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  My Partner and I have been together for 10 years today!

  by ohiocowboy in

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  i am very proud that we have been together for 10 years!

  being raised a jw, it was always hard for me to find a long term relationship.

  most people that i met weren't interested in anything long term, and each time one ended, it left me feeling like i would never find someone who shared the same feelings.

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  Happy Anniversary!!!!!!!!!!
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  My son was murdered today

  by truman in

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  2. experiences

  i have been on this site daily, almost from its beginning, since i left the jws in 2001, but i have been more of a reader than a poster, as you can see from my post count.

  i know few here know me, although i know many of you through reading your posts.

  maybe it is not right to ask for support, when i generally stay quietly in the background of this forum, but i want only to speak a human misery of the deepest kind.

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  jamiebowers

  So sorry.
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  A JWN Member just lost her Husband and She could use some encouragement.

  by ohiocowboy in

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  on 4/6, the poster orphan annie posted about her experiences with jw's and her ill husband.

  unfortunately, her husband died monday, and she is feeling very sad.

  i just wanted to make others aware of it, so that we can encourage her and give her some much needed support during this rough time.. her original thread is here.

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  I have no words except to say I'm so sorry.
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  still not used to my parents totally shunning me...

  by oompa in

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  thats all....its so hard...nobody should have to lose their parents twice............oompa.

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  Oompa, I'm sorry you're hurting. But the pain of being shunned by your parents will eventually fade just as it does with any relationship that ends. As much as you may love them, due to cult mind control, they can't love you the way they should. That is an unhealthy situation, and toxic people have to be cut out of your life in order to achieve true happiness. It's been almost 24 years that my jw mom has shunned me. Although painful at first, it doesn't hurt anymore.
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  Are the JW’s were you are getting worked up over having a to go bag (Armageddon bag) ready?

  by life is to short in

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  2. beliefs

  ok where i live in the pacific northwest in january of this year this elder from the hall called a special meeting and gave everyone some papers that he had gotten from some government place on what to put in an emergency bag to grab in case you have to flee your home in seconds.

  i thought it was just my husbands hall being all strange and stupid over this.

  one older sister said that the elder told everyone they needed three bottles of water for 14 days that is 42 bottles of water plus whatever other stuff they put in there not sure if she got that right because 42 bottles of water is a lot of weight.

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  LITS, I love your posts! They just drip with disgust. I imagine I wuld stark raving mad if I had to live around/with jws.
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  Thanks to all

  by Socrateswannabe in

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  2. bible

  i am by nature a reticent soul.

  i am perfectly happy to watch from the sidelines as others debate and contest, poke, prod, and cajole one another.

  as an observer, i still gain.

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  jamiebowers

  Welcome, and don't sell yourself so short. Your principles may win out in the end, and who knows, your family may come out with you. Stranger things have happened.
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  A new member of the thinking class

  by Captain Obvious in

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  2. friends

  this is my first post on this forum, though it feels like i already know some of you here.

  i have been lurking for a couple of months now, and i must say, there honestly seems to be more love and respect here than any forum i have ever seen on any forum of any kind.

  i am 25 years old, married 3 years to my wonderful wife who is 22. we had a somewhat classic jw upbringing... which i now know has been our biggest problem.

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  I never had the opportunity to help my jw family learn the truth about the "truth", because I was running for my life when I left the cult. But I've read in CCMC that Hassan advises to reach the pre-cult or non-cult personality and build on that. Although your wife is a born in, she has to have interests apart from the Watchtower. Start conversations with her when she's in that mode, and always ask her questions. You don't have to teach her anything. Make her prove the truth of the "truth".
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  I am disturbed by this video and am not sure what to make of it?

  by yourmomma in

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  2. friends

  i warn you, there are some graphic images.

  it seems like a young person who was insulted by a fellow jw made a video about burning her and the rest of the jw's in the kingdom hall.

  what do you make of this?

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  jamiebowers

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=opFcupzI4Z0
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  Where's me keys, where's me phone.

  by Amelia Ashton in

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  2. friends

  have you ever been in the situation where you've lost your keys and your mobile phone #bgt.

  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lt--h2gjaau.

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  jamiebowers

  I'm posting that on FB for stepson!
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  Ted Neely rox as Jesus

  by mind blown in

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  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jnhmfwi-kaw.

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  jamiebowers

  I saw this in the theater when it first came out. I still remember the words to the songs. Ted Neely still portrays Jesus in stage productions of Jesus Christ Superstar. Even if you don't believe in Jesus as the redeemer, the story and its portrayal is fascinating!