my name is not really nicolaou - i just chose it as an alias like so many of us do.
thing is, people have been calling me nic' online for almost nine years now so who am i to say that nic' is not real.. if i'm ever disfellowshipped i know that one of the first things i'll do is 'come out' on jwd and tell you all who i really am - will that mean that i'm killing 'nic'?
should we all resist getting attached to our usernames and avatars?.
Sweetface is a nickname a good friend from work gave me many years ago. He has died since I quit, but I go back every so often to see other people. I walk through the door and hear "Sweetface!" I talk to BFD often and I don't think he has ever called me Crissy...LOL.
So, in answer to your question, it was a part of me before JWD and it will be a part of me for the rest of my life.
okay, so it should be very soon when the theme for the 2008 convention will be made public.
what do you think the them will be?
Drama
"Jesus the lost years: What he was really doing between the ages of 12 and 33 1/2."
i thought after 7 years out i had done a pretty good job of getting my mind free of the jws.. then yesterday i went on youtube and typed in jehovah's witness.
after watching a few apostate videos, i came across a pro-jw video of a convention.
as i started the video and they started singing "we thank you jehovah" i got a mega wave of nausea and felt like i had to switch the thing off.. has this happened to you?
I don't get physiaclly ill, but I do want to "stop my ears" as if I am in an anti-JW cult...LOL. The feeling of nails down a chaulk board is how my body reacts to anything pro-JW.
hey friends,.
for those of you who know him, i just can't stop obsessing over this yet, and feel the urge to share, our lovable resident hippie (i can say that 'cause i mean it in a positive way and i adore him, so there), openfireglass, has shorn his dreads.
he gave himself a haircut yesterday and the dreadlocks are no more.. it was a surprise that i came home to after work yesterday.
I came along after both you and he weren't posting very often. But, he did post a pic in a picture thread since I became active, and WOW...how hot! Nice to meet you BTW.
some of you seem perplexed as to my latest threads, i thought i would give you a little background.. .
about 3 years ago, amanda and i met up with an xjw elder here in knoxville.
it started out ok, but deteriorated rapidly.
Eclipse, someone else brought that up about seeking revenge against the wife. I said that I could never do that, why put words in my mouth?
Was this in reference to MY comments about my marriage, as well as my parents? I NEVER said my father nor myself did anything to our spouses out of revenge. Being miserable turns you into someone you don't recognize. In my case, what could be perceived to you as revenge, was actually a lot of hurt and neglect upon which I was acting. I was doing things to fill a huge void in my marriage. Is it possible that you have no idea why that certain ex-elder did the things that he did?
Did you mean Sweetstuff? Haven't seen her much lately. . .
LOL...now that would be funny. FINALLY people are calling her sweetface instead of calling me sweetstuff. I just assumed he was, in fact, referring to me because he and I had a nice little conversation about being on "restriction" here.
some of you seem perplexed as to my latest threads, i thought i would give you a little background.. .
about 3 years ago, amanda and i met up with an xjw elder here in knoxville.
it started out ok, but deteriorated rapidly.
So everyone in the "happiness crowd" shit all over other people to get there?
I don't know the guy and I don't know his situation, but I know my father and what he did to my mom and our family. Yes, for many years he was a liar and cheated on my mother as well as neglected my siblings and I. He was absolutely miserable as a JW and in his marriage. That doesn't excuse what he did, but no one on this earth has the right to judge why anyone else does what they do. My father is now the happiest that he has ever been and I am happy for him. As for my mother, she is now remarried to a guy who is her "soul mate" and is very happy, herself. She doesn't dwell on what my father did and actually asks me about him every so often.
No one is perfect. We all make mistakes. Furthermore, if you have ever been truly miserable in a marriage, like I have, you can understand how someone could be so uncaring and visious to their mate. I know I was. It didn't excuse what I did, but it sure put happiness into perspective.
the old saying "happiness is the best revenge", to me that is the most rubbing statement i can ever hear right now.. .
someone mentioned that jw's dont think anyone can have true happiness outside of their religion, i dont necessarily buy this.. .
when someone is happy inside the borg, they say its jehovah's blessing, when someone is happy outside the borg they say that satan is blessing them.
Since when it is everyone else's responsibility to make you happy? People, in general, reach out to those in whom they see a lot of theirself. Misery loves company, eh? Same goes w/ positivity. If you find that the positive people here aren't "being active" and reaching out to you, then maybe it's because they don't have the same attitude about their life that you do. They aren't playing the victim anymore.
http://www.greatscotshop.com/images/cardgreatscotkilt.gif.
feeling a bit cheeky!!!
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I don't know about Scotsmen, but I have a pic of a Canadian JWD member in a kilt. I saw a leopard print thong.
I love all days! Give me rain, wind, snow, and heat. I can find the good in ALL weather. Well, except those damn fires in Southern CA. They could use the rain I was driving through this morning.
