what are some strange things that have happened to you in fs?i remember accompying a sister 20 years my senor in the door to door.she started slipping on the ice=i reached out to help her and got 2 handfulls of breast.she proceeded to hold my arm and give me this lustful look with her tongue showing.talk about uncomfortable..
I refused to work with that damn masturbation issue, I also didn't do the "Kingdom News # 37" which was the most in-your-face, propaganda I had ever seen. I also hated the issue about world destruction a couple weeks after 9/11
But my most embarrassing moments was when we would take a break out in service and I'd run into friends from school, and they'd wonder why I was sitting dressed up in a Hy-Vee store on a Saturday morning with a group of old people I didn't know.
anyone else hate this practice?
uve been sitting all day 4 three days @ this place and u just wanna hurry up and finish ur cleaning assignment so u can go out to eat w/ ur friends, but bro.
special speaker from bethel/or do has to give a one man symposium during his prayer recapping every single moment of the past 3 days.. its like they have this formula that they use to determine how long a prayer should be.
I despised the WHOLE ENTIRE LAST DAY!!!
It was the worst day, because all I wanted to do was go home.
The morning was always filled with "experiences", and a WT summary that just drones on and on. Then you get a SHORTENED lunch of like only 1 hour on the last day. Then the afternoon fires up and there is always a LONG, BORING symposium, then usually a song, THEN, there is a "brother windbag" that gets up and gives a recap of the whole thing. He usually has the volume, bass and the reverb all cranked up, so he can lean into the mic and say things with a big, booming authoritative voice. Lots of time this gasbag, will drone on and on about "what a delicious banquet the faithful slave provided us", they will then thank every speaker, re-cap EVERY talk, and talk about how wonderful the drama was. THEN, they would announce the release of some new 192 page book, and finally after running over a minimum of 20 - 30 minutes, they would rap it up, and there would be a song and concluding 5 - 10 minute prayer by the "special" Bethel speaker or DO.
Now the "smart" double life Dub, (like myself when I was in) would leave after lunch. Because you'd say all your goodbyes, then in the last 5 to 10 minutes before its time to sit, you grab your books, and lunch bag and head straight for the doors, walking quickly, and avoiding eye contact. I'd usually be back home by the time the DC was ending. I HATED the DC as I got older, as a kid I like staying in hotels, but hated everything else about it.
Nowadays, I thinking of how many family vacations we could have taken instead of going to the damn DC. Even if we would've saved, up money and went once every 3 years somewhere, that would've been nice. I only took one family vacation with my parents, while I was at home, and we were visiting relatives when we were there. I never understood how important family vacations were until you're older, and realize that you never went anywhere.
did anyone ever have this done to them, literally?
i thought it was only a figure of speech, until my mother did it to me for real.
i think i was about 10 at the most, and i said the word "piss", which to my mother was the equvalent of the f-word.
I got my mouth washed out when I was in elementary school in the mid 80's.
my son has come to stay with me for the summer, and this morning i got a phone call which showed on the caller id as my son's grandparents (my jw ex's parents who are also jw).
i assumed it was my ex calling from their house and answered handing the phone to my son.
that's when i heard his grandma's voice on the phone.
I HATE, HATE, HATE the staring. They look at me like I'm diseased or something because I have a beard now. The other day I was eating lunch on my break from work in the food court, and I happened to see an old "family friend" and her son and his wife. They all TURNED TO LOOK at me as I found my seat, sat down and ate my lunch. I smiled and waved at them, then they looked away. Everytime I looked up I noticed them looking at me, just ridiculous.
I rode the bus this morning, and sometimes a witness is on there, he knows me, because we went to the same hall for a while. He won't even look my direction. My favorite though is those on the street corners in downtown, they just stand there with magazines out. Totally pathetic excuse for field circus if you ask me. I told all my family if they see me out in public, they better say hi, or else I will cause a huge scene for them.
what are the worst rules you've ever heard being dispensed from the platform?
"christians do not dance to ymca, as it promotes homosexuality.
"hairstyles that defy gravity also defy joe hoobie.
Being a witness was just OPPRESSIVE!!!!
for the last 5 and 1/2 weeks i have been at the gym mostly twice a day except saturdays - i only have one training session.
each of my sessions is at least an hour long but can go for two hours.
i do various cardio in the evenings and do strength training in the morning.
I've got a Total Gym at home... When I use it, I feel better, and I lose weight and gain muscle, but most of the time I'd rather hang out with my fiancee. She was complaining again recently about us both getting chubby recently, so I think we're going to have to do something about it soon. We love being together, so many times we'll skip working out to be with each other. Right now I'm WAY out of shape, I'm 5'9 and about 265 - 270. I used to be strong as an ox, but these days, I'm not nearly that strong, and I can feel my muscles ache after very little activity, or that I'm out of breath when climbing stairs.
What sucks is that I have achilles tendonitis, so I'm limited on what I can do that won't cause that to flare up or get worse. I also have bad knees, which is hereditary, and I injured them a lot in high school. I love playing tennis, but that will kill my achilles and my knees. Weight lifting and ab exercise I can do, and I can walk. I can't run hardly at all.
thought i'd post a positive experience for once....... there is the former elder in my congregation, nice guy.
raised in the jw's.
red flag #5. .
Yeah, lots of ex-elders do this after they "step down" or are "deleted"
this friday, my younger son and his new girlfriend will be coming by for a visit.
now, i haven't seen him in almost a year, and have only spoken to him once on the phone since.
we kinda had a rocky road after my ex and my divorce 6 years ago.
I think its a great idea and something that I would recommend doing. He needs to know the REAL TRUTH... IF, and ONLY IF, he is considering going back, or if he has any "borg traits" left. Perhaps you could encourage him to grow a beard? Or maybe you guys could go hit the bar together? Have a real father to son chat. I know if he respects you like I respect and love my father, he'll listen. My father is still an elder, BUT, we avoid the religion subject, and are trying to somehow have a "normal" relationship, but its very tough.
my name is todd and i left the mind control of the wts in 1998. i was wondering if there are any ex-jw's out there that would like to chat and email.
my email is [email protected].
i hope to hear from someone soon.
I had a "long distance relationship" with a holier than thou, uber judgemental type from Salt Lake City. She was a HUGE pain in the ass, and I later found out she was dating a younger man from Salt Lake the whole time. I'm pretty sure that she actually had some mental problems, though she denied it. We were "friends" as teenagers, and then drifted apart, then tried the long distance thing, which was a big mistake. I'm totally glad that it didn't work out. Last I knew her and her hubby were very active Dubs.
Does a bear shit in the woods?
