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  Have you made friends with your 'inner tortoise'?

  by nicolaou in

  1. social
  2. relationships

  why does every waking moment need to be filled with something?!

  if teenage minds aren't being stimulated by the xbox or wii then it has to be myspace or another online distraction.

  when did you ever catch your child just kicking back and thinking, or - perish the thought - reading!.

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  i meet my inner tortoise every night when i go to bed - i do nothing but think and cant sleep - maybe i should do as you suggest and make time to meet in the daytime...
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  WTBTS money making for who?

  by awol in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  there is a lot of talk on here about the wtbts a money making organisation.. maybe, but who is this money going to?.

  like a friend "in the truth" lol said, it's all put back into the work.

  and who would want to be a missionary, they don't get any money out of the society etc etc.. so who reap the rewards here then?

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  Do CO's and DO's get paid for what they do? I bet the GB draw a salary of somesort? Good Question - will look again when someone with more knowledge than an expublisher female who never questioned anything!
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  17 Year Olds

  by lonelysheep in

  1. social
  2. family

  you 'kids' are strong, strong people.

  i'm not just referring to those of you who are 17 now, but those who left or simply woke up from the wt garbage at such a young age and are now adults.. from what i've seen here over the last 2+ years, it seems to me like jw's treat their children like they are foster kids.

  some foster kids (& some adopted kids) i knew throughout school were kicked out or left home around the ages of 16-17, and were put into independent living programs by the age of 18. their parents wanted nothing to do with them afterwards.

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  So true - i didnt have the strength to leave when i was 17, how i wish i had. i still send the young hurt me lots of hugs though - she was very depressed and unhappy
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  New and SAD...

  by The Dreamer in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  hello all...i've been searching for some sort of comfort in my situation.

  i found a story written by "iamfreenow" aka marion.

  i found some comfort to know that i am not alone in my challenging of my faith.

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  Welcome mels - it is an idea to get reinstated and then fade, you'll get advice how from here! i was never df'd or da'd but still no one talks to me. Will you get friends and family back just to lose them all again? it hurts me that my jw family and friends (apart from my mom shes great) dont talk to me but im going to start lovebombing them cos im not talking to them just as much as the other way round so who knows - i may get some friends and family back but i dont think it will be the same.
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  New here so this may be long...

  by mandalion in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  i wasn't born in the truth.

  my parents started studying when i was five.

  we started living all the principals completely when i was nine.

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  Welcome mandalion!
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  Ever been questioned by 3 Elders.....

  by freefromjws in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  when i was 17 i got pregnant (omg)!!!

  i was in a meeting with 3 elders from my nj cong.

  and the questions they asked:.

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  mia_b

  welcome to the site exjw!
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  Did you find it hard to work and go to all your meetings?

  by JH in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i remember when i had a seasonal job and worked 40 or 50 hours a week, i missed many meetings, cause i was too tired to go to a 2 hour meeting.. i prefered to rest or keep that precious time for myself.. when i was layed off, then i found the time and energy to go to my meetings..

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  Yes especially when i was depressed and people didn't want to talk to me cos i was so down.
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  How long?

  by XBEHERE in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  how long until they really start cracking down on me?

  any former/current elders especially.

  i am currently an elder and basically miss at least one meeting a week and never go out in service on sundays and seldom on saturdays.

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  No idea, i was just a female publisher so it took them 3 months to notice i'd stopped going altogether! lmao
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  spongebob, jimmy neutron etc

  by BlackSwan of Memphis in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  <<<<anyone notice my new avatar?

  wanda, fairly oddparents.. ok, if you know me at all you know i love the simpsons.

  we collect simpsons memorabilia for peets sake.

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  written for adults and children alike definitely. i LOVE spongebob cartoons
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  I think there on to me...

  by thebiggestlie in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  maybe i'm just a bit paranoid but i think my parents may be on to me.

  i hope i didn't blow my cover.... i was out with some jw kids and realised that i left all my "apostate" research and my notebook out on my desk in my room.

  when i got home my mother was crying in her room.

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  (((thebiggestlie))) hope all is well (or as well as it can be) keep us posted on what happens