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  Hello to everyone!

  by redredrose in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  brand new here, haven't even picked out avatar yet.

  but i feel the need to reach out and touch someone (smile).

  my situation is a little confusing to me, i am definitely on the way out and have been fading for quite some time, however my decision to leave has just been made very recently.

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  sparrow

  Welcome and congrats on getting out. You will definitely find plenty of info here to open your mind.
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  time to leave after 42 yrs of marriage

  by tiffy0212 in

  1. social
  2. family

  married 42 yrs and ready to leave.

  my husband is a jw and has been for 38 yrs.

  i even joined from 1974 to 1985 to keep my family together.

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  sparrow

  what hortensia and jgnat said. You go girl! He sounds like a tool - witness or not. Once you are past the hard part, I reckon you will know it was worth the effort. Definitely do some planning first though (bank, lawyer etc)
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  Calling Any Northern Territory Lurkers...

  by brinjen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  come on, i know you're out there.

  we have kh's here, so there's gotta be a few ex-dubs from the nt lurking here...

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  sparrow

  heya brinjen! You gotta watch that movie. You will be so proud to be australian! I can't believe they conned that american dude to be in it.
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  Calling Any Northern Territory Lurkers...

  by brinjen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  come on, i know you're out there.

  we have kh's here, so there's gotta be a few ex-dubs from the nt lurking here...

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  sparrow

  HOW GOOD WAS THAT "ROGUE" MOVIE THAT JUST COME OUT!!!!!! GOOD AD FOR TOURISTS

  QUALITY STUFF (supposed to be scary but I was pissing myself most of the way through)
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  If you were Jehovah, how would you prepare your tofu?

  by nvrgnbk in

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  sparrow

  probably in about 7 days, but then he'd get his son to do it anyway...lazy bugger
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  Power of "Awake" article on Window Cleaning =Thousands of Witness Washer!

  by Witness 007 in

  1. jw
  2. experiences

  w.w.c {witness window cleaners} i was one for three years.

  started from scratch, taught by another witness window cleaner...we had 4 in our hall.

  i never knew why there were so many, till i found an awake article about employment which recommends geting a bucket and starting to clean windows!

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  sparrow

  The window cleaners were out numbered by roof tilers in my congs! Same deal I guess as window cleaners only harder but more money And yes - I did my stint as a window cleaner. Kinda comes in handy when doing my own windows but glad I am now in I.T.

  I agree - it's not a bad job at all - but a waste of potential if people wanted to do something else and could have been good at it but found themselves doing it to preach the word of jehoober
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  Calling Any Northern Territory Lurkers...

  by brinjen in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  come on, i know you're out there.

  we have kh's here, so there's gotta be a few ex-dubs from the nt lurking here...

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  sparrow

  I was born there...but left at 4...and am not a lurker...so....I guess I don't count
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  Women being in subjection...a sore subject

  by milligal in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i was raised jw and of course the whole theory that a man is the head and the woman must respect her husband and be in subjection to his authority was ingrained in me from a young age.

  my mother, (oddly enough) chose the jw religion, dragged my father in kicking and screaming (he later served as an elder for 17 years) and she complained constantly about men being in control and her pains as a woman in subjection.

  now, i already have a good idea about my mother's problems.

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  sparrow

  Why my wife would never have been a JW!!! I'd would have liked to have seen an elder try this crap on her. He'd end up in the back room lying in a pool of his own blood...
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  getting over it - how long does that take?

  by Switch in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  in december i started reading things and thinking with an open mind (for the first time in my life).

  i'm still discovering things daily that irritate me about the wts.

  i've been to about half a dozen meetings since march.

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  sparrow

  I'm still pissed - when I think about it - mainly because I can't convince my remaining family that it is a load of bulls#$t and then the years they made me feel guilty about everything. I think it will come up in conversation with me and all my friends that have left (quite a lot!) for a long while yet...
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  Do you ever think of going back to a meeting?

  by digderidoo in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  ok this is for all of you who don't attend anymore.. i had a friend come over last night.

  we've been best mates since we were kids, he was brought up in the ' truth ', but left a number of years ago.

  we talk about just everything.

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  sparrow

  isn't that the dog returning to it's own vomit?

  No f#$%K#$#ng s#$k#$#$t b#$%dy c#*$%tt way...