ShirleyW

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  Is it common for old men to marry young JW?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left in the 90's and marriage partners were similar in age at my former congregation.

  i ran into a former jw friend from my childhood.

  i haven't seen him in 15 years.

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  ShirleyW

  I've noticed there are professional widows in JW Land also. When they find out about a widower in the Hall that has just located their or something they make there move. The one case in particular I know about (although there are many) is that this Brother called his family and said that there's a sister in the Hall that keeps hanging on to him trying to get his attention and it was really bothering him. About 3 or 4 months later he calls his grown kids and sister and says he's getting married.

  When he died, and it wasn't a mysterious death it was a legit health problem, the wife didn't even attend the memorial at the Hall, made sure he had all his paperwork in order, which means she got the property and house he had instead of his adult children and they haven't heard from this faithful servant of Jah since their father's death.
  
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  Joined up, long time looking

  by highline20 in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  joined the site, not that i have much to share.. i'm married to a jw (wife).

  i never have been or will be a jw, i honestly hate the wt (not the jws).

  being married to a jw, can sometimes make you crazy, i never believed any of the bs.

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  ShirleyW

  Interesting that you say she's always been a JW, yet she married a "worldly man". That's frowned upon in JWLand.
  

  Is she a 100 per cent totally observant JW or, there's a few things she doesn't agree with or doesn't feel the need to attend all the meetings are go in field service,

  Just wondering if she is totally into it how she allowed herself to marry a man that's an outsider.
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  Three elders show up "to encourage me" after 10 years!

  by Wasanelder Once in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  "hey brother wasa, come on back to the meetings.

  " (after 10 years) so i respond that the situation with pedophiles is out of hand.

  they tell me "we" elders have received tons of training on the subject, its not like it was 10 years ago.

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  ShirleyW

  Did the question of why did they show up after 10 years ever get answered? That would've been the first thing out of my mouth.
  
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  Is it common for old men to marry young JW?

  by adjusted knowledge in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i left in the 90's and marriage partners were similar in age at my former congregation.

  i ran into a former jw friend from my childhood.

  i haven't seen him in 15 years.

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  ShirleyW

  I remember quite a while ago a sister in her mid 20's married a brother who was in his late 50's, but the sick part of the story is the brother is her best friends father. Their friendship didn't suffer at all and they had a baby around the same time as each other, to me that's kinda sick. This brother was no Denzel Washington so to speak, he looked every day his age and then some, he looked more like Al Roker before he lost the weight, including the cow licked bald head Al had back then.
  
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  Jury Service in the UK

  by Nambo in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i had always thought the powers that be knew i was a jw and so never called me up for jury service.. today however, i received a summons for jury service.. what is the jw's position on jury service?, what will happen to me when i refuse to swear an oath?.

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  ShirleyW

  I think the Dubs that use the religion as an excuse to not serve is because they just don't want to be bothered, like most folks that get called, they're just using the religion as a bona fide reason to be excused and it's not.
  

  I know of several Dubs who have served.
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  How many here gave up having a family for the sake of the "truth"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a sensitive topic for many of us i know, but i am wondering how many here actually gave up the idea of having a family "in this system" for the sake of "kingdom activity or service"??.

  start the count here with my wife and i.

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  ShirleyW

  Really surprised that people my age(in their 50's) and younger bought into the don't bring kids into the world thing. Really thought that was something that was adhered to in the 30's and 40's then forgotten about. Like I posted earlier I grew up in da troof and to me we were always attending bridal showers, and of course after that comes the onslaught of baby showers. That's why I'm not interesting in going to either as an adult, been to so many of them while growing up.
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  How many here gave up having a family for the sake of the "truth"?

  by stuckinarut2 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  this is a sensitive topic for many of us i know, but i am wondering how many here actually gave up the idea of having a family "in this system" for the sake of "kingdom activity or service"??.

  start the count here with my wife and i.

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  ShirleyW

  I thought the admonishment to not have kids was like back in the 30's and 40's. I'm almost 60 and was a born in and there were always kids in my Hall and the surrounding congregations. They should've made it grounds for getting DF'd, would've been interesting to see how it played out
  
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  Is This a JW on The TV show called Horders?

  by greenhornet in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/video/stacey-roi.

  this is the link.

  however it may not work because i am logged in on my account.

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  ShirleyW

  LisaRose you said no elder would know enough to deal with this behavior.

  Yes they would, the hoarder would be told to go out in service more, remember?

  I guess you've forgotten how knocking on doors or standing like a statue in a subway station is the cure all for everything in JDubland.
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  Is This a JW on The TV show called Horders?

  by greenhornet in

  1. watchtower
  2. medical

  http://www.aetv.com/hoarders/video/stacey-roi.

  this is the link.

  however it may not work because i am logged in on my account.

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  ShirleyW

  I didn't click on the attachment since someone above said it says "not available" but I remember about a year or so ago watching a rerun of the show about a guy in his 40's-50s and as they scanned the filth I saw a few publications in the background. He lived alone and I believe he was married at one time.
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  Are Jehovah's Witnesses Happy?

  by minimus in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i know of the local congregation's issues, per an elder i know quite well.

  he has said that nearly everyone in the congregation is suffering emotionally and mentally.

  he said he has never seen so many witnesses with so many problems.

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  ShirleyW

  Whatever they are told to be, they are.