Posts by Fe2O3Girl

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Do material things rule your life?

by haujobbz in

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i think i have to say i am obsessed with material things,i love having the latest music,games,tv,etc.

allthough there seems nothing wrong with this i do seem to worry about my belongings a lot, for instance i have dreams about people trying to steal my belongings,also i have fitted numerous locks on my doors to protect my belongings, its not that im a geek i have a kid a lovely wife but i think im to possesive over my material belongings.. its funny it sounds like a awake article question.

i think i will have a tomb built when i die to take it all with me.

Fe2O3Girl

When I was married to a JW, he was psycotically tight-fisted. So along with the JW thing, there was plenty of reason for never going out for a meal or a drink, always buying second hand (or not at all), and various weird behaviours all in the pursuit of "saving money". The house was always freezing cold because he refused to put the heating on.

So, when I broke free, getting to spend how much, when, and on what I wanted was wonderful, and I went completely over the top. I ended up badly in debt. I have sorted out my situation now. I still like to buy nice stuff, and when I have the money in the bank, I treat myself.

I have come to the conclusion that the thrill of buying something nice is about the same, and lasts about the same time irregardless of how much you spend. So spending 1000 won't make you 10 times happier than spending 100, and the fun happy feeling won't last 10 times longer. So, you may as well enjoy small treats. And be happy you don't have to work 16 hours a day to be able to have enough to eat.

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hello to warrington and falkirk

by ena in

hello to all... i would like to hear from any ex jw from warrington where i lived until i was 13 then moved to falkirk scotland and would love to hear from anyone else who remembers me....god bless ena marsh / young [email protected]

Fe2O3Girl

Hi Ena

I live in south Warrington, but I did not attend any Warrington congregations. If you search for "UK Ireland map" you will find a thread with loads of UK XJWs plotted on a map (duh!). Maybe you will see someone in your area.

All the best!

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Dawn Bradbury - Staffordshire

by Fe2O3Girl in

i would love to know how dawn is doing - i lost touch with her.

dawn if you are out there - say hello!.

rachel (neil's friend)

Fe2O3Girl

I would love to know how Dawn is doing - I lost touch with her. Dawn if you are out there - say hello!

Rachel (Neil's friend)

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SYN!!! I'm waiting.....

by Fe2O3Girl in

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to read part 3 of "ever been hypnotised?".

please.......

Fe2O3Girl

LOL@patio34!

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SYN!!! I'm waiting.....

by Fe2O3Girl in

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to read part 3 of "ever been hypnotised?".

please.......

Fe2O3Girl

to read Part 3 of "Ever Been Hypnotised?"

Please.......

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Every night they come home to roost

by nilfun in

did you ever go sit outside on the porch for some fresh air, only to get dragged back in by your hair and kicked on every exposed part and you curl up into a ball because someone is growing inside of you and even the backs of your hands get kicked because you were shielding your head with them and seven years later you have to see a chiropractor on a regular basis because of it and you are walking down the street and someone passes you by that looks just like him and you involuntarily raise your shoulder up in a defensive motion and sometimes when you are getting your photo taken the flash bulb makes you wince because it reminds you of when the cop took pictures of your bruises for evidence and you would like to think of him as dead but then he calls every week and he still does not think he did anything wrong except get caught and you know that if you had gotten out of the car that night he would have tried to push you over the edge of the steep drop and you would have turned over and over in the air and landed so hard that you would have never gotten back up so instead you go home and you know that all those stories you were told when you were a kid about how domestic violence was not a valid reason to get a divorce were just the product of some sick minds and later when he holds the knife to your belly you are not there you are somewhere else planning your escape and his downfall as well and you realize that it is a lie when you say you don't think you could ever take a life because he has pushed you to that point and when all is said and done he serves eight months and moves on and gets his degree but you still feel trapped in all the poison he vomited on you and you will never be clean again and is it too much to ask to be free from the past?

Fe2O3Girl

Nilfun -

I never had it as bad as you have - but I have experienced a little of what you describe. I understand the nausea when you see someone who looks like him.......still having the nightmares.

All I know is, as someone once said to me "You are out of it now, but he will always be a twat".

And, WELL DONE! to you for pressing charges and getting away from that man!

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Diet Bias: Evolution vs. Creation

by patio34 in

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1. creation viewpoint: if one takes the bible literally, then it follows that all humans were vegetarian until the flood.

in fact, gen. 1:30 states that all creation ate vegetation.

one could deduce also from the bible that the carnivore/prey cycle is not god's original plan and that possibly it would be done away with in a paradise earth (isaiah somewhere).

Fe2O3Girl

Here is another view of how our past affects our current food preferences, taken from the BBC webpage on Human Instinct:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/science/humanbody/tv/humaninstinct/programme1.shtml

A Question of Taste

Without food we die. But can our instinct to eat explain why we all crave fatty, often unhealthy, food? Like all our instincts, our appetites were formed millions of years ago. In this uncertain world, laying down fat was the perfect way to ensure against times when food was scarce.

Our ancestors who craved food which was high in calories and rich in fat lived and passed on their genes to their children - those who didnt, died and left no descendents. Gradually, over millions of years, that craving for calories became instinctive behaviour.

Edited by - Fe2O3Girl on 30 October 2002 9:23:13

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What did you do to piss the brothers off?

by Pleasuredome in

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when you were getting fed up with meetings before you gave up, was there anything you did to deliberately get on the brothers nerves?.

i turned up to a meeting once with jeans on, and a red top with cccp on it with the 'hammer and sickle'.

i also went to another bs group a few times so that if i wasnt at one group they'd think i was at the other and vice versa.

Fe2O3Girl

I went to the memorial with a black eye, courtesy of my JW husband. Funny though, noone seemed to notice.......

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Double Life

by restorebeauty in

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when a witness is leading a double life, are they really leaning toward not believing in the "truth" and just staying in for family and friends sake or do they really believe it is the "truth" but just want to have a little fun?.

i have a friend who says he is "in" just because he goes to meetings of sundays, however during the week you would not believe it if he told you he was a witness.. just curious..

Fe2O3Girl

Judging by the number of traumatised individuals that wash up at this board who have been affected by developing a relationship with a JW who does not mention this small aspect of their life for months - the proportion of single JW's living a double life must be huge.

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JW infertility treatment.

by nicolaou in

i was driving to work earlier this week and caught the end of a news story on radio 4 (uk).

i heard that a 'jehovah's witness woman' was the first in the country to have become pregnant by the use of her previously frozen eggs and her husbands sperm.. .

what is unique (i beleive) is that her egg[s] was fertilised in the womb rather than the 6 or more which are usually fertilised in vitro.. .

Fe2O3Girl

And this from the BBC:

My thoughts:

I am not sure why the BBC story did not specify that the couple were JWs.

I am not sure why a JW couple would go to such lengths to have a family "in this time of the end".