i'm more attracted to assertive and challenging women, thus why i married the spitfire i chose to marry and we've lasted a long time and she still surprises me.
anyone who would want a "weak wife", mentally weak and submissive, those are men i could never respect or hang out with....i guess that's why i don't hang out with any jws.
jehovah's witnesses are some of the worst gossipers i've ever encountered, especially when it comes to the dating habits of those in the congregation.
but, that's not really a surprise to most of us.
this story, however, makes me just shake my head and wonder why this guy doesn't question stuff.. there's a sister in my brother's hall that recently got a divorce.
being good looking or attractive as a jw teen/20-something really sucks b/c elders and other get jealous.
i had a so-called best friend turn out that she loved me and every time i showed interest in a sister, this best friend would spread nasty rumors about me to try to sabotage me.
i blame the elders along with her, b/c they were such idiots to put me through so much shit just b/c i didn't have romantic interest in someone who never voiced she had it for me.
things came to light when she tried to break up my wife and i.
she's still a jw rock star, which goes to show the mindset of who is 'good' and who is not.
jehovah's witnesses are some of the worst gossipers i've ever encountered, especially when it comes to the dating habits of those in the congregation.
but, that's not really a surprise to most of us.
this story, however, makes me just shake my head and wonder why this guy doesn't question stuff.. there's a sister in my brother's hall that recently got a divorce.
b_deserter, i feel you. every dating relationship i went into....cleanly...the elders had to be up my ass for weeks/months to know my intentions were pure and 'was i planning on marrying her?'
'if it works out, yeah'.
by the time the elders would finally back off, i'd have time with the person and realize within a week there was no connection.
and 1/2 of romance has to do with timing....so this whole, putting things off can kill a relationship that has a chance to work out.
i just spoke to a friend who was a witness years ago when we were kids and she told me an interesting thing.
when she went to the hospital to discuss things due to her being pregnant and going to have a baby at this hospital , they told her that the brisbane and gold coast hospitals were no longer going to offer jw's blood fractions.
they are sick and tired of all the unclear sayings and that ppl dont even know what they will accept or not , and they are having so many problems that they have a new form to be filled out.
excellent. if the 'world' is seeing the flip flopping and double speak maybe active jws will too.
how do your minds work people??.
the word 'cult'.
who is comfortable saying they were raised in a 'cult' or were brainwashed temporarily by a 'cult'?.
ah, found the rules, i guess i should see 'terms of use' but i'm so used to just clicking, 'yes, i agree, can i install photoshop now?' w/o reading that it's an easy thing to ignore.
anyway, implying the 'c' word is okay, but saying the actual innuendo is not. that's another of the many reasons why i left the jws is b/c of the double standards....the, oh you can say 'darn', but not 'damn', no wait 'damn' is okay.
so, you can say the 'c' word, ha ha, really mean 'cult', while everyone thinks 'c*$t', very funny=non-offensive.
(i have no issue with the original poster and feel this is a great topic)
then i use it in a context not to insult anyone here, but insulting the governing body w/ it...raise your hand if you haven't insulted the governing body in this forum, but, then people complain to the moderators and don't complain directly to this forum, which i find lame and pathetic.
i would've apologized, but some people are determined to escalate something and in the end it looks like my previous post could've been threatening to an insult to an individual, which it wasn't.
so, i found the rules. i've seen swearing on this site. i didn't insult or target anyone except the wtbts, but the moderators pull the whole message b/c of complaints, which might give the idea that i was being rash to individuals here and i was not.
that's my only beef, and that i couldn't have a chance to re-edit my post.
insinuating C%$t, is A-OK, writing out the whole word is not.
i'll continue to hang out and post since it is cathartic for me to read the information here and be in discussion and i intend no ill will.
whoever couldn't reply to my post and request i change things around b/c it's inappropo or they were offended, continue to stand behind the skirts of your mothers and complain to the moderators, i have no respect for you and would've had more if you told me to F-off. (again, f-off is okay i assume and puts the word in your minds, but don't write it b/c it's a harmful word.)
this double standard is pathetic, but i am not a moderator here, just voicing my opinion regarding this.
those who run this website, i'm am grateful for what you're doing, this is the best jw/ex-jw group i've seen on the internet and you have my full respect, except for this one issue which i won't press further, but felt it was important to bring up under my message, the message you wiped away b/c there was no explanation to the forum other than "there were complaints". most of my message should've been left in, was quoted further in the discussion, and could've been edited with "here he said c---- in the last sentence, and we don't allow that".
how do your minds work people??.
the word 'cult'.
who is comfortable saying they were raised in a 'cult' or were brainwashed temporarily by a 'cult'?.
ah, i guess the 'c' word IS offensive. :)
well, the powers that be could've given me the chance to edit my own post w/o deleting the whole thing since there was some swearing and adult humor in PART of it (no, just dump it all they did), i could've put ^%$ to make it rated pg, so i find that offensive and have seen swearing before here, so didn't know there was a guideline which i will look for.
if someone could point that out to me, that would be appreciated.
rules will be respected, where are they? censoring my whole comment puts sand in my crotch...can i say that or will this whole post be deleted as well?
i'm really enjoying my time here.
i hope that i'm not stepping on any toes; .
i love reading other people's back stories, especially their adventures of fading out, disassociation, and being disfellowshiped.
brinjen, you just gave me an epiphany, or is it an anerysm?
w/ the production of the awake and wt being brought down and bethel 'laying off' some of their poverty workers, i wonder if any of that has to do with the lawsuit, if they lost so much money everything's getting scaled back.
how do your minds work people??.
the word 'cult'.
who is comfortable saying they were raised in a 'cult' or were brainwashed temporarily by a 'cult'?.
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there is clearly a caste system in the organization.
there is a pecking order.
certain classes of people did not associate with those not of the same ilk.
one other thing, don't be young and good looking and single or they'll assume you're fucking everything with a hole in it...but as i look back it was just jealously from short, angry elders.
young, good looking and married? please breed for us so we get some more pretties to sucker more into the cult.
anyone have one of the old pink songbooks?.
or know how much they pop up for on ebay?.
my dad used to give out lame kid assignments where we'd have to draw scenes from the book study.
of course that's apostacy now in view of the september KM.
so glad i'm out of that flip-flop running commentary apocalypso tango.
