor dog.
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  Engagement photos

  by reneeisorym in

  1. jw
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  i will be posting wedding photos soon but for now, here's a few engagement photos.. .

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  Beautiful pics Renee. You two look so happy.
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  It feels good not to be under that kind of control anymore

  by troubled mind in

  1. jw
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  did you feel guilty when you missed meetings for no good reason ?

  did you feel you had to hide from other witnesses seing you ?

  how did it make you feel if someone did see you , the next time you saw them did you make-up some excuse ?.

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  free2think

  Did you feel guilty when you missed meetings for no good reason ? Did you feel you had to hide from other witnesses seing you ? How did it make you feel if someone did see you , the next time you saw them did you make-up some excuse ?

  Yes to all of the above. When I missed the meeting I used to stay inside until after it was over, even if I really needed to go out. I used to feel so guilty for missing the meetings, even when I did have a good excuse. When I would run into dubs, I would look so guilty and they would look so gleeful that they'd caught me out.

  It feels sooooo good to be out of that craziness now.
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  Are You Afraid Of Death?

  by serotonin_wraith in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i'm not afraid at all.

  i'd like to experience a full life, and do the things i want to do before i die, but death itself just doesn't frighten me.. i was unconscious for several hours last night as i slept, and experiencing nothing feels absoluely fine.

  before i was born, i went through the same thing- nothing (for several billion years or more infact).

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  free2think

  No