ShirleyW

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  "While I love my two children very much, I feel today I should never have had them."

  by running_away in

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  this is interesting:.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38145118.

  "a whole lot of the time, i just don't like being a mother, and i generally don't fit well into this role.".

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  ShirleyW

  I respectfully enjoy the comments of those here who are all "gung ho parenting", but, I'm sure they will even have to admit that it's not easy sailing, like I said in my first post, one of the most truest sayings of all time is "wait till you have children of your own". I don't have kids of my own (never wanted any and have no regrets), but have observed that to be true in my fifty plus year of life, the parenthood job just ain't that easy.

  I have quite a few friends who have visited me at my home and the first they say is "wow, it's so quiet here". One couple who visit me frequently who have three grown children, walk in sit down and take a nap, no joke, they notice how quiet it is and just sit down and fall asleep for a quick nap every time they visit, notice I said there kids are grown, so they're in grandparent mode, but still enjoy a quiet home front and no, I'm not offended when they fall asleep and take a nap, I understand.

  Another friend who is a divorced mom of two kids has said about my apt, "this is what I need, a place just for weekends to get some rest", sound familiar parents out there?
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  JW Ideal candidates for Life Insurance?

  by MNLifeAgent in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i am not a jehovah's witness, although i do respect your religion entirely.

  i am 27 years old, and live in minnesota.

  i have an older cousin, who's mother (not with my uncle -separated when my cousin was a baby) had been a witness, grew up in your word, and about 12 years ago she fully converted.

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  ShirleyW

  Just wondering, how did you arrive at the conclusion that JWs aren't heavy drinkers?
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  "While I love my two children very much, I feel today I should never have had them."

  by running_away in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  this is interesting:.

  http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-38145118.

  "a whole lot of the time, i just don't like being a mother, and i generally don't fit well into this role.".

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  ShirleyW

  Anybody remember when Dear Abby posed that question back in the 70's I think, and the majority of folks said they shouldn't have had kids.

  I think there's a lot more people that are out there that won't admit that they wish they had waited or didn't have kids at all. As the saying goes "wait till you have kids of your own" that's probably the number one truest statement ever said . . .that's why I don't have any! I've observed my whole life how parents raised kids, never appealed to me.
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  Scientology special on A&E tonight with Leah Remini

  by nonjwspouse in

  1. social
  2. entertainment

  i'm not sure where it is airing elsewhere, but on the a&e channel, at 7p then again at 10p est tonight, leah remini is doing a scientology special.

  it looks to be a great show.

  i am not sure if it is one time, or the beginnings of a series.

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  I agree with FLipper, like I said in an earlier post here I wonder why the JWs don't have someone like a Leah Remini type to stand up bring out the what's really going on behind closed doors. Like you said It won't be Serena Williams or George Besnon, because they just call themselves a Dub and probably haven't knocked on a door and turned in a time slip in decades.
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  Is everything a sign to the jw's?

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  of publisher numbers go up its a sign jehovah must be blessing the work if they go down it a sign the end must be near .

  if there's an earthquake it a sign.if there's a war it's a sign ..i'm sure donald trump is sign.

  karter.

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  "Is everything a sign to the jw's?"

  Yes
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  If this system goes on.

  by karter in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i heard my hard out jw sister say that for the 1st time in many years and i'm hearing more and more jw's saying that.

  years ago when i was in they talked about the new system coming any minute..

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  My mother said that just about everyday when I was a kid in the 1960's.
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  OK I have had it with our Creator, "A booze gene".

  by James Mixon in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  scientists have discovered a booze gene.

  so can one be df for drunkenness if they have a booze gene???

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  ShirleyW

  There wouldn't be too many elders left if they started to DF for too much drinking, there wouldn't be too much of any of the Dubs if they started DFing for drinking, that's how some of them get through the meetings and the rest of them are not drugs, legal and illegal.
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  Warwick and Walkill

  by Lynnie in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  just curious on what big differences there are between the two compounds?

  i've seen that warwick is the world headquarters now so what is wallkill called?.

  have cousins that just moved from walkill to warwick, apparently they have a deluxe apartment now.

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  ShirleyW

  Growing up in NYC, every time you hear of Wallkill on the news is when they're talking about the prison there, wonder how many miles apart is the prison from the new Bethel?
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  Cart Cycling

  by ShirleyW in

  1. jw
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  after reading funchback's post about "having a cart attack" it reminded of some pictures i saw this weekend on a friends fb page, his mother is still in da troof.

  her pictures are from africa and europe and she's posted many pics of the brothers riding a bike with the whole cart display on their backs !!

  i guess the dubs here in the u.s. don't know how easy they have it!.

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  ShirleyW

  After reading Funchback's post about "having a cart attack" it reminded of some pictures I saw this weekend on a friends FB page, his mother is still in da troof. Her pictures are from Africa and Europe and she's posted many pics of the brothers riding a bike with the whole cart display on their backs !! I guess the Dubs here in the U.S. don't know how easy they have it!

  Kinda reminds me of when they used to tell us of how easy we had it here to attend the meetings when some brothers and sisters had to cross thru alligator infested waters and walk miles just to attend the meetings. I guess they could now point out how in the other countries they ride bikes with the full cart on their backs filled with all the literature.

  For those here who are in Europe and Africa, are you among those who are breaking their backs for Jehovah, in the literal sense?
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  FYI: "Leah Remini's Anti-Scientology Documentary on A&E is scorching." Airs Tuesday the 29th, etc.

  by AndersonsInfo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  leah remini’s anti-scientology doc: former celeb wrangler admits how tom cruise was “surrounded” and isolated.

  http://www.showbiz411.com/2016/11/23/leah-reminis-anti-scientology-doc-former-celeb-wrangler-admits-how-tom-cruise-was-surrounded-and-isolated.

  "leah remini’s anti-scientology documentary on a&e is scorching.

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  ShirleyW

  If only A&E would do the same thing with the JWs.

  Why is it that the other cults get so much more air time than the JWs and they don't even go knocking door to door to spread their message, oh well, maybe after this airs maybe they'll get lots of letters from JWs saying how similar Scientology is to the Dubs.