GoddessRachel

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  i just dont fit in anymore...finally figured it out...hate it.....

  by oompa in

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  even with my jw wife.....i have told her for awhile she is prob better off without me....i was party central in jwland....nobody has had me over for two years now....i guess cause i could not shut up about some real truths about the so-called truth....now i have agreed to shut up....these guys really do have a right to their own beliefs...i am very non-judgemental and always have been......i should have shut up two years ago or so...but damm......trying to fit in with your own marriage in order to save being shunned from your blood family and a very few what is left dub friends just sucks.....starting over at midlife is such a bitch.....such a bitch..........oompa.

  and ya...the fear of the unknown is really present......if all i have known is jw...i will prob not fit into real world either.

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  GoddessRachel

  Oompa, I know I'm out of line to say this because I'm not yet middle aged and started over at 24 (but you know what they say: 40 is the new 30, hehehe, it's all in the attitude, baby): STOP TRYING TO FIT IN AND JUST BE YOURSELF.

  There, I said it, I feel better. I hope you do too, eventually, if not tonight.

  A quote I heard recently was something like: If you are basically a nice person, nice people will like you. The rest: WHO CARES.

  Another one: What is the point of being accepted for someone you are not?

  Those thoughts get me through the tough times. Just be your wife's friend. I know it's hard to relate to JW's, so hard, what would you do if a friend was over? Get her a beer, play some cards... Good luck!

  Rachel
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  Picture of Jesus in the KH

  by startingover in

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  a jw friend told me that a newly remodeled kh in the area has a big picture of jesus with his hand extended in the entrance.

  since it's a picture that is from the publications many say it's ok. sounds really out of place to me.

  it tells me the jw's are going mainstream..

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  GoddessRachel

  That seems really odd to me, too.
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  thinking of writing a book this summer

  by John Doe in

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  after brainstorming a couple hours, i'm thinking of writing a book about a man with a wife and two kids.

  wife and possibly two kids get into accident and become permanently disabled, wife braindead.

  man, who's had a crush on wife's friend, becomes torn between being faithful to his wife and moving on with her friend, and the book centers on his search for answers that are not there.

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  Do you know how you are going to go about doing it?
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  How To Be Dead When You're Not

  by Hopscotch in

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  step 1: get dragged into jws by your parents when you are 5 years old.

  step 2: get baptized in 1975 when you are 16 because armageddon is coming and you don't want to die.

  step 3: continue being brainwashed and mind controlled for the next 30 years because you don't want to die at armageddon.

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  GoddessRachel

  whoops I tried to edit out the first one because my real family isn't sh*tty, and I thought it would be more appropriate to call out their actions instead of labeling them. Well, anyway, still haven't figured out how to edit posts so there you go.
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  How To Be Dead When You're Not

  by Hopscotch in

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  step 1: get dragged into jws by your parents when you are 5 years old.

  step 2: get baptized in 1975 when you are 16 because armageddon is coming and you don't want to die.

  step 3: continue being brainwashed and mind controlled for the next 30 years because you don't want to die at armageddon.

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  GoddessRachel

  Been there, didn't even get a teeshirt.

  Family is more than DNA, Hopscotch. Our JW "families" do sh*tty things in the name of "Jehovah." Yeah, like Jehovah and Jesus - if they are up there - would really want people treating each other like CRAP over stupid technicalities. Ludicrous.
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  How To Be Dead When You're Not

  by Hopscotch in

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  step 1: get dragged into jws by your parents when you are 5 years old.

  step 2: get baptized in 1975 when you are 16 because armageddon is coming and you don't want to die.

  step 3: continue being brainwashed and mind controlled for the next 30 years because you don't want to die at armageddon.

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  GoddessRachel

  Been there, didn't even get a teeshirt.

  Family is more than DNA, Hopscotch. Our families are sh*tty.
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  Phrases NOT to say if you are in a judicial committee meeting for apostasy

  by BonaFide in

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  i have only been on a couple of committee's for actual apostasy, and in one the brother never showed, and in the other, the person said they don't want to be a witness.

  but in having experience as an elder and a c.o., and in reading this forum, here are my suggestions.. do not say:.

  "i don't believe that the faithful and discreet slave is god's channel" - why not?

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  GoddessRachel

  Oh, and I do have family in. I don't think living a lie will ever help them out. I think living the truth as I know it has a slim chance of helping them see the light someday.

  My two cents. I still have much empathy for your situation and am glad my spouse isn't stuck in there! That would be so terrible!
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  Phrases NOT to say if you are in a judicial committee meeting for apostasy

  by BonaFide in

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  i have only been on a couple of committee's for actual apostasy, and in one the brother never showed, and in the other, the person said they don't want to be a witness.

  but in having experience as an elder and a c.o., and in reading this forum, here are my suggestions.. do not say:.

  "i don't believe that the faithful and discreet slave is god's channel" - why not?

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  GoddessRachel

  Sorry to offend you, Bonafide, I appreciated your initial post, but then I laughed a whole lot at AK-Jeff and ChickPea's posts! They were just funny!

  But really, it sounds to me like you are trying to keep up a farce, and I respect that you feel the need to do that for yourself, but I for one am relieved to not have to deal with them, and if I ever get called in for another JC I will politely decline, "Thank you so much for the offer, but I'm fine, have a great day."

  Seriously, they are not my bosses. Not now, not ever again.
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  thinking of writing a book this summer

  by John Doe in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  after brainstorming a couple hours, i'm thinking of writing a book about a man with a wife and two kids.

  wife and possibly two kids get into accident and become permanently disabled, wife braindead.

  man, who's had a crush on wife's friend, becomes torn between being faithful to his wife and moving on with her friend, and the book centers on his search for answers that are not there.

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  GoddessRachel

  Go, JD! Have you written a book before?

  I have been working on mine for quite some time now. I write 2000-3000 words every morning, but then a lot of that gets edited out. I don't think I'll have it done before the end of summer, but boy wow wouldn't that be wonderful!!?

  I am a firm believer that you have to let your characters develop the story for you. The plot line sounds good so far, not too sappy, but you know, start writing and see where it goes.
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  Goddess Roll Call: LADIES, Show Your Inner Goddess, Stand Proud Say It Loud!

  by GoddessRachel in

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  my username is goddessrachel.

  because i believe we are all gods and goddesses.

  after all aren't we made in god's image?.

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  GoddessRachel

  Atta boy, C.T., OK OK, YOU ARE A GOD TOO.

  There, you happy now? LOL.