Funny you should start this thread today. My husband just came home from the grocery store describing a rant he went on to the cashier. He bagged five apples, and they rang up at $14.47. Needess to say, he didn't buy them. Instead he'll go to a discount suprmarket tomorrow and pay a fraction of the price.
jamiebowers
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Cost of living going up.
by punkofnice inhere in the uk the cost of living is going up far beyond wage rises.
the cost of travelling is shooting up each time i look at a petrol pump!
water rates are rising.
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Coco Rocha People Magazine JW Blurb
by NoRegrets inso i know that there has been a lot of discussion about coco rocha and it is pretty much a proven fact that she is a jw.
i was surprised, though, to see her make a public statement in about it in people magazine.
we were in the doctor's office waiting room and my wife pointed it out to me.
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jamiebowers
I read an article about her somewhere other than People magazine. She sounded like a whiney brat to me....saying something about there aren't a lot of other famous jws. And jws like her piss me off. She must be well connected in the Watch Tower to be where she is right now. I've read about several young jws who were pressured to give up careers in the arts, and they were people with real talent, not just underweight bimbos who like to have their picture taken.
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my worst fears were realized
by magotan inim on my phone, so im really limited.
i came out to my family about my doubts and my sexuality.
shit hit the fan.
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jamiebowers
I can tell from the few phone conversations I've had with you that you are an articulate, decent young man that most parents would be proud to call son. It will take a while, but all of those who have abandoned you will be replaced with people who will embrace you for who you are. Speaking of which, what are you doing for Easter dinner? Maybe you and akafreelife can swing by.
It's good to hear you've got a roommate situation set up already. When will you be moving in? Please, please call me if you need to. And check your private messages. I'm sending you a link to my Facebook page if you want to friend me. I can reccommend you as a friend to a few local ex-jws if you want.
You've just made the most important decison of your life by coming out to your jw family and friends about TTATT and being gay. Finally you have room in your life for educational and professional opportunities as well as people who will love and appreciate you for who you really are that you never would've had otherwise!
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Avoiding Homelessness
by magotan ini'm falling apart here.
the false teachings of the jw enrage me; we started covering the information for the jeremiah book, and i was outraged at how they twist up the scriptures to meet what they want to say.
my dad wants to consider the "god's love" book during family worship evening.
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jamiebowers
Call me.
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No Child Left Behind Testing
by skeeter1 inaround the us, 6th graders (and alot of other grades) are preparing for this spring's standardized testing.
when "we" grew up, the standardized tests were straigh forward math problems.
the standardized math test is now only 16 questions long, but they are all long, drawn out word problems.
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jamiebowers
Skeeter, I was in the gifted class, and geometry wasn't taught until the 10th grade. I am 48 years old and attended a public school in rural western PA.
I assisted with proficiency testing in a first grade class in an Ohio school during the 1997-1998 school year. There were two questions on the test that none of the teachers could answer. I don't remember what the first one was, but the second one was as follows:
When portraying the colors of the leaves during autumn, what art supplies would be the best to use?
- crayons
- markers
- colored pencils
- paints
I still haven't figured that one out. Another question on the test for first graders was to label Ohio and all of its border states on a blank US map. And you're correct; teachers now teach in preparation for the proficiency tests, because their jobs are at stake. It's a shame.
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Is the grass greener on the other side?
by What Now? inhi all.... so my mom phoned me up this morning and said she needed to talk to me about something.
she asked me whether or not our (worldly) family thought that my husband and i were witnesses anymore.
one, someone in my family said to her, "i didn't know you guys wear short dresses like that" - commenting on a slightly above the knee dress i had worn to a family event.
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jamiebowers
I try to imagine raising him as a witness ... and the thing is, I can picture it going well. I know I can make it fun, something he'll enjoy and want for himself. I know he'd have a great group of friends, whose parents I would trust.
As far as I know, most "worldly" people as a group do NOT hide pedophiles within their midst. You have less reason to trust jw parents, because the Watch Tower makes it a point to cover up child molestation.
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How do I keep from being an enabler while not appearing like Satan
by marriedtoajw inone thing that i havn't mentioned in any of my posts is that i have a 26 year old son along with the 4 kids that my wife and i have together.
i became a father very young, 15 to be exact.
that's a whole other issue but not on this post.
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jamiebowers
Open your Bible, and read your son this:
For even when we were with you, we gave you this rule: "If a man will not work, he shall not eat."
http://bible.cc/2_thessalonians/3-10.htm
Make it matter of faith that he goes out and gets a job. In so doing, he'll get a taste of the real world and hopefully see that he must gain a skill or an education to support himself and family he may eventually have. The more time he spends away from the cult and its activities, the more chance he has at being awakened.
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Okay kids!!I need prayers, karma, or good thoughts
by mouthy ini went to shut my door ( it has ice in the ledge) i shoved it with my side ugh!!!.
if i laugh or cough i near die with pain.i went to the hospital for xrays.
it is a torn muscle.
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jamiebowers
Thinking of you!
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XJW friend visiting DC area
by Dagney ina friend from the board (he forgot his login) is in dc for business for a few more days.
he's a former elder, and has his immediate family all out.
he asked me to post here if anybody in the area would like to meet up.
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jamiebowers
I'll notify a few people I know in the area.
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Have you seen this yet ?
by troubled mind inmade my day watching this interview ( i have a different kind of sense of humor what can i say ) .
but notice his first statement and then later at the end he says he has no family or friends that he grew up with because he is dead to them all ...sounds familiar.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?nr=1&v=-xa0nfcdlk4&feature=endscreen.
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