have you ever gotten slapped and dragged into the back room for a spanking because your mother or father accused you of pulling your skirt up during the meeting?
i was thinking of the little girls outgrowing their dresses and them becoming so short that it was hard to sit 2 hours with the skirt pulled down over your knees or just above, at the very least.
my sister's and my dresses were always too short when we sat down and could only keep them pulled down to a decent length when standing, not sitting.
Juni,
My daughter became so filled with anger and hate because she didn't feel like anyone cared about her. I didn't hear about my mom's doings until later when my daughter told me what was happening. As soon as I could I took a year off from school and moved a very loooooooong ways away from them. My dad knows it was because of them without my having to tell him, but he and I are ok now.
now, you might wonder about sheer laziness in watchtower leadership - given that the bookstudy.
got stuck with the climax book.
or you might wonder about cut n' paste articles in the watchtower.
I thought it was for more control of what people could say (very fitting for a cult), no creativity any more (no live music), more time for other stuff the elders have to tell us (no more time spent on self correction of written review).
how many of you remember how special the meetings were when we found out they were going to show slides instead of a public talk.
when i was a kid i remember how excited i was..........i still remember some of the slides.
an old one from the 70's where a blind girl keeps asking her dad when she will be able to see this and that and the father would say " in the new system my dear".
Slides?! I loved those! My mom would always arrive late, so we could not see to get a chair. It was bad to arrive late for those. I loved the dark and the pictures but really didn't care about what was said. Later, when I was an adult, I cared a lot about both.
ok, let's be honest.
who has ever gone in service for a reason other than "to encourage bible reading?
" ever flirt at the doors when alone or with the right kind of partner for that?
Noontide,
Yes, you were a dope. Sorry to say that. We all were dopes. The fun we could have had, the possibilities were endless. But, we had wolves ready to attack our character in "the back room."
have you ever gotten slapped and dragged into the back room for a spanking because your mother or father accused you of pulling your skirt up during the meeting?
i was thinking of the little girls outgrowing their dresses and them becoming so short that it was hard to sit 2 hours with the skirt pulled down over your knees or just above, at the very least.
my sister's and my dresses were always too short when we sat down and could only keep them pulled down to a decent length when standing, not sitting.
Jim-tx,
Adults can't sit there either! Have you ever seen adults milling around in the back? I can tell you, sisters cram themselves in the bathroom just to get circulation going in their legs again during the second song, which is a sin to miss, they tell us. I know one family whose grown daughter told me that her parents would not allow a bathroom break during the meetings. The kids could go to the bathroom but they would face a spanking (beating?) when they got home. This is a dangerous cult! I still can't get over it ! Oh, and why can kids sit for 3 and 4 hours in front of the TV but not at the meetings? Simple: THEIR MINDS ARE ENGAGED! The TV is not boring! Time flies when you're having fun! Meetings are boring for them and for a lot of men who I have seen snoring during the talks. Kids get elbows in ribs for sleeping but the men can do it. I never saw a sister sleep. Funny.
have you ever gotten slapped and dragged into the back room for a spanking because your mother or father accused you of pulling your skirt up during the meeting?
i was thinking of the little girls outgrowing their dresses and them becoming so short that it was hard to sit 2 hours with the skirt pulled down over your knees or just above, at the very least.
my sister's and my dresses were always too short when we sat down and could only keep them pulled down to a decent length when standing, not sitting.
Juni,
You are absolutely right! I'm in college studying sociology which is a study of how groups of people get along and develope over time. In my juvenile delinquency class, it said that girls who grew up abused will most probably abuse their children and become abused by their mates. Boys who are abused grow up to abuse their mates and children. That is modeling theory where the kids copy the same-sex parent's example (girls copy mothers and boys, their fathers) They don't have a basis for comparison to know any different.
It's an evil cycle that I vowed to break. In fact, my sister and I talked about it and promised to break that cycle ourselves when we had kids of our own someday. I had kids but she didn't. Neither of us are harsh. I changed my ways when I just could not bring myself to continue doing something so terrible to my loved ones (spanking with a board or spoon) anymore. I ordered my parents to not spank my kids, but they continued as they thought they had a right as they were in charge of them when I was in school. I almost lost my daughter over it. My mom used a leather belt on them, missing their buts and hitting their legs over and over and over again just as she did to us just as her father did to her. Nazi mentality!
have you ever gotten slapped and dragged into the back room for a spanking because your mother or father accused you of pulling your skirt up during the meeting?
i was thinking of the little girls outgrowing their dresses and them becoming so short that it was hard to sit 2 hours with the skirt pulled down over your knees or just above, at the very least.
my sister's and my dresses were always too short when we sat down and could only keep them pulled down to a decent length when standing, not sitting.
Juni,
Ditto for me on what Nowman said. I made an appology to my kids for spanking them at all. They were so appreciative and said that they hope I'm not beating myself up over it 'cuz it's in the past. They are darling (normal too) teens, now:) My dad appologized to me for ever spanking us because we never did anything to deserve it. There are always options. My dad and I now have a much better relationship. For everyone's information: In scientific studies, it has been PROVEN that children who were spanked grow up to resent the parent who did it and that it strains future relationships of children with their parents. Remember: Treat you children nicely, for they will choose your nursing home:)
ok, let's be honest.
who has ever gone in service for a reason other than "to encourage bible reading?
" ever flirt at the doors when alone or with the right kind of partner for that?
Oh come on. You know you did! There are too many here for absolutely no one to have used service as a tool for entertainment. Come on! Well, maybe it was so stifled that we could only THINK about doing that stuff but not dare to actually do it.
there are quite a few but the one that got me wondering wtf i was part of was when an elder explained to a group of us that he wanted to actually see the worldly people being executed when the end comes.
i thought to myself "you unbelievable bastard".
This was a private conversation with a JW neighbor and fellow pioneer that happened in around 1995. It is not religious or anything but bizaar bizzar bizar (pick one) none the less. She proceeded to go on and on and on in detail how her girl parts were not working properly and how she was sooooo sick that her mother "had to put a supository in her anus" for her . It was a major girl infection. I was silent but nodding politely the whole time wondering when she would stop and when she would leave as it was at my house. By far the grossest and most bizzar one sided conversation that I have ever had with anyone.
oh, i loved it when there was an earthquake someplace around the world, or famine or war just to make a juicy introduction... .
bad economic news also made a good conversation..
Buttlight,
That was it for me as an adult pioneer. I was so bad at it. "Hi, my name is ...and this is...we are talking with you and your neighbors to encourage Bible reading. Would you like the latest copy of the WT and A! magazines?" yes or no and I was out of there.
